LED Drivers & LED Lighting Design

Analog U Seminars

Fundamentals

• Fundamentals of LED Dimming
  Webinar at EETimes Techonline (35 mins, registration required)
• Driving High-Power LEDs Without Getting Burned
  Part 1 | Part 2
• WEBENCH® LED Designer and WEBENCH LED Architect (September 2010)
• LED Selection and Driver Design Using WEBENCH LED Designer (December 2009)
• Introduction to Lighting
• An Introduction to High Brightness LED Applications and Driving Techniques
• LED Driver Design for General Illumination
• Automotive LED Lighting Challenges & Solutions

Product Info

• LED Bulb Replacement Using National LED Drivers & Nuventix SynJet® Coolers
• PowerWise LED Light Source Solutions for Projectors (August 2008)
        
• LED Applications and Driving Techniques (August 2007)
        
• Lighting Management for Portable Applications (April 2007)
        

Documents

Fundamentals

• Matching Driver to LED
• A Matter of Light, Part 1--The ABC's of LEDs
• A Matter of Light, Part 2--Buck Whenever Possible
• A Matter of Light, Part 3--When to Buck and Buck-Boost
• A Matter of Light, Part 4--PWM Dimming
• LED Lighting and Control Systems Evolve for Optimal Efficiency (article)
• Efficient Method for Interfacing TRIAC Dimmers and LEDs (article)
• High LED Drive Currents with Low Stack Voltages Create Efficiency Challenges (article)
• Thermal Foldback LED Design (article, pdf)
• Driving LEDs—A Fresh Look (article)
• Power Designer #126: Dimming Techniques for Switched-Mode LED Drivers (pdf)
• Power Designer #119: Color-Management LED Drivers Have a Bright Future (pdf)
• Power Designer #116: Driving LEDs: To Cap or Not to Cap (pdf)

Product Info

• App Brief #110: Inductive-Based Switching Regulator Circuits Provide High-Efficiency White-LED Drives
• App Brief #109: Switched Capacitor Circuits Provide Efficient and Functional White-LED Driver
• AN-1853 - COT Drivers Control LED Ripple Current
• AN-1839 - LM3402/LM3404 Fast Dimming and True Constant LED Current Evaluation Board
• AN-1629 - Thermal Performance of the LM3404/04HV in SO-8 and PSOP-8 Packages
• AN-1644 - Powering and Dimming High-Brightness LEDs with the LM3405 Constant-Current Buck Regulator
• AN-1679 - LED Backlighting Solution with LM3430 and LM3432

LED Bulb Replacement Reference Designs

• MR16
• A-Lamp (Edison A19, A21, A15, etc.)
• P/PAR/BR Lamps (R20, PAR20, PAR30, PAR38, BR30, BR40, etc.)
• Downlight Fixtures