Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power converter between halogen transformer and LED
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Application No.: US14646594Application Date: 2013-11-04
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Publication No.: US09629208B2Publication Date: 2017-04-18
- Inventor: Kumar Arulandu , Georg Sauerländer , Sait Izmit , Dennis Claessens , Philip Louis Zulma Vael , Yi Wang , Dalibor Cvoric , Ronald Hans Van Der Voort , Patrick Alouisius Martina De Bruycker , Robertus Leonardus Tousain
- Applicant: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
- Current Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/059885 WO 20131104
- International Announcement: WO2014/083455 WO 20140605
- Main IPC: H05B33/08
- IPC: H05B33/08

Abstract:
Control circuits (1) bring power converters (4) in different modes in response to detection results. The power converters (4) exchange possibly rectified first voltage/current signals with electronic halogen transformers (2) and supply second voltage/current signals to light emitting diode circuits (5). The first current signals have, in different modes, different amplitudes. The different amplitudes have different constant values and/or different derivative values. As a result, the first current signal has become a relatively varying first current signal. Then, the halogen transformers (2) no longer experience problems that occur when smaller amounts of power need to be provided than designed to. The detections may comprise polarity detections of and/or zero-crossing detections in the first voltage signals. The halogen transformers (2) comprise self-oscillating switched mode power supplies designed to provide first amounts of power at their outputs. The light emitting diode circuits 5) are designed to consume second amounts of power smaller than the first amounts.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150305104A1 POWER CONVERTER BETWEEN HALOGEN TRANSFORMER AND LED Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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