Electronic ballast

An electronic ballast for driving a gas discharge lamp includes a rectifier, a valley-fill circuit, an inverter having first and second series-connected controllably conductive device having complementary duty cycles, a control circuit for controlling the controllably conductive device, and an indep...

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Main Authors SPIRA, JOEL, TAIPALE, MARK, TRAVAGLINI, DOMINICK, DEJONGE, STUART, NEWMAN, ROBERT C. JUNIOR
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 21.09.2011
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APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS
CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER
CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC HEATING
ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
GENERATION
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Summary:An electronic ballast for driving a gas discharge lamp includes a rectifier, a valley-fill circuit, an inverter having first and second series-connected controllably conductive device having complementary duty cycles, a control circuit for controlling the controllably conductive device, and an independent cat ear power supply to provide power to the ballast control circuits. The result is a ballast having substantially improved THD, and current crest factor. In a preferred embodiment, the valley-fill circuit includes an energy storage device that stores energy in response to a controllably conductive device. In an especially preferred embodiment, the controllably conductive device of the valley-fill circuit is also one of the controllably conductive devices of the inverter.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20050017725