A quantitative dimming method for LED based on PWM

Jiyong Wang; Tongsheng Mou; Jianping Wang; Xiaoqing Tian

doi:10.1117/12.970576

15 October 2012 A quantitative dimming method for LED based on PWM

Jiyong Wang, Tongsheng Mou, Jianping Wang, Xiaoqing Tian

Proceedings Volume 8484, Twelfth International Conference on Solid State Lighting and Fourth International Conference on White LEDs and Solid State Lighting; 84840D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.970576
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Traditional light sources were required to provide stable and uniform illumination for a living or working environment considering performance of visual function of human being. The requirement was always reasonable until non-visual functions of the ganglion cells in the retina photosensitive layer were found. New generation of lighting technology, however, is emerging based on novel lighting materials such as LED and photobiological effects on human physiology and behavior. To realize dynamic lighting of LED whose intensity and color were adjustable to the need of photobiological effects, a quantitative dimming method based on Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) and light-mixing technology was presented. Beginning with two channels’ PWM, this paper demonstrated the determinacy and limitation of PWM dimming for realizing Expected Photometric and Colorimetric Quantities (EPCQ), in accordance with the analysis on geometrical, photometric, colorimetric and electrodynamic constraints. A quantitative model which mapped the EPCQ into duty cycles was finally established. The deduced model suggested that the determinacy was a unique individuality only for two channels’ and three channels’ PWM, but the limitation was an inevitable commonness for multiple channels’. To examine the model, a light-mixing experiment with two kinds of white LED simulated variations of illuminance and Correlation Color Temperature (CCT) from dawn to midday. Mean deviations between theoretical values and measured values were obtained, which were 15lx and 23K respectively. Result shows that this method can effectively realize the light spectrum which has a specific requirement of EPCQ, and provides a theoretical basis and a practical way for dynamic lighting of LED.

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Jiyong Wang, Tongsheng Mou, Jianping Wang, and Xiaoqing Tian "A quantitative dimming method for LED based on PWM", Proc. SPIE 8484, Twelfth International Conference on Solid State Lighting and Fourth International Conference on White LEDs and Solid State Lighting, 84840D (15 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.970576

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