Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140043833 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHTING APPARATUS - A first heat sinking path formed in a forming direction of a heat sink unit disposed radially in a housing where a light emitting module is mounted. A second heat sinking path is formed along an edge of the light emitting module. By providing a light engine concept in which a light emitting module, an optical member, and a heat sink unit are included and a bottom surface is gradually widened from one side to the other side, an optical semiconductor lighting apparatus can reduce a total weight of a product, can further improve heat dissipation efficiency by inducing natural convection, is simple in the product assembly and installation, and is easy in maintenance, and can provide products with high reliability by increasing the arrangement efficiency of semiconductor optical devices per unit area. | 02-13-2014 |
20140175996 | LED LIGHTING APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION IN SOURCE CURRENT - The LED lighting apparatus includes: a rectification block; an LED block including a first light emitting group and a second light emitting group; a charging/discharging block configured to charge electric charges in a charging period, and discharge electric charges in a discharging period; a driving control unit configured to determine a voltage level of a rectified voltage, controls a path selection switch to connect the rectification block to the LED block and controls the charging/discharging block to charge electric charges in the charging period, and controls the path selection switch to connect the rectification block to a ground and controls the charging/discharging block to discharge electric charges from the charging/discharging block to the LED block in the discharging period; and a path selection switch configured to connect the rectification block to the LED block in the charging period, and connect the rectification block to the ground in the discharging period. | 06-26-2014 |
20140191673 | LED DRIVING CIRCUIT HAVING Vcc STABILIZATION CIRCUIT - An LED driving circuit includes: a bridge rectification circuit configured to receive an AC voltage and perform full-wave rectification on the AC voltage, the bridge rectification circuit including a first LED block, a second LED block, a third LED block, and a fourth LED block each including n LEDs (where n is a positive integer equal to or greater than one); a constant current IC configured to constantly limit a current flowing through the bridge rectification circuit; and a Vcc stabilization circuit connected between the constant current IC and a driving voltage supply node positioned between LEDs constituting one of the first to fourth LED blocks, and configured to stabilize a voltage applied through the bridge rectification circuit and provide the constant current IC with a stabilized driving voltage. | 07-10-2014 |
20140197749 | AC LED LIGHTING APPARATUS USING VOLTAGE EDGE DETECTOR - An AC LED lighting apparatus using a voltage edge detector is provided. The AC LED lighting apparatus includes: a rectification unit configured to rectify an AC voltage to output a DC rectified voltage; an LED unit including a first light emitting group and a second light emitting group each including at least one LED; and an LED driving control unit configured to control a serial/parallel connection relationship between the first light emitting group and the second light emitting group by comparing a voltage level of the rectified voltage input from the rectification unit with a reference voltage. The LED driving control unit sets the reference voltage by detecting a slope of the rectified voltage and simultaneously detecting the voltage level of the rectified voltage and the detected slope of the rectified voltage. | 07-17-2014 |
20140203718 | AC LED LIGHTING APPARATUS USING VOLTAGE EDGE DETECTOR - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose an alternating current (AC) light emitting diode (LED) lighting apparatus including a rectification unit configured to receive an AC voltage and output a DC rectified voltage, an LED unit connected to the rectification unit, the LED unit comprising at least two light emitting groups, each light emitting group comprising at least one LED, and an LED driving control unit connected to the rectification unit, the LED driving control unit configured to establish a series or parallel connection between the light emitting groups, by comparing a voltage level of the rectified voltage with a reference voltage. The LED driving control unit is configured to calculate a reference voltage adjustment value in order to compensate for a signal processing delay of the LED driving control unit. | 07-24-2014 |
20140203722 | AC LED LIGHTING APPARATUS USING VOLTAGE EDGE DETECTOR - An AC LED lighting apparatus using a voltage edge detector is provided. The AC LED lighting apparatus includes: a rectification unit configured to rectify an AC voltage to output a DC rectified voltage; an LED unit including a first light emitting group and a second light emitting group each including at least one LED; and an LED driving control unit configured to control a serial/parallel connection relationship between the first light emitting group and the second light emitting group by comparing a voltage level of the rectified voltage input from the rectification unit with a reference voltage. The LED driving control unit sets the reference voltage by detecting a slope of the rectified voltage and simultaneously detecting the voltage level of the rectified voltage and the detected slope of the rectified voltage. | 07-24-2014 |
20140292213 | AC LED LIGHTING APPARATUS - Embodiments of the invention provide AC LED lighting apparatuses. The AC LED lighting apparatuses may increase luminous flux and provide optimal efficiency through novel arrangement of a plurality of light emitting blocks on a circuit board and a plurality of LEDs and drive ICs included in each of the light emitting blocks to be sequentially driven, and/or through efficient series-parallel connection between a limited number of LEDs. | 10-02-2014 |
20140306242 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHTING APPARATUS - An optical semiconductor lighting apparatus including: a substrate in which a single LED chip or a plurality of LED chips are disposed; a first mold portion disposed on the substrate to cover the plurality of LED chips; and a second mold portion extending from an edge of the first mold portion and disposed on the substrate. The respective LED chips can improve adhesive strength with respect to the substrate through the first and second mold portions. Peeling, surface cracking and damage caused by moisture permeation can be prevented by the first and second mold portions. A fluorescent material included in the second mold portion can improve a wavelength conversion rate. | 10-16-2014 |
20140312771 | RECTANGULAR LED LIGHTING APPARATUS - A rectangular LED lighting apparatus connected directly to an AC power supply is provided. The rectangular LED lighting apparatus includes: a printed circuit board in which circuit patterns are formed for electrical connection of LEDs; a rectification unit configured to rectify an AC voltage and output a DC rectified voltage; an LED unit driven by the rectified voltage, the LED unit including first to n-th light emitting blocks (where n is a positive integer equal to or greater than 2) arranged linearly on the printed circuit board; and an LED driving control unit configured to sequentially drive first to m-th light emitting groups (where m is a positive integer equal to or greater than 2), each of which includes n LEDs, according to a voltage level of the rectified voltage output from the rectification unit. | 10-23-2014 |
20150062914 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHTING APPARATUS - A first heat sinking path formed in a forming direction of a heat sink unit disposed radially in a housing where a light emitting module is mounted. A second heat sinking path is formed along an edge of the light emitting module. By providing a light engine concept in which a light emitting module, an optical member, and a heat sink unit are included and a bottom surface is gradually widened from one side to the other side, an optical semiconductor lighting apparatus can reduce a total weight of a product, can further improve heat dissipation efficiency by inducing natural convection, is simple in the product assembly and installation, and is easy in maintenance, and can provide products with high reliability by increasing the arrangement efficiency of semiconductor optical devices per unit area. | 03-05-2015 |
20150070911 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHTING APPARATUS - A first heat sinking path formed in a forming direction of a heat sink unit disposed radially in a housing where a light emitting module is mounted. A second heat sinking path is formed along an edge of the light emitting module. By providing a light engine concept in which a light emitting module, an optical member, and a heat sink unit are included and a bottom surface is gradually widened from one side to the other side, an optical semiconductor lighting apparatus can reduce a total weight of a product, can further improve heat dissipation efficiency by inducing natural convection, is simple in the product assembly and installation, and is easy in maintenance, and can provide products with high reliability by increasing the arrangement efficiency of semiconductor optical devices per unit area. | 03-12-2015 |