Adaptive Driving Bus Voltage and Energy Recycling Control Schemes for Low-Power AC-DC RGB-LED Drivers

A low-power ac-dc light-emitting diode (LED) driver with adaptive driving bus voltage (ADBV) and energy recycling (ER) control schemes is proposed to drive red, green, and blue LEDs in series to achieve high efficiency. The bus voltage of the power factor correction flyback converter with the ADBV control is always adjusted, so as to reduce power loss on current regulators. However, since the small bandwidth of the flyback converter and large bus capacitor limit the transient response of the flyback converter, it is difficult to maintain the voltage across current regulators at the minimum value. The ER control is proposed to accelerate the transient response of the bus voltage, making the voltage across current regulators as close to the minimum voltage as possible. Furthermore, extra energy is stored and restored on the recycling capacitor when the bus voltage is switched between different supplying levels without consuming much power due to the ER control. The experimental waveforms of the laboratory prototype are shown to confirm the validity of the proposed schemes.