Survey on LED lamps for residential applications: characterization of performance

Aim of the paper is to conduct a survey of the present market, focusing on the best-selling retrofit LED lamps and to analyze experimentally their fundamental EMC performance for subsequent classification of the LED drivers. Two stage experimental characterization testing approach is adopted. First, input current and output luminous flux in steady-state under nominal supply conditions is acquired. Next, transfer of input supply voltage interharmonics to output visible flicker components in terms of gain factor curves is obtained. Based on the achieved and discussed testing results, classification of the LED lamps is developed.