Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load control device having a wide output range
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Application No.: US15903989Application Date: 2018-02-23
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Publication No.: US10251231B1Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Stuart W. DeJonge , Steven J. Kober , Mark S. Taipale
- Applicant: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
- Current Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Agency: Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP
- Main IPC: G05F1/00
- IPC: G05F1/00 ; H05B33/08 ; H05B37/02

Abstract:
A load control device (e.g., an LED driver) for controlling the intensity of a lighting load (e.g., an LED light source) may provide a wide output range and flicker-free adjustment of the intensity of the lighting load. The load control device may comprise a load regulation circuit, a control circuit, and a filter circuit (e.g., a boxcar filter circuit) that operates in a different manner in dependence upon a target current. When the intensity of the lighting load is near a low-end intensity, the control circuit may adjust an operating frequency of the load regulation circuit in response to the target current, and may control the filter circuit to filter a current feedback signal during a filter window that repeats on periodic basis. When the intensity of the lighting load is near a high-end intensity, the control circuit may control the filter circuit to constantly filter the current feedback signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190098716A1 LOAD CONTROL DEVICE HAVING A WIDE OUTPUT RANGE Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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