JP2012142118A - Led lighting device and illuminating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an LED lighting device which is connected to a phase control type dimmer and whose consumption power at a dummy load is restrained as much as possible, and an illuminating device.SOLUTION: An LED lighting device 9 comprises an AC-DC conversion circuit 11 for inputting an alternating current voltage from a phase control type dimmer 2 and converting the alternating current voltage into a direct current voltage; a PWM control circuit 12 for inputting dimming signals having a gradation corresponding to a light control degree of a light emitting diode 3 and outputting PWM signals corresponding to the gradation of the dimming signals; and a drive circuit 13 formed to input the PWM signals outputted from the PWM control circuit 12, supply power to the light emitting diode 3 from the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 in an on-duty period of the PWM signals, and supply the power to the dummy load 4 in a period during which the power is not supplied to the light emitting diode 3 from the AC-DC conversion circuit 11.

Description

  One embodiment of the present invention relates to an LED lighting device and a lighting device for dimming and lighting a light emitting diode as a light source.

  Conventionally, incandescent bulbs such as halogen bulbs and spotlights using discharge lamps as the light source have been used for production lighting in theaters and studios. With the recent increase in output of light emitting diodes, A lighting device using a light emitting diode as a light source is used because the light emitting diode has power saving, long life, and a relatively low heat generation amount. The dimming control of the light emitting diode is performed by PWM (pulse width modulation) control that is relatively easy to control the dimming.

  Conventionally, dimming control of an incandescent lamp or the like has been performed using a phase control dimmer that controls the conduction angle of an AC voltage. When a lighting device having a conventional light source such as an incandescent light bulb and a lighting device using a light emitting diode as a light source are used in combination, the phase control dimmer is also used for a lighting device using a light emitting diode as a light source. It will be. In other words, it is best to avoid replacing the phase control dimmer and large-scale wiring change work as much as possible due to costs and periods of unusable work. As described above, the following has been proposed as light-control lighting of a lighting device using a light-emitting diode as a light source by being supplied with phase-controlled power from a phase control dimmer.

  As an example thereof, a dimming signal is received from a dimmer for an incandescent lamp operating by being connected to a power supply main line, and a direct current from a DC constant voltage power supply unit generated by being connected to the power supply main line is PWM-controlled to produce a light-emitting diode lighting apparatus Has been proposed (see Patent Document 1). According to this light-emitting diode dimming drive device, since direct current from the DC constant voltage power supply is supplied to the light-emitting diode lighting fixture, when the light-emitting diode is dimmed deeply and becomes a light load, The operation of the dimmer for incandescent lamps is unstable or malfunctions because the current flowing through the phase control element of the dimmer becomes less than the holding current of the phase control element and the on-state of the phase control element becomes unstable. It is prevented.

  Also, an LED lighting system has been proposed that includes a dynamic dummy load that provides a load to the phase control dimmer when the LED electronic circuit does not supply a sufficient load (see Patent Document 2). This LED lighting system has conventionally been provided with a dynamic dummy load instead of a dummy load such as a resistor connected in parallel with the LED lighting, and the current consumption of the dynamic dummy load and the LED lighting converter having the LED The total current consumption exceeds the holding current of the phase control dimming device, thereby preventing malfunction of the phase control dimming device. That is, the dummy load always consumes a predetermined current, whereas the dynamic dummy load has its current consumption increased or decreased according to the current consumption of the LED lighting converter, and the total current consumption is reduced by the phase control type. It is intended to exceed the holding current of the optical device. Thereby, the dynamic dummy load reduces the cumulative current consumption (power consumption), thereby reducing the power consumption of the LED lighting system.

Utility Model Registration No. 3157972 (page 5, Fig. 1) Japanese translation of PCT publication 2007-538378 (6th page, 5th and 7th figures)

  However, the dynamic dummy load shown in Patent Document 2 always flows even when the current is reduced, and there is still room for power reduction. In addition, the dynamic dummy load has a complicated and highly functional circuit configuration such as receiving a control signal from the LED lighting converter and adjusting the load. Therefore, when the dynamic dummy load is used, a power supply device (lighting device) ) Has the disadvantage of increasing costs.

  An object of this invention is to provide the LED lighting device and illuminating device which are connected to a phase control dimmer and the power consumption in a dummy load is suppressed as much as possible.

  The LED lighting device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an AC-DC conversion circuit, a PWM control circuit, and a drive circuit.

  The AC-DC conversion circuit is configured to input an AC voltage output from the phase control dimmer and convert the AC voltage into a DC voltage.

  The PWM control circuit is configured to input a dimming signal having a gradation corresponding to the dimming degree of the light emitting diode and to output a PWM signal corresponding to the gradation of the dimming signal.

  The drive circuit receives the PWM signal output from the PWM control control, supplies power from the AC-DC conversion circuit to the light emitting diode during the on-duty period of the PWM signal, and supplies power from the AC-DC conversion circuit to the light emitting diode. It is formed so as to be connected to a dummy load during a period of no supply.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, the LED lighting device supplies power to the light emitting diode from the AC-DC conversion circuit during the on-duty period of the PWM signal, and does not supply power to the light emitting diode from the AC-DC conversion circuit. Since the drive circuit for supplying power to the dummy load is provided, a stable current flows almost without any pause in the phase control element of the phase control dimmer, and the phase control element can be prevented from malfunctioning. It can be expected that the current is supplied to the dummy load during a period in which no current is supplied from the AC-DC conversion circuit to the light emitting diode side, and the power consumption at the dummy load is suppressed to the minimum necessary.

It is a schematic block diagram of the illuminating device which shows Example 1 of this invention. Similarly, it is a schematic circuit diagram of a phase control dimmer. Similarly, it is explanatory drawing which shows the timing of the electric current supplied to a light emitting diode and a dummy load. Similarly, an output current waveform and an output voltage waveform of the phase control dimmer are shown, in which (a) is a waveform diagram by PWM control of the present invention, and (b) is a waveform diagram by PWM control of the prior art.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the lighting device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a phase control dimmer 2, a light emitting diode 3, a dummy load 4, an LED lighting fixture 5, and a dimming device 6. .

  The phase control dimmer 2 is installed, for example, in a television studio, and includes a large number of phase control elements, and originally controls the dimming of an incandescent bulb such as a halogen bulb. Here, the phase control type dimmer 2 is connected to one or a plurality of incandescent lighting fixtures that use incandescent light sources and LED lighting fixtures 5 that use light emitting diodes 3 as light sources, through the phase control elements. Has been. That is, if the LED lighting apparatus 5 is connected to the power supply main line, the wiring connection work and the disposal of the phase control dimmer 2 require a great deal of cost. Further, in a television studio or the like, the phase control dimmer 2 is a kind of power panel, and by connecting an LED lighting fixture 5 instead of an incandescent lighting fixture, wiring connection work can be facilitated. It is.

  In FIG. 2, the phase control dimmer 2 has thyristors SR1 and SR2 and a reactor L1 as phase control elements. The thyristors SR1 and SR2 are connected in parallel so as to be in opposite directions, and the reactor L1 is connected in series thereto. And the LED lighting fixture 5 is connected in series to these series circuits, and is connected to AC power supply Vs. The gates G1 and G2 of the thyristors SR1 and SR2 are connected to a dimming controller (not shown), and a control signal is input by operating an operator such as a knob or fader of the dimming controller. Thereby, the conduction timing of thyristors SR1 and SR2 is varied, and the conduction angle of the AC voltage of AC power supply Vs is varied. The thyristors SR1 and SR2 cannot maintain conduction when a current lower than the holding current flows.

  As described above, the phase control dimmer 2 is configured to vary the conduction angle of the AC voltage of the AC power supply Vs by the thyristors SR1 and SR2 and the reactor L1, and in this embodiment, the AC voltage is output. An almost sinusoidal AC voltage is output without phase control. That is, the light control of the light emitting diode 3 by the phase control dimmer 2 is not performed.

  As described above, the phase control dimmer 2 outputs a non-phase controlled substantially sinusoidal AC voltage. However, it allows the output of a phase-controlled AC voltage. That is, even if an AC voltage whose phase is controlled to some extent is output, the operation and effect of this embodiment described later are not impaired. As shown in FIG. 1, the phase control dimmer 2 is connected to an LED lighting device 9 that supplies current (electric power) to the light emitting diode 3 and the dummy load 4.

  The light emitting diode 3 is a light source of the LED lighting fixture 5 and is formed to emit visible light. Then, the LED circuit 10 is formed by mounting a plurality of them so as to be connected in series to a substrate (not shown). The light emitting diode 3 is controlled to be turned on by the LED lighting device 9.

  The dummy load 4 includes a resistor R1 and is supplied with current (power) from the LED lighting device 9. The resistance value of the resistor R1 is set so that a holding current can flow through the thyristors SR1 and SR2 of the phase control dimmer 2 even when no current is supplied from the LED lighting device 9 to the light emitting diode 3. Has been. The dummy load 4 may not be the resistor R1 itself, but may be a light bulb having a filament.

  The LED lighting fixture 5 has an LED lighting device 9, a light emitting diode 3, and a dummy load 4 arranged in a fixture main body (not shown). The LED lighting fixture 5 can be formed with a known configuration, for example, a spotlight that irradiates a predetermined irradiated object with the emitted light of the light emitting diode 3. Further, when the dummy load 4 is, for example, a light bulb provided separately from the LED lighting fixture 5, a lead wire may be derived from the LED lighting device 9 and connected to the dummy load 4.

  The dimming device 6 is, for example, a dimming table, and transmits a dimming signal having a gray level corresponding to the dimming degree of the light emitting diode 3, for example, a DMX signal that is a dimming signal of 256 gray levels. This DMX signal is a digital signal used in a production field or the like standardized by the American Theater Technology Association (USITT), and indicates the DMX 512 used as a standard of a dimming signal for dimming control. The light emitting diode 3 is dimmed and turned on according to the dimming signal transmitted from the dimming device 6.

  The LED lighting device 9 of the embodiment of the present invention disposed in the LED lighting fixture 5 includes an AC-DC conversion circuit 11, a PWM control circuit 12, and a drive circuit 13.

  The AC-DC conversion circuit 11 receives the AC voltage output from the phase control dimmer 2, converts the AC voltage into a predetermined DC voltage, and is formed of a known DC power supply circuit. . For example, a commercial AC power supply Vs is rectified and smoothed by, for example, a rectifier and a smoothing capacitor, or a commercial AC power supply Vs is rectified or rectified and smoothed, and a step-up chopper circuit, a step-down chopper circuit, or a step-up / step-down chopper circuit is connected thereto. It can be formed in a DC power supply circuit. The AC-DC conversion circuit 11 is a DC power supply that supplies current (electric power) to the drive circuit 13, the light emitting diode 3, and the dummy circuit 4.

  The PWM control circuit 12 includes a microcomputer (CPU) 14 and a storage unit 15, inputs a dimming signal transmitted from the dimming device 6, and outputs a PWM signal corresponding to the gradation of the dimming signal. It is formed to do. The PWM control circuit 12 is connected to the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 and is operated by electric power supplied from the AC-DC conversion circuit 11.

  When the dimming signal is input to the PWM control circuit 12, the microcomputer 14 reads out a PWM signal having a gray level corresponding to the gray level of the dimming signal from the storage unit 15 and outputs the PWM signal to the drive circuit 13. Here, the dimming signal is a DMX signal having 256 gradations, for example, and the PWM signal has a gradation degree of 1024 gradations, for example. The 256 gradations of the dimming signal correspond to 0 to 100% of the dimming degree of the light emitting diode 3, and the dimming degree of the light emitting diode 3 increases as the gradation degree of the dimming signal increases. The 1024 gradations of the PWM signal are associated with 256 gradations of the dimming signal, and the association is stored in the storage unit 15. The PWM signal has a longer on-duty period as its gradation increases.

  The drive circuit 13 includes a control circuit 16, NPN-type bipolar transistors Q1 and Q2, and capacitors C1 and C2. The capacitor C1 and the transistor Q1 are connected in series via the inductor L2, and are connected between the outputs of the AC-DC conversion circuit 11. Similarly, the capacitor C2 and the transistor Q2 are connected in series via the inductor L3, and are connected between the outputs of the AC-DC conversion circuit 11. The bases of the transistors Q1 and Q2 are connected to the control circuit 16, both ends of the capacitor C1 are connected to the LED circuit 10, and both ends of the capacitor C2 are connected to the dummy load 4. The control circuit 16 is connected to the PWM control circuit 12. The control circuit 16 is operated with power supplied from the AC-DC conversion circuit 11.

  The control circuit 16 receives the PWM signal output from the PWM control circuit 12, supplies current to the base of the transistor Q1 over the on-duty period of the PWM signal, and does not supply current to the base of the transistor Q2. Is formed. Thereby, the transistor Q1 is turned on, and the capacitor C1 and the LED circuit 10 connected in parallel to the capacitor C1 are connected between the outputs of the AC-DC conversion circuit 11.

  Further, the control circuit 16 is configured to supply current to the base of the transistor Q2 over the off-duty period of the PWM signal and not to supply current to the base of the transistor Q1. Thereby, the transistor Q2 is turned on, and the capacitor C2 and the dummy load 4 connected in parallel to the capacitor C2 are connected between the outputs of the AC-DC conversion circuit 11. That is, the dummy load 4 is connected to the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 during a period in which the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 is not connected to the capacitor C1 and the LED circuit 10.

  As described above, the drive circuit 13 connects the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 to the capacitor C1 and the light-emitting diode 3 over the on-duty period of the PWM signal, and does not connect the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 to the light-emitting diode 3 side. Since it is connected to the dummy load 4 during the period, as shown in FIG. 3, the current supplied from the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 alternately charges the capacitor C1 and the capacitor C2, and regardless of the dimming degree of the light emitting diode 3. The current (electric power) is always supplied to the drive circuit 13.

  Note that, for example, when the dimming degree of the light emitting diode 3 is not increased in accordance with the dimming signal transmitted from the dimming device 6 but is decreased, the drive circuit 13 causes the off-duty period of the PWM signal to decrease. Alternatively, the transistor Q1 may be turned on, the transistor Q2 may be turned off, the transistor Q1 may be turned off during the on-duty period of the PWM signal, and the transistor Q2 may be turned on.

  Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The PWM control circuit 12 of the LED lighting device 9 always inputs a dimming signal (DMX signal) output from the external dimming device 6. The gray level of the dimming signal is updated every cycle time (for example, 20 ms). Then, the microcomputer (CPU) 14 of the PWM control circuit 12 reads the gradation degree of the PWM signal corresponding to the gradation of the input dimming signal from the storage unit 15, and sends the PWM signal having the gradation degree of the driving circuit 13. Output to the control circuit 16.

  The control circuit 16 turns on the transistor Q1 over an on-duty period corresponding to the gradation of the PWM signal. Thereby, the capacitor C1 to which the LED circuit 10 is connected in parallel is connected to the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 and is charged by the current supplied from the AC-DC conversion circuit 11. The light emitting diode 3 is dimmed when a current corresponding to the charging voltage of the capacitor C1 flows.

  As the gradation level of the PWM signal increases, the on-duty period of the PWM signal becomes longer, and the period during which current flows through the light emitting diode 3 becomes longer, so that the dimming degree (dimming rate) of the light emitting diode 6 increases. . That is, the dimming degree of 0 to 100% of the light emitting diode 3 changes according to the gradation level of the PWM signal, for example, 1024 gradation levels. Thus, the light-emitting diode 3 is finely controlled in accordance with the dimming signal transmitted from the dimming device 6.

  Then, the control circuit 16 turns on the transistor Q2 over the off-duty period of the PWM signal that does not connect the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 to the capacitor C1 and the LED circuit 10. As a result, the capacitor C <b> 2 to which the dummy load 4 is connected in parallel is connected to the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 and is charged by the current supplied from the AC-DC conversion circuit 11. A current corresponding to the charging voltage of the capacitor C2 flows through the dummy load 4.

  In this way, the drive circuit 13 alternately turns on and off the transistors Q1 and Q2 in accordance with the on-duty period and off-duty period of the PWM signal, and therefore flows from the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 in one cycle period of the PWM signal. The amount of current is constant. That is, the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 always supplies a constant current to the drive circuit 13 side regardless of the dimming degree of the PWM signal. Thereby, the power consumption in the LED lighting device 9 is also substantially constant. As a result, a constant current always flows from the phase control dimmer 2 to the LED lighting device 9.

  The resistance of the dummy load 4 is set so that a current equal to or higher than the holding current flows through the thyristors SR1 and SR2 as phase control elements, and therefore the off-duty period of the PWM signal in the drive circuit 13 is long. Even if the light-emitting diode 3 has a low dimming level, a current equal to or higher than the holding current flows through the thyristors SR1 and SR2. Further, even when the on-duty period of the PWM signal is short and the current flows from the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 to the drive circuit 13 side is short, the AC-DC conversion circuit consumed in the off-duty period of the PWM signal. Since the current for charging the smoothing capacitor of the rectifying and smoothing circuit 11 is supplied from the phase control dimmer 2, a current equal to or higher than the holding current flows through the thyristors SR1 and SR2.

  When the light control level of the light emitting diode 3 becomes low and the light emitting diode 3 is lightly loaded, the output current of the phase control dimmer 2 flows stably as shown in FIG. It was confirmed that That is, in the embodiment of the prior art that is not an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4B, the output current of the phase control dimmer 2 flows in a spike shape and flows in an unstable manner.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the LED lighting device 9 connects the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 to the capacitor C1 and the light emitting diode 3 during the on-duty period of the PWM signal. From the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 to the dummy load 4 while the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 is not connected to the light-emitting diode 3 side. And the dummy load 4 is formed with a resistor R1 so that a current equal to or higher than the holding current can flow through the thyristors SR1 and SR2 of the phase control dimmer 2. A stable current greater than the holding electric current flows through the thyristors SR1 and SR2 of the control-type dimmer 2 almost without pause, and the thyristors SR1 and SR2 It is possible to suppress malfunction, and current is supplied to the dummy load 4 during a period in which no current is supplied from the AC-DC conversion circuit 11 to the light emitting diode 3 side, thereby suppressing power consumption at the dummy load 4 to a necessary minimum. It has the effect of being able to.

  Moreover, since the dummy load 4 is formed with the resistor R1 and is not formed with a complicated and highly functional circuit configuration, the LED lighting device 9 and the LED lighting fixture 5 can be formed at low cost. As a result, the lighting device 1 is also inexpensive.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Illuminating device, 2 ... Phase control type dimmer, 3 ... Light emitting diode, 4 ... Dummy load, 5 ... LED lighting fixture, 6 ... Dimming device, 9 ... LED lighting device, 11 ... AC-DC conversion circuit, 12 ... PWM control circuit, 13 ... Drive circuit

Claims (2)

An AC-DC conversion circuit that receives an AC voltage from the phase control dimmer and converts the AC voltage into a DC voltage;
A PWM control circuit for inputting a dimming signal having a gradation corresponding to the dimming degree of the light emitting diode and outputting a PWM signal corresponding to the gradation of the dimming signal;
The PWM signal output from the PWM control circuit is input, power is supplied from the AC-DC conversion circuit to the light emitting diode during the on-duty period of the PWM signal, and power is supplied from the AC-DC conversion circuit to the light emitting diode. A drive circuit configured to supply power to the dummy load during a period of not supplying power;
The LED lighting device characterized by comprising. A phase control dimmer having a phase control element for changing a conduction angle of the AC voltage of the AC power source and outputting an AC voltage to the LED lighting device according to claim 1;
A light emitting diode to be lit by the LED lighting device;
A dummy load that is formed with a resistor capable of flowing a current equal to or higher than a holding current to the phase control element and is supplied with power by the LED lighting device;
An LED lighting apparatus in which the LED lighting device and at least the light emitting diode of the light emitting diode and the dummy load are disposed;
A dimming device that transmits a dimming signal having a gradation corresponding to the dimming degree of the light emitting diode to the LED lighting device;
An illumination device comprising:

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