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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
Lucidity Lights, Inc., Charlestown, MA (US);
Bruce C. Larson, Lexington, MA (US);
Donald C. Straney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph T. Mossoba, Winchester, MA (US);
Harris R. Miller, Sharon, MA (US);
Tenzin Wangjor Nanchung, Somerville, MA (US);
Harold Russo, Smithfield, RI (US);
Jacob Agger, Cambridge, MA (US);
Camil Ghiu, Danvers, MA (US);
John R. Goscha, Boston, MA (US);
LUCIDITY LIGHTS, INC., Charlestown, MA (US);
Abstract
An RF fluorescent lamp comprising an electric ballast comprising an inverter circuit operating at a first frequency that provides the voltage and current with reference to local ground to a switching node connected to a first end of a winding of a power coupler, a timing circuit operating at a second frequency equal to or less than half the first frequency, and an enable circuit activated by the timing circuit that enables and disables the inverter circuit.