Circuit and lighting system for dimming an illuminant

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PATENT NO 8994290
APP PUB NO 20120081037A1
SERIAL NO

13257094

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Techniques for controlled dimming of an illuminant such as, for example, a light-emitting diode (LED), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) or gas discharge lamp are described herein. In one example, a control difference formed by subtracting actual values from desired values (dimming values) is smaller than actual values fed back by the lamp. Thus, without directly digitizing an analog feedback variable, the example digitizes a control difference (control deviation) determined in the analog domain, in order to process the latter in a digital control algorithm that determines a digital manipulated variable that influences power to the illuminant.

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TRIDONIC GMBH AND CO KGFAERBERGASSE 15 DORNBIRN A-6851

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Knoedgen, Horst Munich, DE 117 1092

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