DIMMER DECODER WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY FOR USE WITH LED DRIVERS

A method includes receiving a sense signal having multiple pulses, where the sense signal is based on an output of a dimmer. The method also includes, for each of multiple sampling periods, sampling a subset of the pulses in the sense signal during that sampling period. The method further includes g...

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Main Authors LAI CHI YUEN, BARROW STEVEN M, MASSON JAMES H, NEDERBRAGT IRWIN R, HERRINGTON DANIEL R
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 19.05.2011
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ELECTRIC HEATING
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Summary:A method includes receiving a sense signal having multiple pulses, where the sense signal is based on an output of a dimmer. The method also includes, for each of multiple sampling periods, sampling a subset of the pulses in the sense signal during that sampling period. The method further includes generating a holding current for the dimmer during the sampling of the subset of pulses in at least one of the sampling periods. In addition, the method includes, for each of the sampling periods, generating an output value identifying a duty cycle for driving one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The subset of pulses in each of the sampling periods includes multiple pulses during that sampling period but not one or more initial pulses at a beginning of that sampling period.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20100904535