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Author:   Ron Lenk ,  Carol Lenk
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.532kg
ISBN:  

9780470612798

ISBN 10:   0470612797
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   19 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Figures. Preface. 1 Practical Introduction to LEDs. What Is an LED? Small LEDs versus Power Devices. Phosphors versus RGB. Inside an LED. Is an LED Right for My Application? Haitz's Law(s). The Wild West. LEDs and OLEDs and ... ? 2 Light Bulbs and Lighting Systems. Light Sources. Characteristics of Light Sources. Types of Bulbs. History of Lighting. Lighting Systems. 3 Practical Introduction to Light. The Power of Light. Radiometric versus Photometric. Luminous Intensity, Illuminance, and Luminance (or Candela, Lux, and Nits). What Color White? Color Rendition: How the Light Looks versus How Objects Look. 4 Practical Characteristics of LEDs. Current, Not Voltage. Forward Voltage. Reverse Breakdown. Not Efficiency Effi cacy! LED Optical Spectra. Overdriving LEDs. Key Datasheet Parameters. Binning. The Tolerance Game. 5 Practical Thermal Performance of LEDs. Mechanisms Behind Thermal Shifts. Electrical Behavior of LEDs With Temperature. Optical Behavior of LEDs With Temperature. Other Performance Shifts With Temperature. LED Lifetime: Lumen Degradation. LED Lifetime: Catastrophic Failure. Paralleling LEDs. 6 Practical Thermal Management of LEDs. Introduction to Thermal Analysis. Calculation of Thermal Resistance. The Ambient. Practical Estimation of Temperature. Heat Sinks. Fans. Radiation Enhancement. Removing Heat from the Drive Circuitry. 7 Practical DC Drive Circuitry for LEDs. Basic Ideas. Battery Basics. Overview of SMPS. Buck. Boost. Buck-Boost. Input Voltage Limit. Dimming. Ballast Lifetime. Arrays. 8 Practical AC Drive Circuitry for LEDs. Safety. Which AC? Rectification. Topology Selection. Nonisolated Circuitry. Isolation. Component Selection. EMI. Power Factor Correction. Lightning. Dimmers. Ripple Current Effects on LEDs. Lifetime. UL, Energy Star, and All That. 9 Practical System Design With LEDs. PCB Design. Getting the Light Out. LEDs in Harsh Environments. Designing With the Next Generation LED in Mind. Lighting Control. 10 Practical Examples. Example: Designing an LED Flashlight. Example: Designing a USB Light. Example: Designing an Automobile Taillight. Example: Designing an LED Light Bulb. 11 Practical Measurement of LEDs and Lighting. Measuring Light Output. LED Measurement Standards. Measuring LED Temperature. Measuring Thermal Resistance. Measuring Power, Power Factor, and Efficiency. Accelerated Life Tests. 12 Practical Modeling of LEDs. Preliminaries. Practical Overview of Spice Modeling. What Not to Do. What to Do. Modeling Forward Voltage. Reverse Breakdown. Modeling Optical Output. Modeling Temperature Effects. Modeling the Thermal Environment. A Thermal Transient. Some Comments on Modeling. References. Index. IEEE Press Series on Power Engineering.

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Readers will find practical treatment of specific LED system design from flashlight to light bulb; measurement of LED power, efficiency, and operating characteristics; accelerated life testing; computer modeling of LED systems; driver circuitry; and thermal management. ( Electrical Apparatus , 1 August 2012)

Author Information

RON LENK is an authority in the field of power electronicsand systems. The author of the bestselling Practical Design ofPower Supplies (Wiley), he has spent the last seven years workingon LEDs and lighting. Most recently, Lenk cofounded and was CEO atSuperBulbs, Inc., which makes general service LED light bulbs. Heis a Senior Member of IEEE, has twelve issued patents, and thirteenmore pending in the field of lighting. CAROL LENK is cofounder and Director of Engineering atSuperBulbs, Inc. She earned a B.S. in electrical engineering fromMIT and a master's in math and science education.One of thepioneers in applying LEDs to general lighting, Lenk has five years'experience combining theoretical concepts with practicalengineering in fields as diverse as optics, thermal modeling,material science, electronics, and mechanical design, with morethan a dozen patents pending, all relating to LED lighting.

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