Retrofit LED tube for replacing a fluorescent tube

• Main Authors: Chow, Wai Pang, Abbo, Anteneh Alemu, Ackermann, Bernd, Tao, Haimin, Arulandu, Kumar, Van Hees, Ger, Stobbelaar, Pieter Johannes
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.11.2020
• Subjects: BLASTING; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; HEATING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21Sand F21V, RELATING TO THEFORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THELIGHT EMITTED; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATINGELEMENTS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; WEAPONS

A retrofit Light Emitting Diode, LED, tube for replacing a fluorescent tube, wherein said retrofit LED tube is arranged to be connected to a ballast, said retrofit LED tube comprising a ballast determining unit arranged for identifying a type of ballast connected to said retrofit LED tube by controlling an output voltage of said power rectifier to a first voltage and measuring a first current provided by said power rectifier, controlling said output voltage of said power rectifier to a second voltage and measuring a second current provided by said power rectifier, wherein said second voltage differs from said first voltage and determining said type of ballast based on said first and second output voltages and said measured first and second currents, wherein said ballast determining unit is further arranged to configure said configurable matching circuit based on said determined type of ballast.