Two-tone dimmer circuit
First Claim
1. A dimmer control circuit responsive to a remote radio signal transmitter for respectively turning on, off and dimming a light, said circuit comprising;
- a super regenerative detector (12) for receiving a modulated radio frequency signal within a predetermined frequency range from the transmitter, light control means (10) connected between the light and an electrical power outlet and responsive to said detector (12) for independently controlling the electrical power supplied to the light in a series of stepped levels in response to the duration of said modulated radio frequency signal detected by said detector means, said circuit characterized by said light control means including high frequency (16, 18,
20) and low frequency (22, 24,
26) interpreter circuits in series responsive to said detector (12) for producing a digital signal, and a counter circuit (30) for establishng said stepped level from the duration of said digital signal to adjust the phase angle of a pulse to control the amount of power supplied to the light at said stepped level.
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Abstract
The circuit includes a super regenerative detector (12) for receiving a modulated radio frequency signal from a transmitter. The output of the super regenerative detector is amplified and sent into a high frequency interpreter circuit (16, 18, 20) which de-modulates the signal creating an output of low frequency equal to the consecutive pulses frequency. The low frequency signal is received by a low frequency interpreter circuit (22, 24, 26) which outputs a digital signal of a single duration which is received by a counter circuit (30). The counter circuit (30) controls the firing of a triac (T1) to create lighting conditions of on, off and dimming.
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1. A dimmer control circuit responsive to a remote radio signal transmitter for respectively turning on, off and dimming a light, said circuit comprising;
- a super regenerative detector (12) for receiving a modulated radio frequency signal within a predetermined frequency range from the transmitter, light control means (10) connected between the light and an electrical power outlet and responsive to said detector (12) for independently controlling the electrical power supplied to the light in a series of stepped levels in response to the duration of said modulated radio frequency signal detected by said detector means, said circuit characterized by said light control means including high frequency (16, 18,
20) and low frequency (22, 24,
26) interpreter circuits in series responsive to said detector (12) for producing a digital signal, and a counter circuit (30) for establishng said stepped level from the duration of said digital signal to adjust the phase angle of a pulse to control the amount of power supplied to the light at said stepped level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- a super regenerative detector (12) for receiving a modulated radio frequency signal within a predetermined frequency range from the transmitter, light control means (10) connected between the light and an electrical power outlet and responsive to said detector (12) for independently controlling the electrical power supplied to the light in a series of stepped levels in response to the duration of said modulated radio frequency signal detected by said detector means, said circuit characterized by said light control means including high frequency (16, 18,
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20. A dimmer control circuit responsive to a remote radio signal transmitter for respectively turning on, off and dimming a light, said circuit comprising;
- a super regenerative detector (12) for receiving a modulated radio frequency signal within a predetermined frequency range from the transmitter, a light control means (10) connected between the light and an electrical power outlet and responsive to said detector (12) for independently controlling the electrical power supplied to the light in a series of stepped levels in response to the duration of said modulated radio frequency signal detected by said detector means, said circuit characterized by said light control means including a counter circuit (30) and high frequency interpreter circuit (16, 18,
20) connected to said super regenerative detector (12) for outputing a signal of low frequency having a pulse duration equal to the duration of consecutive pulses of the high frequency input signal, and low frequency interpreter circuit (22, 24,
26) connected between said high frequency interpreter circuit (16, 18,
20) and said counter circuit (30) for outputing a digital signal of a pulse equal in duration to the low frequency input signal which is proportional to the amount of dimming requested.
- a super regenerative detector (12) for receiving a modulated radio frequency signal within a predetermined frequency range from the transmitter, a light control means (10) connected between the light and an electrical power outlet and responsive to said detector (12) for independently controlling the electrical power supplied to the light in a series of stepped levels in response to the duration of said modulated radio frequency signal detected by said detector means, said circuit characterized by said light control means including a counter circuit (30) and high frequency interpreter circuit (16, 18,
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