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WO2010150119A2
WO2010150119A2 PCT/IB2010/052542 IB2010052542W WO2010150119A2 WO 2010150119 A2 WO2010150119 A2 WO 2010150119A2 IB 2010052542 W IB2010052542 W IB 2010052542W WO 2010150119 A2 WO2010150119 A2 WO 2010150119A2
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Viet Nguyen Hoang
Pascal Bancken
Radu Surdeanu
Matheus Johannes Geradus Lammers
Peter Hubertus Franciscus Deurenberg
Benoit Bataillou
Guillaume Boccardi
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  • This invention relates to lighting devices using light emitting diodes
  • LEDs and particularly to the control of the output colour and intensity of LED clusters.
  • Lighting using solid-state devices such as LEDs is gaining momentum. Generating light of different colours by combining lights from LEDs of primary colours such as red, green and blue is a well known practice.
  • the applications for such light sources range from entertainment (stage) lighting, atmosphere creation interior lighting, architectural lighting, large panel displays and more recently as backlights for LCD panels.
  • entertainment (stage) lighting atmosphere creation interior lighting, architectural lighting, large panel displays and more recently as backlights for LCD panels.
  • the mixing ratio and brightness of primary light sources need to be adjusted.
  • the use of LEDs for lighting has several advantages over the use of conventional light sources, including a better light output/dimension ratio and improved power efficiency.
  • the light output intensity of a LED can be controlled by either:
  • the LED temperature increases and this influences the amount of light output from the LED as well as the dominant wavelength of the output light.
  • the LED generates not only light but also heat due to the below 100% electricity - light conversion efficiency.
  • the heating of the LED has a strong impact on the brightness and the colour of light generated from the LED, as shown in Figure 2.
  • Figure 2 shows the LED light colour and intensity changes as function of junction temperature.
  • the LED junction temperature is measured using an external temperature sensor located close to the LED.
  • This invention is based in part on the recognition that, of all the disadvantages of the conventional controlling scheme, the fact that both colour and brightness controls are interdependent is particularly problematic, as one variable cannot be adjusted without re-adjusting the other.
  • a control system for controlling a lighting system which comprises a cluster of different colour LEDs, wherein the control system comprises: a first control unit for generating amplitude values for the different LEDs of the cluster to provide a desired colour point; a second control unit for controlling pulse width values for the different LEDs to provide a desired brightness; and current sources for individually driving the LEDs of the cluster.
  • This control system controls the colour point and brightness of an LED cluster which comprises LEDs of different colours. This system allows the control of the colour point to be independent from the control of the brightness of the LED cluster. This provides a low cost solution and a fast, accurate and flexible control to a LED cluster.
  • the amplitude values generated by the first control unit provide the desired colour point at a predetermined brightness which is constant for all colour points.
  • the brightness control can be implemented simply as a scaling function. A single scaling value can be used for all LEDs, or else different scaling values can be used for different LED colours.
  • the first control unit can provide brightness information concerning the generated amplitude values to the second control unit.
  • the second control unit then takes into account this brightness information when setting the pulse width values.
  • a temperature sensing arrangement provides a temperature feedback value to the first control unit.
  • the colour control takes account of temperature variations - but the brightness control can still be implemented as a simple scaling function.
  • a control system for controlling a lighting system which comprises a cluster of one or more same colour LEDs, wherein the control system comprises: a temperature sensing arrangement, providing a temperature feedback value; a first control unit for generating amplitude values for the different LEDs of the cluster to maintain a desired output brightness which takes account of the temperature feedback value; a second control unit for controlling pulse width values for the different LEDs to provide a desired brightness in response to a desired change in brightness; and current sources for individually driving the LEDs of the cluster.
  • This system again uses separate control units for the amplitude control and the pulse width control .
  • the ampl itude control uses temperature feedback, whereas the pulse width control can again be implemented by simple scaling.
  • the temperature sensing arrangement can be for estimating the junction temperature of each LED, wherein the current source is for driving a forward bias current through the diode, the current comprising a square wave which toggles between high and low current values, the high current value (l h ⁇ gh) comprising the LED operation current, and the low current (liow) comprising a non-zero measurement current, wherein the temperature sensing arrangement comprises: means for sampling the forward bias voltage drop, and determining the forward bias voltage drop at the measurement current; and means for deriving the temperature from the determined forward bias voltage drop.
  • This arrangement measures the junction temperature of an LED with good accuracy by using square wave current pulses, in which the high level (Ihigh) is an operational current of the LED and the low level is a measurement current.
  • the means for sampling can comprise means for analysing the samples to find a forward bias voltage drop which corresponds to a peak in the number of occurrences of that voltage drop.
  • the invention also provides a lighting system comprising a control system of the invention and the LED cluster.
  • the invention also provides lighting system comprising a control system of the first aspect of the invention and a colour output characteristic determination system for determining the colour output characteristics of the LED cluster. This is used to calibrate the operation of the first control unit.
  • the colour output characteristic determination system can comprise a heater for heating the LED cluster, and a colour sensor and brightness sensor, thereby enabling a relationship to be derived for each LED between the drive current required and the temperature to provide a given colour point output.
  • the first aspect of the invention also provides a method of controlling a lighting system which comprises a cluster of different colour LEDs, wherein the method comprises: generating amplitude values for the different LEDs of the cluster to provide a desired colour point; controlling pulse width values for the different LEDs to provide a desired brightness; and using the amplitude and pulse width values to drive current sources for individually driving the LEDs of the cluster.
  • the amplitude values generated provide the desired colour point at a predetermined brightness which is constant for all colour points and the pulse width values are generated using scaling values the LEDs.
  • a temperature feedback value can be used in generating the amplitude values.
  • the second aspect of the invention also provides a method of controlling a lighting system which comprises a cluster of same colour LEDs, wherein the method comprises: providing a temperature feedback value; generating amplitude values for the different LEDs of the cluster to maintain a desired output brightness which takes account of the temperature feedback value; controlling pulse width values for the different LEDs to provide a desired brightness in response to a desired change in brightness; and using the amplitude and pulse width values to drive current sources for individually driving the LEDs of the cluster.
  • Figure 1 shows the LED wavelength shift as a function of the drive current
  • Figure 2 shows the LED light colour and intensity changes as function of junction temperature
  • Figure 3 is a graphical presentation of one current pulse sent to an LED with the proposed control method of the colour implementation of the invention
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control system (and method) of the colour implementation of the invention.
  • Figure 5 is a block diagram of a colour output characteristic determination system for determining the colour output characteristics of an LED cluster
  • Figure 6 shows a derived relationship for each LED between the drive current required and the temperature for a given colour point
  • Figure 7 shows a system of the invention for an LED fixture containing one or more LEDs of the same colour
  • Figure 8 shows the way the drive pulse is controlled in the system of Figure 7;
  • Figures 9A to 9D are graphs which schematically represent a junction temperature estimation method;
  • Figure 10 shows the system for estimating the junction temperature
  • Figure 1 1 is a graph used to explain a simplified way to mode the temperature dependency of an LED output wavelength.
  • the invention relates to apparatus and methods for controlling LED light clusters.
  • the invention relates to colour LED clusters.
  • the control of colour and the control of brightness of the LED cluster are implemented independently.
  • the colour of the LED cluster is controlled by changing the amplitudes of the currents fed to the LEDs, whereas the brightness of the LED cluster is controlled by changing the width of the current pulses fed to the LEDs.
  • the invention relates to single colour LED clusters.
  • the static brightness (i.e. keeping brightness constant despite temperature changes) of the LED cluster is controlled by changing the amplitudes of the currents fed to the LEDs, whereas the dynamic brightness (i.e. implementing deliberate changes in brightness) of the LED cluster is controlled by changing the width of the current pulses fed to the LEDs.
  • Figure 3 is a graphical presentation of one current pulse sent to an LED with the proposed control method of the colour implementation of the invention.
  • a periodic signal is used, which steps between an operational current (l h ⁇ gh ) and a measurement current (I
  • the operational current level 10 is determined by a colour point control unit and the pulse width 12 (i.e. the duty cycle in the case of a fixed frequency of operation) is controlled by a brightness control unit. By splitting the control into two independent tasks, lower complexity circuitry can be used to gain a high control resolution both in colour and brightness of the LED cluster.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control system (and method) of the colour implementation of the invention.
  • the control system is for controlling a lighting system which comprises a cluster 20 of different colour LEDs 22a,22b,22c.
  • a first control unit 24 is for generating amplitude values 26a, 26b, 26c for the different LEDs of the cluster to provide a desired colour point.
  • a second control unit 28 is for controlling the pulse width values for the different LEDs to provide a desired brightness.
  • This pulse width control can be implemented as a single scaling factor 30.
  • Current sources 32 are provided for individually driving the LEDs of the cluster 20.
  • the amplitude values generated by the first control unit 24 can provide the desired colour point at a predetermined brightness which is constant for all colour points.
  • different scaling values for different LEDs can enable additional freedom in the colour mixing process with compensation for the colour shift due to temperature. No live communication between the brightness control unit and the colour control unit is needed in this arrangement.
  • the first control unit 24 to provide brightness information 32 concerning the generated amplitude values to the second control unit 28.
  • the brightness control unit 28 block calculates the right pulse width to produce the desired amount of light output.
  • the amplitude values 26a,26b,26c take account of the LED colour shift due to current and temperature at its junction.
  • the junction temperature is determined by unit 34, explained below.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a colour output characteristic determination system 50 for determining the colour output characteristics of the LED cluster.
  • a heater 52 is provided for heating the LED cluster 20, and a colour sensor and brightness sensor 54 provides optical feedback. This enables a relationship to be derived for each LED between the drive current required and the temperature to provide a given colour point output.
  • the heater is used to generate real life temperature conditions. By changing the current amplitudes and their combinations while monitoring the colour and flux of the resulting light, a correct current combination for each junction temperature can be determined that will produce the correct colour point and flux of the light.
  • the sensor determines if the desired colour point is achieved. If not (N), the colour control unit 24 varies the amplitudes. If the desired colour point is reached (Y), the parameters (temperature from the temperature sensor 34 and amplitudes) are stored in memory 56.
  • Samples 60 are for the red LED, and the curve is a quadratic approximation
  • samples 64 are for the green LED
  • the curve 66 is a quadratic approximation
  • samples 68 are for the blue LED
  • the curve 70 is a quadratic approximation.
  • Tj is the junction temperature
  • A, B, and C are the quadratic equation coefficients.
  • the colour point control model can be customized by having correction coefficients for each LED component as shown in equation 2.
  • Equation 1 The model parameters in equation 1 are determined for a typical combination of LEDs in the laboratory. At the point of use, only the three correction coefficients (eq. 2) need to be determined. This offers easy of use and flexibility to the control model to be adaptable to a larger population of LEDs of similar type, which is very important to lower the cost of lighting fixtures using LEDs.
  • the control system has been tested to determine the control accuracy while controlling RGB LED clusters of the same type but from different bins (i.e. small variation in lighting properties exists between LEDs of the same type). The results were obtained by only adjusting the correction matrix as shown in equation 2 for LEDs of the same type. The robustness of the control method has been confirmed for a wide variety of LEDs. Thus, accurate colour and brightness control for virtually any LED combination is achieved with minimised adjustment of model parameters.
  • the widths of the current pulses sent to the LEDs are simply scaled linearly with the desired output brightness. This simplicity is possible due to the constant colour point and luminous intensity offered by the colour point control unit.
  • the simplicity of the control model can enables accuracy to be maintained in real time. For example, implementation of the control method in a TV backlight requires accuracies in both colour and brightness at video frame rate.
  • the most important aspect of the control is to produce a correct brightness. Conventionally, this is done by modulating the width of the current pulses fed to the LEDs. The pulse width is determined based on the
  • LED condition e.g. the temperature at the LED junction
  • desired brightness This combination is found to be inconvenient as at different junction temperature there will be different pulse width needed to produce one value of brightness.
  • Figure 7 shows a system for an LED fixture 70 containing one or more
  • the amplitude of the current pulse is determined by a static control unit 74 used for brightness maintenance of the
  • the pulse width modulation is determined by a dynamic control unit 76 used for brightness control.
  • Figure 8 shows the way the drive pulse is controlled, with the static control as 80 and the dynamic control as 82.
  • the approach measures the junction temperature of a LED with good accuracy by using square wave current pulses, in which the high level (l h ⁇ gh ) is an operational current of the LED and the low level is a measurement current.
  • Vf forward voltage
  • Figures 9A to 9D are graphs will schematically represent the method.
  • Figure 9A shows the drive current applied to the LED.
  • a pulsed current source is used to drive the LED.
  • the pulses drive a forward bias current through the diode, and the current is in the form of a square wave which toggles between high and low current values.
  • the low current value is a measuring current, preferably smaller or equal to 1 mA. It may be in the region of 5 ⁇ A.
  • a low measurement current is desired for two main reasons. Firstly, if a LED is driven at large current, the self-heating effect starts, which means a less accurate measurement is obtained.
  • the self-heating effect has been found by the applicant to be significant above currents of 1 mA.
  • the self- heating effect depends on the thermal design of the LED package, and is therefore different for different LED designs.
  • the larger the current the brighter the LED.
  • the minimum light level emitted from the backlight should not be more than 1 % of the maximum illumination level.
  • This 2D dimming system is a backlight control method in which only parts of the backlight are illuminated so that improved contrast between bright and dark areas of an image can be obtained.
  • the desire for low light output for the measurement phase means that the lowest possible current is required, but the current needs to be sufficient for the LED to be forward biased so that the voltage can be measured.
  • Figure 9B shows the resulting forward bias voltage drop Vf across the diode.
  • the forward bias voltage drop is sampled at regular intervals, and the sampling instants are shown as filled circles in the plot of Figure 9B.
  • the voltage is measured, and a histogram counter monitors this LED voltage Vf, and determines the dominant value of voltage drop.
  • the LED junction temperature can be determined by relating the dominant forward bias voltage drop corresponding to the measurement current with a calibrated curve or an analytical model of the relationship between forward bias voltage Vf and temperature T. This relationship is shown schematically in Figure 9D.
  • the output flux of the LED is controlled by the high current value of the current drive sequence, as well as the pulse frequency and the duty cycle. However, the measurement current value is unchanged throughout the operation.
  • This approach provides a constant measurement current so that a model of the relationship between the corresponding forward bias voltage drop and temperature can be easily derived and stored, avoiding the need for look up tables, which introduce unwanted discretisation.
  • Figure 10 shows the system for estimating the junction temperature of a light emitting diode.
  • a current source circuit 100 is used for driving a forward bias current through the diode 101 , and this current comprises the square wave described above. Any suitable current source circuit can be used for this purpose.
  • the forward bias voltage drop is sampled by a voltage measurement circuit 102, and the samples are provided to a processor 104.
  • the processor 104 stores the analytical function representing the voltage-temperature characteristics, and determines the forward bias voltage drop at the measurement current based on the histogram analysis described above.
  • the processor derives the temperature from the determined forward bias voltage drop using the function.
  • the current frequency has to be high enough so that human eye can not see the flickering. This minimum frequency is around 24 Hz, but in practice the pulsing frequency will typically be between 300Hz and 1 ,5 kHz, but it can be even higher. For TV backlight applications, the most common frame rate now is 120Hz. and this sets the minimum frequency for the LED pulsing.
  • An LED module can have any number of LEDs, not only three as in the example above.
  • the invention provides a control system for controlling a lighting system which comprises one or more LEDs.
  • the control system comprises a first control unit for generating amplitude values for the LEDs for controlling a first aspect of the light output characteristic, and a second control unit for controlling pulse width values for the different LEDs to control a first aspect of the light output characteristic.
  • Current sources drive the LEDs.
  • the first characteristic can be the colour point or maintenance of a constant brightness
  • the second characteristic is control of brightness or changing brightness.
  • the emission of a photon in an LED is related to an electron-hole pair recombining in an active structure.
  • Modern LEDs are typically multi-quantum- well structures (MQW) made of several different materials. Many factors influence the wavelength of a real device, and those factors heavily depend on the material, the material quality and the design of the structure.
  • the stress in the structure causes band bending and a gap change. To predict the temperature effects on the structure stress, a complete modelling of each structure would be required.
  • InGaN based LEDs (green and blue LEDs) compositions are not known precisely, as the alloy tends to segregate, leading to very efficient recombination centres, with unknown wavelength.
  • InGaN alloys are piezoelectric materials, with internal fields in the 10MV/cm range, which impact the wavelength of the emitted photons.
  • the effect can be considered to come fully from a change in the gap of the active part.
  • Equation 3 above describes the shift in gap (wavelength) due to temperature effects. It requires a measurement at OK which is unrealistic, and does not involve gap shifts due to stress or actual packaging of the LED.
  • the main advantage of this approach is to completely separate the variation of the wavelength with driving current and the variation with temperature, also to calculate the wavelength with a single temperature calibration step.
  • This formula relies on two parameters, ⁇ and ⁇ , respectively the Varshni parameter and the Debye temperature.
  • the peak wavelength is measured at a given current (if possible at a current as low as possible, where it is still possible to see light).
  • the driving current at this current is the variable imid, wavelength in nm is ⁇ mid.
  • the temperature can be sensed using the method above, and id is known by the driving current source.
  • the model will output the peak wavelength at a current of id and a temperature of T.
  • the parameters can be adjusted to give more accurate values for all kinds of LEDs.
  • the content of the active part of the well still has to be in a narrow range of compositions. Even if the stress in the structure and geometry of the well impact the wavelength, the range of composition to provide the correct wavelength has to be around a certain value.
  • the model can be used to accurately describe different famil ies of LEDs. Without adjusted Varshni parameters and Debye temperature, this method is still valid, although more work has to be done to select a value for green LED material . From a single temperature measurement, it is possible using this approach to calculate the entire set of wavelengths at all temperatures and currents, using a physical model (for temperature) with an empirical dependency of wavelength with current. Those parameters can be adjusted and fed into the controllers above.
  • each LED has to be calibrated in wavelength at two different currents. This can be done in parallel by measuring the wavelength of several LEDs at two different currents, at a given temperature (room temperature).
  • the invention can be used in driving circuits of LED fixtures to ensure that the light colour and brightness are accurately managed. This is especially of importance for LED lighting fixtures that require a dynamic changing of light colour and brightness such as entertainment (stage) lighting, atmosphere creation interior lighting, architecture lighting, large panel display, and as the backlight for LCD panel . Automotive lighting (head light, rear light and dashboard/interior lighting) can also use this control system. Various modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

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L'invention concerne un système de commande pour commander un système d'éclairage qui comprend un groupe (20) de différentes LED colorées. Le système de commande comprend une première unité de commande (24) pour générer les valeurs d'amplitude des différentes LED du groupe en vue d'obtenir un point coloré souhaité et une seconde unité de commande (38) pour commander les valeurs de largeur d'impulsion des différentes DEL en vue d'obtenir une luminosité souhaitée. Des sources de courant (32) sont disposées pour réguler individuellement les DEL du groupe. Ce système permet à la commande de point coloré d'être indépendante de la commande de luminosité du groupe de LED. On obtient une solution bon marché et une commande rapide, précise et souple d'un groupe de DEL.
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