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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2005
Applicant:
Peter Green, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Peter Green, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Rectifier Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The functionality of electronic convertors for low voltage filament lamp applications, such as halogen lamps, can be increased by including auxiliary circuits. Such auxiliary circuits may include gate drive resistors; a charge pump for sustaining the DC supply; open circuit protection; short circuit protection; thermal protection; extended resetting time; latched shutdown; self-dimming; a digital (DALI) interface; and line voltage compensation.