Patent ID: 9240725
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: H02M,H05B,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, wherein a dimmer voltage to a power converter system comprises three states for multiple cycles of the dimmer voltage that occur from: (A) an approximately zero volt crossing of the dimmer voltage of the dimmer until a phase cut, leading edge of the dimmer voltage; (B) an end of state A until energy transferred to a load is sufficient to meet at least one energy transfer parameter; and (C) an end of state B until a beginning of state A in a next cycle of the dimmer voltage, the apparatus comprising: a load; a controller configured to: a switching power converter, coupled to the controller and the load, configured to receive the control signal, the dimmer voltage, and the dimmer current to convert the dimmer voltage and dimmer current into energy for the load in response to the control signal.