Patent ID: 6982858

Claim:
Art electronic power-saving power control circuit connected between a single-phase power supply and a lighting fixture for controlling the output of power supplied to the lighting fixture, comprised of a CPU (central processing unit), a power voltage detector, a silicon controlled semiconductor circuit, a current phase detector, a trigger circuit, a resistor, a current detector, and a DC power supply circuit, wherein: said CPU is a control center of the power-saving power control circuit, and adapted to turn on said silicon controlled semiconductor circuit responsive to a triggering angle required for a predetermined voltage drop and a time in which an electric current detected by said current phase detector is zeroed when a power voltage from said power voltage detector is received, causing said silicon controlled semiconductor circuit to provide a power output to said lighting fixture, said CPU controlling said silicon controlled semiconductor circuit to first provide a full operating voltage to said lighting fixture for a time period established to ensure initiation thereof and then gradually reduce the operating voltage to avoid a sharp change in light output of said lighting fixture; said voltage detector detects a voltage level of said single-phase power supply, providing a detection result to said CPU; said silicon controlled semiconductor circuit is a circuit formed of a silicon controlled semiconductor and a protection circuit and connected in series between said single-phase power supply and said lighting fixture for working with said current phase detector and said trigger circuit to control power output to said lighting fixture; said current phase detector detects the time where the electric current passing through said silicon controlled semiconductor is zeroed, and provides detection information to said CPU for triggering said silicon controlled semiconductor; said trigger circuit is adapted to trigger said silicon controlled semiconductor circuit for output of power to said lighting fixture responsive to control by said CPU; said resistor is electrically connected between said single-phase power supply and said lighting fixture, and adapted to cause a voltage drop responsive to passage of a load current therethrough; said current detection circuit detects the value of a voltage drop across said resistor and provides a corresponding measured current value to said CPU.