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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2022
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Guy Louis Paul De Bondt, Herentals, NL;
Frits Tobi De Jongh, Beek en Donk, NL;
Dalibor Cvoric, Gelderland, NL;
Hermanus Johannes Maria Vos, Waalre, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A power converter for converting an input to an output for driving a load, said power converter comprising a switched mode power supply, SMPS, arranged for receiving an input and for converting said input to an output for driving said load, a buffer capacitor connected in a parallel branch across said load and arranged for buffering said output from said SMPS, a charge circuit, separate from said SMPS, and arranged for providing a charge current to said buffer capacitor until a voltage over said buffer capacitor exceeds a voltage threshold.