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Lighting device having LED elements

a technology of led elements and lighting devices, which is applied in the direction of semiconductor devices for light sources, light and heating apparatus, fixed installations, etc., can solve the problems of difficult to use a device of this kind as an ordinary lighting device, complicated and difficulty in simple structure of straight tube lighting systems. to achieve the effect of increasing hea

Active Publication Date: 2016-02-23
HIROKAZU HONDA +1
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Benefits of technology

The invention is a lighting device that uses LED elements and generates very little heat.

Problems solved by technology

The straight tube lighting system described in Patent Literature 1 has a very complicated structure.
Therefore, making a straight tube lighting system have a simple structure is difficult.
However, it is difficult to use a device of this kind as an ordinary lighting device.

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embodiment 1

[0197]If the bias current 41 is not fed, the LED element 252 does not emit light during the interruption period of the LED primary current; accordingly the light of the lighting device 200 greatly flickers. However, the bias current 4 flows the LED bias current 41 through the LED group 250, which prevents lighting-cease of the LED elements 252 although their amount of light emission lowers. Thereby, the light flicker of the lighting device 200 can be significantly improved. The bias current 4 is very small compared to the primary current 2. The value of the bias current 4 is one-tenth or less of the peak value of the primary current 2 for example, which allows maintaining the cooling effect on the LED element 252 during the cooling period. Providing in this way the bias current feeding circuit 700 can suppress the temperature rise of the LED element 252 and, further, can improve the light flicker of the lighting device 200.[0198]11. Embodiment 1 of a specific example of the bias cur...

embodiment 2

[0221]The graph 16 describes the variation of the bias current 4 at the beginning time point T1 and T2 of the period P2 and the graph 17 describes the variation of the bias current 4 at the ending time point T3 and T4 of the period P2. A consideration should be given to the minimum value of the bias current 4; a capacitance of 1 μF to 10 μF is preferable. The difference between the graph 16 and the graph 17 is very big. Although the behavior shows a big difference like that, the above-stated configuration still can contributes to the prevention of the flickering on a lighting device and further offers a large effect for the prevention of the heat generation.[0222]12. Explanation of other embodiments[0223]12.1 Explanation of the embodiment 2 as another embodiment of the embodiment given in FIG. 1

[0224]As described in FIG. 33, the difference between the current value of the bias current 4 at the beginning time points T1 and T2 of the period P2 and the current value of the bias current...

embodiment 3

[0228]FIG. 35 illustrates further another embodiment (hereinafter referred to as the embodiment 3). In this embodiment likewise as in the other embodiment, the primary current feeding circuit 104 has the parallel circuit 110 having the primary current capacitor 222 and the resistor 220, and the rectification circuit 230 having the input terminal 232 and the output terminal 234. An alternating current is fed to the input terminal 232 of the rectification circuit 230 through the primary current capacitor 222. The alternating current so fed is rectified into the primary current 2 of pulsating current, which is then fed from the output terminal 234 of the rectification circuit 230 to the LED group 250.

[0229]The difference from the embodiment 1 or the embodiment 2 is that the charging current 12 of the bias capacitor 720 in the bias current feeding circuit 700 is fed not from the output side of the primary current feeding circuit 104 but from the power source side of the primary current ...

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Abstract

{Technical Problems}To provide a simple style of lighting device using LED{Means for Solving Problems}A lighting device using LED, comprising an LED group 250 configured with series-connected plural number of LED 252 and a driving circuit 550 for feeding the light-emission current to the LED group, whereinthe driving circuits 550 has a parallel circuit comprised of a peak current setting capacitor 222 and a resistor 220 connected in parallel thereto, and a full-wave rectification circuit 230; whereinthe LED group 250 is connected to the output terminal of the full-wave rectification circuit, and the capacitance of the peak current setting capacitor has a value within a region in which the peak value of the pulsating current behaves to increase its value in accordance with the increase of the capacitance of the peak current setting capacitor; whereinan interruption period that is determined in accordance with the number of the series-connections of the LED in the LED group is specified, and the pulsating current, of which peak value is determined in accordance with the capacitance of the peak current setting capacitor, is fed to the LED group.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a lighting device having LED elements.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]A lighting device that uses a light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as LED) has a large number of LEDs. To the LEDs, a driving current is fed to cause them emit light to illuminate as a lighting device. When a forward supply voltage to each of the LEDs used in the device as the light source is increased gradually from a state of approximately zero volts, the LED begins to pass a current at the prescribed voltage of VLC (V) and light emission starts. Further increase in the supply voltage causes the current flowing through the LED to increase, and the light emission amount of the LED increases.[0003]LEDs, unlike ordinary diodes, have a large forward voltage drop, which invite large power consumption. The power is consumed not only for light emission, but in addition a considerable portion of the power uselessly escapes as the heat loss causing ri...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H05B37/02H05B33/08H05B44/00
CPCH05B33/0845H05B33/0812F21V3/02F21S8/043F21Y2105/10F21Y2115/10F21Y2103/10Y02B20/30H05B45/3725H05B45/395H05B45/18
Inventor TAKATSU, AKIO
Owner HIROKAZU HONDA
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