Driver with isolation and surge signal protection

Abstract

Drivers (1) for driving light circuits (2) with light emitting diodes comprise isolation circuits (11-14) with primary parts (11,13) and secondary parts (12, 14) and guiding circuits (22, 23) for guiding common mode surge signals to reference potentials. The isolation circuits (11-14) may be designed to guide first parts of the common mode surge signals (3) away from the light circuits (2) and the guiding circuits (22, 23) may be designed to guide second parts of the common mode surge signals (3) away from the light circuits (2), the second parts being smaller than the first parts. The guiding circuit (22, 23) may comprise capacitors (22) for connecting first terminals of the secondary parts (12, 14) to the reference potentials, values of the capacitors (22) being larger than values of parasitic capacitances (41) of the isolation circuits (11-14). The driver (1) does not comprise any capacitor that interconnects the primary and secondary parts (11-14).

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