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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
May. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Inventors:
Wanfeng Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Pantas Sutardja, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Yonghua Song, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 41/16 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H05B 41/392 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0815 (2013.01); H05B 41/3924 (2013.01); Y02B 20/346 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method. The method includes detecting a dimming characteristic in an energy source that provides energy to be transferred to a load via a magnetic component, receiving a dimming control signal, and controlling a switch in connection with the magnetic component based on the dimming characteristic and the dimming control signal to transfer energy to the load via the magnetic component.