Abstract: A telescopic pull-out device for attachment to a support frame disposed in a processing chamber of a household appliance includes a holding rail, a running rail, and an attachment mechanism disposed on the holding rail and configured to detachably connect the holding rail to the support frame. The support frame includes an upper horizontal guide rod and a lower horizontal guide rod disposed at a distance below the upper guide rod. The horizontal guide rods are configured to slidably guide a rack into the processing chamber. The running rail includes a projection having a carrier section configured to support the rack. The projection is configured so that, in an installed state of the telescopic pull-out device, a surface of the carrier section is disposed at a predetermined height between a top of the lower horizontal guide rod and a bottom of the upper horizontal guide rod.

Abstract: A shelf support pin arrangement or system is provided comprising stationary support pin assemblies which mount in predefined positions of a cabinet side wall. Each pin assembly comprises a bushing or plug body which fits into the cabinet and supports a retractable pin in threaded engagement. In use, the pin projects outwardly and engages and supports the side edge of the shelf. Preferably, the support pin arrangement also includes a shelf support bracket that slips over the pin head and is fastened thereby, wherein the bracket supports the shelf edge.

Abstract: An electrical safety device for use within an electrical circuit panel box and other electrical cabinetry is constructed of a tubular, transparent sleeve having a first and a second end. One end has a removable cap and the other end is provided with a means for attaching the sleeve to the interior wall surface of the electrical panel box or other electrical cabinetry. The safety device functions to catch the metallic waste material that is generated when the wall of the panel box or cabinetry is drilled to add other conduits to the panel box so that it does not penetrate any of the electrical components or wiring within the panel box. The safety device also functions to isolate the drill bit from contact with the components within the panel box. The removable cap facilitates emptying of the sleeve after use.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a universal shelf assembly that can be mounted in either a stationary configuration or a sliding configuration. The shelf assembly includes a shelf unit having a base portion surrounded by a peripheral frame. The peripheral frame includes front, rear and opposing side frame members that include a mounting boss and a locating tab. When mounted in the stationary configuration, the shelf unit is mounted directly to a support unit through the mounting boss and locating tab. Conversely, when mounted in the sliding configuration, the shelf unit is mounted indirectly to a support unit. Arranged between the support unit and the shelf unit are glide members. The glide members include structure that cooperates with the mounting boss and locating tab that both secure the shelf unit and enable the shelf unit to shift relative to the support unit.

Abstract: A method for producing a carbon nanotube array element includes the steps of: providing a first substrate coated with a conductive paste layer; forming an array of thin film blocks of catalyst on a second substrate; forming each of the thin film blocks into islands of catalyst; forming carbon nanotube bundles on the islands of catalyst, each of the carbon nanotube bundles including a plurality of carbon nanotubes and having a free end portion; pressing the second substrate toward the first substrate such that the free end portions insert into the conductive paste layer; solidifying the conductive paste layer; and removing the second substrate together with the islands of catalyst from the carbon nanotube bundles, thereby forming an open end for each of the carbon nanotubes. A carbon nanotube array element for a field emission cathode device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A field emission element includes at least one supporting wire and at least one carbon nanotube wire. The supporting wire and the carbon nanotube wire are twisted together. A method for manufacturing the described field emission element is also provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing at least one carbon nanotube wire and at least one supporting wire; (b) twisting the carbon nanotube wire and the supporting wire together to form a multi-strand structure by a spinning process; and (c) cutting the multi-strand structure according to a predetermined length to form a field emission element.

Abstract: There is provided a flat electrode for a surface light source, in which a conductive electrode is formed in a fine strip-shaped pattern on a plane. The flat electrode may comprise a base layer, an electrode pattern formed on the base layer, and a protection layer formed on the electrode pattern. There is also provided an ultra thin surface light source device which comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate which are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval; and a first surface electrode formed on the first substrate, and a second surface electrode formed on the second substrate. The surface light source device may further comprise a medium layer formed in at least one of spaces between the first substrate and the first surface electrode and between the second substrate and the second surface electrode.

Abstract: An electron emission source composition includes a carbon-based material and a carrier, wherein the composition exhibits a thixotropic value of about 10,000 Pa/s to about 50,000 Pa/s and a viscoelectricity value of about 2 to about 5.

Abstract: A wireless-emitting major-and-minor models recording method comprises major and minor units wherein the major and minor units are respectively equipped with a control circuit panel built therein, and the control circuit panel of the major unit is equipped with an emitting device to reciprocally correspond to a receiving device and a recording device built in the control circuit panel of the minor unit. Via the aforementioned structure thereof, the major and minor units are correspondingly matched to each other to form a wireless emitting-and-receiving system and provide a synchronized wireless digital recording function without being influenced by the surrounding environment, achieving the best sound-receiving effect and recording quality thereby.

Abstract: A display device includes an anti-reflection film having a plurality of projections over a display screen surface. An angle made by a base and a slope of each of the plurality of projections is equal to or greater than 84° and less than 90°.

Abstract: An electrode layer (2) formed by a transparent conductive varnish is applied to a mineral or plastic glass carrier. Afterwards, a luminescent layer (3) formed by a transparent matrix (5) provided with electroluminophors (4) incorporated therein is disposed within contours defining an image surface. Said luminescent layer (3) is dividable into several discrete partial areas. A rear silver-containing electrode layer (7) extends within the a luminescent layer (3) contours above a surface whose size is approximately equal to the size of the luminescent layer (3) but leaves a narrow edge area (8) thereof free. The structure also comprises an insulating transparent layer (9) provided with recesses (10) in the area of the rear electrode layer (7) in order to bring it into contact for voltage supply from a rear face. Said rear electrode layer (7) is brought into contact through the recesses (10) of the insulating layer (9) by means of a transparent conductive varnish contact layer (12).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a side illumination lens and a luminescent device using the same, and provides a body, a total reflection surface with a total reflection slope with respect to a central axis of the body, and a linear and/or curved refractive surface(s) formed to extend from a periphery of the total reflection surface; and a luminescent device including the lens. According to the present invention, a lens with total internal reflection surfaces with different slopes, and a linear and/or curved refractive surface(s) allows light emitted forward from a luminescent chip to be guided to a side of the lens. Further, a linear surface(s) formed in a direction perpendicular or parallel to a central axis of a lens and a curved surface are formed on an edge of the lens so that a process of fabricating the lens is facilitated, thereby reducing a defective rate and fabrication costs of the lens.

Abstract: In a light emitting apparatus using LEDs, luminance and chromaticity of the LED changes largely due to a temperature change. Meanwhile, by using phosphors, it is possible to improve the stability of the luminance and chromaticity against the temperature change. However, color reproducibility of the light emitting apparatus decreases. Therefore, the light emitting apparatus includes a first LED, a second LED, a first phosphor which is excited by the second LED and emits light whose color is the same as or similar to a color of light emitted from the first LED, and a control circuit which controls a ratio between an emission intensity of the first LED and an emission intensity of the second LED.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate. Discharge electrodes are arranged between the first and second substrates and are buried in a dielectric layer. A barrier structure having plurality of barrier ribs is installed between the first and second substrates, defining discharge cells. Phosphor layers are formed within the discharge cells. The first substrate is colored with a first coloring layer, and one of the dielectric layer, the barrier structure, and the phosphor layers is colored with a second coloring layer.

Abstract: A flat light source having a main region and an edge region around the main region is provided. The flat light source includes a first substrate, first electrodes, dielectric patterns, a phosphor layer, first phosphor patterns, a second substrate, and a sealant. The first electrodes are disposed on the first substrate and arranged within the main region and the edge region. The dielectric patterns cover the first electrodes. The phosphor layer is disposed between the dielectric patterns in the main region and the edge region. The first phosphor patterns are disposed on the phosphor layer within the edge region. The second substrate is disposed above the first substrate, and the sealant is formed out of the edge region between the first and second substrates so as to bond the two substrates.

Abstract: An electron emission display includes first and second substrates facing each other and having a long-axis and a short-axis, first electrodes arranged on the first substrates, second electrodes arranged to intersect the first electrodes while maintaining electrical insulation from the first electrodes, electron emission regions electrically connected to one of the first and second electrodes, and phosphor layers formed on a surface of the second substrate. Intersected regions of the first and second electrodes are disposed at a predetermined angle to either the long-axis or the short-axis.

Abstract: A light emission device and a display having the light emission device are provided. The light emission device includes a light emission panel for emitting light, a diffuser plate facing the light emission panel to diffuse the light emitted from the light emission panel, and a heat dissipation plate disposed between the light emission panel and the diffuser plate.

Abstract: A light-emitting device comprising a substrate, a light-emitting stack, and a transparent adhesive layer having wavelength-converting materials embedded therein formed within the light-emitting device is provided.

Abstract: Light-emitting devices and/or systems are described. In some embodiments, light-emitting devices and/or systems can recycle at least some light generated by a light-generating region of the light-emitting device. In one embodiment, a light-emitting assembly comprises an illumination component having at least one light input surface and at least one light emission surface, a solid-state light source configured to emit at least some light into the at least one light input surface of the illumination component, a polarization manipulation region configured to alter a polarization of light in a different way for light impinging on different locations of the polarization manipulation region, and a polarizer configured to receive at least some light emitted via the at least one light emission surface of the illumination component and further configured to output light having a first polarization and return, to the polarization manipulation region, light having a second polarization.

Abstract: Systems for displaying images. A representative system incorporates an electroluminescent diode that includes a composite electrode structure. Particularly, the composite electrode structure comprises a layer containing alkali or alkaline earth compounds, and a metal oxide layer or semiconductor layer. Wherein, the alkali or alkaline earth compound has carbonyl group or fluorine.

Abstract: There is a method of manufacturing organic thin film devices comprising the steps of dissolving an organic material in a first solvent, thereby providing a first solution; dissolving an inorganic salt in a second solvent, thereby providing a second solution; blending the first solution with the second solution, thereby providing a blended solution; and using the blended solution to prepare organic thin films in the manufacture of the organic thin film devices. Alternatively, the inorganic salt may be added directly to the first solution to provide an inorganic salt-doped solution that is then used to prepare the organic thin films in the manufacture of the organic thin film devices.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to improved structures for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), and more particularly to so-called top emitting OLEDs.

Abstract: The present invention provides an arylamine compound having a molecular weight of from 1500 to 6000 represented by the general formula (1): According to the present invention, there can be provided an arylamine compound having excellent hole injection and transporting characteristics and being capable of forming a stable thin film. By using the compound, emission efficiency and durability of conventional organic EL devices can remarkably be improved.

Abstract: The invention relates to an organic EL element having a glass substrate and an anode, a hole-injecting layer, a hole-transport layer, a blue light-emitting layer, a hole-blocking layer, an electron-transport layer, and a cathode formed on the glass substrate sequentially in that order, wherein the electron-transport layer contains an electron-transporting material and a light-emitting material having emission-spectrum peak wavelength of longer than 555 nm, and the light-emitting material consumes the holes, thereby preventing degradation of the electron-transporting material, improving blue chromaticity, and elongating the life of the organic EL element.

Abstract: A light emitting device, including a substrate, and multiple drive electrodes formed on the substrate and used to obtain desired light emission, the multiple drive electrode forming a passive-matrix-driven electrode arrangement, wherein at least one drive electrode in a display region of the substrate forms an angle, that is neither parallel nor perpendicular to a given side of the display region.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display (OELD) device includes first and second substrates facing each other and having a display region and a non-display region on a periphery of the display region, an organic electroluminescent diode in the display region of the first substrate, a protrusion formed with a first thickness and a first width in the non-display region of the first substrate, a groove formed with a first depth and a second width in the non-display region of the second substrate, wherein the protrusion is inserted into the groove, a seal pattern formed between the protrusion and the groove.

Abstract: This invention relates to an organic electroluminescent element (organic EL element) utilizing phosphorescence which shows improved luminous efficiency and driving stability and has a simple structure. The organic EL element comprises an anode, organic layers containing a hole-transporting layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transporting layer, and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate with the hole-transporting layer disposed between the light-emitting layer and the anode and the electron-transporting layer disposed between the light-emitting layer and the cathode.

Abstract: A bisanthracene derivative having a specific structure in which two anthracene groups are bonded via a bonding group composed of naphthylene group and p-phenylene group, and an organic electroluminescence device having an organic thin film layer, which has one layer or a plurality of layers including at least a light emitting layer, is disposed between a cathode and an anode and contains the bisanthracene derivatives singly or as a component of a mixture are provided. The electroluminescence device has a long life.

Abstract: Provided are an organic light emitting device (OLED) comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; a hole injection layer (HIL), a hole transporting layer (HTL), and an emitting layer sequentially formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the work function, the IP or the absolute value of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of the HIL is greater than or equal to the absolute value of HOMO level of the HTL. In the OLED, the energy relationships between organic layers are controlled to facilitate hole injection and optimize the charge balance. Thus the efficiency of the OLED improves and the lifetime of the OLED increases.

Abstract: A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first barrier rib, and a second barrier rib. The third electrode is formed on a rear substrate to intersect with the first and second electrodes. The first and second barrier ribs which intersect each other form a discharge cell between a front substrate and the rear substrate. The second barrier rib is formed in parallel to the first and second electrodes. One side of each of each of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed to be in alignment with a reference line located at a top portion of the second barrier rib, or is formed to be located at a predetermined distance from the reference line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus. The plasma display apparatus includes an upper substrate, first and second electrodes formed on the upper substrate, a lower substrate disposed opposite to the upper substrate, a third electrode formed on the lower substrate, and a barrier rib formed on the lower substrate, for partitioning a discharge cell. At least one of the first and second electrodes is formed of one layer. The barrier rib is formed using a photosensitive material. The photosensitive material includes an inorganic component containing glass particle, and an organic component containing a photosensitive compound. In accordance with the plasma display apparatus of the present invention, since transparent electrodes made of ITO are removed, the manufacturing cost of a plasma display panel can be saved.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an AC type PDP which can be manufactured by an inexpensive thick-film process without a thin-film process which is difficult to manufacture an MgO protection layer and the like and which has a panel structure that can be driven at a low voltage. Of a pair of discharge electrodes, one electrode is formed as a so-called AC type electrode in which a conducting electrode material is formed as an independent floating electrode separated at every pixel, this floating electrode being connected through a dielectric layer to a bus electrode in a capacity coupling fashion. The other discharge electrode is formed as a so-called DC type electrode in which a bus electrode is exposed to the discharge space as it is.

Abstract: An ultra high pressure mercury lamp having a light emitting part, a pair of electrodes; hermetically sealed portions; part of the electrodes and metal foils installed in the hermetically sealed portions and connected to the base parts of the electrodes; and outer leads connected to the base parts of the metal foils. The metal foils have a region with a small width which is groove-shaped and with which the electrodes are connected, and a wide region which borders the region with a small width, and which has an ?-shaped end region which borders the groove of the region with a small width, in which an end groove is formed, and which extends in the lengthwise direction, a base-side ?-region which is connected to the outer lead, in which a base-side groove is formed, and a middle, flat region which extends between the end ?-region and the base-side ?-region.

Abstract: To increase radiation intensity of deuterium lamp with continuous spectrum in UV region including vacuum UV in order to enable the lamp to illuminate wide area in high intensity. A pair of electrodes 7 and 8 is covered with dielectrics, placed outside of a UV transparent tubular discharge vessel 1 and plunged into the discharge vessel 1. There is a shield box 2 with a separator 3 between the electrodes 7 and 8 in the discharge vessel 1. Deuterium gas, hydrogen gas, mixture gas with deuterium, or mixture gas with hydrogen is enclosed in the discharge vessel 1 as discharge gas. A slit 4 is formed on the separator 3 along the axis of the discharge vessel 1 in order to squeeze the discharge path arising between the electrodes 7 and 8. The slit 4 makes radiant points continuous and then the lamp length would not be limited. When sine wave in high voltage is applied between the electrodes 7 and 8, dielectric-barrier discharge is caused.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bundle type fluorescent lamp adaptable for the lower temperature atmosphere, in which at least two fluorescent lamps are aligned in a row in the form of a bundle and are accommodated in a transparent or a semitransparent insulative cover, so that the bundle type fluorescent lamp represents superior operational characteristics even if it is installed in a freezing chamber or a cold storage warehouse. Each of the fluorescent lamps includes a glass tube filled with discharge gas and an electrode positioned at both side ends of the glass tube, wherein the fluorescent lamps are bound with each other in a form of a bundle and each electrode of the fluorescent lamps is electrically connected to a power source. The fluorescent lamp includes an external electrode fluorescent lamp, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp or a general fluorescent lamp.

Abstract: The present invention disclosed a high-intensity discharge lamp without or with low mercury, including the metallic halide discharge lamp, the high pressure mercury lamp and the mercury-xenon lamp and so on. When the high-intensity discharge lamp without or with low mercury according to the invention is used, the optimum amount of Se or HgSe is determined based on the type and the power of the lamps to substitute for the mercury partially or completely. Thus a proper light spectrum can be reached with a high color rendering index (for example 95). The mercury packed in the high-intensity discharge lamp without or with low mercury according to the invention can be substituted completely or reduced greatly. The lamp meets the requirement of the environmental protection and is a potential new-style light source.

Abstract: A coaxial cavity gyrotron with two electron beams includes an electron gun (magnetron injection gun, “MIG,” with two beams), a coaxial cavity and a magnetic field tube. The coaxial cavity consists of two parts: an outer conductor 1 and an inner conductor 4. The two hollow electron beams 2, 3 produced by the electron gun are located between the outer conductor 1 and the inner conductor 4. The MIG with two electron beams includes inner and outer anodes 7, 8 with a cathode 9 located between the anodes. The cathode further includes two emitter rings 9a, 9b which produce the two hollow electron beams 2, 3. The entire gyrotron is immersed in the magnetic field tube such that the magnetic field profile is the same or similar to that for a coaxial gyrotron with one electron beam.

Abstract: An automatic lighting device includes an illuminance detector for detecting an external illuminance around a vehicle, a light controller for turning on/off a vehicular light, a driver's characteristics detector for acquiring information about driver's physical characteristics, and a threshold setting element for setting the illuminance threshold in accordance with the driver's physical characteristics. The controller turns on the light when the external illuminance is not more than the illuminance threshold.

Abstract: A current balance circuit is driven by a power source to balance currents flowing through a plurality of lamps. The current balance circuit includes a plurality of first balance transformers. The first balance transformers are electrically connected to the lamps respectively. The first balance transformers are connected in series.

Abstract: A process and system are disclosed for supplying electrical energy to a device located in a room housing an imaging system (such as an MRI system, for example), wherein the room is shielded from external electromagnetic fields. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and processes for emitting electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of the light spectrum from at least one light emission device. Embodiments of the present invention further provide a process and system for transforming the electromagnetic radiation into electrical energy using at least one transducer device located in the room, and supplying the electrical energy to the device so as to minimize interfering electromagnetic fields within the room.

Abstract: A reduced noise and selectively configurable plasma device is capable of interpreting electromagnetic signals having an operating frequency and has a plasma mechanism with a plasma that is ionizable to a plasma frequency. An ionizing mechanism for ionizing the plasma and a control that is operative to control the ionizing mechanism, ionize the plasma to the plasma frequency by application of plasma ionizing energy pulses. An interpreting mechanism operates to interpret the electromagnetic signals only in a period between ionization of the plasma with the energy pulses.

Abstract: A lighting device comprising a housing having at least one side defining an internal cavity, the internal cavity occupied by a photovoltaic cell and a stored energy source in electrical communication with the photovoltaic cell, the internal cavity further occupied by a visible light source and an electrical switch, wherein the at least one side of the housing further includes at least one illumination panel, wherein each illumination panel includes a translucent pane in series with an opaque pane to define a visual image, wherein the visible light source is in communication with the electrical switch and in selective electrical communication with the stored energy source to illuminate the visual image at a predetermined time, wherein the translucent pane includes a mottled layer, and wherein the photovoltaic cell is covered by at least one illumination panel.

Abstract: A power module for energy recovery and sustain of a plasma display panel is disclosed. The power module includes a first high-voltage integrated circuit which is of a single type, a first switching element for receiving an output from the first high-voltage integrated circuit, and performing a switching operation in response to the output received from the first high-voltage integrated circuit, a first diode connected to one terminal of the first switching element, a second high-voltage integrated circuit which is of a single type, and is arranged symmetrically with the first high-voltage integrated circuit, a second switching element for receiving an output from the second high-voltage integrated circuit, and performing a switching operation in response to the output received from the second high-voltage integrated circuit, and a second diode connected to one terminal of the second switching element.

Abstract: A new and practical electrical torch. The electrical torch includes a canister, a beam cover connected to one end of the canister and a base connected to another end of the canister. The illumination device is installed in the beam cover. It is connected with a positive pole of the power supply. The electric switch is connected to a power supply in the canister. The electric switch includes a single-chip. N channeling most (metal oxide semiconductor transistor) and a diode connected in turn. Furthermore, the diode is serially connected with one discharge resistance and energy-saving discharge capacitance. An output pin of the single-chip is connected to a touch switch. The other end of the touch switch is grounded. Moreover, one end of a pull-low resistance is connected to the output pin of the single-chip. The other end of the resistance is grounded. Therefore, this type of electrical torch provides both lighting and may also transmit a warning signal.

Abstract: In an illumination system (1) having a control unit (2) and at least one de-central lamp operating device (12, 22) for operating one or more associated lamps (LA), the lamp operating device (12, 22) can be operated in different operational modes. In accordance with the invention the central control unit (2) and the lamp operating device (12, 22) are so configured that the selection and setting of an operational mode for the lamp operating device (12, 22) can be carried out from or via the central control unit (2).

Abstract: A dimmer switch has a user adjustable high-end trim. The dimmer switch includes a bidirectional semiconductor switch, such as a triac, for controlling the amount of power delivered from a source of alternating current power to a lighting load, such as an electric lamp. A user-adjustable timing circuit controls the conduction time of the triac from a minimum time to a maximum time. The maximum possible conduction time of the triac is the high-end trim. The minimum possible conduction time of the triac is the low-end trim. The timing circuit includes a user-accessible switch that allows a user to reduce the high-end trim from a first nominal level to a second reduced level, lower than the first level, without substantially affecting the low-end trim. The switch allows a user to switch a transient voltage suppressor into and out of parallel connection with a resistor that is part of an RC timing circuit for the triac.

Abstract: A method for reducing acoustic noise produced during use of a lamp dimmer detects whether the dimmer is a leading edge (101) or a trailing edge dimmer (102). A nominal firing time of a leading edge dimmer is determined and a post-correction applied to a voltage applied to the dimmer starting from the nominal firing time so as to build-up the voltage gradually during a predetermined post-correction time period and thereby reduce the rate of rise of the leading edge thereof. A nominal cutoff time of a trailing edge dimmer is determined and a pre-correction applied to a voltage applied to the dimmer starting from the nominal cut-off time so as to diminish the voltage gradually during a predetermined pre-correction time period and thereby reduce the rate of rise of the leading edge thereof. Other methods are disclosed for soft starting filament lamps and controlling dimmer circuits.

Abstract: A backlight driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display device includes a light source, an AC driver for supplying a high voltage AC power to turn on the light source, and a protection circuit electrically connected to the AC driver responsive to an input voltage lower than a reference voltage for stopping the driving of the AC driver.

Abstract: A discharge lamp lighting device can reduce a variation in luminous flux at the time when the polarity of a voltage to be applied to the discharge lamp is inverted, prevent an excessively large amount of current from flowing through the discharge lamp at the time of starting, prevent the fade-out of discharge when the discharge mode returns from an arc discharge mode to a glow discharge mode, and reduce the ripple of a lamp current in a normal lighting mode. A coil is provided in an output current path of a power supply circuit comprising, for example, a step-down chopper, and a smoothing capacitor is provided in the next stage of the coil so that it selectively is turned on or off by a switching element. An inverter comprising, for example, a full bridge is provided in the next stage of the smoothing capacitor.

Abstract: A system drives one or plurality of LEDs regulating their brightness by controlling LEDs average current or voltage. The system includes a switching power converter and an integrated digital regulator with at least one of electrical, thermal and optical feedbacks. The regulator is constructed as a hysteretic peak current mode controller for continuous mode of operation of the power converter. For discontinuous mode of operation of the power converter a pulse averaging sliding mode control is being used. Average LED current is measured by integrating LED pulse current at off time and hysteretically adjusting on time of the power switch. Input battery is protected from discharging at abnormally low impedance of the output.