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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2012
Applicant:
Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc., Madison, AL (US);
Inventors:
Wei Xiong, Madison, AL (US);
Christopher Radzinski, Huntsville, AL (US);
Assignee:
Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc., Madison, AL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power line communication system transmits a dimming level to an electronic ballast to regulate the power consumed by a lamp. The power line controller has a notch generation circuit that generates notches on an AC power signal with a time duration in accordance with the dimming level of the lamp. A dimming interface associated with the electronic ballast detects the notches on the AC power signal. The dimming interface generates a ballast dimming level signal with a signal level related to the time duration of these notches.