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Discharge lamp unit with RF shield primary coil

US6049163A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 27, 1998
Grant dateApr 11, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K3/284
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A discharge lamp unit has a housing provided with a lamp socket fitted thereon and accommodating a printed circuit board with a lamp lighting circuit and a high voltage generating transformer assembly mounted thereon. The transformer assembly consists of a primary coil being a plate conductor spirally wound around a coil case containing a secondary coil-wound bobbin with a core inserted in a hollow center thereof. The discharge lamp unit is formed as a single solid device by potting all of the components in the housing with insulating resin poured in a melted state and solidified therein. This unit is easy to mount with no need for laying a high-voltage between the circuitry and the lamp socket, and includes a very compact and light transformer having an increased conversion efficiency of the primary and secondary coils.

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