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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:
Aug. 31, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiromi Adachi, Kamakura, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315290 ; 315101 ; 315207 ; 3152 / ; 315D / ;
Abstract
A discharge lamp starting device such as for a fluorescent lamp in which a nonlinear capacitor is connected in parallel with a discharge lamp with a Zener diode connected in series with the nonlinear capacitor. A semiconductor switching device, such as a diode thyristor, is connected in parallel with the discharge lamp. Due to the presence of the Zener diode, the semiconductor switching device can have a wide range of threshold voltage so that the cost of the device is low.