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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Nina Rose Scheidegger, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Gang Yao, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Carre Scheidegger, East Cleveland, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided is a lighting system that includes a plurality of lighting elements to emit light, a power supply to supply power, a lighting driver including a microcontroller and to output power to the plurality of lighting elements for operation thereof, a control system to transmit a control signal to the microcontroller to initiate a standby mode of the plurality of lighting elements, and a semiconductor device configured to receive voltage from the microcontroller, and selectively enable and disable a low power consumption mode of the lighting driver, to thereby maintain voltage for communication between the microcontroller and the control system during the standby mode.