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Operating circuit with an improved power supply for a driver circuit

US6831422B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 2, 2003
Grant dateDec 14, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 2, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S315/07
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to the supply of power to a driver circuit (V) for a switching transistor (T) in an operating circuit, in particular for lamps. The supply is provided via a pump circuit with a potential isolation capacitor (C2), two rectifier diodes (D1, D2) and an energy-storage capacitor (C1), and is independent of the reference ground potential of the switching transistor (T).

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