Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load control device having a wide output range
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Application No.: US17833258Application Date: 2022-06-06
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Publication No.: US11716802B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Stuart W. DeJonge , Steven J. Kober , Mark S. Taipale
- Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Agent Michael Czarnecki; Glen Farbanish; Philip Smith
- Main IPC: H05B45/50
- IPC: H05B45/50 ; H05B45/10 ; H05B45/44 ; H05B47/155 ; H05B45/3725

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
- US20220304125A1 LOAD CONTROL DEVICE HAVING A WIDE OUTPUT RANGE Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
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