EP2191693B1 - Leuchtdioden-modul und verfahren zur steuerung eines leuchtdioden-moduls - Google Patents

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EP2191693B1
EP2191693B1 EP08802253.8A EP08802253A EP2191693B1 EP 2191693 B1 EP2191693 B1 EP 2191693B1 EP 08802253 A EP08802253 A EP 08802253A EP 2191693 B1 EP2191693 B1 EP 2191693B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B47/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
    • H05B47/10—Controlling the light source
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/10—Controlling the intensity of the light
    • H05B45/12—Controlling the intensity of the light using optical feedback
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
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    • H05B45/10—Controlling the intensity of the light
    • H05B45/18—Controlling the intensity of the light using temperature feedback

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  • the invention relates to the field of driving a light-emitting diode module.
  • LEDs Light-emitting diodes
  • LEDs have the advantage of a long service life, which is why they are used for different areas. For example, they are often used for emergency lighting, which are automatically turned on when a power supply to other bulbs such as gas discharge lamps fails.
  • LEDs Depending on the type of use of the LEDs, high demands are placed on the constant operation of light-emitting diodes. For example, LEDs must deliver a predetermined light output.
  • a known problem with light-emitting diodes is the procurement of replacement for failed light-emitting diode modules, since the LED development is progressing very quickly and thus after a few months is no longer certain that a certain LED with a certain performance is still available on the market.
  • US2005062481 A1 discloses an LED signal lamp which monitors, controls and tests the operating state of a plurality of LEDs and includes a plurality of analog-to-digital converters.
  • EP1711038 A1 discloses a signal including an intelligent diagnostic module within a light emitting diode (LED) signal, such as an LED traffic signal.
  • the invention therefore has for its object to provide a light-emitting diode module and a method for controlling a light-emitting diode module, by which the Characteristic of a light-emitting diode array can be emulated, and by which in particular the light output of the light-emitting diode array can be controlled to a predetermined value.
  • the present invention relates to a light-emitting diode module comprising a light-emitting diode array, a load connected in parallel with the light-emitting diode array, a first transducer connected to the light-emitting diode array and a second transducer connected to the load for splitting the light from a current or voltage source supplied electrical characteristic to the light emitting diode array and the load, and a control unit for driving the first and second converter such that the operation of the light emitting diode array corresponds to a predetermined setting.
  • the predetermined mode of operation preferably corresponds to a predetermined light output of the light-emitting diode arrangement.
  • the load consumes the electrical characteristic supplied to the load by means of the second transducer.
  • the load can be heated by the electrical characteristic.
  • the load can be an ohmic resistance.
  • the module further comprises a measuring unit for determining the electrical characteristic supplied by the current or voltage source and transmitting the data to the control unit.
  • the module further comprises a light sensor for determining the light output of the light-emitting diode arrangement.
  • the light sensor can transmit the determined data to the control unit.
  • the module further comprises a temperature sensor for determining the temperature of the light-emitting diode arrangement.
  • the temperature sensor can transmit the determined data to the control unit.
  • control unit can change the control of the first and / or second converter on the basis of the transmitted data.
  • the present invention relates to a method for controlling a light-emitting diode module, comprising the steps of providing a light-emitting diode arrangement, providing a load connected in parallel with the light-emitting diode arrangement, dividing the electrical characteristic value supplied by a current or voltage source the light emitting diode array and the load by means of a first transducer connected to the light emitting diode array and a second transducer connected to the load, and driving the first and second transducer such that the operation of the light emitting diode array corresponds to a predetermined setting.
  • an ohmic resistor can be provided as a load.
  • a measuring unit for determining the electrical characteristic supplied by the current or voltage source and transmitting the data to the control unit can be provided.
  • a light sensor may be provided for determining the light output of the light emitting diode array.
  • the determined data can be transmitted from the light sensor to the control unit.
  • a temperature sensor may be provided for determining the temperature of the light emitting diode array.
  • the determined data can be transmitted from the temperature sensor to the control unit.
  • Fig. 1 shows two examples of a typical characteristic curve of a light-emitting diode array.
  • a light-emitting diode arrangement in the sense of the present invention may in this case comprise a single light-emitting diode or a plurality of light-emitting diodes connected in series and / or in parallel.
  • the characteristic curves K 1 and K 2 are in this case plotted as curves within a coordinate system in which the forward voltage U, ie the voltage with which the light-emitting diode arrangement is operated, is shown on the x-axis and in which case on the y-axis the forward current I is shown, ie the current flowing through the light emitting diode array.
  • the characteristic curve of a light-emitting diode looks such that a current flow begins only from a defined flow-through voltage. Ideally, the resistance of the light emitting diode in the range greater than the forward voltage would be zero and the current would rise steeply. In practice, the characteristic increases in the range above the flow rate with a substantially constant slope.
  • a light-emitting diode can have a different forward current for the same applied voltage, so that with the same applied forward voltage, light-emitting diodes with different characteristic curves also each have a different forward current and therefore also deliver a different light output in particular.
  • LEDs with an improved characteristic have the same forward voltage to a higher light output.
  • Fig. 1 schematically two characteristics K 1 and K 2 of two different light-emitting diode arrangements or LEDs are shown.
  • the characteristic K 2 corresponds to an improved light-emitting diode arrangement, since a higher forward current is achieved with the same forward voltage. Nevertheless, an increased forward current and thus an increased light output as explained above partially undesirable. Accordingly, for different light-emitting diode arrangements also different forward voltages result at the same forward current. On the other hand, it is sometimes not feasible to adjust the supply voltage or the supply current for a light-emitting diode arrangement accordingly.
  • the present invention therefore proposes dividing the electrical parameter, ie the supply voltage or the supply current, by a corresponding circuit within the LED module, to the light-emitting diode arrangement and to a further consumer. So either can can be achieved that is applied by a reduction of the forward voltage to the light emitting diode array, the same forward current as in another light emitting diode array, or it can be achieved that is applied by a reduction in the forward current, the same forward voltage as in another light emitting diode array. By this regulation, the same operation of the light-emitting diode array, in particular the same light output can be achieved.
  • the characteristic K 1 here is the characteristic of a light-emitting diode, which was provided for example in the delivery in a light-emitting diode module. With a forward voltage U 1 , a forward current I 1 could be generated at the light-emitting diode arrangement. If this originally built into the LED module LED fails and is replaced by a new LED, which has an improved characteristic, in Fig. 1 labeled K 2 , this new LED would have an increased forward current at the same forward voltage U 1 .
  • the present invention therefore proposes to regulate the forward voltage on the new light-emitting diode arrangement in such a way that the new light-emitting diode arrangement is operated with a forward voltage U 2 which is smaller than the forward voltage U 1 originally provided at the light-emitting diode arrangement that the same forward current I 1 flows through the new light-emitting diode arrangement as through the replaced light-emitting diode arrangement.
  • Fig. 2 shows schematically a block diagram of an LED module 1 according to the present invention.
  • an electrical characteristic ie a supply voltage or a supply current to, which is supplied for example from the power network.
  • the supply voltage is constant, and can only be varied by additional components and complex measures.
  • the light-emitting diode module 1 comprises a light-emitting diode arrangement 6 and a load 7 connected in parallel with the light-emitting diode arrangement 6.
  • the load 7 connected in parallel is not connected directly to the light-emitting diode module 1 in this case.
  • a first transducer 4 is connected to the light emitting diode array 6 and a second transducer 5 is connected to the load.
  • the first converter 4 and the second converter 5 are connected either directly or via further components to the supply voltage or the supply current.
  • the two transducers 4, 5 can be controlled independently of each other.
  • the first converter 4 and the second converter 5 are designed to transmit only a certain part of the supply voltage or of the supply current to the respectively connected components. That is to say, the first converter 4 can transmit a lower voltage than the supply voltage to the light-emitting diode arrangement 6, likewise the second converter 5 can transmit a lower voltage than the supply voltage to the load 7. Accordingly, the transducers 4,5 can also each deliver a lower current than the supply current to the respective components.
  • the light-emitting diode module 1 further comprises a control unit 3, which may in particular also include a microcontroller, for controlling the components of the light-emitting diode module 1.
  • the control unit 3 is designed to control the first transducer 4 and the second transducer 5 and so determine which part of the supply voltage or the supply current to the light-emitting diode array 6 and to the load 7 to be transmitted.
  • a forward voltage to the light emitting diode array 6 can be adjusted so that a predetermined forward current flows through the light emitting diode array 6 or it can be set the forward current to the light emitting diode array 1 so that a predetermined forward voltage to the light emitting diode array 6 is present.
  • a predetermined mode of operation or operation of the light-emitting diode arrangement 6 is ensured, so that in particular the light output of the newly installed light-emitting diode arrangement 6 corresponds to the light output of the old replaced light-emitting diode arrangement.
  • the present invention it is therefore possible to emulate the characteristic of the old light emitting diode. That is, the light output of the new light-emitting diode array 6 is in the sense of an electrical characteristic as well as that of the light-emitting diode array to be emulated, which has been replaced.
  • the present invention thus provides an active control of the transducers 4, 5, so that the to the load 7th transmitted electrical characteristic can be determined depending on the predefined characteristics.
  • a measuring unit 2 can be provided in the light-emitting diode module 1, which measures the electrical characteristic applied to the terminals A and B, i. the supply voltage or the supply current, determined and transmitted this data to the control unit 3. This ensures that the light emitting diode module 1 can be connected to different supply voltages or supply currents, since depending on the applied electrical characteristic, the control unit 3, the first converter 4 and the second converter 5 so that always the same desired electrical characteristic at the Light-emitting diode arrangement 6 is present.
  • the load 7 is provided here as a pure consumer.
  • the load 7 consumes the supplied to the load 7 electrical characteristic by converting it into, for example, not visible energy.
  • the load 7 is an ohmic resistor, which heats up by applying the corresponding voltage or the corresponding current and thus converts the electrical characteristic into heat.
  • a light sensor 8 can be provided which measures the luminous efficacy of the light-emitting diode arrangement 6 and transmits the determined data to the control unit 3. This can then be used by the control unit 3 for fine correction of possible fluctuations, so that the desired light output can be adjusted by correcting a forward voltage or a forward current at the light-emitting diode arrangement 6.
  • the luminosity decrease from the light emitting diode array 6 with increasing time, so that a correction of the forward voltage or the forward current is necessary.
  • a temperature sensor 9 may be provided which measures the temperature within the light-emitting diode module 1 and also transmits this data to the control unit 3. This is particularly advantageous if the load 7 is an ohmic resistance which heats up. If the light-emitting diode module 1 heats up too much, the control unit 3 may if necessary control the first converter 4 and the second converter 5 for a short time in such a way that the electrical parameter supplied to the load 7 is reduced, so that a cooling of the Light-emitting diode module 1 is possible.
  • Another possibility is to provide a communication input (not shown in the figure) on the light-emitting diode module 1, by means of which, for example, an external computer can be used to intervene in the system from outside.
  • Fig. 3 schematically shows the steps according to an exemplary method of the present invention.
  • the process begins in step S0, for example, with the completion of a light-emitting diode module 1.
  • step Sl which can already be done on the manufacturer side
  • the characteristic of the old light-emitting diode arrangement ie the originally provided in the light-emitting diode module 1 arrangement is detected.
  • step S2 the characteristic curve of the new light-emitting diode arrangement 6 is also detected in the case of replacement of the old light-emitting diode arrangement. This can either be done in a separate measurement or the corresponding data can be combined with be delivered to the new light emitting diode and then loaded onto the control unit 3.
  • the control unit 3 can then determine the forward voltage to be transmitted to the light-emitting diode arrangement 6 or the forward current to be transmitted.
  • control unit 3 sends corresponding signals to the first converter 4 and to the second converter 5, so that the desired forward voltage or the desired forward current is applied to the light-emitting diode arrangement 6 and the difference between that from the terminals A and B. delivered electrical characteristic and the voltage applied to the light-emitting diode array 6 electrical characteristic via the second transducer 5 is delivered to the load 7.
  • step S6 optionally by the control unit 3, the sensor data can be detected, i. the data which are transmitted from the light sensor 8 and the temperature sensor 9 to the control unit 3.
  • step S6 may also be performed at other times, for example after step S1 on the old module.
  • step S7 the control unit 3 checks whether the light-emitting diode module 1 has the desired operating mode. This includes in particular whether the desired light output is achieved and if any overheating occurs. If the control unit has determined in step S7 that the light-emitting diode module has the desired mode of operation, normal operation ensues in step S8 until the process ends in step S10, for example with the switching off of the light-emitting diode module 1.
  • control unit 3 determines in step S7 that the light-emitting diode module does not have the desired mode of operation, the control unit determines a new electrical characteristic to be transmitted to the light-emitting diode array 6 in step S9 and sends the corresponding signals in step S5 the first converter 4 and the second converter 5.
  • the mode of operation of the light-emitting diode module can also be repeatedly checked at certain time intervals in order to determine a new forward voltage or a new forward current for the light-emitting diode arrangement 6, if necessary.

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