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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2017
Osram Sylvania Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Nitin Kumar, Beverly, MA (US);
Markus Ziegler, Watertown, MA (US);
Naveen Tumula, Danvers, MA (US);
Thomas Schalton, Beverly, MA (US);
OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
A driver port that provides selectable output currents based on connections thereto, and a driver including the same, is provided. A plurality of shunt resistors are connected in series between a negative output of a driver and a ground. A driver port having a plurality of connection points is provided, each respective connection point connected to a different connection between two of the plurality of shunt resistors. A load including one or more solid state light sources is capable of being connected between one of the connection points of the driver port and a positive output of the driver.