Abstract: The invention describes an LED tube lamp (1) realized for use with a high-frequency ballast (2), which LED tube lamp (1) comprises an LED arrangement (100); a driver (10) realized to drive the LED arrangement (100); and a first connecting terminal pair (11, 12) for connecting to first outputs (21, 22) of the high-frequency ballast (1) and a second connecting terminal pair (13, 14) for connecting to second outputs (23, 24) of the high-frequency ballast (2), and wherein the LED tube lamp (1) is characterized by a magnetically coupled inductor pair (L11, L12) comprising a first inductor (L11) in series with one terminal (11) of the first connecting terminal pair (11, 12) and a second inductor (L12) in series with the other terminal (12) of the first connecting terminal pair (11, 12). The invention further describes a LED tube lighting arrangement (3).

Abstract: The invention describes an LED tube lamp (1) realized for use with a high-frequency ballast (2), which LED tube lamp (1) comprises an LED arrangement (100); a driver (10) realized to drive the LED arrangement (100); and a first connecting terminal pair (11, 12) for connecting to first outputs (21, 22) of the high-frequency ballast (1) and a second connecting terminal pair (13, 14) for connecting to second outputs (23, 24) of the high-frequency ballast (2), and wherein the LED tube lamp (1) is characterized by a magnetically coupled inductor pair (L11, L12) comprising a first inductor (L11) in series with one terminal (11) of the first connecting terminal pair (11, 12) and a second inductor (L12) in series with the other terminal (12) of the first connecting terminal pair (11, 12). The invention further describes a LED tube lighting arrangement (3).

Abstract: Method and apparatus for a LED lighting unit (200), including an inverter circuit (210) electrically coupled to a LED module (220) having a pair of antiparallel LED groupings. The inverter circuit (210) provides for color and/or dimming control of the LED module (220). A method of adjusting color and/or dimming of a LED module includes the step of cycling between a plurality of states during each of a plurality of time periods.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for a LED lighting unit (200), including an inverter circuit (210) electrically coupled to a LED module (220) having a pair of antiparallel LED groupings. The inverter circuit (210) provides for color and/or dimming control of the LED module (220). A method of adjusting color and/or dimming of a LED module includes the step of cycling between a plurality of states during each of a plurality of time periods.

Abstract: A lighting driver includes a shunt switch circuit configured to detect when an input of the lighting driver is connected to mains power without a ballast, and in response thereto to disable the lighting driver, and further configured to detect a type of ballast connected to the input of the lighting driver when the input of the lighting driver is connected to the ballast, and to regulate a bus voltage of the shunt switch circuit according to the detected type of ballast; and a switching mode power supply configured to receive the bus voltage of the shunt switch circuit and in response thereto to supply a lamp current to drive one or more light emitting diodes.

Abstract: A method is described for calibrating a CDCCD circuit (100) comprising: first and second voltage input terminals (101, 102); first and second switching bridges, each comprising two controllable switches connected in series between said first and second input terminals; a series arrangement of a first inductor (131), load output terminals (191, 192), and a second inductor (132) coupled between bridge output nodes (113, 123); a current sensor (150) associated with said first inductor (131); a reference signal generator (160); a switch controller (170) receiving a measuring signal (S 1) from the current sensor and a reference signal (SR) from the reference signal generator; the method comprising the steps of: generating an AC current having a zero DC level; measuring a voltage at an output terminal; adjusting the current reference signal in such a way that the measured voltage is symmetrical with respect to the input voltage levels.

Abstract: Converting a direct (DC) input voltage supplied by a DC source (2) to an alternating (AC) output voltage, comprising supplying the DC input voltage through an inductor (8) to a series connection of a resonant circuit (10, 12, 16, 18) and a load (6), switching the voltage supplied to the series connection, resonant circuit (10, 12, 16, 18) and load (6) alternately on and off, wherein the input voltage is controlled to constitute a DC voltage with a controlled magnitude, in particular by arranging a DC-DC buck converter, which is connected to the DC source (2) and which comprises a second switch (22) and a freewheeling diode (24), the latter being connected parallel to the series connection of the inductor (8), the resonant circuit (10, 12, 16, 18) and the load (6).

Abstract: A control unit for a lamp driver for controlling a lamp during various operation modes. Current through the lamp is increased, preferably linearly, during ignition mode from a first start value to a maximum value. The lamp starts up smoothly and warms up already in ignition mode. Leads to higher lamp voltage and improved switching behavior. May be further improved by changing the duty cycle of a down-converter in order to obtain commutation. May be even further improved by maintaining an alternator running at high frequency (>I 00 kHz) during run-up mode.