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Power control circuit for inductive loads

US4899088A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 1988
Grant dateFeb 6, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S315/04
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit for use with the dimming control of a fluorescent light in which a "notch" is created and positioned to vary the power to the inductive ballast and the circuit including a pair of gate turn-off thyristors operable to supply a current path for stored energy in the inductive ballast only during the notch.

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