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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:
Jul. 18, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kent E Crouse, Hanover Park, IL (US);
John G Konopka, Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Lighting, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3152 / ; 315247 ; 315D / ;
Abstract
A circuit with a transistor common to both the inverter and the boost converter powers a gas discharge lamp. In a half-bridge inverter, a boost inductor is coupled between the rectifier and the junction between two switching circuits.