Patent ID: 9661714
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B23P,H05B,Y02B

Claim:
1. A dimming driver operative to power a dimmable lighting device, the dimming driver comprising: a voltage input connectable to a Class 1 power conductor; a neutral input connectable to a neutral conductor; a ground input connectable to a ground conductor; a first input connectable to a first Class 1 conductor; a second input connectable to a second Class 1 conductor, the second input coupled to the voltage input; a dimming signal receiver coupled to the first input and to the second input and having an output, the dimming signal receiver operative to receive a dimming signal referenced to an AC voltage and operative to provide at the output a dimming control signal indicative of a dimming light level; and a lighting controller having an input coupled to the dimming signal receiver output, the lighting controller operative to provide power indicative of the dimming light level to a dimmable lighting device.