Inductorless controlled transition and other light dimmers

Details Inductorless controlled transition and other light dimmers Inductorless controlled transition and other light dimmers

1993-02-11

1994-06-07

Hoff, Marc S.

Electricity: power supply or regulation systems

Output level responsive

Zero switching

323242, 323239, 315294, 307647, G01N 2782

Patent

active

053193016

ABSTRACT:
A light dimmer with semiconductor power devices coupled between an alternating current supply and a lamp load, in the course of varying average power supplied to the lamp load, transitions the power devices under load between one and the other of substantially conductive and non-conductive conditions, increasing the duration of the transition by the power device itself from the minimum possible duration to reduce generated EMI. Undesirable effects of the high current demands of cold lamp filaments are reduced by initially increasing the conductive portion of half-cycles, relative to the proportion required to produce the desired amount of average power, while avoiding transitions at phase angles that would produce excessive losses. A transition shape may be employed in this mode and in normal operation that maximizes audible lamp noise suppression for a given level of thermal losses.

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