Includes bibliographical references (page 231) and index.

1. Practical Introduction to LEDs -- What Is an LED? -- Small LEDs versus Power Devices -- Phosphors versus RGB -- Inside an LED -- Is an LED Right for My Application? -- Haitz's Law(s) -- The Wild West -- LEDs and OLEDs and ...? -- 2. Light Bulbs and Lighting Systems -- Light Sources -- Incandescent -- Halogen -- Fluorescent -- Induction Lighting -- High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps -- Characteristics of Light Sources -- Light Quality -- Efficacy -- Timing -- Dimming -- Aging -- Types of Bulbs -- Bulb Shapes -- Bulb Bases -- Specialty Bulbs -- History of Lighting -- Governments -- Lighting Systems -- 3. Practical Introduction to Light -- The Power of Light -- Background: Light as Radiation -- Radiometric versus Photometric -- Luminous Intensity, Illuminance, and Luminance (or Candela, Lux, and Nits) -- Luminous Intensity -- Illuminance -- Luminance -- Summary of Amount of Light -- What Color White? -- MacAdam Ellipses -- A Note about Color Space Standards -- Color Rendition: How the Light Looks versus How Objects Look -- The Human Factor -- 4. Practical Characteristics of LEDs -- Current, Not Voltage -- Forward Voltage -- Reverse Breakdown -- Not Efficiency -- Efficacy! -- LED Optical Spectra -- Overdriving LEDs -- Key Datasheet Parameters -- Binning -- The Tolerance Game -- 5. Practical Thermal Performance of LEDs -- Mechanisms Behind Thermal Shifts -- Electrical Behavior of LEDs With Temperature -- Optical Behavior of LEDs With Temperature -- Other Performance Shifts With Temperature -- LED Lifetime: Lumen Degradation -- LED Lifetime: Catastrophic Failure -- Paralleling LEDs -- 6. Practical Thermal Management of LEDs -- Introduction to Thermal Analysis -- Calculation of Thermal Resistance -- The Ambient -- Practical Estimation of Temperature -- Heat Sinks -- Fans -- Radiation Enhancement -- Removing Heat from the Drive Circuitry -- 7. Practical DC Drive Circuitry for LEDs -- Basic Ideas -- Battery Basics -- Overview of SMPS -- Buck -- Boost -- Buck-Boost -- Input Voltage Limit -- Dimming -- Ballast Lifetime -- Arrays -- 8. Practical AC Drive Circuitry for LEDs -- Safety -- Which AC? -- Rectification -- Topology Selection -- Nonisolated Circuitry -- Isolation -- Component Selection -- EMI -- Power Factor Correction -- Lightning -- Dimmers -- Ripple Current Effects on LEDs -- Lifetime -- UL, Energy Star, and All That -- 9. Practical System Design With LEDs -- PCB Design -- Getting the Light Out -- LEDs in Harsh Environments -- Designing With the Next Generation LED in Mind -- Lighting Control -- DALI Protocol -- DMX512 Protocol -- 802.15.4 and ZigBee Open-Standard Technology -- Powerline Communication -- 10. Practical Examples -- Example: Designing an LED Flashlight -- Initial Marketing Input -- Initial Analysis -- Specification -- Power Conversion -- Thermal Model -- PCBs -- Final Design -- Example: Designing a USB Light -- Initial Marketing Input -- Initial Analysis -- Specification -- Power Conversion -- Thermal Model -- PCB -- Final Design -- Example: Designing an Automobile Taillight -- Initial Marketing Input -- Initial Analysis -- Specification -- Power Conversion -- Thermal Model -- PCB -- Final Design -- Example: Designing an LED Light Bulb -- Initial Marketing Input -- Initial Analysis -- Specification -- Power Conversion -- PCBs -- 11. Practical Measurement of LEDs and Lighting -- Measuring Light Output -- Lux Meter -- Integrating Sphere -- Goniophotometer -- Special Considerations in Measuring Light Output of LEDs -- LED Measurement Standards -- Luminaire Light Output (LM-79) -- LED Lifetime (LM-80) -- ASSIST -- Measuring LED Temperature -- Measuring Thermal Resistance -- Measuring Power, Power Factor, and Efficiency -- Accuracy versus Precision -- Measuring DC Power -- Measuring AC Power -- Measuring Power Factor -- Measuring Ballast Efficiency -- EMI and Lightning -- Accelerated Life Tests -- 12. Practical Modeling of LEDs -- Preliminaries -- Practical Overview of Spice Modeling -- What Not to Do -- What to Do -- Modeling Forward Voltage -- Reverse Breakdown -- Modeling Optical Output -- Modeling Temperature Effects -- Modeling the Thermal Environment -- A Thermal Transient -- Some Comments on Modeling.

"This book covers all of the information needed to design LEDs into end-products. It is a practical guide, primarily explaning how things are done by practicing engineers. Equations are used only for practical calculations, and are kept to the level of high-school algebra. There are numerous drawings and schematics showing how things such as measurements are actually made, and showing curcuits that actually work. There are practical notes and examples embedded in the text that give pointers and how-to guides on many of the book's topics. After reading each chapter of the book, readers will have the knowledge to implement practical designs. This book will be kept as a reference tool for years to come"-- Provided by publisher.

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