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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1992
Filed:
May. 11, 1990
Hendrik J Blankers, Eindhoven, NL;
U. S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a switching arrangement suitable for ignition and operation of a high-pressure discharge lamp by means of a plulsatory current of changing polarity. For this purpose, the switching arrangement is provided with a bridge network (II), which includes a switching means (21) switched alternately to the conducting and the non-conducting state. The switching means is provided with a control electrode (215) and a main electrode (211), between which a shortcircuit is maintained by means of a shortcircuit switch (27) for the time in which the switching means is in the non-conducting state. According to the invention, the shortcircuit switch is controlled by means of a controlled current source (28).