Illumination device and temperature calibration method
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H05B-033/08
G01R-031/44
H05B-037/02
출원번호
US-0970964
(2013-08-20)
등록번호
US-9651632
(2017-05-16)
발명자
/ 주소
Knapp, David J.
Ho, Horace C.
Savage, Joseph A.
출원인 / 주소
Ketra, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Daffer, Kevin L.
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초록▼
An illumination device comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a method for calibrating the illumination device is provided herein. According to one embodiment, the method may include subjecting a first LED to a first ambient temperature, measuring a forward voltage developed acro
An illumination device comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a method for calibrating the illumination device is provided herein. According to one embodiment, the method may include subjecting a first LED to a first ambient temperature, measuring a forward voltage developed across the first LED upon applying a relatively small drive current to the first LED, detecting at least a first, a second and a third luminous flux output from the first LED upon successively applying at least a first, a second and a third drive current to the first LED, and storing results of the measuring and detecting steps within the illumination device to calibrate the first LED at the first ambient temperature. In some embodiments, the first LED may be subjected to a second ambient temperature, which is different from the first ambient temperature, and the method may repeat the steps of measuring, detecting and storing to calibrate the first LED at the second ambient temperature.
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1. A method for calibrating an illumination device comprising at least a first light emitting diode (LED), the method comprising: subjecting the first LED to a first ambient temperature;measuring a forward voltage developed across the first LED upon applying a non-operative drive current ranging bet
1. A method for calibrating an illumination device comprising at least a first light emitting diode (LED), the method comprising: subjecting the first LED to a first ambient temperature;measuring a forward voltage developed across the first LED upon applying a non-operative drive current ranging between 0.1 mA and 10 mA to the first LED while turning off all other LEDs in the illumination device, wherein when all other LEDs are turned off occurs in time slots between when the illumination device produces illumination;detecting at least a first, a second and a third luminous flux output from the first LED upon successively applying at least a first, a second and a third drive current to the first LED, wherein the first, the second and the third drive currents are each operative drive currents and are different from one another and substantially greater than the non-operative drive current, wherein the first drive current is substantially equal to a maximum drive current of approximately 500 mA; andstoring results of the measuring and detecting steps within the illumination device to calibrate the first LED at the first ambient temperature. 2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising: subjecting the first LED to a second ambient temperature, which is different from the first ambient temperature; andrepeating the steps of measuring, detecting and storing to calibrate the first LED at the second ambient temperature. 3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the illumination device comprises a plurality of LEDs including the first LED, and wherein the method is performed for each of the plurality of LEDs. 4. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the steps of subjecting the first LED to the first and second ambient temperatures occur naturally during production of the illumination device. 5. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein one of the first and second ambient temperatures is substantially equal to room temperature, and the other of the first and second ambient temperatures is substantially greater than room temperature. 6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the second drive current is approximately 30% of the maximum drive current, and wherein the third drive current is approximately 10% of the maximum drive current. 7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the step of detecting comprises detecting a number, N, of luminous flux output from the first LED upon successively applying N different drive currents to the first LED, wherein the N different drive currents are each different from one another and substantially greater than the non-operative drive current, and wherein N is greater than or equal to 2. 8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the time slots are synchronized to an AC mains period and occupy a portion of said AC mains period. 9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the time slots occur between when the illumination device produces illumination through pulse width modulation. 10. An illumination device, comprising: a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) chains;a storage medium configured for storing a table of calibration values correlating forward voltage and drive current to luminous flux at a plurality of temperatures for each of the plurality of LED chains;wherein for each LED chain, the table of calibration values comprises: a first forward voltage value measured across the LED chain upon applying a non-operative drive current ranging between 0.1 mA and 10 mA to the LED chain when the LED chain is subjected to a first temperature while turning off all other LEDs in the illumination device, wherein when all other LEDs are turned off occurs in time slots between when the illumination device produces illumination;a second forward voltage value measured across the LED chain upon applying the non-operative drive current to the LED chain when the LED chain is subjected to a second temperature while turning off all other LEDs in the illumination device, wherein when all other LEDs are turned off occurs in time slots between when the illumination device produces illumination;a first plurality of luminous flux values detected from the LED chain based on a plurality of different operative drive currents when the LED chain is subjected to the first temperature;a second plurality of luminous flux values detected from the LED chain based on the plurality of different operative drive currents when the LED chain is subjected to the second temperature; andan interface for receiving the calibration values from a calibration tool. 11. The illumination device as recited in claim 10, wherein the interface is a wireless interface configured to communicate information via a radio frequency (RF), an infrared (IR) light or a visible light. 12. The illumination device as recited in claim 11, wherein the wireless interface is configured to operate according to at least one of ZigBee, WiFi, or Bluetooth communication protocols. 13. The illumination device as recited in claim 10, wherein the interface is a wired interface, which is configured to communicate over an AC mains, a dedicated conductor or a set of conductors. 14. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the time slots are synchronized to an AC mains period and occupy a portion of said AC mains period. 15. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the time slots occur between when the illumination device produces illumination through pulse width modulation.
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