LED Driver Configurations

Focus:

High-power (1-W) LEDs can be connected in a variety of configurations to create an LED lamp. Configurations include a series string of LEDs, parallel strings, matrix, and multi-channel. LED driver requirements for each configuration are described with details on the advantages, disadvantages, and failure modes of each configuration.

What you’ll learn:

• How to configure multiple LEDs when designing an LED lamp
• How to understand the advantages and disadvantages of different LED configurations when designing an LED lamp
• How to understand the drive requirements of different LED configurations

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Author & Publication:

no author specified, Vendor website, Jan 01 2009

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