Product Description
Light-emitting diodes are being widely used due to their efficient use of power. The applications for power LEDs include traffic lights, street lamps, automotive lighting, architectural lights, household light replacements, signage lighting (replacing neon strip lights and fluorescent tubes), and many more.

Powering (driving) these LED's is not always simple. Linear driving is inefficient and generates far too much heat. With a switching supply, the main issues are EMI and efficiency, and of course cost. The problem is to get a design that meets legal requirements and is efficient, while costing the least. This book covers the design trade-offs involved in LED driving applications, from low-power to UB-LEDs and beyond.

* Practical, "hands-on" approach to power supply design for LED drivers;
* Detailed examples of what works and why, throughout the design process;
* Commentary on how the calculated component value compares with the actual value used, including a description of why the choice was made.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 1 review)

Worth a read for engineers working with LED drivers

The Author Steve winder is a Field applications Engineer who works for Supertex Semiconductors has written the book to cover Supertex products well. I would have given it 5 starts if it was covering wide range of product brands. In spite of the somewhat biased view. I still think it is worth a read to any engineer who is working with LED drivers.
Here is the table of contents
1 Introduction
2 Characteristics of LED
3 Driving LEDs
4 Linear power supply
5 Buck based LED drivers
6 Boost Converters
7 Boost Buck Converter
8 Led drivers with power factor corrections
9 Fly-back converters
10 Essential of switching power supplies
11 Selecting components for LED driving
12 Magnetic materials for inductors and transformers
13 EMI and EMC issues
14 Thermal considerations
15 Safety issues

July 16, 2008

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