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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2015
Nam Chin Cho, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Vaske Mikani, Senoia, GA (US);
Nam Chin Cho, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Vaske Mikani, Senoia, GA (US);
Cooper Technologies Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of adapting output power of a driver to conduction duration of a phase-cut dimmer includes determining a first conduction duration of an electrical signal generated by a phase-cut dimmer. The first conduction duration corresponds to a dimmest setting of the phase-cut dimmer. The method further includes storing a first value corresponding to the first conduction duration and determining a second conduction duration of the electrical signal. The second conduction duration corresponds to a brightest setting of the phase-cut dimmer. The method also includes storing a second value corresponding to the second conduction duration and generating intermediate values that are between the first value and the second value. The method further includes adjusting an output power of a driver based on a conduction duration of the electrical signal, the first value, the second value, and the intermediate values.