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Discharge lamp lighting device

US10237959B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 2018
Grant dateMar 19, 2019
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B20/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A discharge lamp lighting device includes a control unit adapted to control a frequency of the AC electric current supplied to a discharge lamp by a feeding unit, in different manners within a first term and a second term which are alternately repeated, the control unit is adapted to control the frequency of the AC electric current such that, within the first term, the frequency of the AC electric current becomes at least one frequency out of plural set frequencies, and is further adapted to control the frequency of the AC electric current, based on a predetermined frequency and an electric current within the previous first term, such that, within the second term, the frequency of the AC electric current becomes a frequency lower than this predetermined frequency.

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