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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Roni Blaut, Netanya, IL;
Alon Ferentz, Bat Yam, IL;
Roni Blaut, Netanya, IL;
Alon Ferentz, Bat Yam, IL;
Microsemi Corp.—Analog Mixed Signal Group Ltd., Hod Hasharon, IL;
Abstract
A control element for a luminaire constituted of a first and a second manually variable non-momentary impedance and a first and a second time dependent gating circuit, each responsive to a respective manually variable non-momentary impedance and operative to provide a time dependent gating of a respective polarity of an alternating current power signal, the amount of time of the gating reflecting the present value of the respective manually variable non-momentary impedance, wherein the first time dependent gating circuit and the second time dependent gating circuit are restrained to maintain a minimum predetermined power towards the solid state lighting unit.