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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles N Fallier, Jr, Westford, MA (US);
Joseph M Proud, Wellesley Hills, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ; H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315 47 ; 307106 ; 315 46 ; 315287 ;
Abstract
A starter circuit for metal halide discharge lamps in which a pair of spiral line generators are coupled between the source of lamp operating power and the electrodes of the high intensity discharge lamp. The spiral line generators are connected across the electrodes, in accordance with the invention, in a manner such that the high voltage short duration pulses from the spiral line generators are substantially additive across the discharge lamp electrodes, thus, in effect, substantially doubling the breakdown voltage available across the discharge lamp electrodes.