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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl Stuermer, Mentor, OH (US);
William M Rucki, Euclid, OH (US);
Spiro Vamvakas, North Royalton, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315175 ; 3152 / ; 315206 ; 315172 ; 315220 ; 315277 ; 315D / ;
Abstract
A power supply for a metal halide discharge lamp includes a circuit for applying a high voltage starting pulse to the arc tube of the lamp to initiate the discharge, a glow transition current to provide power transitioning the arc tube from its glow to its run mode, and a run power supply circuit to provide continuous controlled d-c current to the arc tube.