Dual resonant frequency arc lamp power supply

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

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315307, 315DIG7, H05B 4136

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ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for starting and operating an arc lamp used in health care applications includes means for producing a rectangular wave AC signal with a frequency controlled by external resistive and capacitive networks. Parallel-connected inductor and capacitor means form a resonant circuit to receive the rectangular wave AC signal. Additional capacitor means connected in series with the arc lamp is closed into the circuit when the arc lamp begins to conduct, thereby changing the resonant frequency of the parallel inductor-capacitor resonant circuit. The detection of current flow in the arc lamp causes a resistor to be switched into the resistive network controlling the frequency of the pulse-width modulated signal, thereby changing the frequency of the rectangular wave AC signal.

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