Piezoelectric cascade resonant lamp-ignition circuit
US7902763B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B41/2827
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention discloses a piezoelectric cascade resonant lamp-ignition circuit, which uses the intrinsic capacitors of a piezoelectric transformer as piezoelectric capacitors. One lamp is cascaded to one set of the piezoelectric capacitors. Several sets of the piezoelectric capacitors and a resonant inductor are cascaded to form a resonant lamp-ignition circuit. The lamp-ignition circuit of the present invention has advantages of low temperature, small leakage current, high breakdown voltage and high lamp ignition efficiency. When applied to drive several lamps, the present invention uses a fixed frequency to attain a fixed inner impedance of the equivalent circuit of the piezoelectric capacitor. Thereby, the currents of the lamps are balanced to have an identical value.
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