Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Supplying a signal to a light source
- Patent Title (中): 向光源提供信号
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Application No.: US12665126Application Date: 2008-06-23
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Publication No.: US08258713B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Carsten Deppe , Ulrich Boeke , Chenyang Liu , Peter Luerkens
- Applicant: Carsten Deppe , Ulrich Boeke , Chenyang Liu , Peter Luerkens
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agent Mark L. Beloborodov
- Priority: EP07111158 20070627
- International Application: PCT/IB2008/052471 WO 20080623
- International Announcement: WO2009/001279 WO 20081231
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02

Abstract:
Supply circuits for supplying voltage and current signals to light sources (6) comprise switches (22, 32, 42, 52) and controllers (21, 31, 41, 51) to control the switches (22, 32, 42, 52) for reducing values of frequency components of harmonic content of power spectra of the light sources (6). By switching one of the voltage and current signals or by switching signals that result in one of the voltage and current signals, the other one of the voltage and current signals can be adjusted. The power spectrum of the light source (6) may be a function of the voltage and current signals. By adjusting one of them, the power spectrum can be adjusted such that values of frequency components of the harmonic content of the power spectrum are reduced. As a result, visible flicker is reduced in the light originating from the light source (6) without the use of energy storage capacitors for reducing this visible flicker.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100188007A1 SUPPLYING A SIGNAL TO A LIGHT SOURCE Public/Granted day:2010-07-29
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