Device and process for lighting a fluorescent discharge lamp

Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems – Condenser in the supply circuit – Inductance in the condenser circuit

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315205, 315206, 315209R, 315276, 315242, 315247, 315DIG2, 315DIG5, H05B 41232

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048068306

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a device and process for starting up a fluorescent discharge lamp in which a high-frequency pulse is generated having narrow voltage peaks above the voltage required to start electric discharge and broad valleys, applied to the elements of the lamp to effect start up of fluorescence and, after start-up, the voltage automatically goes back to maintenance voltage having broad peaks at the maintenance voltage and relatively narrow valleys. The automatic cutback is effected by the load introduced by the electric discharge and the feedback from the emitter of the transistor used to generate the pulse. A capacitor is serially-connected in the lamp circuit to inhibit the flow of DC current therein.

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