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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2016
Eldolab Holding B.v., Son en Breugel, NL;
Petrus Johannes Maria Welten, Oss, NL;
ELDOLAB HOLDING B.V., Son en Breugel, NL;
Abstract
A lighting application is provided that includes an LED assembly including a serial connection of two or more LED units, each LED unit including one or more LEDs, each LED unit being provided with a controllable switch for substantially short-circuiting the LED unit. The lighting application further includes a control unit for controlling a drive unit and arranged to receive a signal representing a voltage level of the supply voltage, and control the switches in accordance with the signal. An LED driver is provided that enables to operate a TRIAC based dimmer at an optimal holding current and an LED driver including a capacitor as a switchable buffer.