Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems – Surge generator or inductance in the supply circuit – Circuit interrupter in the inductance circuit
Patent
1995-08-29
1997-01-14
Pascal, Robert
Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
Surge generator or inductance in the supply circuit
Circuit interrupter in the inductance circuit
315209SC, 315205, 315276, 315DIG5, H05B 4114
Patent
active
055943080
ABSTRACT:
A hot restart circuit for a high intensity discharge lamp includes a storage capacitor and SCR connected across a tapped portion of a ballast with a breakdown device to start the SCR. A charging circuit for the storage capacitor includes a diode, a pumping capacitor and an RF choke in series from the ballast tap to the AC line, and a further diode interconnecting the capacitors. The pumping capacitor increases the charge on the storage capacitor in a stepwise fashion until breakdown voltage is reached, whereupon starting pulses are applied to the lamp. A positive temperature coefficient (PTC) resistor stops the flow of charging current to the capacitors after a predetermined interval, thereby terminating the reignition pulses and protecting the starting circuit from damage in case the lamp fails to reignite. In an alternative embodiment, a MOSFET gated by an RC timing circuit removes charge from the storage capacitor in order to terminate the reignition pulses after a predetermined interval.
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Holmes John E.
Pascal Robert
Presson Jerry M.
Vu David H.
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