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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. 05, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Wanfeng Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Radu Pitigoi-aron, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Reed, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wanfeng Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Radu Pitigoi-Aron, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Reed, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 39/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive a dimming input to control a dimming level of a lamp. Also, the apparatus includes circuitry configured to generate a control signal based on the dimming input. The control signal indicates the dimming level for a converter of the lamp and the converter is configured to interpret the control signal to control to the dimming level of the lamp using a sinusoidal signal.