WO2014008731A1 - Solid-state lighting device, solid-state lighting source, lighting device and control method thereof - Google Patents

Solid-state lighting device, solid-state lighting source, lighting device and control method thereof Download PDF

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WO2014008731A1
WO2014008731A1 PCT/CN2012/084927 CN2012084927W WO2014008731A1 WO 2014008731 A1 WO2014008731 A1 WO 2014008731A1 CN 2012084927 W CN2012084927 W CN 2012084927W WO 2014008731 A1 WO2014008731 A1 WO 2014008731A1
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  • Solid state light emitting device solid state light emitting source, lighting device and control method thereof
  • FIG. 1 An optical structure of an existing LED luminaire is shown in Figure 1.
  • the light emitted by the LED array 101 is collimated by the lens array 102 and then incident on the focusing lens 103. After being focused by the focusing lens 103, it is incident on the surface of a diaphragm or pattern disk 104, and is filtered by the aperture or pattern disk 104 to generate a specific After the shape or pattern, the projection lens 105 projects the light.
  • the LED when the LED is required to operate in a very low luminance state, there is a possibility that the LED is unstable due to the operation of the LED near the driving threshold, and flicker and abrupt phenomenon at low luminance occur. It can be understood that the flicker and mutation of a single color at low brightness will cause the color of the mixed light emitted by the luminaire to flicker and abruptly change, and the human eye is very sensitive to the change of color, which seriously affects the use of the LED luminaire. performance.
  • the LED array of the luminaire shown in Figure 1 all of the LEDs are connected in series and driven by a constant current. Controlled, so the brightness of the luminaire can be changed by changing the drive current of the LED array.
  • the brightness of the luminaire is controlled by a multi-level gray scale control, such as 256 gray scales, indicating that the brightness range is 0 to 255.
  • the driving current of the LED array is the maximum, and the maximum current value is 1 ⁇ .
  • the LED array When it is desired that the brightness of the luminaire is 0, the LED array is turned off so that it does not emit light, and when it is desired that the illuminance of the luminaire is 1 gray, the driving current of the LED array must be controlled, so that the LED array is The brightness reaches 1 / 255 when driving at 1A, and its current may be 10mA.
  • the driving threshold current of an LED is related to many factors, such as production process, manufacturer's brand, packaging method, etc., generally ranging from 5 mA to 50 mA. In this case, a driving current of 10 mA may cause the driving of the LED array to be unstable, that is, some LEDs may be lit, some may not, or sometimes they may be lit and sometimes not.
  • the driving current of the LED array will also increase.
  • the illuminating control of the LED is normal, the illuminating of the luminaire may be in this gray level. A sudden brightening phenomenon occurs.
  • the invention provides a solid-state light-emitting device with adjustable brightness and brightness, comprising a solid-state light-emitting chip set, the solid-state light-emitting chip set comprising at least two solid-state light-emitting chips, the solid-state light-emitting chip set comprising at least two chip groups that can be independently driven, One packet and two packets.
  • a control device configured to receive an external brightness control signal, and drive the solid-state light-emitting chip group to emit light according to the brightness control signal; and when the gray-scale value represented by the brightness control signal is in the first gray-scale range
  • the control device only drives the first group to be in a lighting state, and controls the first group of driving voltages or driving currents to cause the solid state lighting device to reach the gray level value represented by the brightness control signal while the second group is turned off. status.
  • the lowest grayscale value of the first grayscale range is equal to the lowest grayscale value of the entire grayscale range, and the highest grayscale value is not more than half of the highest grayscale value of the entire grayscale range.
  • the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group is not more than half of the total number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group.
  • the present invention also provides a solid-state light-emitting source comprising at least two solid-state light-emitting devices as described above, which respectively emit primary colors of different colors; and a wavelength combining device for combining the light emitted by each solid-state light-emitting device into one The beam is mixed to form the emitted light of the solid-state light source; further comprising a master control device for receiving an external brightness and color control signal and decomposing the light into a brightness control signal for each of the primary colors, and outputting to each solid state light Control device of the device.
  • the present invention also provides an illumination device comprising the above solid state light emitting device or solid state light source as a light source.
  • an illumination device comprising the above solid state light emitting device or solid state light source as a light source.
  • the gray scale value represented by the brightness control signal when the gray scale value represented by the brightness control signal is in the first gray scale range where the brightness is relatively low, only the first group of solid-state light-emitting chips are lit and the remaining solid-state light-emitting chips are turned off. status.
  • the driving current or voltage of the first packet must be increased to compensate for the decrease in luminance caused by the shutdown of the remaining solid-state light-emitting chips, so that the driving voltage or current of the first packet is further away from the driving threshold, and further Improve the stability of the drive control.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the operation of the solid-state light-emitting device of the first embodiment of the present invention in a first gray scale range
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the optical structure of the solid-state light-emitting source according to the second embodiment of the present invention
  • 4a is a schematic flow chart of a control method of a solid state light emitting device of the present invention.
  • 4b is another possible schematic flow chart of the control method of the solid state light emitting device of the present invention. detailed description
  • the present invention does not relate to the structure of a specific luminaire.
  • the luminaire includes two or more solid-state light-emitting chips as the light-emitting source, the present invention can be used to control the illuminance. Therefore, the optical structures shown in Figs. 1 and 4 of the present invention are by way of example only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
  • the present invention provides a solid state light emitting device 200, 2 with adjustable brightness.
  • the solid state light emitting device 200 includes a solid state light emitting chipset 201 including five solid state light emitting chips 201a, 201b, 201c, 201d, 201e, the solid state light emitting chipset including two chips that can be independently driven
  • the solid state lighting device 200 further includes a control device 210 for receiving an external brightness control signal (not shown) and driving the solid state light emitting chip set 201 to emit light in a DC driven manner according to the brightness control signal.
  • the control device 210 connects the solid-state light-emitting chips 201b and 201d (ie, the first group) through the connection 211 and simultaneously controls the light-emitting thereof, and connects the solid-state light-emitting chips 201a, 201c, and 201e through the connection 212 ( That is, the second packet) and its illumination is controlled at the same time, and the control device 210 can independently control the switches and the luminance of the first packet and the second packet.
  • connections 211 and 212 in the figure represent only the relationship of electrical connections, and do not represent and define a specific connection.
  • solid-state light-emitting chips of the same group may be connected and controlled by series, parallel, series-parallel, etc., or connected by other means, which does not affect the effect of the present invention.
  • Common solid-state light-emitting chips, such as LEDs and laser diodes are generally connected in series and using a constant current drive. It is driven in a dynamic manner; of course, it is also within the scope of the present invention to use a parallel connection and drive using a constant voltage.
  • the control device may directly receive an external brightness control signal, or may receive an external brightness control signal through another receiving device and then transmit the same to the control device.
  • the transmission of the brightness control signal has multiple formats, which is often manifested by means of a control protocol.
  • the DMX512 protocol is a widely used protocol in which the number of bits, format, synchronization, and verification of control signals are specified.
  • the format of the control signal to be specifically used is not specified and limited, but the luminance information in the control signal is directly used. After obtaining the luminance information in the control signal, the grayscale value represented by the luminance information can be obtained by decoding and converting the signal.
  • the specific decoding and conversion process is specifically stipulated according to the specific use protocol, and can be determined according to the actual situation in practical applications, and will not be described here.
  • brightness-adjustable luminaires have an adjustable grayscale range, such as the 256-level grayscale, which is a 0 to 255 grayscale value used in the DMX512 protocol.
  • the control means 210 controls the first packet and the second packet as follows:
  • the control device drives only the first packet to be in a lighting state, and causes the luminance of the solid state lighting device by controlling the driving voltage or driving current of the first grouping.
  • the grayscale value V is reached while the second packet is in the off state.
  • the first gray scale range refers to a continuous gray scale range with the lowest gray scale value in the whole gray scale range, that is, the lowest gray scale value of the first gray scale range is equal to the lowest gray scale value of the entire gray scale range.
  • the control causes the second packet to be in a closed state and only uses the first packet to provide the light output of the entire luminaire, as compared to when the two packets are simultaneously illuminated.
  • the driving voltage or the driving current of the first group is inevitably increased to compensate for the decrease in luminance caused by the second packet being turned off, which causes the driving voltage or current of the first packet to be away from the driving threshold, thereby achieving more stable control.
  • the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group cannot be excessive, otherwise the improvement of the driving current and voltage is not significant, which will affect the effect of achieving stable control.
  • the inventors found that the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group cannot be more than half of the total number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group 201, otherwise the first gray-scale value when the desired gray-scale value is within the first gray-scale range
  • the increase of the driving voltage and current of the group does not exceed twice that of the solid-state light-emitting chipset 201 when it is completely lit, which often fails to achieve the purpose of stably controlling the gray scale.
  • the present invention it is a prior art to control the driving current or voltage of the first packet so that the luminance of the light reaches the grayscale value V, and there are various methods. For example, by measuring the first group in advance, recording the difference The brightness corresponding to the current (or voltage) and converts the brightness to a grayscale value.
  • the correspondence table of the current (or voltage) and the grayscale value is stored in a memory inside the control device 210, and when a specific grayscale value V is required, the current corresponding to the grayscale value V is directly searched in the correspondence table (or Voltage), and this current (or voltage) is used to drive the first packet.
  • the grayscale value closest to the grayscale value V and its corresponding current (or voltage) can be found in the correspondence table.
  • the current (or voltage) corresponding to the gray scale value V is calculated using the difference method. Another method is to pre-fit the relationship between the driving current (or voltage) of the solid-state light-emitting chip and the gray-scale value into a formula (such as a polynomial fitting;), and store each coefficient of the formula in the control device 210; When a specific grayscale value V is required, it is taken into the formula to directly calculate the required drive current (or voltage). It is to be understood that these methods are only examples and are not intended to limit the invention.
  • the experiment by the inventor is exemplified.
  • the inventor used an 8x8 LED array as the light source, and specified that the light source was controlled to 256 gray scales, and when the light source reached the brightest gray level value of 255, each LED in the LED array was lit with the maximum current 1A DC drive.
  • the driving current should be about 10 mA; and for the LED used in this experiment, the threshold current is 10 mA- 15mA, so the grayscale value 1 will flicker when it is lit, and it cannot be stably controlled.
  • the inventors divided the 64 LEDs into two equal groups, the first group being 32.
  • the driving current of the first group needs to be 20.2 mA, which is higher than the threshold current to achieve stable control; and for other grayscale values greater than 1, the driving current is inevitably increased and further away Threshold, so stable control can also be achieved.
  • the required grayscale value is 126, as long as the LED of the first group is lit with a driving current of 1 A, since its number is half of the total number of LEDs, its brightness should also be half of it, so the illuminating gray scale is about For 126.
  • the upper gray scale value H of the first gray scale range should be in a reasonable interval, which needs to be determined according to actual needs.
  • the lower limit of the interval can be determined by testing. Specifically, make all the LEDs light up, and try to control them at low grayscale values, such as 1, 2, 3, accumulate one by one and try to stabilize the control until a grayscale value n is found to stabilize the control, then the first The upper gray scale H of the gray scale range must be greater than or equal to the gray scale value n-1, otherwise the problem of unstable control will not be completely solved.
  • the upper gray level H of the first gray-scale range should not be greater than the maximum gray level (on the upper In the example, it is half of 255), otherwise the upper gray scale value H of the first gray scale range cannot be satisfied even if the solid-state light-emitting chip of the first group is illuminated with the maximum current.
  • the range of the number of solid state light emitting chips of the first group may be determined according to the upper gray level H of the first gray level range.
  • the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group cannot be too small, otherwise the gray scale H cannot be achieved even if it is lit with the maximum current. Therefore, the ratio of the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group to the total number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group 201 should not be lower than the maximum gray-scale value H of the first gray-scale range and the maximum gray-scale value of the entire gray-scale range. The ratio is such that the solid-state light-emitting chip of the first group can surely achieve the maximum gray-scale value H.
  • the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group is often not more than one tenth of the total number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group. That is, a small number of solid state light emitting chips are used as the first grouping to provide low gray scale brightness.
  • the solid state light emitting chips in the solid state light emitting chip group 201 constitute an array, and the first grouped solid state light emitting chips are evenly distributed in the array. Thus, even if only the first group is lit, the uniformity of illumination of the solid-state lighting device is not greatly affected.
  • the second mode the control device drives the first group and the second group to be in a lighting state at the same time, and controls the brightness of the solid state lighting device to reach the brightness control signal by controlling the driving voltage or the driving current of the first group and the second group.
  • the gray scale value is V.
  • the solid state light emitting chips in the solid state light emitting chip set 201 have the same or similar illuminating colors, such as blue LEDs or laser diodes or a mixture thereof.
  • the first group of solid state light emitting chips are used to generate low brightness (grayscale) light, so the light emitting area of the first grouped solid state light emitting chip may be smaller than the light emitting area of the second grouped solid state light emitting chip, that is, the first grouping use size is small.
  • Luminous The chip such that the first group of light is weaker, more in line with the requirements of low brightness (grayscale) output. Since the efficiency of the small-sized chip is often higher than that of the large-sized chip, this is advantageous in improving the luminous efficiency of the solid-state light source device.
  • the solid state light emitting chip set 201 includes five solid state light emitting chips. According to the above description, the present invention can be applied as long as the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group is not less than two. In practical applications, the solid state light emitting chipset can also be divided into more than two packets, but as long as at least two of the packets satisfy the conditions of the present invention, they should fall within the scope of the present invention.
  • the present invention also provides a control method of the above solid state light emitting device, comprising the following steps:
  • the control device receives an external brightness control signal
  • the method further includes the following steps: calculating or looking up the table according to the grayscale value to obtain the driving voltage value or the driving current value of the second group;
  • the drive voltage value or drive current value of the two packets drives the second packet to be illuminated while the first packet is in the off state.
  • solid-state light-emitting source of the present embodiment uses three sets of solid-state light-emitting devices 301, 302, and 303 as light-emitting sources, the effect of stable control of mixed light can be achieved as long as there are two or more solid-state light-emitting devices.

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The present invention provides a solid-state lighting device, a solid-state lighting source and a lighting device, including a solid-state lighting chip set, and the solid-state lighting chip set includes the first packet and the second packet. Further it comprises control means; when the brightness control signal is in a first gray range, the control means drives only the first packet in a lighting state, and through controlling the drive voltage or drive current of the first packet, lighting brightness of the solid-state lighting device can reach the grayscale value represented the brightness control signal, at the same time making the second packet is in the turnoff state. In the solid-state lighting device of the present invention, when the brightness control signal is in a relatively low grayscale range, only the first packet of the solid-state lighting is lighten, but leaving the rest of the solid-state lighting chip is turned off; at this time the driving current or voltage of the first packet must be increased to compensate for the brightness decline caused by the remaining solid-state lighting chip being turned off, further improving the stability of the drive control.

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固态发光装置、 固态发光光源、 照明装置及其控制方法 技术领域  Solid state light emitting device, solid state light emitting source, lighting device and control method thereof
本发明涉及固态照明领域, 特别是涉及基于固态照明的舞台照明及其控制方法。 背景技术  The present invention relates to the field of solid state lighting, and more particularly to stage lighting based on solid state lighting and a method of controlling the same. Background technique
在现有固态照明技术中, 多色固态发光器件同时使用以得到不同颜色、 不同亮度的 混合发光或单色发光的方法已经得到普遍应用。 例如, 在灯具中使用红色、 绿色、 蓝色 三组 LED (L i ght Emi t t ing D i ode) , 通过控制三组 LED的驱动电流来分别控制其强度, 可以控制灯具最终发射的光线的颜色和亮度。  In the existing solid-state lighting technology, a method in which a multi-color solid-state light-emitting device is simultaneously used to obtain mixed light or monochromatic light of different colors and different brightness has been widely used. For example, the red, green, and blue LEDs (L i ght Emi tt ing D i ode) are used in the luminaire, and the intensity of the final light emitted by the luminaire can be controlled by controlling the driving currents of the three sets of LEDs respectively to control the intensity thereof. And brightness.
一个现有的 LED灯具的光学结构示意图如图 1所示。 其中, LED阵列 101发出的光 经过透镜阵列 102准直后入射于聚焦透镜 103 , 经过聚焦透镜 103聚焦后入射于一个光 阑或图案盘 104表面, 经过该光阑或图案盘 104过滤产生特定的外形或图案后, 经过投 射镜头 105投射发光。  An optical structure of an existing LED luminaire is shown in Figure 1. The light emitted by the LED array 101 is collimated by the lens array 102 and then incident on the focusing lens 103. After being focused by the focusing lens 103, it is incident on the surface of a diaphragm or pattern disk 104, and is filtered by the aperture or pattern disk 104 to generate a specific After the shape or pattern, the projection lens 105 projects the light.
控制 LED发光强度的方法分为两类。 第一类是使用脉冲驱动 LED的方式, 通过控制 脉冲的脉宽、 占空比等参数来控制 LED的亮度; 这类方法具有调制方便、 准确的优点, 但存在一个问题: 对于需要摄像的照明领域(例如舞台照明;),摄像机及其播放设备(例 如电视)都具有特定的刷新频率, 例如在我国该频率为 60赫兹, 在国外则可能为 50赫 兹。如果 LED调制脉冲的频率不够高,则 LED的亮度变化将会与摄像的刷新频率发生 "拍 频" 现象, 即在摄像及其播放设备中看到灯光的闪烁。 当然, 提高 LED调制频率是可以 解决这个问题的, 但是此时该驱动电路的结构就比较复杂且成本高昂。  There are two types of methods for controlling the luminous intensity of LEDs. The first type uses the pulse-driven LED method to control the brightness of the LED by controlling the pulse width and duty ratio of the pulse. This type of method has the advantages of convenient and accurate modulation, but there is a problem: for the illumination that requires imaging Fields (such as stage lighting;), cameras and their playback devices (such as television) have a specific refresh frequency, for example, the frequency is 60 Hz in China, and 50 Hz in foreign countries. If the frequency of the LED modulation pulse is not high enough, the brightness change of the LED will "snap" with the refresh rate of the camera, that is, the flashing of the light is seen in the camera and its playback device. Of course, increasing the LED modulation frequency can solve this problem, but the structure of the driver circuit is complicated and costly.
控制 LED发光强度的第二类方法是使用直流驱动 LED的方式,例如通过控制 LED的 驱动电压或电流来控制 LED的强度。由于 LED是直流点亮的,因此不存在上述的 "拍频" 问题, 但这种方法的问题在于: LED具有驱动的阈值, 当驱动电流或电压低于这个阈值 则 LED不发光, 而当驱动电流或电压达到这个阈值时 LED立刻发光, 即在阈值附近 LED 的控制存在突变的特性, 不是连续变化的。 另一方面, LED的工作阈值也不是固定不变 的,而是可能随着温度等外界条件而变化的。因此当需要 LED工作于很低的亮度状态时, 有可能由于使 LED工作于驱动阈值附近而不稳定,进而发生低亮度下的闪烁和突变现象。 可以理解, 单独一种颜色在低亮度下的闪烁和突变, 会引起灯具发射的混合光的颜色的 闪烁和突变,而人眼对于颜色的变化是非常敏感的,这严重影响了 LED灯具的使用性能。  A second type of method of controlling the luminous intensity of an LED is to use a DC to drive the LED, for example by controlling the driving voltage or current of the LED to control the intensity of the LED. Since the LED is DC-illuminated, there is no such "beat frequency" problem, but the problem with this method is that the LED has a driving threshold, and when the driving current or voltage is lower than this threshold, the LED does not emit light, and when driving When the current or voltage reaches this threshold, the LED immediately illuminates, that is, the control of the LED near the threshold has a sudden change characteristic, which is not continuously changed. On the other hand, the operating threshold of the LED is not fixed, but may vary with external conditions such as temperature. Therefore, when the LED is required to operate in a very low luminance state, there is a possibility that the LED is unstable due to the operation of the LED near the driving threshold, and flicker and abrupt phenomenon at low luminance occur. It can be understood that the flicker and mutation of a single color at low brightness will cause the color of the mixed light emitted by the luminaire to flicker and abruptly change, and the human eye is very sensitive to the change of color, which seriously affects the use of the LED luminaire. performance.
例如, 如图 1所示的灯具的 LED阵列中, 所有的 LED都是串联的并以恒流驱动的方 式控制的, 因此可以通过改变 LED阵列的驱动电流来改变灯具的发光亮度。 一般来说, 灯具的亮度控制为多级的灰阶控制, 如 256级灰阶, 表示其亮度范围为 0至 255。 亮度 为 255时灯具为最亮状态,此时 LED阵列的驱动电流为最大 ϋ设这个最大电流值为 1Α。 当希望灯具出射的亮度灰阶为 0时, 只要关闭 LED阵列使其不发光即可, 而当希望灯具 出射的亮度灰阶为 1时, 此时必须控制 LED阵列的驱动电流, 使得 LED阵列的亮度达到 1A下驱动时的 1 /255 , 其电流可能是 10mA。 LED的驱动阈值电流与很多因素有关, 例如 生产工艺、 厂商品牌、 封装方法等等, 一般来说在 5mA至 50mA不等。 在这种情况下, 10mA的驱动电流可能造成该 LED阵列的驱动不稳定, 即有些 LED可以点亮有些则不能, 或者有时能点亮而有时不能。 另一方面, 当希望灯具出射的亮度灰阶增大时, LED阵列 的驱动电流也将增大, 在某一个灰阶时, 随着 LED的发光控制归于正常, 灯具的发光在 这个灰阶可能发生突然变亮的现象。 For example, in the LED array of the luminaire shown in Figure 1, all of the LEDs are connected in series and driven by a constant current. Controlled, so the brightness of the luminaire can be changed by changing the drive current of the LED array. In general, the brightness of the luminaire is controlled by a multi-level gray scale control, such as 256 gray scales, indicating that the brightness range is 0 to 255. When the brightness is 255, the luminaire is the brightest state. At this time, the driving current of the LED array is the maximum, and the maximum current value is 1 Α. When it is desired that the brightness of the luminaire is 0, the LED array is turned off so that it does not emit light, and when it is desired that the illuminance of the luminaire is 1 gray, the driving current of the LED array must be controlled, so that the LED array is The brightness reaches 1 / 255 when driving at 1A, and its current may be 10mA. The driving threshold current of an LED is related to many factors, such as production process, manufacturer's brand, packaging method, etc., generally ranging from 5 mA to 50 mA. In this case, a driving current of 10 mA may cause the driving of the LED array to be unstable, that is, some LEDs may be lit, some may not, or sometimes they may be lit and sometimes not. On the other hand, when it is desired that the brightness gray scale of the luminaire is increased, the driving current of the LED array will also increase. At a certain gray level, as the illuminating control of the LED is normal, the illuminating of the luminaire may be in this gray level. A sudden brightening phenomenon occurs.
因此, 需要一种固态发光装置和相应的控制方法, 解决低亮度下的工作不稳定的问 题。 发明内容  Therefore, there is a need for a solid state lighting device and corresponding control method that solves the problem of unstable operation at low brightness. Summary of the invention
本发明解决的主要技术问题是提出一种固态发光装置、 固态发光光源、 照明装置及 其控制方法, 同时解决了与摄像刷新频率发生 "拍频" 现象的问题和低亮度工作下的不 稳定的问题。  The main technical problem solved by the present invention is to provide a solid-state light-emitting device, a solid-state light-emitting source, a lighting device and a control method thereof, and at the same time solve the problem of "beating frequency" phenomenon occurring with the image capturing refresh frequency and unstable under low-light operation. problem.
本发明提出一种发光亮度可调的固态发光装置, 包括固态发光芯片组, 该固态发光 芯片组包括至少两颗固态发光芯片,该固态发光芯片组包括可以独立驱动的至少两个芯 片分组, 第一分组和第二分组。 还包括控制装置, 用于接收外部的亮度控制信号, 并根 据该亮度控制信号釆用直流驱动的方式驱动固态发光芯片组发光; 当亮度控制信号所代 表的灰阶值处于第一灰阶范围时, 控制装置只驱动第一分组处于点亮状态, 并通过控制 第一分组的驱动电压或驱动电流使固态发光装置的发光亮度达到亮度控制信号所代表 的灰阶值, 同时使第二分组处于关闭状态。 其中第一灰阶范围的最低灰阶值等于整个灰 阶范围的最低灰阶值, 最高灰阶值不大于整个灰阶范围的最高灰阶值的一半。  The invention provides a solid-state light-emitting device with adjustable brightness and brightness, comprising a solid-state light-emitting chip set, the solid-state light-emitting chip set comprising at least two solid-state light-emitting chips, the solid-state light-emitting chip set comprising at least two chip groups that can be independently driven, One packet and two packets. And a control device, configured to receive an external brightness control signal, and drive the solid-state light-emitting chip group to emit light according to the brightness control signal; and when the gray-scale value represented by the brightness control signal is in the first gray-scale range The control device only drives the first group to be in a lighting state, and controls the first group of driving voltages or driving currents to cause the solid state lighting device to reach the gray level value represented by the brightness control signal while the second group is turned off. status. The lowest grayscale value of the first grayscale range is equal to the lowest grayscale value of the entire grayscale range, and the highest grayscale value is not more than half of the highest grayscale value of the entire grayscale range.
其中, 第一分组的固态发光芯片的数量不多于固态发光芯片组的固态发光芯片总数 的一半。  The number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group is not more than half of the total number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group.
本发明还提出一种固态发光光源, 包括至少两个上述的固态发光装置, 它们分别发 射不同颜色的基色光; 还包括波长合光装置, 用于将每个固态发光装置发出的光合并为 一束混合光以形成该固态发光光源的出射光; 还包括总控装置, 用于接收外部的亮度和 颜色控制信号, 并将其分解为每一种基色光的亮度控制信号, 输出给各固态发光装置的 控制装置。  The present invention also provides a solid-state light-emitting source comprising at least two solid-state light-emitting devices as described above, which respectively emit primary colors of different colors; and a wavelength combining device for combining the light emitted by each solid-state light-emitting device into one The beam is mixed to form the emitted light of the solid-state light source; further comprising a master control device for receiving an external brightness and color control signal and decomposing the light into a brightness control signal for each of the primary colors, and outputting to each solid state light Control device of the device.
本发明还提出一种照明装置, 包括上述的固态发光装置或固态发光光源作为发光源。 在本发明的固态发光装置中, 当亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值处于亮度比较低的第 一灰阶范围时,只点亮第一分组的固态发光芯片而使其余的固态发光芯片处于关闭状态。 相对于全部点亮的情况,此时第一分组的驱动电流或电压必须提高以弥补其余固态发光 芯片的关闭造成的亮度下降, 因此第一分组的驱动电压或电流就会更远离驱动阈值, 进 而提高驱动控制的稳定性。 附图说明 The present invention also provides an illumination device comprising the above solid state light emitting device or solid state light source as a light source. In the solid-state light-emitting device of the present invention, when the gray scale value represented by the brightness control signal is in the first gray scale range where the brightness is relatively low, only the first group of solid-state light-emitting chips are lit and the remaining solid-state light-emitting chips are turned off. status. With respect to the case of all lighting, the driving current or voltage of the first packet must be increased to compensate for the decrease in luminance caused by the shutdown of the remaining solid-state light-emitting chips, so that the driving voltage or current of the first packet is further away from the driving threshold, and further Improve the stability of the drive control. DRAWINGS
图 1是一种现有的 LED灯具的光学结构示意图;  1 is a schematic view showing the optical structure of a conventional LED lamp;
图 2是本发明的第一实施例的固态发光装置处于第一灰阶范围时的工作示意图; 图 3是本发明的第二实施例的固态发光光源的光学结构示意图;  2 is a schematic view showing the operation of the solid-state light-emitting device of the first embodiment of the present invention in a first gray scale range; FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the optical structure of the solid-state light-emitting source according to the second embodiment of the present invention;
图 4a是本发明的固态发光装置的控制方法的一种可能的流程示意图;  4a is a schematic flow chart of a control method of a solid state light emitting device of the present invention;
图 4b是本发明的固态发光装置的控制方法的另一种可能的流程示意图。 具体实施方式  4b is another possible schematic flow chart of the control method of the solid state light emitting device of the present invention. detailed description
首先需要说明的是, 本发明并不涉及具体的灯具的结构, 只要灯具中包括两颗以上 的固态发光芯片作为发光源, 就可以利用本发明进行发光亮度的控制。 因此, 本发明中 图 1和图 4所示的光学结构只作为举例, 并不对本发明的保护范围构成限制。  First of all, it should be noted that the present invention does not relate to the structure of a specific luminaire. As long as the luminaire includes two or more solid-state light-emitting chips as the light-emitting source, the present invention can be used to control the illuminance. Therefore, the optical structures shown in Figs. 1 and 4 of the present invention are by way of example only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
本发明提出一种发光亮度可调的固态发光装置 200 , 2所示。固态发光装置 200 包括固态发光芯片组 201 , 该固态发光芯片组 201 包括五颗固态发光芯片 201 a、 201b , 201 c , 201 d、 201 e , 该固态发光芯片组包括可以独立驱动的两个芯片分组, 第一分组和 第二分组, 其中第一分组包括固态发光芯片 201b和 201 d , 第二分组包括固态发光芯片 201 a , 201 c和 201 e。  The present invention provides a solid state light emitting device 200, 2 with adjustable brightness. The solid state light emitting device 200 includes a solid state light emitting chipset 201 including five solid state light emitting chips 201a, 201b, 201c, 201d, 201e, the solid state light emitting chipset including two chips that can be independently driven The packet, the first packet and the second packet, wherein the first packet includes solid state light emitting chips 201b and 201d, and the second packet includes solid state light emitting chips 201a, 201c and 201e.
固态发光装置 200还包括控制装置 210 , 用于接收外部的亮度控制信号 (图中未画 出), 并才艮据该亮度控制信号釆用直流驱动的方式驱动固态发光芯片组 201发光。 在本 实施例中, 控制装置 210通过连线 211连接固态发光芯片 201b和 201 d (即第一分组) 并同时控制其发光,通过连线 212连接固态发光芯片 201 a、 201 c和 201 e (即第二分组) 并同时控制其发光,且控制装置 210可以独立的控制第一分组和第二分组的开关和发光 亮度。  The solid state lighting device 200 further includes a control device 210 for receiving an external brightness control signal (not shown) and driving the solid state light emitting chip set 201 to emit light in a DC driven manner according to the brightness control signal. In the present embodiment, the control device 210 connects the solid-state light-emitting chips 201b and 201d (ie, the first group) through the connection 211 and simultaneously controls the light-emitting thereof, and connects the solid-state light-emitting chips 201a, 201c, and 201e through the connection 212 ( That is, the second packet) and its illumination is controlled at the same time, and the control device 210 can independently control the switches and the luminance of the first packet and the second packet.
值得说明的是, 图中的连线 211和 212只代表了电连接的关系, 并不表示和限定具 体的连接方式。 在实际应用中, 可以使用串联、 并联、 串并联等方式将同一分组的固态 发光芯片连接在一起并予以控制, 或釆用其它方式连接, 这并不影响本发明的效果。 常 见的固态发光芯片, 如 LED和激光二极管等, 一般使用串联的方式连接, 并使用恒流驱 动的方式予以驱动; 当然使用并联的方式连接并使用恒压的方式驱动也属于本发明的保 护范围。 It should be noted that the connections 211 and 212 in the figure represent only the relationship of electrical connections, and do not represent and define a specific connection. In practical applications, solid-state light-emitting chips of the same group may be connected and controlled by series, parallel, series-parallel, etc., or connected by other means, which does not affect the effect of the present invention. Common solid-state light-emitting chips, such as LEDs and laser diodes, are generally connected in series and using a constant current drive. It is driven in a dynamic manner; of course, it is also within the scope of the present invention to use a parallel connection and drive using a constant voltage.
本实施例中, 控制装置可以直接接收外部的亮度控制信号, 也可以通过其它接收装 置接收外部的亮度控制信号后再传递给该控制装置。 在实际应用中, 亮度控制信号的传 输具有多种格式, 这往往是通过控制协议的方式体现的。 例如在灯光控制中 DMX512协 议是一个被广泛使用的协议, 在这个协议中规定了控制信号的位数、 格式、 同步、 校验 等信息。 在本发明中, 并不规定和限制具体使用的控制信号的格式, 而是直接使用该控 制信号中的亮度信息。 在得到控制信号中的亮度信息后, 通过对信号的解码和换算可以 得到该亮度信息所代表的灰阶值。具体的解码和换算的过程是根据具体使用的协议具体 规定的, 可以在实际应用中根据实际情况确定, 此处不赘述。  In this embodiment, the control device may directly receive an external brightness control signal, or may receive an external brightness control signal through another receiving device and then transmit the same to the control device. In practical applications, the transmission of the brightness control signal has multiple formats, which is often manifested by means of a control protocol. For example, in lighting control, the DMX512 protocol is a widely used protocol in which the number of bits, format, synchronization, and verification of control signals are specified. In the present invention, the format of the control signal to be specifically used is not specified and limited, but the luminance information in the control signal is directly used. After obtaining the luminance information in the control signal, the grayscale value represented by the luminance information can be obtained by decoding and converting the signal. The specific decoding and conversion process is specifically stipulated according to the specific use protocol, and can be determined according to the actual situation in practical applications, and will not be described here.
如背景技术中所述的, 亮度可调节的灯具都具有一个可调的灰阶范围, 例如 DMX512 协议中使用的就是 256级灰阶,即 0至 255灰阶值。在本发明中的固态发光装置 200中, 控制装置 210对第一分组和第二分组的控制方法如下:  As described in the background, brightness-adjustable luminaires have an adjustable grayscale range, such as the 256-level grayscale, which is a 0 to 255 grayscale value used in the DMX512 protocol. In the solid-state lighting device 200 of the present invention, the control means 210 controls the first packet and the second packet as follows:
当亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值 V处于第一灰阶范围时, 控制装置只驱动第一分组 处于点亮状态,并通过控制第一分组的驱动电压或驱动电流使固态发光装置的发光亮度 达到灰阶值 V, 同时使第二分组处于关闭状态。 其中, 第一灰阶范围指的是在整个灰阶 范围中灰阶值最低的一段连续的灰阶范围, 即第一灰阶范围的最低灰阶值等于整个灰阶 范围的最低灰阶值。  When the grayscale value V represented by the brightness control signal is in the first grayscale range, the control device drives only the first packet to be in a lighting state, and causes the luminance of the solid state lighting device by controlling the driving voltage or driving current of the first grouping. The grayscale value V is reached while the second packet is in the off state. Wherein, the first gray scale range refers to a continuous gray scale range with the lowest gray scale value in the whole gray scale range, that is, the lowest gray scale value of the first gray scale range is equal to the lowest gray scale value of the entire gray scale range.
在该固态发光装置 200中, 由于使用了直流驱动而不是脉冲驱动的方式, 避免了该 光源与摄像设备和播放设备的 "拍频" 现象。 当希望达到的灰阶值 V处于灰阶最低的第 一灰阶范围时,控制使第二分组处于关闭状态而只使用第一分组提供整个灯具的光输出, 与两个分组同时点亮相比,此时第一分组的驱动电压或驱动电流必然提高以补偿第二分 组关闭而造成的亮度下降, 这就使得第一分组的驱动电压或电流远离驱动阈值, 进而实 现更稳定的控制。  In the solid-state light-emitting device 200, since the direct current driving is used instead of the pulse driving, the "beat frequency" phenomenon of the light source and the image pickup apparatus and the playback apparatus is avoided. When the desired grayscale value V is in the first grayscale range with the lowest grayscale, the control causes the second packet to be in a closed state and only uses the first packet to provide the light output of the entire luminaire, as compared to when the two packets are simultaneously illuminated. At this time, the driving voltage or the driving current of the first group is inevitably increased to compensate for the decrease in luminance caused by the second packet being turned off, which causes the driving voltage or current of the first packet to be away from the driving threshold, thereby achieving more stable control.
可以理解, 第一分组的固态发光芯片的颗数不能过多, 否则其驱动电流和电压的提 高不显著, 将影响其实现稳定控制的效果。 在实验中发明人发现, 第一分组的固态发光 芯片的数量不能多于固态发光芯片组 201的固态发光芯片总数的一半, 否则当希望得到 的灰阶值在第一灰阶范围内时第一分组的驱动电压和电流的提升不超过固态发光芯片 组 201全部点亮时的二倍, 这往往达不到稳定控制灰阶的目的。  It can be understood that the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group cannot be excessive, otherwise the improvement of the driving current and voltage is not significant, which will affect the effect of achieving stable control. In the experiment, the inventors found that the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group cannot be more than half of the total number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group 201, otherwise the first gray-scale value when the desired gray-scale value is within the first gray-scale range The increase of the driving voltage and current of the group does not exceed twice that of the solid-state light-emitting chipset 201 when it is completely lit, which often fails to achieve the purpose of stably controlling the gray scale.
在本发明中, 控制第一分组的驱动电流或电压使其发光亮度达到灰阶值 V, 是一项 现有技术, 并有多种方法可以实现。 例如通过预先对第一分组进行测量, 记录其不同的 电流(或电压)所对应的亮度, 并把该亮度转化为灰阶值。 将电流(或电压)与灰阶值 的对应表储存于控制装置 210内部的存储器中, 当需要特定的灰阶值 V时, 直接在该对 应表中查找该灰阶值 V对应的电流(或电压), 并将该电流(或电压)用于驱动第一分 组。 当对应表中的各离散的数值不能准确的找出所需要的灰阶值 V时, 可以在对应表中 找到与灰阶值 V最接近的灰阶值及其对应的电流(或电压)并使用差值的方法计算出灰 阶值 V所对应的电流(或电压)。 另一种方法是预先将固态发光芯片的驱动电流(或电 压) 与灰阶值的关系拟合成一个公式(如多项式拟合;), 并将这个公式的各个系数存储 于控制装置 210内; 当需要特定的灰阶值 V时, 将其带入公式直接计算出所需要的驱动 电流(或电压)。 可以理解, 这些方法只是举例而并不是对本发明的限制。 另外, 在本 发明的下面的描述中, 关于控制第二分组或整个固态发光芯片组的驱动电流或电压使其 发光亮度达到特定的灰阶值, 同样可以使用本段中描述的方式, 在后面将不再赘述。 In the present invention, it is a prior art to control the driving current or voltage of the first packet so that the luminance of the light reaches the grayscale value V, and there are various methods. For example, by measuring the first group in advance, recording the difference The brightness corresponding to the current (or voltage) and converts the brightness to a grayscale value. The correspondence table of the current (or voltage) and the grayscale value is stored in a memory inside the control device 210, and when a specific grayscale value V is required, the current corresponding to the grayscale value V is directly searched in the correspondence table (or Voltage), and this current (or voltage) is used to drive the first packet. When the discrete values in the correspondence table cannot accurately find the required grayscale value V, the grayscale value closest to the grayscale value V and its corresponding current (or voltage) can be found in the correspondence table. The current (or voltage) corresponding to the gray scale value V is calculated using the difference method. Another method is to pre-fit the relationship between the driving current (or voltage) of the solid-state light-emitting chip and the gray-scale value into a formula (such as a polynomial fitting;), and store each coefficient of the formula in the control device 210; When a specific grayscale value V is required, it is taken into the formula to directly calculate the required drive current (or voltage). It is to be understood that these methods are only examples and are not intended to limit the invention. In addition, in the following description of the present invention, regarding controlling the driving current or voltage of the second grouping or the entire solid-state light-emitting chipset such that the luminance of the light reaches a specific grayscale value, the manner described in this paragraph can also be used, Will not repeat them.
以发明人的实验来举例说明。 发明人使用 8x8的 LED阵列作为光源, 并规定光源控 制为 256灰阶, 且光源达到最亮的灰阶值 255时, LED阵列中的每一颗 LED以最大的电 流 1A直流驱动点亮。 在这种情况下, 当该光源需要实现灰阶值 1时, 若每一颗 LED都 点亮,则驱动电流应约为 10mA;而对于本实验中所使用的 LED ,其阈值电流为 10mA-15mA , 因此灰阶值 1 在点亮时会出现闪烁等现象, 不能稳定控制。 在该实验中, 发明人将 64 颗 LED分为等分的两组, 第一分组为 32颗。 当灰阶值 V小于 126时, 只点亮第一分组 使其实现灰阶值 。 此时为了实现灰阶值 1 , 第一分组的驱动电流需要为 20. 2mA , 高于 阈值电流而可以实现稳定控制; 而对于大于 1的其它灰阶值, 由于驱动电流必然增大进 而更加远离阈值, 因此也可以实现稳定控制。 当所需要的灰阶值为 126时, 只要第一分 组的 LED以 1A的驱动电流点亮, 由于其颗数为 LED总颗数的一半, 其亮度也应该为其 一半, 所以其发光灰阶约为 126。  The experiment by the inventor is exemplified. The inventor used an 8x8 LED array as the light source, and specified that the light source was controlled to 256 gray scales, and when the light source reached the brightest gray level value of 255, each LED in the LED array was lit with the maximum current 1A DC drive. In this case, when the light source needs to achieve a grayscale value of 1, if each LED is lit, the driving current should be about 10 mA; and for the LED used in this experiment, the threshold current is 10 mA- 15mA, so the grayscale value 1 will flicker when it is lit, and it cannot be stably controlled. In this experiment, the inventors divided the 64 LEDs into two equal groups, the first group being 32. When the grayscale value V is less than 126, only the first packet is illuminated to achieve the grayscale value. In order to achieve the grayscale value of 1, the driving current of the first group needs to be 20.2 mA, which is higher than the threshold current to achieve stable control; and for other grayscale values greater than 1, the driving current is inevitably increased and further away Threshold, so stable control can also be achieved. When the required grayscale value is 126, as long as the LED of the first group is lit with a driving current of 1 A, since its number is half of the total number of LEDs, its brightness should also be half of it, so the illuminating gray scale is about For 126.
在实际应用中, 第一灰阶范围的上限灰阶值 H应处于一个合理的区间, 这个区间需 要根据实际需要确定。 首先可以通过测试决定该区间的下限。 具体来说, 使得所有 LED 点亮, 并尝试控制其处于低灰阶值, 例如 1、 2、 3 , 逐个累加并尝试能否稳定控 制, 直到找到一个灰阶值 n可以稳定控制, 则第一灰阶范围的上限灰阶 H必须大于等于 灰阶值 n-1 , 否则将无法完全解决控制不稳定的问题。 另外, 由于第一分组的固态发光 芯片的颗数不多于固态发光芯片组 201的固态发光芯片总数的一半, 因此第一灰阶范围 的上限灰阶 H也不应大于最大灰阶(在上面例子中为 255 ) 的一半, 否则即使第一分组 的固态发光芯片都以最大电流点亮也不能满足该第一灰阶范围的上限灰阶值 H。  In practical applications, the upper gray scale value H of the first gray scale range should be in a reasonable interval, which needs to be determined according to actual needs. First, the lower limit of the interval can be determined by testing. Specifically, make all the LEDs light up, and try to control them at low grayscale values, such as 1, 2, 3, accumulate one by one and try to stabilize the control until a grayscale value n is found to stabilize the control, then the first The upper gray scale H of the gray scale range must be greater than or equal to the gray scale value n-1, otherwise the problem of unstable control will not be completely solved. In addition, since the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group is not more than half of the total number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group 201, the upper gray level H of the first gray-scale range should not be greater than the maximum gray level (on the upper In the example, it is half of 255), otherwise the upper gray scale value H of the first gray scale range cannot be satisfied even if the solid-state light-emitting chip of the first group is illuminated with the maximum current.
因此, 第一灰阶范围的上限灰阶 H应满足: n - \ < H < Therefore, the upper gray level H of the first gray scale range should satisfy: n - \ < H <
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在实际应用中, 发明人发现 n往往是比较小的, 例如 5 , 此时上限灰阶 H也可以比 较小, 例如 H=10。  In practical applications, the inventors have found that n tends to be relatively small, for example 5, and the upper gray scale H can also be smaller, for example, H=10.
在该范围内确定了第一灰阶范围的上限灰阶 H的具体数值后, 可以根据该第一灰阶 范围的上限灰阶 H决定第一分组的固态发光芯片数量的范围。 显然, 第一分组的固态发 光芯片的数量不能太少, 否则即使以最大电流点亮也无法达到灰阶 H。 因此, 第一分组 的固态发光芯片的数量与固态发光芯片组 201的固态发光芯片总数的比值应不低于第一 灰阶范围的最大灰阶值 H与整个灰阶范围的最大灰阶值的比值,这样才能保证第一分组 的固态发光芯片一定能够实现最大灰阶值 H。  After the specific value of the upper gray level H of the first gray level range is determined within the range, the range of the number of solid state light emitting chips of the first group may be determined according to the upper gray level H of the first gray level range. Obviously, the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group cannot be too small, otherwise the gray scale H cannot be achieved even if it is lit with the maximum current. Therefore, the ratio of the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group to the total number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group 201 should not be lower than the maximum gray-scale value H of the first gray-scale range and the maximum gray-scale value of the entire gray-scale range. The ratio is such that the solid-state light-emitting chip of the first group can surely achieve the maximum gray-scale value H.
因此, 在前述的第一灰阶范围的最大灰阶值 H比较小的情况下, 第一分组的固态发 光芯片的数量往往不多于固态发光芯片组的固态发光芯片总数的十分之一, 即使用少数 的固态发光芯片作为第一分组来提供低灰阶亮度。 在这种情况下, 优选的, 固态发光芯 片组 201中的固态发光芯片构成一个阵列, 而第一分组的固态发光芯片均匀分布于这个 阵列之中。 这样, 即使只有第一分组点亮, 固态发光装置的发光均匀性也不会受到太大 的影响。  Therefore, in the case where the maximum gray scale value H of the first gray scale range is relatively small, the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group is often not more than one tenth of the total number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group. That is, a small number of solid state light emitting chips are used as the first grouping to provide low gray scale brightness. In this case, preferably, the solid state light emitting chips in the solid state light emitting chip group 201 constitute an array, and the first grouped solid state light emitting chips are evenly distributed in the array. Thus, even if only the first group is lit, the uniformity of illumination of the solid-state lighting device is not greatly affected.
在上面的描述中描述了当所需要的灰阶值 V在第一灰阶范围内时的控制方法, 而当 亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值 V为第一灰阶范围外的灰阶值时,有至少两种方式控制固 态发光装置 200工作。  In the above description, a control method when the required grayscale value V is within the first grayscale range is described, and when the grayscale value V represented by the luminance control signal is a grayscale value outside the first grayscale range There are at least two ways to control the operation of the solid state lighting device 200.
第一种方式: 控制装置 210只驱动第二分组处于点亮状态, 并通过控制第二分组的 驱动电压或驱动电流使固态发光装置 200的发光亮度达到亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值 V, 同时使第一分组处于关闭状态。  The first mode: the control device 210 drives only the second group to be in a lighting state, and controls the brightness of the solid state lighting device 200 to reach the gray level value V represented by the brightness control signal by controlling the driving voltage or the driving current of the second group. At the same time, the first packet is turned off.
第二种方式: 控制装置驱动第一分组和第二分组同时处于点亮状态, 并通过控制第 一分组和第二分组的驱动电压或驱动电流使固态发光装置的发光亮度达到亮度控制信 号所代表的灰阶值 V。 显然, 这种方式可以充分利用所有的固态发光芯片, 在达到相同 亮度的前提下所需要的固态发光芯片更少。  The second mode: the control device drives the first group and the second group to be in a lighting state at the same time, and controls the brightness of the solid state lighting device to reach the brightness control signal by controlling the driving voltage or the driving current of the first group and the second group. The gray scale value is V. Obviously, this approach can make full use of all solid-state light-emitting chips, requiring less solid-state light-emitting chips to achieve the same brightness.
在本实施例中,固态发光芯片组 201中的固态发光芯片具有相同或相近的发光颜色, 例如都是蓝色的 LED或激光二极管或其混合。  In this embodiment, the solid state light emitting chips in the solid state light emitting chip set 201 have the same or similar illuminating colors, such as blue LEDs or laser diodes or a mixture thereof.
在本实施例的上述描述中, 关于第一灰阶范围的上限和第一分组的固态发光芯片的 数量下限的确定中, 都假设所有的固态发光芯片都具有相同的发光量, 实际上, 由于第 一分组的固态发光芯片用于产生低亮度(灰阶)光, 所以第一分组的固态发光芯片的发 光面积可以小于第二分组的固态发光芯片的发光面积, 即第一分组使用尺寸较小的发光 芯片, 这样第一分组的发光较弱, 更符合低亮度 (灰阶)输出的要求。 由于小尺寸芯片 的效率往往高于大尺寸芯片, 所以这有利于提高该固态光源装置的发光效率。 In the above description of the embodiment, in the determination regarding the upper limit of the first gray scale range and the lower limit of the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group, it is assumed that all of the solid-state light-emitting chips have the same amount of light emission, actually, The first group of solid state light emitting chips are used to generate low brightness (grayscale) light, so the light emitting area of the first grouped solid state light emitting chip may be smaller than the light emitting area of the second grouped solid state light emitting chip, that is, the first grouping use size is small. Luminous The chip, such that the first group of light is weaker, more in line with the requirements of low brightness (grayscale) output. Since the efficiency of the small-sized chip is often higher than that of the large-sized chip, this is advantageous in improving the luminous efficiency of the solid-state light source device.
在本实施例中,固态发光芯片组 201包括五颗固态发光芯片。才艮据上述的描述可知, 只要固态发光芯片组的固态发光芯片的数量不少于两颗, 就可以应用本发明。 在实际应 用中, 固态发光芯片组也可以分为多于两个分组, 但只要其中至少两个分组满足本发明 的条件就应该属于本发明的保护范围。  In the present embodiment, the solid state light emitting chip set 201 includes five solid state light emitting chips. According to the above description, the present invention can be applied as long as the number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group is not less than two. In practical applications, the solid state light emitting chipset can also be divided into more than two packets, but as long as at least two of the packets satisfy the conditions of the present invention, they should fall within the scope of the present invention.
根据上面的描述, 本发明还提出一种上述的固态发光装置的控制方法, 包括以下步 骤:  According to the above description, the present invention also provides a control method of the above solid state light emitting device, comprising the following steps:
Α.控制装置接收外部的亮度控制信号;  控制. The control device receives an external brightness control signal;
Β.判断亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值是否处于第一灰阶范围;  判断 determining whether the grayscale value represented by the brightness control signal is in the first grayscale range;
若亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值处于第一灰阶范围, 则还包括以下步骤:  If the grayscale value represented by the brightness control signal is in the first grayscale range, the following steps are also included:
C.根据灰阶值进行计算或查表以得到第一分组的驱动电压值或驱动电流值; C. Calculate or look up the table according to the gray scale value to obtain the driving voltage value or the driving current value of the first group;
D.使用该第一分组的驱动电压值或驱动电流值驱动点亮第一分组, 同时使第二分组 处于关闭状态; D. driving the first packet using the driving voltage value or the driving current value of the first packet while leaving the second packet in a closed state;
若亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值不处于第一灰阶范围, 则还包括以下步骤: 根据灰阶值进行计算或查表以得到第二分组的驱动电压值或驱动电流值; 使用该第二分组的驱动电压值或驱动电流值驱动点亮第二分组, 同时使第一分组处 于关闭状态。  If the grayscale value represented by the brightness control signal is not in the first grayscale range, the method further includes the following steps: calculating or looking up the table according to the grayscale value to obtain the driving voltage value or the driving current value of the second group; The drive voltage value or drive current value of the two packets drives the second packet to be illuminated while the first packet is in the off state.
该控制方法的流程图如图 4a 所示。 在该方法中, 若亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值 不处于第一灰阶范围, 还可能有另一种控制方法, 即:  The flow chart of this control method is shown in Figure 4a. In this method, if the grayscale value represented by the brightness control signal is not in the first grayscale range, there may be another control method, namely:
若亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值不处于第一灰阶范围, 则还包括以下步骤: 根据灰阶值进行计算或查表以得到第一分组和第二分组的驱动电压值或驱动电流 值;  If the grayscale value represented by the brightness control signal is not in the first grayscale range, the method further includes the following steps: calculating or looking up the table according to the grayscale value to obtain driving voltage values or driving current values of the first packet and the second packet. ;
使用第一分组和第二分组的驱动电压值或驱动电流值分别驱动点亮第一分组和第 二分组。 该控制方法的流程图如图 4b所示。  The driving of the first packet and the second packet are respectively driven using the driving voltage value or the driving current value of the first packet and the second packet. A flow chart of the control method is shown in Figure 4b.
本发明的第二个实施例是一种固态发光光源, 如图 3所示。 与图 1所示的光源的区 别在于,其发光部分包括三组如上述第一实施例中描述的固态发光装置 301、 302和 303 , 它们分别发射不同颜色的基色光。 在本实施例中, 固态发光装置 301发射红光, 固态发 光装置 302发射绿光, 固态发光装置 303发射蓝光, 通过这三组固态发光装置的分别独 立的开关和亮度控制, 可以控制光源出射光的亮度和颜色。  A second embodiment of the invention is a solid state light source, as shown in FIG. The difference from the light source shown in Fig. 1 is that the light-emitting portion includes three sets of solid-state light-emitting devices 301, 302, and 303 as described in the first embodiment described above, which respectively emit primary colors of different colors. In this embodiment, the solid state light emitting device 301 emits red light, the solid state light emitting device 302 emits green light, and the solid state light emitting device 303 emits blue light. The independent light switch and brightness control of the three sets of solid state light emitting devices can control the light emitted by the light source. Brightness and color.
本实施例中的固态发光光源还包括波长合光装置, 该波长合光装置由相互以十字形 交叉放置的分光滤光片 321和 322组成,用于将每个固态发光装置发出的光合并为一束 混合光以形成该固态发光光源的出射光。 具体来说, 分光滤光片 321可以反射固态发光 装置 303发射的蓝光同时透射固态发光装置 302发射的绿光,分光滤光片 322可以反射 固态发光装置 301发射的红光同时透射固态发光装置 302发射的绿光。 The solid-state light-emitting source in this embodiment further includes a wavelength combining device, the wavelength combining device is formed by a cross shape The cross-laid spectroscopic filters 321 and 322 are configured to combine the light emitted by each solid-state light-emitting device into a bundle of mixed light to form the exiting light of the solid-state light-emitting source. Specifically, the spectroscopic filter 321 can reflect the blue light emitted by the solid state light emitting device 303 while transmitting the green light emitted by the solid state light emitting device 302. The spectroscopic filter 322 can reflect the red light emitted by the solid state light emitting device 301 while transmitting the solid state light emitting device 302. The green light emitted.
本实施例中的固态发光光源还包括一个总控装置 (图中未画出), 用于接收外部的 亮度和颜色控制信号, 并将其分解为每一种基色光的亮度控制信号, 输出给各固态发光 装置的控制装置 (图中未画出)。 可以理解, 在本实施例中, 各固态发光装置的控制装 置也可以集成于总控装置之中。  The solid state light source in this embodiment further includes a master control device (not shown) for receiving external brightness and color control signals, and decomposing them into brightness control signals for each of the primary colors, and outputting A control device (not shown) of each solid state light emitting device. It can be understood that in the embodiment, the control means of each solid state light emitting device can also be integrated in the master control device.
由于每一个基色光都是由第一实施例中的固态发光装置产生的, 可以避免发光不稳 定的问题, 本实施例的固态发光光源的发光是这些固态发光装置的发光之混合, 也同样 不存在发光不稳定的问题。  Since each of the primary color lights is generated by the solid-state light-emitting device of the first embodiment, the problem of unstable illumination can be avoided, and the illumination of the solid-state illumination source of the present embodiment is a mixture of illumination of the solid-state illumination devices, and also does not. There is a problem that the luminescence is unstable.
可以理解, 虽然本实施例的固态发光光源使用了三组固态发光装置 301、 302和 303 作为发光源, 实际上只要有两组或以上的固态发光装置就可以实现混合光的稳定控制的 效果。  It can be understood that although the solid-state light-emitting source of the present embodiment uses three sets of solid-state light-emitting devices 301, 302, and 303 as light-emitting sources, the effect of stable control of mixed light can be achieved as long as there are two or more solid-state light-emitting devices.
本发明还提出一种照明装置, 包括上述的固态发光装置或固态发光光源作为发光源。 以上所述仅为本发明的实施例, 并非因此限制本发明的专利范围, 凡是利用本发明 说明书及附图内容所作的等效结构或等效流程变换,或直接或间接运用在其他相关的技 术领域, 均同理包括在本发明的专利保护范围内。  The present invention also provides an illumination device comprising the above solid state light emitting device or solid state light source as a light source. The above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and thus does not limit the scope of the invention, and the equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the specification and the drawings of the present invention, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technologies. The scope of the invention is included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

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1. 一种发光亮度可调的固态发光装置, 其特征在于, 包括: A solid-state light-emitting device with adjustable brightness and brightness, comprising:
固态发光芯片组, 该固态发光芯片组包括至少两颗固态发光芯片, 该固态发光芯片 组包括可以独立驱动的至少两个芯片分组, 第一分组和第二分组;  a solid state light emitting chip set comprising at least two solid state light emitting chips, the solid state light emitting chip set comprising at least two chip groups, a first group and a second group, which can be independently driven;
控制装置, 用于接收外部的亮度控制信号, 并根据该亮度控制信号釆用直流驱动的 方式驱动固态发光芯片组发光; 当亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值处于第一灰阶范围 时, 控制装置只驱动第一分组处于点亮状态, 并通过控制第一分组的驱动电压或驱 动电流使固态发光装置的发光亮度达到所述亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值, 同时使 第二分组处于关闭状态; 所述第一灰阶范围的最低灰阶值等于整个灰阶范围的最低 灰阶值, 最高灰阶值不大于整个灰阶范围的最高灰阶值的一半;  a control device, configured to receive an external brightness control signal, and drive the solid-state light-emitting chip group to emit light according to the brightness control signal; and when the gray-scale value represented by the brightness control signal is in the first gray-scale range, control The device only drives the first group to be in a lighting state, and controls the first group of driving voltages or driving currents to cause the brightness of the solid state lighting device to reach a gray level value represented by the brightness control signal while the second group is turned off. a state in which the lowest grayscale value of the first grayscale range is equal to the lowest grayscale value of the entire grayscale range, and the highest grayscale value is not more than half of the highest grayscale value of the entire grayscale range;
其中, 第一分组的固态发光芯片的数量不多于固态发光芯片组的固态发光芯片总数 的一半。  The number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the first group is not more than half of the total number of solid-state light-emitting chips of the solid-state light-emitting chip group.
2. 根据权利要求 1 所述的固态发光装置, 其特征在于, 当亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶 值为第一灰阶范围外的灰阶值时, 控制装置只驱动第二分组处于点亮状态, 并通过 控制第二分组的驱动电压或驱动电流使固态发光装置的发光亮度达到所述亮度控制 信号所代表的灰阶值, 同时使第一分组处于关闭状态。  2. The solid state light emitting device according to claim 1, wherein when the grayscale value represented by the brightness control signal is a grayscale value outside the first grayscale range, the control device drives only the second packet to be lit. a state, and by controlling a driving voltage or a driving current of the second group, the light-emitting luminance of the solid-state lighting device reaches a grayscale value represented by the brightness control signal while the first packet is in a closed state.
3. 根据权利要求 1 所述的固态发光装置, 其特征在于, 当亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶 值为第一灰阶范围外的灰阶值时, 控制装置驱动第一分组和第二分组同时处于点亮 状态, 并通过控制第一分组和第二分组的驱动电压或驱动电流使固态发光装置的发 光亮度达到所述亮度控制信号所代表的灰阶值。  3. The solid state light emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the control device drives the first packet and the second packet when a grayscale value represented by the brightness control signal is a grayscale value outside the first grayscale range At the same time, it is in a lighting state, and the luminance of the solid state lighting device is brought to the gray level value represented by the brightness control signal by controlling the driving voltage or driving current of the first group and the second group.
4. 根据权利要求 1 所述的固态发光装置, 其特征在于, 第一灰阶范围的最大灰阶值与 整个灰阶范围的最大灰阶值的比值, 不高于第一分组的固态发光芯片的数量与固态 发光芯片组的固态发光芯片总数的比值。  4. The solid state light emitting device according to claim 1, wherein a ratio of a maximum grayscale value of the first grayscale range to a maximum grayscale value of the entire grayscale range is not higher than the first grouped solid state light emitting chip. The ratio of the number to the total number of solid state light emitting chips of the solid state light emitting chipset.
5. 根据权利要求 1 所述的固态发光装置, 其特征在于, 第一分组的固态发光芯片的数 量不多于固态发光芯片组的固态发光芯片总数的十分之一。  5. The solid state lighting device of claim 1, wherein the number of solid light emitting chips of the first group is no more than one tenth of the total number of solid state light emitting chips of the solid state light emitting chip set.
6. 根据权利要求 1至 5中的任意一项所述的固态发光装置, 其特征在于, 固态发光芯 片组中的固态发光芯片构成一个阵列, 第一分组的固态发光芯片均勾分布于这个阵 列之中。  The solid state light emitting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the solid state light emitting chips in the solid state light emitting chip set form an array, and the first group of solid state light emitting chips are hooked on the array. Among them.
7. 根据权利要求 1至 5中的任意一项所述的固态发光装置, 其特征在于, 所述固态发 光芯片组中的固态发光芯片具有相同或相近的发光颜色。  The solid-state light-emitting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the solid-state light-emitting chips in the solid-state light-emitting chip group have the same or similar light-emitting colors.
8. 根据权利要求 1至 5中的任意一项所述的固态发光装置, 其特征在于, 所述第一分 组的固态发光芯片的发光面积小于所述第二分组的固态发光芯片的发光面积。 The solid-state light-emitting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a light-emitting area of the solid-state light-emitting chip of the first group is smaller than a light-emitting area of the solid-state light-emitting chip of the second group.
9. 一种固态发光光源, 其特征在于, 包括: 9. A solid state light emitting source, comprising:
至少两个根据权利要求 1至 8中的任意一项所述的固态发光装置, 它们分别发射不 同颜色的基色光;  At least two solid-state light-emitting devices according to any one of claims 1 to 8, which respectively emit primary colors of different colors;
波长合光装置, 用于将每个固态发光装置发出的光合并为一束混合光以形成该固态 发光光源的出射光;  a wavelength combining device for combining light emitted by each solid state light emitting device into a bundle of mixed light to form an exiting light of the solid state light emitting source;
总控装置, 用于接收外部的亮度和颜色控制信号, 并将其分解为每一种基色光的亮 度控制信号, 输出给各固态发光装置的控制装置。  The master control device is configured to receive external brightness and color control signals and decompose them into brightness control signals for each of the primary colors to be output to the control devices of the solid state lighting devices.
10.—种照明装置, 其特征在于, 包括权利要求 1至 8中的任意一项所述的固态发光装 置作为发光源, 或包括权利要求 9所述的固态发光光源作为发光源。  A lighting device characterized by comprising the solid-state lighting device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 as a light-emitting source, or the solid-state light-emitting source according to claim 9 as a light-emitting source.
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