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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Praneet Jayant Athalye, Morrisville, NC (US);
Michael McIntyre, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/52 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0887 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lighting apparatus includes a lighting circuit (e.g., an LED lighting circuit) and a driver circuit having an output coupled to the lighting circuit and an input configured to be coupled to a power source, such as a phase cut dimmer, that provides a varying voltage waveform. The driver circuit includes an electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression inductor configured to be coupled in series with the power source and a bypass circuit configured to divert current from the EMI filter inductor to limit a current in the EMI filter inductor.