Flicker of LED Lamps due to Wideband Interharmonic Emission from Active Front‑End Systems

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Beitragende

Abstract

Wideband interharmonic voltage distortions generated by active front ends (AFEs) may cause visible flicker in modern LED lamps. While the flicker impact of spectral components at individual interharmonic frequencies or producing standard modulated waveform (sinusoidal and rectangular) is well understood, the superposition behavior of multiple simultaneously occurring interharmonic components (wideband interharmonic spectra), as typically present in AFE emission spectra, has not yet been sufficiently studied and validated experimentally. This paper investigates the flicker emission of LED lamps caused by a wideband interharmonic voltage distortion derived from the simulated waveform of an AFE. The flicker impact of the full interharmonic spectrum, individual interharmonic subgroups, and single interharmonic components is measured using a light-based flickermeter. Based on these measurements, the superposition behavior is quantified by means of geometric summation estimating the corresponding summation exponents. The results show that the summation exponent mainly lies in the range of 2 to 3, which is consistent with the commonly assumed summation exponent of independent flicker sources. Furthermore, the findings indicate that a coordination framework based on interharmonic subgroups applying an energy-equivalent aggregation of multiple spectral components is reasonable to appropriately capture the flicker effect of simultaneously occurring wideband interharmonic components of this origin.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 3 Sept. 2026
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Konferenz

Titel22nd International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power
KurztitelICHQP 2026
Veranstaltungsnummer22
Dauer31 August - 3 September 2026
Webseite
BekanntheitsgradInternationale Veranstaltung
OrtPenck Hotel Dresden
StadtDresden
LandDeutschland

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-9052-3838/work/232160075