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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2005
Matthew B. Ballenger, Lexington, KY (US);
George B. Kendrick, Lexington, KY (US);
Matthew B. Ballenger, Lexington, KY (US);
George B. Kendrick, Lexington, KY (US);
Osram Sylvania Inc., Danvers, MA (US);
Abstract
A phase-control power controller that converts a line voltage to an RMS load voltage includes a phase-control circuit with a potentiometer and a capacitor whose resistance and capacitance determine clipping of a load voltage, a load sensing circuit that senses the load voltage and provides a DC signal that is different from but related to the RMS load voltage, and a comparator circuit that compares the DC signal to a reference and adjusts the resistance of the potentiometer to control the RMS load voltage. The power controller may be in a voltage conversion circuit that converts a line voltage at a lamp terminal to the RMS load voltage usable by a light emitting element of a lamp.