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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2021
Hatch Transformers, Inc., Tampa, FL (US);
John Fisher, Tampa, FL (US);
Soufiane Daoudiya, Gainesville, FL (US);
Hatch Transformers, Inc., Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to LED lighting fixtures and provides apparatuses and methods for determining the forward voltage of a light emitting diode or light emitting diode array in a light fixture. An example apparatus comprises a boost converter with a user-variable forward bias current, that measures and displays the characteristics of an arbitrary LED load. Example methods according to the invention use a configurable boost converter apparatus in the field to determine the LED characteristics of an arbitrary LED module in a lighting fixture and subsequently display the results to the user. The apparatus can be part of a system that includes a link to a mobile device to transmit operating characteristics of the LED load and retrieve pertinent commercial data.