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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Laurence P. Sadwick, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Mohammad M. Mojarradi, La Canada, CA (US);
Inventors:
Laurence P. Sadwick, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Mohammad M. Mojarradi, La Canada, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/06 (2006.01); H02M 7/217 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dimming power supply includes a power source, a full bridge rectifier with four nodes, a control switch and a controller. The first node is connected to the power source, the second is connected to a load output, and the third is connected to a reference voltage node. The control switch is connected between the fourth node and the reference voltage node. The controller is connected to a control input of the control switch. The controller is adapted to adjust a voltage or current through the load output.