Using LEDs for lighting is an ever-more-popular application because of its high efficacy and long life. Dimmable lighting applications in residential and commercial installations will account for over ...

Improving triac dimming capability for LED lighting up to 20W, Power Integrations has introduced LYTSwitch-3. Compatibility with leading-edge and trailing-edge dimmers is claimed, plus support for a ...

The basic schematic of an electronic transformer (ET) includes a traditional full-bridge rectifier, a self-oscillating chopping circuit, and an output-power transformer. The self-oscillating circuit ...

To understand the technology associated with practical LED dimming we first have to look at the technology associated with triac-based incandescent lamp dimmers. The typical triac lamp dimmer circuit ...

Dialog Semiconductor has improved its LED light dimming intellectual property. “The first LED driver from this new platform, the iW3688, delivers smooth, flicker and shimmer-free dimming supporting ...

Power Integrations announced a new reference design (RDK-251) for a 5-watt offline LED driver that includes flicker-free TRIAC dimming and single-stage power factor correction (PFC). Power ...

Lutron’s Caséta family is our favorite smart in-wall lighting control, and today the company announced a specialized dimmer designed for low-voltage applications such as undercabinet, track, accent, ...