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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Johan-Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerardus Op Het Veld, Eindhoven, NL;
Ralph Antonius Cornelis Braspenning, Eindhoven, NL;
Lars Rene Christian Waumans, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDINGS B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H05B 33/0815 (2013.01); H05B 33/0887 (2013.01); H05B 37/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract
An LED dimmer can be connected between a basic LED driver and an LED arrangement. The dimmer is able at least to receive a constant current from a constant current LED driver, and it then uses a boost converter to provide voltage boosting dependent on a required dimming level.