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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gang Yao, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Nina Scheidegger, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0254 (2013.01); H05B 33/0842 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a light emitting diode (LED) driver. The LED driver includes a microcontroller for setting a level of an output current of the driver. The driver is configured to receive a prefix as an input, the prefix instructing the microcontroller to enter a programming mode. The microcontroller is responsive to a level signal representative of the level of the output current during the programming mode.