CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHTING ELEMENTS ON THE BASIS OF THE BYPASS STATE OF ADJACENT SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHTING ELEMENTS

A circuit for actuating semiconductor light-emitting elements, wherein the circuit is supplied by a rectified mains voltage, may include at least two series-connected segments, which each have one or more series-connected semiconductor light-emitting elements, wherein the semiconductor light-emitting elements in at least two of the segments are different, which results in different forward voltages of the segments, and in each case one driver for actuating a segment, wherein the driver has at least one electronic switch, by means of which the segment may be bypassed, wherein the circuit arrangement is designed to decide to bypass the segment assigned to the circuit arrangement, on the basis of an instantaneous value of the rectified mains voltage and on the basis of the bypass state of the adjacent segments.