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Inverter having frequency changing function

US5453667A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 1993
Grant dateSep 26, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S315/02
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention suppresses the occurrence of interference in a very short period to prevent device destruction. An inverter circuit of this invention includes a crystal oscillator, which oscillates at a fixed frequency, a load-status detector, which receives a voltage and current to be applied to a load including an inductive or capacitive component and detects the status of the load, a voltage-controlled oscillator, which oscillates at a frequency corresponding to the load status detected by the load-status detector, and a switch, which selects the output of the crystal oscillator or the output of the voltage-controlled oscillator and supplies the selected output to the load. An electrodeless discharge lamp lighting device according to this invention uses an inverter circuit having the above structure.

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