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LED lighting almost invariably wants constant current DC, so there’s a conversion stage regardless. The only major sort-of exception is LED tape, which uses a constant voltage supply, but internally, and lossily, regulates current.

A modern high-quality LED light bulb uses a little IC that controls a non-isolated switching converter. You can find excellent datasheets online.



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