Universal input electronic transformer

1. An electronic transformer comprising:

an input receiving an input voltage, the input voltage being at least one selected from the group consisting of a first input voltage having a first amplitude and a second input voltage having a second amplitude;

a rectifier receiving the input voltage and outputting a rectified voltage;

an inverter receiving the rectified voltage and outputting an inverted voltage;

a controller receiving the rectified voltage and controlling the inverter to output the inverted voltage;

an output transformer receiving the inverted voltage and outputting an output voltage; and

a dimming control circuit configured to receive a user-input and output a control signal based on the user-input, the controller varying the output voltage based on the control signal;

wherein the output voltage is substantially the same regardless of whether the input voltage is the first input voltage or the second input voltage.

2. The electronic transformer of claim 1 , further comprising a second inverter receiving the rectified voltage and outputting a second inverted voltage, wherein when the input voltage is the first input voltage, the controller is configured to control the inverter to output the inverted voltage and the second inverter to output the second inverted voltage.

3. The electronic transformer of claim 2 , wherein the second inverter is a half-bridge inverter.

4. The electronic transformer of claim 1 , wherein the inverter is a half-bridge inverter.

5. The electronic transformer of claim 1 , wherein the first amplitude is approximately 120-volts RMS and the second amplitude is approximately 277-volts RMS.

6. The electronic transformer of claim 1 , wherein the output voltage is within a range between approximately 100-volts and 140-volts.

7. The electronic transformer of claim 1 , wherein the output transformer includes a primary coil and a secondary coil, the secondary coil has at least one selected from the group of a first number of turns and a second number of turns.

8. The electronic transformer of claim 7 , wherein the number of turns of the secondary coil is based on the input voltage.

9. The electronic transformer of claim 1 , further comprising a booster circuit configured to boost the rectified voltage and output the boosted voltage to the inverter.

10. The electronic transformer of claim 9 , wherein the booster circuit boosts the rectified voltage based on the input voltage being the first input voltage.

11. The electronic transformer of claim 1 , further comprising a power factor corrector receiving the rectified voltage and outputting a substantially constant direct-current voltage to the inverter regardless of the input voltage being the first input voltage or the second input voltage.

12. An electronic transformer comprising:

an input receiving an input voltage, wherein the input voltage is at least one selected from the group consisting of a first input voltage having a first amplitude and a second input voltage having a second amplitude;

a rectifier receiving the input voltage and outputting a rectified voltage;

a first inverter receiving the rectified voltage and outputting a first inverted voltage;

a second inverter receiving the rectified voltage and outputting a second inverted voltage

a controller receiving the rectified voltage, the controller further configured to

control the first inverter to output the first inverted voltage when the input voltage is the second input voltage, and

control the first and second inverters to output the first and second inverted voltages when the input voltage is the first input voltage;

an output transformer receiving at least one selected from the group consisting of the first inverted voltage and a combination of the first and second inverted voltages, the output transformer further outputting an output voltage; and

a dimming control circuit configured to receive a user-input and output a control signal to the controller based on the user-input, the controller varying the output voltage based on the control signal, wherein the output voltage is substantially the same regardless of whether the input voltage is the first input voltage or the second input voltage.

13. The electronic transformer of claim 12 , wherein the output voltage is substantially the same regardless of the input voltage being the first input voltage or the second input voltage.

14. The electronic transformer of claim 12 , wherein the first amplitude is approximately 120-volts RMS and the second amplitude is approximately 277-volts RMS.

15. A method of transforming a voltage, the method comprising:

receiving an input voltage, the input voltage being at least one selected from the group consisting of a first input voltage having a first amplitude and a second input voltage having a second amplitude;

rectifying the input voltage;

outputting a rectified voltage;

inverting the rectified voltage;

outputting an inverted voltage;

receiving the inverted voltage;

outputting an output voltage;

receiving a user-input;

outputting a control signal based on the user-input; and

varying the output voltage based on the control signal;

wherein the output voltage is substantially the same regardless of the input voltage being the first input voltage or the second input voltage.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising outputting a second inverted voltage when the input voltage is the first input voltage.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first amplitude is approximately 120-volts RMS and the second amplitude is approximately 277-volts RMS.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the output voltage is within a range between approximately 100-volts and 140-volts.