Abstract: An illuminating apparatus using semiconductor light emitting elements comprising: n LED groups (n?2) which are serially connected, each being capable of radiating light in a half cycle of an AC input voltage and including a first LED of a first color temperature or a second LED of a second color temperature higher than the first color temperature, wherein, in a current flow path, a first LED group of the n LED groups includes the first LED; and a set of switches including at least one bypass switch located between the p-th LED group (1?p<n) and the (p+1)-th LED group in the current flow path for bypassing, in the ON position, a current flow to the (p+1)-th LED group, thereby enabling each of the n LED groups to radiate light in a certain interval of said half cycle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an illuminating apparatus which is received at the back of an outer surface and which includes: a lighting part having a front surface, through which the light is irradiated, and a rear surface, which is the back side of the front surface; an electric connector electrically connected to the lighting part and coupled to a power supply at the back of the outer surface; and a length-adjustable shaft provided between the lighting part and the electric connector and bringing the rear surface of the lighting part into contact with the outer surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lighting apparatus using a light-emitting diode (LED), which includes: LEDs; a power transfer substrate with the LEDs thereon; a radiating member radiating heat generated in the LEDs; a driver electrically connected to the power transfer substrate and integrally coupled to the power transfer substrate and the radiating member; and a heat insulation layer reducing the amount of heat transferred from the radiating member to the driver. In addition, the present disclosure provides a lighting apparatus using an LED, which further includes a cradle fixed to a given object and detachably fixing a lighting body in which a power transfer substrate with LEDs thereon, a radiating member and a driver have been integrally coupled.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lighting apparatus using a PN junction light-emitting element, the apparatus comprising: a power transmitting substrate; PN junction light-emitting elements mounted on the power transmitting substrate; circuit elements mounted on the power transmitting substrate and controlling power provided to the PN junction light-emitting elements; and a top cover covering the circuit elements and forward reflecting light emitted by the PN junction light-emitting elements.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lighting apparatus using a PN junction light-emitting element, the apparatus including: a power transmitting substrate having a plurality of boundaries defined thereon; a plurality of PN junction light-emitting elements positioned within each boundary and divided into a plurality of groups; and a first switch provided on the power transmitting substrate, wherein the first switch goes into the ON state by a supplied AC having a first voltage to cause PN junction light-emitting elements of a first group positioned within each boundary to emit light, and the first switch is in the OFF state when PN junction light-emitting elements of a second group, which is positioned within each boundary and connected in series to the first group, emit light by a supplied AC having a second voltage higher than the first voltage.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a dimming method of a lighting apparatus using a PN junction light-emitting element, the method including: supplying AC controlled by a dimmer; causing a first group, which has one PN junction light-emitting element positioned within a first boundary and one PN junction light-emitting element positioned within a second boundary, to emit light at a first voltage by the supplied AC when a first switch is in the ON state; and causing a second group, which has another PN junction light-emitting element positioned within the first boundary and another PN junction light-emitting element positioned within the second boundary and which is connected in series to the first group, to emit light at a second voltage higher than the first voltage by the supplied current when the first switch positioned between the first group and the second group is in the OFF state.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lighting apparatus using a PN junction light-emitting element, the apparatus including: a power transmitting substrate having a plurality of boundaries defined thereon; a plurality of PN junction light-emitting elements positioned within each boundary and divided into a plurality of groups; and a first switch provided on the power transmitting substrate, wherein the first switch goes into the ON state by a supplied AC having a first voltage to cause PN junction light-emitting elements of a first group positioned within each boundary to emit light, and the first switch is in the OFF state when PN junction light-emitting elements of a second group, which is positioned within each boundary and connected in series to the first group, emit light by a supplied AC having a second voltage higher than the first voltage.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a dimming method of a lighting apparatus using a PN junction light-emitting element, the method including: supplying AC controlled by a dimmer; causing a first group, which has one PN junction light-emitting element positioned within a first boundary and one PN junction light-emitting element positioned within a second boundary, to emit light at a first voltage by the supplied AC when a first switch is in the ON state; and causing a second group, which has another PN junction light-emitting element positioned within the first boundary and another PN junction light-emitting element positioned within the second boundary and which is connected in series to the first group, to emit light at a second voltage higher than the first voltage by the supplied current when the first switch positioned between the first group and the second group is in the OFF state.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lighting apparatus using a PN junction light-emitting element, the apparatus comprising: a power transmitting substrate; PN junction light-emitting elements mounted on the power transmitting substrate; circuit elements mounted on the power transmitting substrate and controlling power provided to the PN junction light-emitting elements; and a top cover covering the circuit elements and forward reflecting light emitted by the PN junction light-emitting elements.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an illuminating apparatus which is received at the back of an outer surface and which includes: a lighting part having a front surface, through which the light is irradiated, and a rear surface, which is the back side of the front surface; an electric connector electrically connected to the lighting part and coupled to a power supply at the back of the outer surface; and a length-adjustable shaft provided between the lighting part and the electric connector and bringing the rear surface of the lighting part into contact with the outer surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lighting apparatus using a light-emitting diode (LED), which includes: LEDs; a power transfer substrate with the LEDs thereon; a radiating member radiating heat generated in the LEDs; a driver electrically connected to the power transfer substrate and integrally coupled to the power transfer substrate and the radiating member; and a heat insulation layer reducing the amount of heat transferred from the radiating member to the driver. In addition, the present disclosure provides a lighting apparatus using an LED, which further includes a cradle fixed to a given object and detachably fixing a lighting body in which a power transfer substrate with LEDs thereon, a radiating member and a driver have been integrally coupled.