CA1327991C - High frequency ballast for gaseous discharge lamps - Google Patents

High frequency ballast for gaseous discharge lamps

Info

Publication number: CA1327991C
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: circuit; voltage; frequency; power; current
Prior art date: 1986-03-28
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Fee Related

Application number

CA000532219A

Other languages

English (en)

French (fr)

Inventor

Thomas E. Dean

William H. Henrich

David M. Fischer

Lawrence J. Stratton

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Advance Transformer Co

Original Assignee

Advance Transformer Co

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1986-03-28

Filing date

1987-03-17

Publication date

1994-03-22

1987-03-17 Application filed by Advance Transformer Co filed Critical Advance Transformer Co

1994-03-22 Application granted granted Critical

1994-03-22 Publication of CA1327991C publication Critical patent/CA1327991C/en

2011-03-22 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
- H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
- H05B41/26—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from DC by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage DC
- H05B41/28—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from DC by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage DC using static converters
- H05B41/282—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from DC by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage DC using static converters with semiconductor devices
- H05B41/285—Arrangements for protecting lamps or circuits against abnormal operating conditions
- H05B41/2851—Arrangements for protecting lamps or circuits against abnormal operating conditions for protecting the circuit against abnormal operating conditions
- H05B41/2856—Arrangements for protecting lamps or circuits against abnormal operating conditions for protecting the circuit against abnormal operating conditions against internal abnormal circuit conditions
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
- H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
- H05B41/26—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from DC by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage DC
- H05B41/28—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from DC by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage DC using static converters
- H05B41/282—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from DC by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage DC using static converters with semiconductor devices
- H05B41/285—Arrangements for protecting lamps or circuits against abnormal operating conditions
- H05B41/2858—Arrangements for protecting lamps or circuits against abnormal operating conditions for protecting the lamp against abnormal operating conditions

Landscapes

Circuit Arrangements For Discharge Lamps (AREA)
Inverter Devices (AREA)

CA000532219A 1986-03-28 1987-03-17 High frequency ballast for gaseous discharge lamps Expired - Fee Related CA1327991C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US84585386A	1986-03-28	1986-03-28
US845,853		1986-03-28

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
CA1327991C true CA1327991C (en)	1994-03-22

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
CA000532219A Expired - Fee Related CA1327991C (en)	1986-03-28	1987-03-17	High frequency ballast for gaseous discharge lamps

Country Status (6)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0239420B1 (de)
JP (1)	JPS63999A (de)
AT (1)	ATE71244T1 (de)
AU (1)	AU609388B2 (de)
CA (1)	CA1327991C (de)
DE (1)	DE3775588D1 (de)

Families Citing this family (8)

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US4873471A (en) *	1986-03-28	1989-10-10	Thomas Industries Inc.	High frequency ballast for gaseous discharge lamps
JPH07118394B2 (ja) *	1987-06-15	1995-12-18	松下電工株式会社	放電灯点灯装置
DE3742921A1 (de) *	1987-12-17	1989-06-29	Pintsch Bamag Ag	Vorschaltgeraet fuer eine entladungslampe
JPH01186790A (ja) *	1988-01-18	1989-07-26	Mitsubishi Electric Corp	放電ランプの点灯装置
DE69016815T2 (de) *	1989-04-14	1995-09-07	Tlg Plc	Vorschaltgeräte für Gasentladungslampen.
US5345164A (en) *	1993-04-27	1994-09-06	Metcal, Inc.	Power factor corrected DC power supply
EP0677982B1 (de) *	1994-04-15	2000-02-09	Knobel Ag Lichttechnische Komponenten	Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Vorschaltgeräts für Entladungslampen
US6172468B1 (en)	1997-01-14	2001-01-09	Metrolight Ltd.	Method and apparatus for igniting a gas discharge lamp

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CH637251A5 (de) *	1978-12-22	1983-07-15	Contrinex Sa	Stromversorgungsanordnung zur speisung einer induktiven oder ohmisch-induktiven last.
DE3142613A1 (de) *	1981-10-28	1983-05-05	Philips Patentverwaltung Gmbh, 2000 Hamburg	Schaltungsanordnung zum zuenden und betrieb einer niederdruckquecksilberdampfentladungslampe
DE3149526A1 (de) *	1981-12-14	1983-06-23	Philips Patentverwaltung	Schaltungsanordnung zum betrieb von hochdruck-gasentladungslampen
NL8201631A (nl) *	1982-04-20	1983-11-16	Philips Nv	Gelijkstroom-wisselstroomomzetter voor het ontsteken en met wisselstroom voeden van een gas- en/of dampontladingslamp.
US4560908A (en) *	1982-05-27	1985-12-24	North American Philips Corporation	High-frequency oscillator-inverter ballast circuit for discharge lamps
US4873471A (en) *	1986-03-28	1989-10-10	Thomas Industries Inc.	High frequency ballast for gaseous discharge lamps

1987
- 1987-03-17 CA CA000532219A patent/CA1327991C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1987-03-26 AU AU70671/87A patent/AU609388B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1987-03-27 DE DE8787302692T patent/DE3775588D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-03-27 EP EP87302692A patent/EP0239420B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-03-27 AT AT87302692T patent/ATE71244T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1987-03-28 JP JP62075776A patent/JPS63999A/ja active Pending

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
AU609388B2 (en)	1991-05-02
AU7067187A (en)	1987-10-01
EP0239420A1 (de)	1987-09-30
JPS63999A (ja)	1988-01-05
EP0239420B1 (de)	1992-01-02
ATE71244T1 (de)	1992-01-15
DE3775588D1 (de)	1992-02-13

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2000-03-22	MKLA	Lapsed
2023-05-26	MKLA	Lapsed	Effective date: 20000322

Publication	Publication Date	Title
US4873471A (en)	1989-10-10	High frequency ballast for gaseous discharge lamps
US4663570A (en)	1987-05-05	High frequency gas discharge lamp dimming ballast
US5831396A (en)	1998-11-03	Circuit arrangement for operating electric lamp
EP0399613B1 (de)	1997-01-08	Steuerschaltungen für Leuchtstofflampen mit Dimmersteuerung
KR0155369B1 (ko)	1998-12-15	램프 시동 회로
US4933798A (en)	1990-06-12	Self protecting and automatic resetting capacitor synchronous switch apparatus for control of AC power to inductive loads
US4952848A (en)	1990-08-28	Signal generating circuit for ballast control of discharge lamps
US5225742A (en)	1993-07-06	Solid state ballast for high intensity discharge lamps
US5825136A (en)	1998-10-20	Circuit arrangement for operating electric lamps, and an operating method for electronic lamps
US5012161A (en)	1991-04-30	Power factor correction circuit
JPS648366B2 (de)	1989-02-14
US4939427A (en)	1990-07-03	Ground-fault-protected series-resonant ballast
US4775821A (en)	1988-10-04	Variable input voltage DC to DC converter with switching transistor drive current regulator
US5341067A (en)	1994-08-23	Electronic ballast with trapezoidal voltage waveform
EP0439248B1 (de)	1996-04-17	Vorschaltgerät für eine Lampe
EP0239420B1 (de)	1992-01-02	Hochfrequenz-Vorschaltgerät für Gasentladungslampen
US4779027A (en)	1988-10-18	DC to DC converter with overvoltage protection circuit
US4677346A (en)	1987-06-30	Drive and control circuits for gate capacitance latch with refresh lamp ballast
US4755723A (en)	1988-07-05	Strobe flash lamp power supply with afterglow prevention circuit
EP0212817B1 (de)	1991-09-18	Wechselrichter
US5039919A (en)	1991-08-13	Control arrangement for electronic ballast
EP0664059A1 (de)	1995-07-26	Schutzschaltung für elektronische systeme im allgemeinen und für elektronische vorschaltgeräte für entladungslampen insbesondere
JPH07231650A (ja)	1995-08-29	昇圧チョッパー回路
US4536680A (en)	1985-08-20	Resistive lamp ballast with re-ignition circuit
JPS5869463A (ja)	1983-04-25	カレントスナバ−回路