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Adjustable lighting driver

  • US 9,451,666 B1
  • Filed: 07/08/2015
  • Issued: 09/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of adjusting output power of a lighting driver that corresponds to a brightest setting of a dimmer, the method comprising:

  • setting output power of a driver to a maximum output power of the driver, the maximum output power of the driver corresponding to a brightest setting of a dimmer, wherein the output power of the driver is adjustable by adjusting a dim level setting of the dimmer;

    adjusting the dim level setting of the dimmer from the brightest setting of a dimmer to a new setting of the dimmer during a programming mode of the dimmer, wherein the brightest setting of the dimmer results in a maximum brightness level of a light emitted by a light source powered by the driver, wherein the new setting of the dimmer is selected to produce a new brightness level of the light that is dimmer than the maximum brightness level of the light, and wherein the new setting of the dimmer results in an amount of the output power of the driver that is less than the maximum output power of the driver; and

    associating, by the driver, the brightest setting of the dimmer with the amount of the output power of the driver that is less than the maximum output power of the driver such that subsequent adjustment of the dim level setting of the dimmer to the brightest setting of the dimmer results in the new brightness level of the light instead of the maximum brightness level of the light.

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