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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1987
Filed:
May. 27, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans G Ganser, Stolberg, DE;
Reinhard Kersten, Aachen, DE;
Rolf Schafer, Aachen, DE;
Hans P Stormberg, Stolberg, DE;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3152 / ; 315194 ; 315199 ; 315287 ;
Abstract
A method of operating a high-pressure metal vapor discharge lamp at a periodic operating voltage of more than 500 Hz wherein the operating voltage is suddenly varied in phase at intervals, and preferably also wobbled in frequency, in order to avoid acoustic resonances in the lamp.