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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1978
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
John E Anderson, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3152 / ; 315D / ; 315D / ; 315205 ; 315239 ; 315257 ; 315265 ; 315278 ; 3311 / ;
Abstract
A system for operating gas discharge lamps at high frequency from a high voltage supply, typically 115 V AC with a 160 watt, 25,000 Hz output. The system provides efficient conversion, having the capability of driving any number of lamps up to maximum wattage, inherent open-cirucit and short circuit protection, and higher efficacy from the lamps. Filament power may or may not be used. Filament power is not necessary under conditions when the lamps are forced into a glow discharge to charge each cycle through the use of a tuned resonant circuit. An unsaturated inverter provides fast cut-off times. Dimming capabilities may be provided.