PHASE CONTROLLED DIMMING SYSTEM WITH ACTIVE FILTER FOR PREVENTING FLICKERING AND UNDESIRED INTENSITY CHANGES

A phase controlled dimming system having an active filter (30) for receiving the AC line voltage waveform, and for recovering the AC fundamental waveform therefrom is disclosed. The recovered AC fundamental waveform is supplied to a zero crossing detector (28) that provides zero crossing indications...

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Hauptverfasser:	HAUSMAN, DONALD F, NEWMAN, ROBERT C., JR, MOSELEY, ROBIN C
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC HEATING ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
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Zusammenfassung:	A phase controlled dimming system having an active filter (30) for receiving the AC line voltage waveform, and for recovering the AC fundamental waveform therefrom is disclosed. The recovered AC fundamental waveform is supplied to a zero crossing detector (28) that provides zero crossing indications of the AC fundamental waveform. The recovered AC fundamental is substantially free of noise or distortion, and of frequency components greater than at least second order harmonics, that may be present on the AC line voltage waveform, and that might otherwise result in faulty or incorrect zero crossing detection. An output of the zero crossing detector is supplied to a microprocessor (26) that controls the gating of a controllably conductive device (22) interposed between the controlled load (14) and the AC source (12) based on the zero crossing information. The filter may take a n analog or digital (software) form.