Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Deokhee Han

Hyunjung Kim

June Hyun Jang

Minsoo Han

Jongkwan Lee

Sangcheol Bong

A light emitting diode (LED) lighting apparatus is provided. The LED lighting apparatus includes a first LED array; a second LED array; a first driving chip configured to receive AC power, and to control the first LED array based on a first control signal; a second driving chip configured to receive the AC power, and to control the second LED array based on a second control signal; a communication device configured to generate the first control signal and the second control signal based on a request from an external device; and an AC/DC converter configured to receive the AC power, and to provide DC power to the communication device.

LED lighting apparatus and operating method thereof

A light emitting diode (LED) driving device is provided. The LED driving device includes a rectifier configured to generate a rectified voltage, wherein the rectifier is directly connected to an input node of a light source including LEDs; a regulator configured to output a direct current (DC) power supply voltage using the rectified voltage; a microcontroller including a control terminal and a power terminal, wherein the microcontroller is configured to generate a dimming control signal based on a voltage input, receive the DC power supply voltage through the power terminal and output the dimming control signal through the control terminal; a driver configured to control an LED current to flow through the LEDs based on the dimming control signal; and a switch connected between a control node and a ground node, wherein an output terminal of the regulator and the control terminal are connected to the control node.

LED driving device and lighting device including the same

A light-emitting circuit includes first and second light-emitting element strings respectively configured to emit light having a first and second color temperatures; a rectifying circuit configured to rectify a voltage, input by an alternating current (AC) power source, to generate a driving voltage; a string switching circuit configured to select at least one light-emitting element string to be used for light emission from among the first light-emitting element string and the second light-emitting element string; an off/on sensing circuit configured to change a selection of the string switching circuit to change a color temperature of light, which is emitted by the light-emitting circuit, when the AC power source is turned off and then turned on; and a driving circuit configured to turn on, in turn, light-emitting elements in the selected at least one light-emitting element string, according to a change in the driving voltage over time.

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Seoul, South Korea

Deokhee Han