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用于控制传送到负载的功率的自动调光装置

  • Patent Title: Auto-dimming apparatus for controlling power delivered to a load
  • Patent Title (中): 用于控制传送到负载的功率的自动调光装置
  • Application No.: US12316492
    Application Date: 2008-12-12
  • Publication No.: US07952301B2
    Publication Date: 2011-05-31
  • Inventor: George E. Biegel
  • Applicant: George E. Biegel
  • Agent Charles Bickoff
  • Main IPC: H05B37/02
  • IPC: H05B37/02
Auto-dimming apparatus for controlling power delivered to a load
Abstract:
A circuit with a magnetically variable inductor that is placed in close proximity to an independently wound control coil and connected in parallel to a current transformer having primary and secondary windings wound on a magnetic core wherein the transformer core with associated windings. The inductor core is placed within the bore of the control coil and an optional focusing armature concentrates the magnetic field at the poles. Application of a control current forms poles at the control coil extremities and causes a change in magnetic properties of the inductor core thereby altering the power output of the current transformer inversely to the magnitude of the control current. The control current from the output of the secondary coil of a current transformer in series with the load and conditioned by a feedback conditioning circuit modulates the level of the control current. The magnetically variable inductor controls a D.C. to A.C. power inverter circuit, which is useful in supplying power to a fluorescent lamp and other A.C. receptive loads connected to the output of an inverting circuit. Additionally, a microprocessor optionally modulates the feedback from the secondary of the current transformer while receiving inputs from manual and automatic environmental controls.
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