Discharge lamp operating circuit
US4348615A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 1, 1980 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S315/07
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A lamp operating circuit comprising a DC power source, an inverter including step-up transformer inductance windings and a controlled transistor switch connected across the output of the DC source, and a high frequency oscillator coupled to the transistor switch for operating the same at predetermined intervals. A low wattage HID lamp is connected across the inverter through a ballast capacitor series connected to one terminal of the lamp and a ballast inductance coupled in series with the other lamp terminal. The ballast inductance and ballast capacitor are selected to resonate sinusoidally at a frequency having a half period coinciding with the on-time of the transistor.
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