Re: CoB LED filament analysis

From	piglet <erichpwagner@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design
Subject	Re: CoB LED filament analysis
Date	2026-04-14 20:19 +0000
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JM <sunaecoNoChoppedPork@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:25:07 +0100, piglet <erichpwagner@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 14/04/2026 7:14 pm, john larkin wrote:
>>> On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:48:59 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 15/04/2026 1:21 am, john larkin wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:25:57 -0000 (UTC), "Don" <g@crcomp.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> john larkin wrote:
>>>>>>> JM wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> The diodes are visible next the resistors even the bond wires are faintly
>>>>>>>>> visible in the photo.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> You are probably correct, but easy enough for Don to check by using a
>>>>>>>> DC  supply to check conduction with both polarities.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yes. Graph and don't guess.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> OK you guys, lots of excellent ideas! The DC idea's easiest, so it's
>>>>>> first. Big Clive's youtube link now appears as a Footnote on the
>>>>>> pertinent page:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <https://crcomp.net/ledfilament/index.php>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The webpage also includes a couple of new images where 68 VDC is applied
>>>>>> to barely illuminate the filament's CoBs, first in one direction, and
>>>>>> then the opposite. How do you graph such empirical data?
>>>>>> Anyhow, as expected, seven filament CoBs illuminate regardless of
>>>>>> DC polarity. Perhaps each of the seven CoBs contains a couple of LEDs,
>>>>>> cross connected to conduct current through the anode of one LED, while
>>>>>> the cathode of its coupled LED blocks current?
>>>>> 
>>>>> The xray sure doesn't look like there is a bridge rectifier.
>>>> 
>>>> The four rectifiers creating the bridge rectifier may not be mounted
>>>> together as a discrete bridge rectifier, but that doesn't stop them
>>>> working together to create the same effect.
>>>> 
>>>>> https://crcomp.net/ledfilament/top.png
>>>>> 
>>>>> so I expect the LEDs are connected antiparallel.
>>>> 
>>>> That would mean twice as many LEDs, which would be a much more expensive
>>>> solution.
>>> 
>>> There's no obvious bridge in the xray, but resolution isn't very good.
>>> 
>>> There are ways to decap a plastic-potted IC.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> If 68v is the turnon threshold, and a blue LED needs, say 2.8 to light
>>>>> up a bit, there are roughly 24 LEDs in series.
>>>> 
>>>> There might be, if anybody could see them on the X-rays. Google says
>>>> that blue LED drop between 3.0V and 3.4V. Seven of the them would drop
>>>> between 21 and 24 V and enough resistance to soak up the remaining 44V
>>>> would make the current tolerably stable against self-heating in the LEDs
>>>> (whose forward voltage drops as the junction temperature increases).
>>>> 
>>>> https://descargas.cetronic.es/WW05A3SBQ4-N.pdf
>>> 
>>> Look at the V-I curve on that part. It conducts 1 mA at about 2.8
>>> volts, and would be visible at way lower current. 1 uA might be
>>> visible in dim room light.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> What someone should do is graph current vs voltage, both polarities.
>>>> 
>>>> What John Larkin needs to do is to think a bit harder.
>>> 
>>> Well, I do have a day job.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> John Larkin
>>> Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
>>> Lunatic Fringe Electronics
>> 
>> 
>> Can you see the four diodes now ...?
>> 
>> <https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4kcz56xykw1780z3qad3w/COB_LED.pdf?rlkey=b5mz77rs8pbwzv7bt9n5sfae3&st=x8h1gsgq&raw=1>
>> 
>> piglet
> 
> 
> You beat me to it.
> 

Nice to know someone else could see them too!

-- 
piglet

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  Re: CoB LED filament analysis JM <sunaecoNoChoppedPork@gmail.com> - 2026-04-12 10:45 +0100
    Re: CoB LED filament analysis JM <sunaecoNoChoppedPork@gmail.com> - 2026-04-12 10:48 +0100
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