Lamp ballast for accurate control of lamp intensity

Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems – Periodic switch in the supply circuit – Impedance or current regulator in the supply circuit

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315194, 315307, 315209R, 315DIG4, 315DIG7, H05B 3702

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061006475

ABSTRACT:
An electronic ballast for an electron discharge lamp includes a resonant inverter driven by a high frequency switching signal supplied by a drive circuit which is substantially comprised in an integrated circuit, the lamp being connected in an output circuit of the inverter and powered thereby. The lamp intensity is controlled by changing the switching signal frequency, thereby changing the power supplied to the lamp. In order to prevent parasitic capacitance of remote wiring between the ballast and the lamp from causing inaccuracies in determination of the power being supplied to the lamp, the ballast takes into account the phase difference between lamp current and voltage in making such determination. For example, by deriving the product of rectified lamp voltage and rectified lamp current, and using the arithmetic summation of such products during each operating cycle as a measure of lamp power.

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patent: 5742134 (1998-04-01), Wacyk et al.

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