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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Irwin Rudolph Nederbragt, Brighton, CO (US);
Steven Michael Barrow, Longmont, CO (US);
Yan Yin, Longmont, CO (US);
Craig Steven Cambier, Louisville, CO (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/00 (2006.01); H05B 41/00 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lighting system includes a switch configured so that when the switch is in a first state, current from a supply flows to a light emitter, and when the switch is in a second state, current from the supply flows through the switch bypassing the light emitter. A capacitor in parallel with the light emitter provides current to the light emitter sufficient to cause the light emitter to emit light when the switch is in the second state.