Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.

Giovanni Gallegos

James Koehler

An asymmetric end-of-life protection circuit with single-point voltage measurement is provided for an electronic ballast having two lamp connection terminals. A grounding circuit includes a capacitor and a first resistor coupled in parallel between a first lamp connection terminal and ground, and is effective to drain the second lamp connection terminal to ground. A lamp voltage detection circuit is coupled between the first lamp connection terminal and ground and measures the lamp voltage from the first lamp connection terminal. A controller is effective to shut down the ballast based on an output signal from the lamp voltage detection circuit being greater than a first predetermined threshold value or less than a second predetermined threshold value.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Giovanni Gallegos