The use of low-voltage lighting systems has become increasingly popular over the past several years. In fact, low-voltage halogen and xenon lighting systems can be found in almost any setting — from ...

These days, homeowners are clamoring for pendants that hang from the ceiling, moody undercabinet lighting, recessed lighting and outdoor path lights that illuminate the edge of the front walk. Of ...

Most dimmers use pulse width modulation (PWM) to control the amount of power that is delivered to the lamp. Those that come bundled with a switch faceplate control the firing angle of a Triac on the ...

Combining adaptive control techniques with advances in high-voltage junction isolation (HVJI) process, International Rectifier (El Segundo, Calif.) has readied an unprecedented intelligent control IC ...

See associated figure Low-voltage halogen lighting for decorative and architectural use continues to gain in popularity. Due to the comparatively short lifetime and low reliability of halogen bulbs, ...

I have a few fixtures (all recessed low voltage halogen MR16 bulb) that are humming. I know the ones with cheap transformers are susceptible to hum when dimmed, but mine seem to do it under full ...

LOW-VOLTAGE halogen-quenched Geiger–Müller counters find increasing applications in many fields, especially for use in portable survey and assay instruments 1. Their chief advantages are: (i) very low ...

International Rectifier has introduced the IR2161, an intelligent control IC specifically designed for electronic transformers that drive low voltage halogen lamps. All necessary features are ...