Patent ID: 9674904
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H05B

Claim:
1. A method of determining an amount of light to be output from a solid state lighting (SSL) unit, comprising an SSL load, based on a dimmer setting of a dimmer connected to input terminals of the SSL unit, the method comprising: determining the dimmer setting of the dimmer during a readout mode by analyzing a power signal received from the dimmer at the input terminals of the SSL unit; determining a desired level of light to be output from the SSL unit corresponding to the determined dimmer setting; determining power needed at the input terminals of the SSL unit for the SSL load to output the desired level of output light; determining a value of an adjusting signal for adjusting the power at the input terminals of the SSL unit, based at least in part on the determined dimmer setting; and adjusting the power at the input terminals of the SSL unit during a power reception mode using the determined value of the adjusting signal, thereby powering the SSL unit to output the desired level of light.