Apparatus for efficient remote ballasting of gaseous discharge lamps
US5936359A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S315/05
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Remote ballasting apparatus adapted for insertion between a high frequency power source and one or more gaseous discharge lamps. The ballasting apparatus includes an isolation transformer having a primary winding adapted for connection to the high frequency power source, a low capacitance power transmission line having an output end adapted for connection to the one or more gaseous discharge lamps, and current limiting means, such as an inductor or a capacitor or a series resonant circuit connected between the secondaries of the isolation transformer and the input end of the low capacitance power transmission line.
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