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Fluorescent device having a fluorescent starter which precisely controls heating time and absolute synchronism of fire point

US5583395A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1994
Grant dateDec 10, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 11, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S315/05
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A new fluorescent device including an electronic fluorescent starter, a phase leading capacitor, a ballast, a bridge rectifier, a fluorescent lamp, a brightness compensation circuit, and a control circuit, the electronic fluorescent starter consisting of a master switch circuit, an ignition circuit and a time control circuit, wherein the electronic fluorescent starter matches with the ballast to turn on the fluorescent lamp; the control circuit turns the electronic fluorescent starter to the open circuit state when the fluorescent lamp is turned on; the brightness compensation circuit improves the intensity of light from the fluorescent lamp.

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