Estimation of Controllability and Power Losses of Tapped-Inductor Converter Used as Dimmable Driver for Light-Emitting Diodes
2013 International Conference on Compatibility and Power Electronics (CPE): Conference Proceedings on CD 2013
Oļegs Tetervenoks

Modern lighting technology is developing in the direction of smart lighting systems. This explains the growing popularity of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that have the most suitable parameters for such systems. Effective regulation of the LED brightness is still a topical issue that encourages researchers for the invention of new approaches. Recently articles have been published on the use of tapped-inductor converters as LED drivers, where high step-down ratio applications were discussed. This article focuses on the estimation of controllability parameters of such a kind of converters operating in continuous current mode. Numerical calculations and experimental results are presented in the paper. Conclusion about a better topology and configuration with described comparison criteria based on theoretical study and experimental results is given at the end of the article. Weight and size estimation of tapped-inductor converter configured for the best performance from point of view of considered parameters also is given in this paper.


Keywords
LED driver, Electronic ballast, Efficiency
DOI
10.1109/CPE.2013.6601145
Hyperlink
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6601145

Tetervenoks, O. Estimation of Controllability and Power Losses of Tapped-Inductor Converter Used as Dimmable Driver for Light-Emitting Diodes. In: 2013 International Conference on Compatibility and Power Electronics (CPE): Conference Proceedings on CD, Slovenia, Ljubljana, 5-7 June, 2013. Piscataway: IEEE, 2013, pp.150-155. ISBN 978-1-4673-4911-6. ISSN 2166-9538. Available from: doi:10.1109/CPE.2013.6601145

Publication language
English (en)
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