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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventor:
Ashish Ekbote, Carpinteria, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 39/04 (2006.01); H05B 41/36 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0809 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lighting apparatus includes an input power terminal, a light source element coupled to the input power terminal, and a current bleeder module that is connected to the input power terminal and is configured to draw a current from the input power terminal responsive to a phase cut input power signal received at the input power terminal during a first portion of a period of the phase cut input power signal and is configured as an open circuit so as not to draw current from the input power terminal during a second portion of the period of the phase cut input power signal.