LED circuit

In electronics, an LED circuit or LED driver is an electrical circuit used to power a light-emitting diode (LED). The circuit must provide sufficient current to light the LED at the required brightness, but must limit the current to prevent damaging the LED. The voltage drop across a lit LED is approximately constant over a wide range of operating current; therefore, a small increase in applied voltage greatly increases the current.

Datasheets may specify this drop as a "forward voltage" at a particular operating current.
Very simple circuits are used for low-power indicator LEDs.
More complex, current source circuits are required when driving high-power LEDs for illumination to achieve correct current regulation.

Back to Install & Efficiency →

Source: Wikipedia · Image: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5