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 ...

True to the history of other types of semiconductor products, LEDs offer better performance at a lower cost with every passing year. So much so, in fact, that the other elements of a conventional LED ...

High-brightness LEDs are an inexpensive, robust, and green replacement for halogen light bulbs. This Idea for Design shows you how to apply an AC LED driver to convert the usual 12 or 24 V AC ...

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 ...

Edison Opto is the first manufacturer to launch chip-on-board (COB) based AC LED modules, releasing the 7W omnidirectional AC COB module, EdWing Series, and the high efficacy driver on board module, ...