Invention Grant
- Patent Title: 3-way, phase-cut dimmable LED driver
- Patent Title (中): 3路,相位可调光LED驱动器
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Application No.: US12963882Application Date: 2010-12-09
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Publication No.: US08866403B2Publication Date: 2014-10-21
- Inventor: Louis Robert Nerone
- Applicant: Louis Robert Nerone
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02 ; H05B33/08

Abstract:
An LED driver is presented with a sensing circuit and attenuator circuits to provide three-way switched dimming as well as phase-cut dimming to control the output power driving an LED load allowing installation into conventional three-way switched lamp sockets or in sockets wired to a wall or table mounted phase-cutting dimmer control. When installed in a three way socket, the circuit senses the position of the three way switch and changes the lamp current accordingly. The lamp can also be dimmed by a table-top dimmer or a wall dimmer (in a three-way socket or in a conventional dual contact socket) by applying a phase-cut power input, with the driver circuit including circuitry to sense the average value of a phase-cut power line to adjust lamp current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120146538A1 3-WAY, PHASE-CUT DIMMABLE LED DRIVER Public/Granted day:2012-06-14
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