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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Tiam Poh Lau, Singapore, SG;
Zhongfang Wang, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H02M 3/155 (2006.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 5/293 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0815 (2013.01); H02M 3/155 (2013.01); H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H02M 3/33507 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0045 (2013.01); H02M 2005/2932 (2013.01);
Abstract
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a dimming arrangement for a variable load, such as a lamp. The dimming arrangement is coupled to a drive circuit for the load and arranged to reduce a drive current associated with the drive circuit, based on a control voltage.