Next Generation Switch Mode Power Supply Driver System for ultra efficient LED lighting

照明占全球用电量的19%。LED正在彻底改变照明的能效，然而，尽管在设计和材料方面不断创新，热管理仍然是现代LED照明系统最关键的问题，也是失败的主要原因。新照明科技有限公司设计和开发了一种新型(专利)开关模式电源(SMPS)驱动系统--“温度分布夸克(TDQ)”，它通过LED调节热量，从而降低功耗，并将整体效率提高到90%的水平。他们在市场上有定制的产品，但为了满足对效率、功率因数和价格的严格要求，并跟上快速发展的LED市场的步伐，NLT现在寻求开展一项产业研究计划，利用创新的元件和材料来推进和完善核心TDQ技术，目标是将LED的核心效率进一步提高3%，并将整体系统效率提高1%。该项目将开发一套8个TDQ开关电源系统原型，具有不同的功率输出，满足商业、工业和建筑照明市场的大部分输出要求(约占全球照明使用量的10%)。预计将于2015年初通过现有客户群和许可进入初始市场，并在对内部制造和生产选项进行调查后进行直接销售，预计2017年初。

Lighting accounts for >19% of global electricity consumption. LED’s are revolutionizing the energy efficiency of lighting, however, despite continued innovation in design & materials, thermal management remains the most critical problem of modern LED lighting systems and is the main cause of failure. New Lighting Technology Limited has designed & developed a novel (patented) Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) Driver system - ‘Temperature Distribution Quark (TDQ)’ which regulates heat through LEDs resulting in power usage reduction & increasing overall efficiency to levels >90%. They have a bespoke product in the market place, however in order to meet the strict demands on efficiency, power factor & price & to keep pace with a rapidly evolving LED market, NLT now seek to undertake a programme of industrial research to advance & refine the core TDQ technology using innovative components and materials, with the aim of improving the core efficiency of an LED by a further 3% & overall system efficiency by 1%. The project will result in the development of a suite of 8 TDQ SMPS system prototypes with varying power outputs covering the majority of output requirements for the Commercial, Industrial & Construction lighting markets (representing ~10% of global lighting usage). Initial market entry through existing customer base & licensing is expected early 2015, with direct sales following investigation of in-house manufacturing & production options expected early 2017.