Fairchild Semiconductor AN-9730 LED Application Design Guide Using Half-Bridge LLC Resonant Converter

This application note describes the LED driving system using a half-bridge LLC resonant converter for high power LED lighting applications, such as outdoor or street lighting. Due to the existence of the non-isolation DC-DC converter to control the LED current and the light intensity, the conventional PWM DC-DC converter has the problem of low-power conversion efficiency. The half-bridge LLC converter can perform the LED current control and the efficiency can be significantly improved. Moreover, the cost and the volume of the whole LED driving system can be reduced.


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Brand
Fairchild
Category
Other Electronics
Document type
Application Note
Language
English
Pages
17
File format
PDF
File size
821 KB
Published
01 August, 2012
Updated
28 September, 2023
MD5 checksum
10C051C9F6B66C0DBB52102CE302615F

About this manual

This document is an application note describing an LED driving system using a half-bridge LLC resonant converter for high power applications like street lighting. It addresses the limitations of conventional PWM DC-DC converters regarding efficiency and volume.

What's inside

  • Introduction
  • Consideration of LED Drive
  • Consideration of LLC Resonant Converter
  • LLC Resonant Converter and Fundamental Approximation
  • Square-Wave Generator
  • Resonant Rectifier Network
  • Equivalent Load Resistance
  • AC Equivalent Circuit

Frequently asked questions

What lighting applications is this half-bridge LLC resonant converter designed for?

This application note describes the LED driving system using a half-bridge LLC resonant converter for high power LED lighting applications, such as outdoor or street lighting.

How much longer is the longevity of LEDs compared to fluorescent tubes and incandescent bulbs?

LED lighting has greater longevity, being 5 ~ 20 times longer than fluorescent tubes and incandescent bulbs.

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