WO2012095889A1 - Led点灯装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an LED lighting device for lighting an LED (Light Emitting Diode) used as a light source such as an in-vehicle headlamp.
- LED Light Emitting Diode
- a long-life and maintenance-free LED is widely used instead of a conventional halogen bulb.
- the LED has a long life and can secure the necessary brightness with a small amount of power, and can maintain a generally stable brightness by a simple control that supplies a constant current. Is preferred. Note that when the LED is lit, the LED generally exhibits constant voltage characteristics, and it is difficult to control the amount of light emitted by the applied voltage. Therefore, the LED can be lit using a constant current control lighting device that outputs a constant current. It is common.
- Patent Document 1 in a lighting circuit that lights an LED, a DC / DC converter that supplies a supply current to the LED by applying an output voltage based on a power supply voltage received from a direct-current power supply provided outside to the LED.
- An abnormality of the lighting circuit is detected based on at least one of the output voltage, supply current, or power supply voltage of the switching regulator, and the output of the switching regulator is stopped.
- the output voltage of the switching regulator is reduced or stopped, and when this abnormality is no longer detected, the operation of the switching regulator is resumed.
- Patent Document 2 in a lighting control device for lighting an LED, when a chattering phenomenon occurs in which a lead wire connected to the LED is disconnected from the contactor and then connected to the contactor again, an overcurrent flows through the LED and fails. Therefore, when the current supplied from the switching regulator to the LED is in a transient state, a resistor is connected in series to suppress the overcurrent. Further, an NMOS transistor that bypasses the resistor connected in series is provided at the time of steady lighting.
- Patent Document 3 in a drive device that lights an LED, when the voltage supplied from the DC / DC converter to the LED temporarily varies due to disconnection or the like, it is connected in parallel to the output unit of the DC / DC converter. A voltage clamp part suppresses abnormal voltage.
- Patent Document 4 in a light-emitting device that dims the brightness of an LED by intermittently passing an electric current flowing through an LED connected to the output side of a DC / DC converter, the intermittent operation is performed in order to suppress an overshoot current generated in the intermittent operation.
- the NMOS transistor has a constant current characteristic.
- JP 2004-134147 A (paragraphs 0043-0045) JP 2007-126041 A JP 2009-272569 A (paragraph 0009) JP 2008-205357 A
- Patent Document 1 can suppress an excessive current when an abnormal situation continues, it cannot suppress an excessive current that is applied to the LED for a short time. Further, in the configuration of Patent Document 1, there is a problem that the light output is lowered due to erroneous abnormality detection caused by electrical noise, as pointed out in Patent Document 3, and switching is performed by one overcurrent detection. If the output of the regulator is stopped, it is impossible to avoid a malfunction such as turning off the light even in the case of temporary interruption.
- Patent Documents 2 and 3 are configured to control the supply current not to be excessive when the wiring connected to the LED is disconnected, and Patent Document 4 suppresses the occurrence of overshoot during intermittent operation. However, structurally, an overcurrent does not flow even if the wiring connecting the LEDs is disconnected. In any of these Patent Documents 2 to 4, current limiting parts or preliminary circuits are added to suppress overcurrent that occurs in an abnormal situation, so that there is a problem that the product becomes large and the cost increases. there were.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and suppresses LED degradation by suppressing overcurrent at the time of disconnection restoration without adding parts, and is the disconnection transient?
- An object of the present invention is to provide an LED lighting device that avoids turning off due to malfunction by checking whether it is continuous.
- An LED lighting device includes a power supply unit that converts a voltage supplied from a power source into a voltage for lighting the LED, a current detection unit that detects an output current passed through the LED from the power supply unit, and an LED from the power supply unit.
- a voltage detection unit that detects an output voltage applied to the power supply unit, and a control unit that controls the operation of the power supply unit.
- the power supply repeats the temporary stop and temporary operation, and each time the temporary operation is performed, either the detected current or the detected voltage If one or both of them are checked and either or both of the decrease in output current and the increase in output voltage are not detected before the predetermined number of repetitions or the predetermined period, the power supply unit Is normal operation, either the rise of the drop and the output voltage of the even output current reaches a predetermined number of iterations or a predetermined time period, or if both are detected, but to stop the power supply unit continuously.
- the power supply unit when one or both of the decrease in the output current and the increase in the output voltage are detected, it is determined that a disconnection has occurred, and the power supply unit is first temporarily stopped. Without overcurrent at the time of disconnection restoration, LED degradation due to overcurrent can be suppressed. Subsequently, the power supply unit is temporarily stopped and temporarily operated, and the power supply unit is continuously stopped when the disconnection is not restored even when the predetermined number of repetitions or a predetermined period is reached. It can be avoided.
- FIG. 1 It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the LED lighting device which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure explaining the change of the output voltage and output current at the time of disconnection generation
- 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the LED lighting device according to Embodiment 1. It is a flowchart which shows a disconnection detection process of the LED lighting device which concerns on Embodiment 1. It is a figure explaining the operation
- FIG. It is a figure explaining the operation
- FIG. It is a figure explaining the operation
- FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation
- FIG. 1 An LED lighting device 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a device that lights an LED light source 4 by using a DC voltage of a DC power source 2, and includes a DC / DC converter 3, a voltage detection unit 5, a current detection unit 6, a control unit 7, A storage unit 8 and an output interface (hereinafter referred to as I / F) 9 are provided.
- the DC power supply 2 is a power supply that supplies a DC voltage to the DC / DC converter 3, and the DC voltage to the DC / DC converter 3 is supplied or cut off by the power switch 2a.
- the LED light source 4 is configured by connecting a plurality of LEDs in series, and is connected to the LED lighting device 1 via a connection wiring 11.
- the failure state display device 10 is a so-called tell tale, and is installed in an instrument panel assembled to a dashboard.
- the DC / DC converter (power supply unit) 3 includes a transformer 3a, a switching element 3b made of a MOS field effect transistor, a rectifying diode 3c, and a smoothing capacitor 3d.
- the DC / DC converter 3 converts the voltage supplied from the DC power source 2 into a voltage for lighting the LED light source 4.
- the switching element 3 b is switching-controlled by the output signal from the control unit 7, the magnetic energy is stored in the transformer 3 a, and this is discharged to rectify the voltage generated in the transformer 3 a.
- the DC voltage is generated by rectifying by 3c and smoothing by the smoothing capacitor 3d.
- the voltage detector 5 measures the voltage applied to the LED light source 4.
- the current detection unit 6 detects a current flowing through the LED light source 4.
- the storage unit 8 stores a current value and a voltage value (abnormality determination values L thr and V thr , which will be described later) necessary for detecting the disconnection of the connection wiring 11.
- the control unit 7 is constituted by a microcomputer having a CPU, and executes a calculation to control the DC / DC converter 3 and to an external failure state display device 10 via an output I / F (output unit) 9. Notification of an abnormality in the LED light source 4 is made. Since the control unit 7 supplies the LED light source 4 with a predetermined value of current that provides a light emission amount necessary for the light source for the headlamp, the output current to the LED light source 4 detected by the current detection unit 6 is constant. Thus, a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control output is supplied to the switching element 3b of the DC / DC converter 3. Moreover, the control part 7 detects the continuous disconnection of the connection wiring 11, stops the DC / DC converter 3, and makes the LED light source 4 light-extinguish. Details of this will be described later.
- PWM Pulse Width Modulation
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating changes in output voltage and output current when disconnection occurs when it is assumed that the LED lighting device 1 has no means for suppressing overcurrent.
- 2A shows the connection state of the connection wiring and the operating state of the DC / DC converter 3
- FIG. 2B shows the change in the output voltage applied to the LED light source 4
- FIG. The change in output current is shown.
- a general LED lighting device 1 configured to use a DC / DC converter 3 including a smoothing capacitor 3d to supply a constant current to light the LED light source 4
- the connection wiring 11 connected to the LED light source 4 is disconnected.
- the output voltage rises while accumulating charges in the smoothing capacitor 3d of the DC / DC converter 3.
- the connection wiring 11 is connected again in this state, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the electric charge stored in the smoothing capacitor 3d flows into the LED light source 4 and becomes overcurrent, leading to deterioration of the LED.
- the LED light source 4 when the LED light source 4 is applied to an in-vehicle headlamp, if the contact between the LED lighting device 1 and the connector joint connecting the LED light source 4 is insufficient, it is easily interrupted by shaking of the vehicle body.
- a high-intensity LED for a headlamp energizes a large current and has a small margin with respect to the overcurrent.
- the DC / DC converter 3 is temporarily stopped and temporarily operated a predetermined number of times (for example, 10 times). The lighting continues without performing the above operation, and if it is determined that the interruption is continuous, the DC / DC converter 3 is stopped and the LED light source 4 is turned off.
- the control unit 7 When the supply of the DC voltage is started by turning on the power switch 2a and the LED lighting device 1 starts the lighting operation, the control unit 7 first performs an initial process (step ST1). That is, the rated output current (for example, 500 mA) and the forward voltage (for example, 20 V) of the LED light source 4 are set to the set values for constant current control (the set current L and the set voltage V). In addition, the control unit 7 has first to third timers that are counted by the CPU by using a clock signal or the like, and resets the values of the first to third timers in the initial process.
- the rated output current for example, 500 mA
- the forward voltage for example, 20 V
- the control unit 7 has first to third timers that are counted by the CPU by using a clock signal or the like, and resets the values of the first to third timers in the initial process.
- the control unit 7 repeats the setting of the lighting operation of the LED light source 4 and the detection of the disconnection of the connection wiring 11 every 100 ⁇ s (steps ST2 to ST6).
- the first timer is a timer that counts 100 ⁇ s, and the control unit 7 increments the count value until the first timer reaches 100 ⁇ s (steps ST2 and ST3), and resets it when it reaches 100 ⁇ s (steps ST3 “YES” and ST4). .
- the control unit 7 performs control so that the DC / DC converter 3 outputs the set current L, that is, the output current detected by the current detection unit 6 is set to the set current L (step ST5).
- step ST ⁇ b> 6 the control unit 7 performs a disconnection detection process based on the output voltage detected by the voltage detection unit 5 and the output current detected by the current detection unit 6.
- the output current is measured by the current detector 6 (step ST6-1), and then the controller 7 detects a decrease (or interruption) in the output current (step ST6-2).
- the abnormality detection value L thr for detection of intermittent is set to 1/10 of the set current L, and if the output current is equal to or less than the abnormality determination value L thr (step ST6-2 “YES”), “disconnected” is indicated. Judgment is made (step ST6-5).
- step ST6-4 detects this increase in output voltage (step ST6-4).
- the abnormality determination value V thr is 1.1 times the set voltage V, and if the output voltage is equal to or higher than the abnormality determination value V thr (step ST6-4 “YES”), it is determined that there is a disconnection (step ST6-4). ST6-5).
- it is smaller than the abnormality determination value V thr step ST6-4 “NO”
- the abnormality determination values L thr and V thr may be calculated and stored in the storage unit 8 in advance, and the control unit 7 may read and use the abnormality determination values.
- the presence / absence of disconnection is determined by detecting a decrease in output current and an increase in output voltage. However, only one of them may be detected to determine the presence / absence of disconnection.
- the control unit 7 When the disconnection detection process shown in FIG. 4 is performed and a disconnection is detected (step ST7 “YES” in FIG. 3), the control unit 7 subsequently repeats the temporary stop and temporary operation of the DC / DC converter 3 ten times. It is determined whether the disconnection is transient or continuous (steps ST8 to ST16).
- the second timer is a counter that counts the number of times the DC / DC converter 3 is temporarily stopped and repeated, and the control unit 7 increments the count value until the second timer reaches 10 (steps ST8 and ST9).
- the controller 7 When the disconnection is detected, the controller 7 first temporarily stops the DC / DC converter 3 in order to avoid an overcurrent at the time of recovery (step ST10).
- the third timer is a timer that counts the time for which the DC / DC converter 3 is temporarily stopped (for example, 1 ms).
- the control unit 7 increments the count value until the third timer reaches 1 ms (steps ST11 and ST12).
- step ST12 “YES”, ST13) in subsequent step ST14, the DC / DC converter 3 is temporarily operated and the set current L is controlled so as to confirm conduction.
- the control unit 7 performs the disconnection detection process again (step ST15), and when disconnection is detected (step ST16 “YES”), the process returns to step ST8.
- the disconnection detection process of step ST15 is the same as step ST6.
- step ST16 “NO”) If the steady lighting state is reached while repeating the temporary stop and temporary operation of the DC / DC converter 10 in this way, the disconnection is not detected in step ST15 (step ST16 “NO”), so the previous step ST6. It can be determined that the disconnection detected in step 1 is transient. For this reason, the control unit 7 does not perform special control, resets the second timer (step ST17), returns to step ST2, and performs normal operation.
- step ST9 the control unit 7 performs the previous step. It is determined that the disconnection detected in ST6 is continuous and an abnormal state has occurred, and in step ST18, the DC / DC converter 3 is continuously stopped. In step ST19, the output I / F 9 is The disconnection information is notified to the failure state display device 10 via this.
- the control unit 7 uses the power switch 2a as an off condition to release the DC / DC until the power supply from the DC power source 2 is stopped.
- the stopped state of the DC converter 3 is maintained.
- the headlamp does not blink even if a chattering phenomenon or the like occurs after the abnormal situation determination until the power supply from the DC power supply 2 is stopped. If there is a temporary disconnection longer than the time required to repeat the temporary stop and temporary operation of the DC / DC converter 3 a predetermined number of times, it is determined that an abnormal situation has occurred and the headlamp is turned off. If 2a is turned off and on, it will light up again.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the LED lighting device 1 according to the first embodiment when a temporary short break occurs.
- the control unit 7 detects a disconnection in a steady lighting state, first, the output of the DC / DC converter 3 is temporarily stopped to prevent charge accumulation in the smoothing capacitor 3d. Thereafter, in order to confirm whether the interruption of the output current is transient or continuous, the control unit 7 repeatedly performs a confirmation process by temporarily operating and temporarily stopping the DC / DC converter 3. In this example, the disconnection is recovered during the first temporary stop, and the disconnection recovery is detected in the subsequent first temporary operation. Therefore, the control unit 7 ends the repetition of the confirmation process and remains in the steady lighting state. To maintain.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the LED lighting device 1 according to the first embodiment when a temporary and somewhat long disconnection occurs. If the disconnection is not restored even if the DC / DC converter 3 is temporarily stopped and temporarily operated once, the controller 7 performs the second temporary stop and temporary operation. In this example, the disconnection is recovered during the second temporary stop, and the disconnection recovery is detected in the subsequent second temporary operation. Therefore, the control unit 7 ends the repetition of the confirmation process and keeps the steady lighting state as it is. maintain.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the LED lighting device 1 according to the first embodiment when continuous disconnection occurs. If the disconnection is not recovered even after repeating the temporary stop and temporary operation of the DC / DC converter 10 ten times each time, the control unit 7 determines that an abnormal situation has occurred, stops the DC / DC converter 3 continuously, Disconnection information notifying the occurrence of the situation is output to the failure state display device 10.
- the LED lighting device 1 detects the voltage applied to the LED light source 4 and the DC / DC converter 3 that converts the voltage supplied from the DC power source 2 into the lighting voltage of the LED light source 4. And a control unit 7 that controls the operation of the DC / DC converter 3.
- the control unit 7 is a DC DC / DC converter 3 during normal operation, when the output current detected by current detector 6 decreases and / or when the output voltage detected by voltage detector 5 increases or both, DC /
- the DC converter 3 is repeatedly paused and temporarily operated, and each time of the temporary operation, one or both of the output current and the output voltage are checked, and the output current is reduced before the predetermined number of repetitions.
- the DC / DC converter 3 When one or both of the lower and output voltage increases are no longer detected, the DC / DC converter 3 operates normally, and either the output current decreases or the output voltage increases even when the predetermined number of repetitions is reached. When one or both are detected, the DC / DC converter 3 is configured to stop continuously. As described above, when the control unit 7 detects one or both of the decrease in the output current and the increase in the output voltage, it is determined that the disconnection has occurred, and the DC / DC converter 3 is first temporarily stopped. Therefore, the overcurrent at the time of disconnection restoration can be suppressed, and the LED lighting device 1 which does not induce LED deterioration due to the overcurrent can be realized.
- the continuous stop of the DC / DC converter 3 is maintained until the supply of power from the DC power supply 2 is stopped, so that even when the disconnection is interrupted, The LED lighting device 1 that does not blink the LED light source 4 can be realized.
- the LED lighting device 1 causes the DC / DC converter 3 to continuously stop after the DC / DC converter 3 is temporarily stopped and the repetition of the temporary operation reaches a predetermined number of repetitions. Therefore, the output I / F 9 for transmitting the stop of the DC / DC converter 3 to the failure state display device 10 is provided. For this reason, for example, when there is no influence on the running of the vehicle, such as a temporary disconnection due to vibration, the driver is not informed, and the driver can continue to drive safely without distraction. be able to.
- Embodiment 2 in order to check whether the disconnection is transient or continuous, the DC / DC converter 3 is configured to repeat the temporary stop and temporary operation a predetermined number of times. 2, the temporary stop and temporary operation are repeated for a predetermined period.
- the LED lighting device of this Embodiment 2 is the same structure on the drawing as the LED lighting device 1 shown in FIG. 1, below, FIG. 1 is used and demonstrated.
- the second timer is a timer that counts a pause period of the DC / DC converter 3 and a repetition period (for example, 100 ms) of the temporary operation.
- the control unit 7 resets the value of the second timer and puts it in a stopped state at this stage.
- step ST7 “YES”) When disconnection is detected in steps ST6 and ST7 (step ST7 “YES”), the control unit 7 starts operating the second timer (step ST22), and pauses and temporarily stops the DC / DC converter 3 for 100 ms. The operation is repeated to determine whether the disconnection is transient or continuous (steps ST23, ST10 to ST16). If a steady lighting state is reached within 100 ms, disconnection is not detected in steps ST15 and ST16 (step ST16 “NO”), and the disconnection detected in the previous steps ST6 and ST7 is temporary. It can be judged that. Therefore, the control unit 7 does not perform special control, resets and stops the second timer (step ST24), returns to step ST2, and performs normal operation.
- the unit 7 determines that the disconnection detected in the previous steps ST6 and ST7 is continuous and that an abnormal state has occurred, stops the DC / DC converter 3 continuously (step ST18), and outputs I Disconnection information is output to the failure state display device 10 via / F9 (step ST19).
- the DC / DC converter 3 is repeatedly paused and temporarily operated, and the output current and / or output voltage is confirmed each time the temporary operation is performed. If one or both of the decrease in the output current and the increase in the output voltage are not detected before the predetermined period is reached, the DC / DC converter 3 is normally operated and the predetermined period is reached.
- the DC / DC converter 3 is configured to stop when either or both of a decrease in output current and an increase in output voltage are detected.
- the LED lighting device 1 that can suppress overcurrent without adding parts, is inexpensive and small, and does not induce LED deterioration.
- the temporary stop and temporary operation of the DC / DC converter 3 are repeated for a predetermined period in order to confirm the disconnection, it is possible to avoid turning off due to malfunction and to improve reliability.
- the one-time temporary stop period of the DC / DC converter 3 is short, the illuminance of the LED light source 4 hardly changes in the case of temporary disconnection.
- Embodiment 3 The LED has a constant voltage characteristic, and current does not flow unless a specific voltage is applied. Therefore, in order to check the continuity of the wiring (disconnection detection process), it is necessary to apply a voltage exceeding the forward voltage of the LED. However, if an excessive voltage is applied, the LED deteriorates due to an overcurrent when the energization is restored. For example, in FIG. 6, when the disconnection is restored during the first temporary operation, an overcurrent may be generated because a voltage higher than the set voltage is applied. Therefore, in the third embodiment, a voltage obtained by adding a little margin to the voltage output during the previous normal operation is applied by using constant voltage control together so that the applied voltage does not become an excessive voltage. Then, disconnection detection processing is performed. In addition, since the LED lighting device of this Embodiment 3 is the same structure on the drawing as the LED lighting device 1 shown in FIG. 1, it demonstrates below, referring FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the LED lighting device 1 according to the third embodiment when a temporary and somewhat long disconnection occurs.
- the control unit 7 outputs the value of the output voltage measured by the voltage detection unit 5 to the storage unit 8 at a predetermined timing such as every hour, every 10 minutes, etc. 20V) is stored in the storage unit 8.
- the DC / DC converter 3 is first temporarily stopped, and then the DC / DC converter 3 is temporarily operated for disconnection detection processing. Control is performed so as to output a voltage obtained by adding a predetermined voltage (for example, 3 V) to the voltage 20 V (step ST14 in FIGS. 3 and 8).
- a predetermined voltage for example, 3 V
- the output voltage during the temporary operation is limited as shown in FIG. 9B, and even if the disconnection is recovered during the temporary operation, the continuity can be confirmed with a voltage that does not energize the overcurrent.
- a value obtained by multiplying the set voltage V set in the initial process by 1.1 is used as the abnormality determination value V thr for detecting disconnection (step ST6-4 in FIG. 4).
- a voltage obtained by adding a predetermined margin to the output voltage during the previous normal operation can be used as the abnormality determination value V thr .
- the control unit 7 multiplies the output voltage during normal operation immediately before stored in the storage unit 8 by 1.1, or adds a predetermined voltage to this output voltage.
- the abnormality determination value V thr may be updated.
- the forward voltage of the LED light source 4 actually varies greatly among individual LEDs and changes depending on the temperature, a considerable amount of margin is required from the set voltage V in order to use it as the abnormality determination value V thr. It is also difficult to fix a specific voltage value with high accuracy. For this reason, the use of the abnormality determination value V thr based on the output voltage at the time of the previous normal operation can improve the accuracy of disconnection detection.
- the LED lighting device 1 includes the storage unit 8 that stores the output voltage during the normal operation of the DC / DC converter 3, and the control unit 7 stores the storage unit 8 during the temporary operation.
- the DC / DC converter 3 is controlled to output a voltage obtained by adding a predetermined voltage to the output voltage stored in the DC / DC converter 3. For this reason, when disconnection is confirmed, continuity can be confirmed with a voltage that does not energize overcurrent, so that the LED is not deteriorated.
- the LED lighting device according to the present invention suppresses overcurrent without additional parts and is turned off without malfunctioning due to intermittent disconnection. It is suitable for use in LED lighting devices for headlamps that use high-intensity LEDs that are highly degraded with respect to overcurrent, particularly LED light sources.
- LED lighting device 2 DC power supply, 2a power switch, 3 DC / DC converter, 3a transformer, 3b switching element, 3c rectifier diode, 3d smoothing capacitor, 4 LED light source, 5 voltage detector, 6 current detector, 7 Control unit, 8 storage unit, 9 output I / F, 10 failure status display device, 11 connection wiring.
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なお、点灯しているときのLEDは概ね定電圧特性を示し、印加電圧によって発光量を制御することが困難なため、一定の電流を出力する定電流制御の点灯装置を用いて点灯することが一般的である。
断線と復旧(つまりは断続)は、例えば配線またはコネクタの接続が不完全なときに、車両の振動によって誘発されることが知られており、この断続に対応する構成として例えば特許文献1~4が提案されている。
実施の形態1.
図1に示すLED点灯装置1は、直流電源2の直流電圧を利用してLED光源4を点灯する装置であり、DC/DCコンバータ3、電圧検出部5、電流検出部6、制御部7、記憶部8、出力インタフェース(以下、I/F)9を備える。直流電源2は、DC/DCコンバータ3に直流電圧を供給する電源であり、電源スイッチ2aによってDC/DCコンバータ3への直流電圧が供給または遮断される。LED光源4は、複数のLEDを直列に接続して構成され、接続配線11を介してLED点灯装置1に接続される。本実施の形態1では、LED光源4を車載用のヘッドランプに適用した場合を例に説明する。故障状態表示装置10は、いわゆるテルテールであり、ダッシュボードに組み付けられたインストゥルメントパネル内に設置される。
平滑コンデンサ3dを備えるDC/DCコンバータ3を使用して、定電流を供給してLED光源4を点灯する構成の一般的なLED点灯装置1においては、LED光源4に接続する接続配線11が断線した場合、図2(b)に示すように、DC/DCコンバータ3の平滑コンデンサ3dに電荷を蓄えながら出力電圧が上昇する。この状態で接続配線11が再び接続すれば、図2(c)に示すように、平滑コンデンサ3dに蓄えた電荷がLED光源4に流れ込み、過電流となり、LEDの劣化をまねく。
また、特許文献1のように、1回の過電流を検出した場合にDC/DCコンバータ3の出力を停止させる構成にすると、誤動作により消灯してしまう可能性がある。
そこで、本実施の形態1に係るLED点灯装置1では、制御部7が、断線によって出力電流が途絶えたときは直ちにDC/DCコンバータ3を一時停止させ、その上で、この出力電流の途絶えが単発的なものか、継続的なものかを確認するためにDC/DCコンバータ3の一時停止と一時動作を所定回数(例えば10回)繰り返し、単発的な一過性の途絶えと判断できればそのまま特段の操作は行わずに点灯を続け、継続的な途絶えと判断するとDC/DCコンバータ3を停止させLED光源4を消灯する。
電源スイッチ2aのオン操作によって直流電圧の供給が開始され、LED点灯装置1が点灯動作を開始すると、制御部7は先ずイニシャル処理を行う(ステップST1)。即ち、LED光源4の定格出力電流(例えば500mA)と順方向電圧(例えば20V)を定電流制御用の設定値(設定電流Lおよび設定電圧V)に設定する。また、制御部7は、クロック信号を利用するなどしてCPUが計時する第1~第3タイマを有し、イニシャル処理で第1~第3タイマの値をそれぞれリセットする。
第1タイマは100μsをカウントするタイマであり、制御部7は第1タイマが100μsになるまでカウント値をインクリメントし(ステップST2,ST3)、100μsになるとリセットする(ステップST3“YES”,ST4)。制御部7は続いて、DC/DCコンバータ3が設定電流Lを出力するように、即ち、電流検出部6が検出する出力電流を設定電流Lにするように、制御を行う(ステップST5)。
先ず電流検出部6によって出力電流を測定し(ステップST6-1)、続いて制御部7がこの出力電流の低下(または途絶え)を検出する(ステップST6-2)。この例では、断続検出用の異常判定値Lthrを設定電流Lに対して1/10とし、出力電流が異常判定値Lthr以下なら(ステップST6-2“YES”)、「断線あり」と判定する(ステップST6-5)。
この例では異常判定値Vthrを設定電圧Vに対して1.1倍とし、出力電圧が異常判定値Vthr以上なら(ステップST6-4“YES”)、「断線あり」と判定する(ステップST6-5)。一方、異常判定値Vthrより小さければ(ステップST6-4“NO”)、断線なしとみなす。
また、図4では、出力電流の低下および出力電圧の上昇を検出して断線有無を判定するようにしたが、いずれか一方のみを検出して断線有無を判定してもよい。
第2タイマはDC/DCコンバータ3の一時停止と一時動作の繰り返し回数をカウントするカウンタであり、制御部7は第2タイマが10になるまでカウント値をインクリメントする(ステップST8,ST9)。
第3タイマはDC/DCコンバータ3を一時停止させる時間(例えば1ms)をカウントするタイマであり、制御部7は第3タイマが1msになるまでカウント値をインクリメントし(ステップST11,ST12)、第3タイマが1msになるとリセットする(ステップST12“YES”,ST13)、続くステップST14にて導通確認のために、DC/DCコンバータ3を一時動作させ、設定電流Lを出力するように制御する。
この一時動作の際に、制御部7が再び断線検出処理を行って(ステップST15)、断線を検出すると(ステップST16“YES”)、ステップST8に戻る。ステップST15の断線検出処理は、ステップST6と同じである。
定常の点灯状態のときに、制御部7が断線を検出すると、先ず、DC/DCコンバータ3の出力を一時停止させ、平滑コンデンサ3dの電荷蓄積を防ぐ。その後、出力電流の途切れが一過性のものか継続的なものかを確認するために、制御部7がDC/DCコンバータ3を繰り返し一時動作および一時停止させて確認処理を行うことになる。この例では、1回目の一時停止中に断線復旧しており、続く1回目の一時動作にて断線復旧が検出されるので、制御部7は確認処理の繰り返しを終了してそのまま定常の点灯状態を維持する。
制御部7は、DC/DCコンバータ3の一時停止と一時動作を1回ずつ行っても断線が復旧しなければ、続いて2回目の一時停止と一時動作を行う。この例では2回目の一時停止中に断線復旧しており、続く2回目の一時動作にて断線復旧が検出されるので、制御部7は確認処理の繰り返しを終了してそのまま定常の点灯状態を維持する。
制御部7は、DC/DCコンバータ3の一時停止と一時動作を10回ずつ繰り返しても断線が復旧しなければ、異常事態と判定し、DC/DCコンバータ3を連続的に停止させると共に、異常事態の発生を知らせる断線情報を故障状態表示装置10へ出力する。
このように、制御部7が、出力電流の低下および出力電圧の上昇のいずれか一方、または両方を検出した場合に断線発生と判断して、先ずDC/DCコンバータ3を一時停止させるようにしたので、断線復旧時の過電流を抑制でき、過電流によるLED劣化を誘発しないLED点灯装置1を実現できる。また、制御部7の処理によって過電流を抑制できるので、従来のような過電流抑制のための部品を使用しないため安価かつ小型のLED点灯装置1を実現できる。さらに、断線確認のためにDC/DCコンバータ3の一時停止と一時動作を所定回数繰り返すので、誤動作による消灯を回避でき、信頼性を高めることができる。また、DC/DCコンバータ3の1回の一時停止期間は短いので、一時的な断線の場合、LED光源4の照度はほとんど変化しない。
上記実施の形態1では、断線が一過性のものか継続的なものかを確認するために、DC/DCコンバータ3の一時停止と一時動作を所定回数繰り返す構成にしたが、本実施の形態2では一時停止と一時動作を所定期間繰り返す構成とする。なお、本実施の形態2のLED点灯装置は、図1に示すLED点灯装置1と図面上では同様の構成であるため、以下では図1を援用して説明する。
本実施の形態2では、第2タイマを、DC/DCコンバータ3の一時停止と一時動作の繰り返し期間(例えば100ms)をカウントするタイマにする。制御部7はイニシャル処理(ステップST21)において、この第2タイマの値をリセットし、現段階では停止状態とする。
そして、100msの間に定常の点灯状態に至れば、ステップST15,ST16にて断線が検出されなくなるので(ステップST16“NO”)、先のステップST6,ST7で検出した断線が一過性のものであると判断できる。そのため、制御部7は特段の制御を行わず、第2タイマをリセットして停止し(ステップST24)、ステップST2に戻って正常時の動作を行う。
LEDには定電圧特性があり、特定の電圧を印加しなければ電流が流れない。そのため、配線の導通確認(断線検出処理)を行うためには、LEDの順方向電圧を超える電圧を印加する必要がある。しかしながら、過大な電圧を印加したのでは、通電が回復したときの過電流でLEDが劣化する。例えば図6において、1回目の一時動作中に断線が復旧すると、設定電圧より高い電圧が印加されているので、過電流が発生し得る。
そこで、本実施の形態3では、印加電圧が過大な電圧にならないように、直前の正常動作時に出力していた電圧に少し余裕を加えた電圧を、定電圧制御を併用することによって印加して、断線検出処理を行うようにする。
なお、本実施の形態3のLED点灯装置は、図1に示すLED点灯装置1と図面上では同様の構成であるため、以下では図1を援用して説明する。
制御部7は、電圧検出部5が測定する出力電圧の値を1時間毎、10分毎等の所定のタイミングで記憶部8に出力する等して、正常動作時の出力電圧の値(例えば20V)を記憶部8に記憶させる。そして、断線を検出して、先ずDC/DCコンバータ3を一時停止し、続けて断線検出処理のためにDC/DCコンバータ3を一時動作させるときには、記憶部8に記憶しておいた直前の出力電圧20Vに所定の電圧(例えば3V)を加算した電圧を出力するように制御を行う(図3および図8のステップST14)。これにより、図9(b)のように一時動作時の出力電圧が制限されて、一時動作中に断線復旧したとしても過電流を通電しない程度の電圧で導通確認ができる。
具体的には、断線検出処理を行う都度、制御部7が、記憶部8に記憶されている直前の正常動作時の出力電圧を1.1倍したり、この出力電圧に所定の電圧を加算したりして、異常判定値Vthrを更新すればよい。
LED光源4の順方向電圧は、現実には個々のLEDのばらつきが大きく、温度によっても変化するため、異常判定値Vthrとして用いるためには設定電圧Vより相当量の余裕が必要となり、また、高い精度で特定の電圧値に固定することも困難である。このような理由から、直前の正常動作時の出力電圧に基づいた異常判定値Vthrを用いれば、断線検出の精度を高めることができる。
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- 電源から供給される電圧を、LED点灯用の電圧に変換する電源部と、
前記電源部から前記LEDに通電する出力電流を検出する電流検出部と、
前記電源部から前記LEDに印加する出力電圧を検出する電圧検出部と、
前記電源部の動作を制御する制御部とを備え、
前記制御部は、
前記電源部の正常動作中、前記電流検出部の検出する出力電流が低下したとき、および前記電圧検出部の検出する出力電圧が上昇したときのいずれか一方、または両方の場合に、前記電源部に一時停止と一時動作を繰り返させ、
当該一時動作の都度、前記検出電流および前記検出電圧のいずれか一方、または両方を確認して、
所定の繰り返し回数または所定の期間になる前に前記出力電流の低下および前記出力電圧の上昇のいずれか一方、または両方が検出されなくなった場合、前記電源部を正常動作させ、
所定の繰り返し回数または所定の期間に達しても前記出力電流の低下および前記出力電圧の上昇のいずれか一方、または両方が検出された場合、前記電源部を連続的に停止させることを特徴とするLED点灯装置。 - 電源部の正常動作中の出力電圧を記憶する記憶部を備え、
制御部は、一時動作のとき、前記記憶部に記憶された出力電圧に所定の電圧を加算した電圧を前記電源部から出力させる制御を行うことを特徴とする請求項1記載のLED点灯装置。 - 電源部の連続的な停止は、電源の供給が停止するまで維持されることを特徴とする請求項1記載のLED点灯装置。
- 所定の繰り返し回数または所定の期間に達した後に電源部が連続的な停止に至ってから、当該電源部の停止を外部に伝える出力部を備えることを特徴とする請求項1記載のLED点灯装置。
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