This is the simple version of a white LED lamp that can be directly powered from mains. It can give ample light even for reading purpose. Capacitor Cx along with diodes D1 through D4 forms the AC step ...

Designers of early indoor LED light bulbs faced numerous technical hurdles, including AC-to-DC conversion, thermal heat-sinking, constraints imposed by current bulb sizes, electrical transients, and ...

High power LED lighting is harder than it looks. Power, dimming, control, and communication collide in one design.

ANSAN, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seoul Semiconductor, a global innovator of LED products and technology, has demonstrated a 277V AC lighting module using its NanoDriver Series LED driver that ...

Guest columnist Faraz Hasan, marketing and business development manager at Tyco Electronics Circuit Protection Products says that LEDs can require overcurrent protection despite built-in safety ...