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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Joseph Lucian Smolenski, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Clifton Park, NY (US);
Walter Whipple, Iii, Amsterdam, NY (US);
George Charles Goodman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Stanley Glaser, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Joseph Lucian Smolenski, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Clifton Park, NY (US);
Walter Whipple, III, Amsterdam, NY (US);
George Charles Goodman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Stanley Glaser, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, a power controller for an AC load comprises: a user interface adapted to interact with a user to produce at least one user interface signal; and a control module adapted to electrically couple a line voltage supply, electrically couple the AC load, and provide electrical power to the AC load as a function of the at least one user interface signal by implementing a low-flicker, cycle-skipping control algorithm, the control algorithm comprising a plurality of cycle patterns, the cycle patterns comprising a plurality of main power levels.