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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Tridonic Gmbh & CO KG, Dornbirn, AT;
Inventor:
Jamie Kelly, North Shields, GB;
Assignee:
TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KG, Dornbirn, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/42 (2007.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/425 (2013.01); H02M 1/42 (2013.01); H02M 1/4258 (2013.01); H02M 3/33507 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0074 (2013.01); Y02B 70/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to an operating device () for lighting means (), having a circuit () for dividing a rectified alternating voltage to direct voltages of lower levels, wherein the circuit () comprises a PFC block comprising a plurality of half bridge converters () that are arranged such that the sum of the input voltage drops across the half bridge converters () corresponds to the value of the rectified alternating voltage, wherein the circuit () is the first active stage in a power supply for the lighting means ().