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Discharge lamp lighting device, control method thereof, and projector

US8138684B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 2009
Grant dateMar 20, 2012
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B20/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A discharge lamp lighting device includes: a power control circuit outputting DC current; an AC conversion circuit being supplied with the DC current and generating and outputting discharge-lamp driving AC current by inverting the polarity of the DC current at a predetermined time; and a control unit performing a duty ratio control process of controlling a duty ratio on the basis of a polarity inversion time of the discharge-lamp driving AC current on the AC conversion circuit and performing an interval current control process of controlling a current value of the DC current every polarity inversion time interval on the power control circuit. Here, the control unit performs the interval current control process so as to control a difference between an average value and a maximum value of the DC current of each polarity inversion time interval on the basis of a difference between the duty ratio and a predetermined reference duty ratio.

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