Systems and methods for dimming control with capacitive loads

US8941324B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8941324-B2
Application numberUS-201113105780-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 11, 2011
Priority dateApr 22, 2011
Publication dateJan 27, 2015
Grant dateJan 27, 2015

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System and method for dimming control. The system includes a system controller including a first controller terminal and a second controller terminal, a transistor including a first transistor terminal, a second transistor terminal and a third transistor terminal, and a resistor including a first resistor terminal and a second resistor terminal. The system controller is configured to generate a first signal at the first controller terminal based on an input signal and to generate a second signal at the second controller terminal based on the first signal. The first transistor terminal is coupled to the second controller terminal. The first resistor terminal is coupled to the second transistor terminal. The second resistor terminal is coupled to the third transistor terminal. The transistor is configured to receive the second signal at the first transistor terminal and to change between two conditions in response to the second signal.

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What is claimed is: 1. A system for dimming control, the system comprising: a system controller including a first controller terminal and a second controller terminal; a transistor including a first transistor terminal, a second transistor terminal and a third transistor terminal; and a resistor including a first resistor terminal and a second resistor terminal; wherein: the system controller is configured to generate a first signal at the first controller terminal based on…

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What does patent US8941324B2 cover?
System and method for dimming control. The system includes a system controller including a first controller terminal and a second controller terminal, a transistor including a first transistor terminal, a second transistor terminal and a third transistor terminal, and a resistor including a first resistor terminal and a second resistor terminal. The system controller is configured to generate a…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Zhou Jun, Xiong Zhongliang, Li Miao, and 4 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H05B33/0815. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).