Solid state lighting apparatus with controllable bypass circuits and methods of operation thereof
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H05B-041/36
H05B-033/08
출원번호
US-0566195
(2009-09-24)
등록번호
US-9713211
(2017-07-18)
발명자
/ 주소
van de Ven, Antony P.
Negley, Gerald H.
Harris, Michael James
Pickard, Paul Kenneth
Chobot, Joseph Paul
Given, Terry
출원인 / 주소
Cree, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Myers Bigel, P.A.
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초록▼
A lighting apparatus includes a string with a plurality of serially-connected light emitting device sets, each set comprising at least one light emitting device. The apparatus further includes at least one controllable bypass circuit configured to variably bypass current around at least one light em
A lighting apparatus includes a string with a plurality of serially-connected light emitting device sets, each set comprising at least one light emitting device. The apparatus further includes at least one controllable bypass circuit configured to variably bypass current around at least one light emitting device of a set of the plurality of light emitting device sets responsive to a control input. The control input may include, for example, a temperature input, a string current sense input and/or an adjustment input. The control input may be varied, for example, to adjust a color point of the string.
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1. A lighting apparatus comprising: a string comprising at least two light emitting device sets serially connected across one voltage source and configured to produce respective light outputs with respective different characteristics, each set comprising at least one light emitting device and the st
1. A lighting apparatus comprising: a string comprising at least two light emitting device sets serially connected across one voltage source and configured to produce respective light outputs with respective different characteristics, each set comprising at least one light emitting device and the string configured to combine the light outputs of the light emitting device sets to produce a combined light output; andat least one controllable bypass circuit configured to variably bypass current around at least one light emitting device of a set of the at least two light emitting device sets responsive to a string current sensor signal to control a characteristic of the combined light output, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit comprises at least two controllable bypass circuits connected in parallel with one another and in parallel with the at least one light emitting device and configured to variably bypass current around the at least one light emitting device responsive to respective control inputs. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit comprises: a switch configured to couple and decouple circuit nodes connected to the at least one light emitting device; anda PWM controller circuit configured to operate the switch responsive to the string current sensor signal. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the string comprises a single string comprising the at least two light emitting device sets, andwherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit is configured to variably bypass the current from a first node of the single string, around the at least one light emitting device, to a second node of the single string, responsive to the string current sensor signal. 4. A lighting apparatus comprising: a string comprising at least two light emitting device sets serially connected across one voltage source and configured to produce respective light outputs with respective different characteristics, each set comprising at least one light emitting device and the string configured to combine the light outputs of the light emitting device sets to produce a combined light output; andat least one controllable bypass circuit configured to variably bypass current around at least one light emitting device of a set of the at least two light emitting device sets responsive to a string current sensor signal to control a characteristic of the combined light output, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit comprises a non-binary variable resistance circuit configured to vary the bypass current responsive to a temperature signal. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the at least two light emitting device sets includes at least two color point sets. 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the at least two color point sets comprises a set of nominally blue-shifted yellow (BSY) light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a set of nominally red LEDs. 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit is configured to variably bypass current around at least one LED of the set of nominally BSY LEDs. 8. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit comprises at least two controllable bypass circuits, respective ones of which are configured to variably bypass respective currents around at least one light emitting device of respective ones of the at least two light emitting device sets. 9. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit is configured to be powered via at least one node of the string. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit is configured to be powered by a forward voltage across at least one light-emitting device in the string. 11. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit comprises a communications circuit configured to receive the string current sensor signal via the string. 12. A lighting apparatus comprising: a string comprising at least one LED; andat least one controllable bypass circuit configured to variably bypass current around the at least one LED responsive to a control input, the at least one controllable bypass circuit configured to conduct bypass current via a series combination of a switch and at least one ancillary diode coupled in parallel with the at least one LED, the at least one ancillary diode having a different forward voltage characteristic than the at least one LED. 13. The apparatus of claim 12: wherein the string comprises at least two serially-connected LED sets, each set comprising at least one LED; andwherein the at least one LED comprises at least one LED of a set of the at least two LED sets. 14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control input comprises a temperature input, a string current sense input and/or an adjustment input. 15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one ancillary diode comprises at least one ancillary LED. 16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the at least one ancillary LED has a different color point than the at least one LED. 17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one ancillary diode is configured to emit non-visible electromagnetic radiation. 18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit comprises: a PWM controller circuit configured to operate the switch responsive to the control input. 19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit is configured to be powered via at least one node of the string. 20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit is configured to be powered by a forward voltage across the at least one ancillary diode. 21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit comprises at least two controllable bypass circuits, respective ones of which are configured to variably bypass respective currents around respective at least one LEDs. 22. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit comprises at least two controllable bypass circuits connected in parallel with one another and in parallel with the at least one LED and configured to variably bypass current around the at least one LED responsive to respective control inputs. 23. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one controllable bypass circuit comprises a non-binary variable resistance circuit. 24. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control input comprises a fixed input that establishes an initial color point light output of the apparatus. 25. A method of operating a lighting apparatus comprising a string comprising at least two light emitting device sets serially connected across one voltage source and configured to produce light outputs with respective different characteristics, each set comprising at least one light emitting device and the string configured to combine the light outputs of the light emitting device sets to produce a combined light output, the method comprising: bypassing current around at least one light emitting device of a set of the at least two light emitting device sets responsive to a string current sensor signal to control a characteristic of the combined light output, wherein bypassing current around at least one light emitting device of a set of the at least two light emitting device sets responsive to the string current sensor signal to control a characteristic of the combined light output comprises controlling a switch and/or a variable resistance circuit connected in parallel with the at least one light emitting device responsive to the string current sensor signal, and wherein controlling a switch and/or a variable resistance circuit connected in parallel with the at least one light emitting device further comprises controlling the switch and/or the variable resistance circuit responsive to a temperature and/or an adjustment input. 26. The method of claim 25, wherein the at least two light emitting device sets includes at least two color point sets. 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the at least two color point sets comprises a set of nominally blue-shifted yellow (BSY) light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a set of nominally red LEDs. 28. The method of claim 27, wherein bypassing current around at least one light emitting device of a set of the at least two light emitting device sets responsive to the string current sensor signal to control a characteristic of the combined light output comprises bypassing current around at least one LED of the set of nominally BSY LEDs. 29. The method of claim 27, wherein bypassing current around at least one light emitting device of a set of the at least two light emitting device sets responsive to the string current sensor signal to control a characteristic of the combined light output comprises bypassing respective currents around at least one light emitting device of respective ones of the at least two light emitting device sets. 30. The method of claim 25, wherein bypassing current around at least one light emitting device of a set of the at least two light emitting device sets responsive to the string current sensor signal to control a characteristic of the combined light output comprises bypassing current around the at least one light emitting device via respective bypass paths responsive to respective control inputs. 31. The method of claim 25, further comprising varying the string current sensor signal to adjust a color point of the combined light output. 32. A method of operating a lighting apparatus comprising a string comprising at least one LED, the method comprising: bypassing current around the at least one LED via a series combination of a switch and at least one ancillary diode having a different forward voltage characteristic than the at least one LED responsive to a control input. 33. The method of claim 32, wherein the control input comprises a temperature input, a string current sense input and/or an adjustment input. 34. The method of claim 32, wherein the at least one ancillary diode comprises at least one ancillary LED. 35. The method of claim 32, wherein the at least one ancillary diode is configured to emit non-visible electromagnetic radiation. 36. The method of claim 32, wherein bypassing current around the at least one LED via at least one ancillary diode having a different forward voltage characteristic than the at least one LED comprises variably conducting current through the ancillary diode using a switch and/or a variable resistance circuit. 37. The method claim 32, further comprising varying the control input to adjust a color point of the string.
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