Thermal–electrical–luminous model of multi-chip polychromatic LED luminaire

Abstract This paper proposed a thermal–electrical–luminous dynamic model of red–green–blue (RGB) light-emitting diode (LED) luminaire for lighting control. The thermal–electrical–luminous model consists of three parts, namely, electrical–thermal (E–T), electrical–luminous (E–L), and thermal–luminous (T–L) models. Using step response method, the electrical–thermal (E–T) model G (s) is derived as a first-order bi-proper system. The electrical–luminous (E–L) and thermal–luminous (T–L) models are zeroth order model with a constant gain since the luminous response to electric or thermal input is much faster. The thermal–electrical–luminous model shows that the luminous intensity is proportional to input power and inversely proportional to junction temperature. The dynamic response of luminous intensity is dominated by the electrical–thermal model G ( s ). The whole thermal–electrical–luminous model can be further divided into a constant gain and a first-order bi-proper system. The constant gain causes the instantaneous response at power switch on; the first-order system represents the luminous variation due to junction temperature change which is mainly related to the heat sink design. The complete model can accurately describe luminous dynamic behavior and be used in control system design of RGB LED lighting luminaire.