Patent ID: 8040078

Claim:
An LED dimming circuit, comprising: at least one LED light source; an LED driver configured to receive an AC signal and produce a first DC signal; an LED dimmer connected to said LED driver and said at least one LED light source, said LED dimmer having a dimming control input, a dimming control output, a circuit common, and a variable LED dimmer output; wherein said LED dimmer receives said first DC signal from said LED driver and outputs said variable LED dimmer output to said at least one LED light source to power said LED light source at a desired light output level, and wherein said variable LED dimmer output is dependent on at least one characteristic of a signal received by said dimming control input; a fluorescent dimmer having a first connection to said dimming control input and a second connection to said circuit common; a resistor connected between said dimming control output and said first connection; wherein adjustment of said fluorescent dimmer varies said at least one characteristic of said signal received by said dimming control input.