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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Silergy Corp.;
Inventors:
Leendert van den Broeke, Malden, NL;
Bobby Jacob Daniel, Nijmegen, NL;
Assignee:
Silergy Corp., Cayman Islands, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0815 (2013.01); H05B 33/0845 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bleeder circuit controller () configured to control a bipolar junction transistor () having a collector () configured to be connected to an output of a phase cut dimmer () for receiving a bleed current, an emitter () for connecting to ground and a base (), the bleeder circuit controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the bleed current through the bipolar junction transistor () and measure a signal indicative of the current flow through the dimmer () and apply a current limit to a base-emitter current flow as a function of the measured signal.