New DC Grid Power Line Communication Technology Used in Networked LED Driver

Huipin Lin, Jin Hu, Xiao Zhou, Zhengyu Lu and Lujun Wang
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Huipin Lin: College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Jin Hu: Zhejiang Dabong Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 311100, China
Xiao Zhou: College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Zhengyu Lu: College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Lujun Wang: Hubei Key Laboratory for High-Efficiency Utilization of Solar Energy and Operation Control of Energy Storage System, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-16

Abstract: In order to reduce the cost and improve the reliability, real-time performance, and installation convenience of remote-controlled light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems, a networked LED driving technology based on the direct current (DC) grid power line carrier is proposed. In this system, an alternating current (AC)/DC bus converter converts the mains into a DC bus with multiple distributed LED drive powers on the DC bus. The AC/DC bus converter receives the user’s control command and modulates it into the DC bus voltage. The DC bus waveform changes to a square wave containing the high and low changes of the address information and command information. The LED drive power of the corresponding address receives energy from the DC bus and demodulates the commands, such as turning the lights on and off, dimming, etc., and performs the action. In order to make the waveform of the AC/DC bus converter have better rising and falling edge, this paper adopts the half-bridge topology with variable modal control. In the modulation process, the circuit works in buck mode and boost mode. Distributed LED drivers have DC/DC circuits and very simple demodulation circuits that dissipate energy and information from the DC bus. Through experiments, the technology not only simplifies the use of communication technology in application, but also reduces the application difficulty.

Keywords: PLC; bus converter; DC bus; LED driver (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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