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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2019
Ampco Products Ltd., Hong Kong, HK;
Chun Tung Lo, Hong Kong, HK;
Good Earth Lighting, Inc., Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Abstract
A lighting system and a circuit for a solid state lighting apparatus are provided. The circuit includes an AC power source, an AC TRIAC dimmer, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a bridge rectifier for providing a rectified AC waveform, and at least one capacitor for reducing flicker in the LEDs, and a plurality of LEDs with lower forward voltage connected to a static dimming bleeder or bleeder circuit for providing holding current to the triac of a dimmer circuit to increase the overall efficiency of the lighting system without dynamic control of the bleeder circuit. In some embodiments, the circuit includes a plurality of current sinks used for setting and maintaining a current to the main LEDs and to establish a stable bleeder current.