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Circuit and method for directly regulating the output voltage of an electroluminescent lamp driver

US6011382A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 1998
Grant dateJan 4, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B20/30
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An EL lamp driver employs constant power regulation rather than pulse frequency modulation to thereby eliminate the high voltage resistive divider network present in prior art EL lamp drivers that employ pulse frequency modulation.

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