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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventors:
Ali Fawaz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert Pizzuti, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Marcus Schaemann, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H05B 33/0812 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, devices, and circuits are disclosed for regulating a first parameter of one or more LEDs. The methods, devices, and circuits further disclose switching, in response to an indication of a dimmer interface, from regulating the first parameter of the one or more LEDs to regulating a second parameter below a light generation threshold of the one or more LEDs, wherein switching from regulating the first parameter to regulating the second parameter causes the one or more LEDs to enter a non-light generation mode.