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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Carsten Deppe, Aachen, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to solid state light source, a use of a driver circuit for driving a light emitting element () of a solid state light source, a method for driving a light emitting element () of a solid state light source and a corresponding computer program. The invention provides that for a large amount of an AC period the light emitting element () is directly supplied with the AC input directly forwarded by the driver circuit, wherein nevertheless it is prevented that power exceeding a desired level reaches the light emitting element (). The invention is aimed at a realization with simplified components and/or reduced costs in comparison to known techniques.