A load control device for controlling an amount of power delivered to an electrical load, the load control device comprising: a load regulation circuit configured to control a magnitude of a load current (I LOAD) conducted through the electrical load to control the amount of power delivered to the electrical load, the load regulation circuit comprising an inverter circuit (Q210, Q212), wherein a burst duty cycle (DC BURST) represents a ratio of an active state period (T ACTIVE) in which the inverter circuit is activated and an inactive state period (T INACTIVE) in which the inverter circuit is deactivated; and a control circuit coupled to the load regulation circuit and configured to control an average magnitude (I AVE) of the load current (I LOAD) and to adjust a target load current (I TRGT), the control circuit configured to control the inverter circuit (Q210, Q212) to operate in active state periods (T ACTIVE) during which the inverter circuit is active and inactive state periods (T INACTIVE) during which the inverter circuit is inactive, the control circuit further configured to operate in at least a low-end mode, an intermediate mode, and a normal mode, characterized in that: during the normal mode, the control circuit is configured to regulate the average magnitude (I AVE) of the load current (I LOAD) conducted through the electrical load by holding the burst duty cycle (DC BURST) constant and adjusting the magnitude of the target load current (I TRGT) for the load current (I LOAD), during the low-end mode, the control circuit is configured to keep a length of the active state periods (T ACTIVE) constant and adjust a length of the inactive state periods (T INACTIVE) in order to adjust the burst duty cycle (DC BURST) and the average magnitude (I AVE) of the load current (I LOAD), at the same time as the target load current (I TRGT) is kept constant, and during the intermediate mode, the control circuit is configured to keep the length of the inactive state periods (T INACTIVE) constant and adjust the length of the active state periods (T ACTIVE) in order to adjust the burst duty cycle (DC BURST) and the average magnitude (I AVE) of the load current (I LOAD), at the same time as the target load current (I TRGT) is kept constant. a load regulation circuit configured to control a magnitude of a load current (I LOAD) conducted through the electrical load to control the amount of power delivered to the electrical load, the load regulation circuit comprising an inverter circuit (Q210, Q212), wherein a burst duty cycle (DC BURST) represents a ratio of an active state period (T ACTIVE) in which the inverter circuit is activated and an inactive state period (T INACTIVE) in which the inverter circuit is deactivated; and a control circuit coupled to the load regulation circuit and configured to control an average magnitude (I AVE) of the load current (I LOAD) and to adjust a target load current (I TRGT), the control circuit configured to control the inverter circuit (Q210, Q212) to operate in active state periods (T ACTIVE) during which the inverter circuit is active and inactive state periods (T INACTIVE) during which the inverter circuit is inactive, the control circuit further configured to operate in at least a low-end mode, an intermediate mode, and a normal mode, characterized in that: during the normal mode, the control circuit is configured to regulate the average magnitude (I AVE) of the load current (I LOAD) conducted through the electrical load by holding the burst duty cycle (DC BURST) constant and adjusting the magnitude of the target load current (I TRGT) for the load current (I LOAD), during the low-end mode, the control circuit is configured to keep a length of the active state periods (T ACTIVE) constant and adjust a length of the inactive state periods (T INACTIVE) in order to adjust the burst duty cycle (DC BURST) and the average magnitude (I AVE) of the load current (I LOAD), at the same time as the target load current (I TRGT) is kept constant, and during the intermediate mode, the control circuit is configured to keep the length of the inactive state periods (T INACTIVE) constant and adjust the length of the active state periods (T ACTIVE) in order to adjust the burst duty cycle (DC BURST) and the average magnitude (I AVE) of the load current (I LOAD), at the same time as the target load current (I TRGT) is kept constant. during the normal mode, the control circuit is configured to regulate the average magnitude (I AVE) of the load current (I LOAD) conducted through the electrical load by holding the burst duty cycle (DC BURST) constant and adjusting the magnitude of the target load current (I TRGT) for the load current (I LOAD), during the low-end mode, the control circuit is configured to keep a length of the active state periods (T ACTIVE) constant and adjust a length of the inactive state periods (T INACTIVE) in order to adjust the burst duty cycle (DC BURST) and the average magnitude (I AVE) of the load current (I LOAD), at the same time as the target load current (I TRGT) is kept constant, and during the intermediate mode, the control circuit is configured to keep the length of the inactive state periods (T INACTIVE) constant and adjust the length of the active state periods (T ACTIVE) in order to adjust the burst duty cycle (DC BURST) and the average magnitude (I AVE) of the load current (I LOAD), at the same time as the target load current (I TRGT) is kept constant.