WO2014029772A1 - Method of and system for isolating led luminaires from electrical surges - Google Patents
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- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
- H05B45/50—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED] responsive to malfunctions or undesirable behaviour of LEDs; responsive to LED life; Protective circuits
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- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
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- H05K1/0213—Electrical arrangements not otherwise provided for
- H05K1/0254—High voltage adaptations; Electrical insulation details; Overvoltage or electrostatic discharge protection ; Arrangements for regulating voltages or for using plural voltages
- H05K1/0256—Electrical insulation details, e.g. around high voltage areas
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- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
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- H05K1/0201—Thermal arrangements, e.g. for cooling, heating or preventing overheating
- H05K1/0203—Cooling of mounted components
- H05K1/0209—External configuration of printed circuit board adapted for heat dissipation, e.g. lay-out of conductors, coatings
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- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
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- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H05K3/00—Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits
- H05K3/0058—Laminating printed circuit boards onto other substrates, e.g. metallic substrates
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- This invention relates to a method of and system for isolating, and therefore protecting, light-emitting diode (LED) luminaires from electrical surges, and in particular, surges generated by either lightning strikes or faults on high voltage lines Background of the invention
- LED based luminaires are gaining widespread acceptance, primarily due to their inherently high efficiency and low power consumption.
- Luminaires are conventionally protected from high voltage surges by lightning protection circuits or devices implemented in different ways.
- Surges can also be generated in a differential mode.
- they can be caused as a result of an imbalance of the connecting wires during inductive strikes or by overvoltage propagating over the supply line during transients.
- this mode can be protected by appropriate surge arrestors (for example, gas discharge tube, meta! oxide varistors, semiconductor transient suppressors, etc.) arranged between the two wires of the power supply.
- surge arrestors for example, gas discharge tube, meta! oxide varistors, semiconductor transient suppressors, etc.
- the ground return is a key element for typical surges.
- it is required to find ways to increase the level of the disruption voltage between the main lines and the frame of the iuminaire or to provide a shorter path for the strike to exit between the lines and the earth.
- One such way is by providing a short path from the main lines to ground where a reliable Protective Earth (PE) connection is available in the luminaire, that is, Class I type luminaires according to IEC 60598-1 .
- the PE connection can be used to provide a short return to ground for the strike.
- MOV metal oxide varistor
- CN-A-2015891 56 an LED street light is described in which a lightning arrester is provided on a heat dissipation body external to an LED lamp group.
- a power input wire is connected to the lamp group via the lightning arrester which is electrically connected with a lightning grounding wire.
- a lightning protective LED street lamp having at least two drivers, each driver being connected to at least one LED and being provided with a protection circuit for absorbing surge pulses. At least one secondary driver is provided having a protection circuit so that the street lamp can still operate even though one of the drivers may be damaged or LEDs are partially turned off due a lightning strike, in this case, the overall cost of the street lamp is increased due to duplication of drivers which are required to ensure that the street lamp can still operate under certain lightning strike events.
- the aim of the present invention is thus to provide an effective solution for isolating, and therefore protecting, LED luminaires from electrical surges, taking the above considerations into account.
- the LED luminaire housing comprising a housing to accommodate an LED driver to drive a
- the PCB fitted with LEDs, the PCB and LEDs being connected to a heat sink, the system comprising a reinforced isolating member being provided within the electrical path from a mains power supply, for providing electricity to the LED driver, to ground, so as to isolate the luminaire as opposed to simply grounding the luminaire to earth.
- the isolating layer is capable of sustaining the voltages that are usually encountered during surges. Typically, these voltages can reach a value up to 10kV, which is higher than the usual isolation requirements needed for electrical safety.
- the reinforced isolating member comprises an isolating layer sandwiched between the PCB and the heat sink.
- the reinforced isolating member comprises an insulating spacer between the luminaire housing and a pole to which the housing is to be mounted.
- the reinforced isolating member comprises an isolated pole to which the housing is to be mounted.
- the luminaire is typically a class II luminaire according to IEC 60598-1.
- Figure 1 shows one way in which a surge may be generated and the problem of different ground potentials in the context of an electrical strike
- Figure 2 shows a further way in which a surge may be generated, namely a surge generated in a differential mode
- Figure 3 shows one possible way in which current can flow as a result of a surge, namely through the heat sink of the luminaire and then through the frame;
- Figure 4 shows a basic circuit diagram for protecting a luminaire by providing a short path to ground, in cases where a reliable PE is available;
- Figure 6 shows another way of protecting the luminaire, according to a second aspect of the invention.
- Figure 7 shows yet a further way of protecting the luminaire, according to a third aspect of the invention.
- Class I luminaire refers to a luminaire in which protection against electric shock does not rely solely on basic insulation but which also includes an additional safety precaution connecting accessible conductive parts to a protective (earthing) conductor in the fixed wire of the installation. Due to such a connection, accessible conductive parts cannot become live in the event of failure of the basic insulation.
- Class II luminaire refers to a luminaire in which protection against electric shock does again does not rely solely on basic insulation but which also includes additional safety precautions, such as, double insulation or reinforced insulation. These luminaires do not have provision fro protective earthing or reliance upon installation conditions. It will readily be appreciated that, although embodiments of the present invention will be described with respect to Class II luminaires, these embodiments are not limited thereto.
- FIG. 1 illustrates schematic layout of a high-to-!ow voltage transformer housing 100 connected to a plurality of luminaires 1 10, 120, 130, 140 and to a high voltage electricity pylon 150, the transformer,, luminaires and high voltage electricity pylon being grounded as shown at 105, 115, 125, 135, 145 and 155 respectively.
- each luminaire is mounted on a post as shown.
- the luminaires are spaced a few tens of meters away from one another and each luminaire may be spaced several hundreds (or even thousands of meters) away from the transformer housing and high voltage electricity pylon.
- the electricity pylon 150 and the transformer housing 100 can also be spaced several hundreds or thousands of meters, away from one another.
- the luminaire 200 comprises a housing 2 0 in which an LED driver 220, a printed circuit board (PCB) 230 containing a plurality of LED elements, shown generally as 240, a heat spreader or dissipation device 250 and a window 260 are mounted or positioned.
- the PCB 230 is connected to the LED driver 220, which, in turn, is connected to a power or mains supply 270.
- the PCB 230 is mounted on the heat spreader or dissipation device 250 above the window 260 so that light generated by the LED elements 240 can be transmitted outside the housing 210 to illuminate an area or region of interest (not shown).
- a protection earth (PE) connection 280 is also provided on the housing 210 which provides a short path to ground under lightning strike conditions.
- Surges can be generated in a differential mode, the surges being caused as a result of an imbalance of the connecting wires during inductive strikes or by overvoltage propagating over the supply Sine during transients. In this case, a surge is generated due to an imbalance between LED 240' and the LED driver 220, the flow of current being indicated by arrow ⁇ '.
- appropriate surge arrestors for example, gas discharge tube, metal oxide varistors, semiconductor transient suppressors, etc.
- gas discharge tube for example, gas discharge tube, metal oxide varistors, semiconductor transient suppressors, etc.
- metal oxide varistors for example, metal oxide varistors, semiconductor transient suppressors, etc.
- semiconductor transient suppressors etc.
- Such components allow efficient protection if they are connected in such a way to provide a clear path for the strike, preventing any destruction of the equipment within the housing 210 of the luminaire 200.
- FIG. 4 illustrates the use of a PE connection at the mains supply. As shown, MOVs are connected across the mains supply and also across a connection between the neutral wire and the PE connection.
- the PE connection provides a short return to ground for a lightning strike.
- an LED luminaire 612 for which isolation of electrical components is provided with respect to ground.
- the invention comprises a system 610 for isolating an LED luminaire 612 from an electrical surge is shown.
- the LED luminaire 612 comprises a housing 614 to accommodate an LED driver 616 to drive a PCB 618 fitted with LEDs 620.
- the PCB 618 and LEDs 620 are connected to a heat sink 622 to facilitate heat transfer and dissipation.
- the system 610 comprises a reinforced isolating member 624 being provided within the electrical path from a mains power supply 626, for providing electricity to the LED driver 616, to ground.
- the present invention thus aims to isolate the luminaire 612 as opposed to simply grounding the luminaire 612 to earth.
- the isolating layer is capable of sustaining the voltages that are usually encountered during surges. Typically, these voltages can reach a value up to 10kV, which is higher than the usual isolation requirements needed for electrical safety.
- the reinforced isolating member 624 comprises an isolating layer 628 sandwiched between the PCB 618 and the heat sink 622.
- the materia! for the isolating layer 628 may comprise a polyimide material, such as, a KAPTON foil (a polyimide film having good dielectric properties), which not only provides good isolation properties but is also relatively thin, so as to also facilitate relatively good heat dissipation.
- KAPTON is a trademark of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (commonly referred to as DuPont) of Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
- the reinforced isolating member 724 for the luminaire 700 comprises an insulating spacer 730 between the luminaire housing 714 and a pole 732 (typically, metallic) to which the housing 714 is to be mounted.
- the mains supply 734 for the luminaire passes through the pole 732 to the LED driver 716.
- a lightning strike 740 to ground does not have any affect on the LED driver 716 and the LEDs 740 within the luminaire housing 714 due to the presence of the insulating spacer 730.
- the insulating spacer 730 could be made of any mechanically resistant plastic or even wood to provide a decorative effect.
- a minimum length, typically at least 5cm, is required to ensure proper clearance between the post 732 and the luminaire housing 714.
- the reinforced isolating member 824 comprises an isolated pole 834 to which the housing 814 of the luminaire 800 is to be mounted.
- the isolated pole 834 could be made of fiber glass.
- the LED driver 816 and heat spreader or dissipation device 822 is mounted within the housing 814, the LED driver 816 being connected to a mains supply 830 and to a PCB containing LEDs 840.
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