Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems – Regulation of the control current and/or potential applied...
Patent
1997-03-25
1999-02-16
Pascal, Robert J.
Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
Regulation of the control current and/or potential applied...
315291, 315DIG4, H05B 3702
Patent
active
058724290
ABSTRACT:
A communication method particularly suited for lighting control employs encoding of perturbations in a voltage signal having a fundamental period with a nominal waveform. A control period includes a pre-selected number of fundamental periods of the voltage signal. Different control commands are indicated by imposing a selected perturbation, such as a phase cut, on the nominal waveform with a respective occurrence signature within the control period. The control commands are decoded from the voltage signal by detecting the occurrence signature of the perturbations within each control period. Decoding is accomplished by differentiating the nominal waveform to detect encoded perturbations. The technique is particularly suited for two-wire dimming applications for gas discharge lamps, in which the voltage signal carrying the encoded commands is the sinusoidal mains voltage powering the ballast, since the encoded perturbations may be small enough so that lamp flicker is avoided even with encoded signals on the line voltage. In a favorable embodiment for dimming, no perturbations are introduced on the line voltage unless a change in the operating characteristic, for example the light level, of the electric lamp is desired. This has the advantage that when lamp operation is to be kept constant, no distortions are imposed on the mains voltage, so that flicker of the lamp(s) is completely avoided and there are no adverse effects to the power factor, THD or component stress.
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Farkas Thomas
Jayaraman Raj
Venkitasubrahmanian Sreeraman
Xia Yongping
Blocker Edward
Franzblau Bernard
Pascal Robert J.
Philips Electronics North America Corporation
Vu David H.
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