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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Dmytro Viktorovych Malyna, Eindhoven, NL;
Marcel Beij, Sint Oedenrode, NL;
Lucas Louis Marie Vogels, Herten, NL;
Paul Theodorus Jacobus Boonen, Tegelen, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Apparatuses for driving loads via converters comprise first circuits for interfacing phase-cut dimmers and the converters. Firing angles of the phase-cut dimmers correspond with first moments in time during periods of voltage signals presented to the phase-cut dimmers. The converters draw first current signals from second until third moments in time during the periods. Second circuits control the converters to draw second current signals from fourth until fifth moments in time during the periods, to improve an energy efficiency.