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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998

Filed:

Aug. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Chung Woo Lee, Seoul, KR;

Yong K Park, Sagun Dong, Sungdong-Ku, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315106 ; 315107 ; 315289 ;
Abstract

A fluorescent lamp lighting circuit is disclosed in which an instant lighting is possible, and a high reliability is ensured. Further, the circuit is compact, and the cost is low. The fluorescent lamp lighting circuit according to the present invention includes a discharge circuit section including a choke coil serially connected to a filament of a fluorescent lamp. It further includes a lighting circuit section connected serially to the filament and the choke coil so as to be turned on at certain intervals by supplying the power, and so as to be turned off after the starting of the glow discharge of the fluorescent lamp. It further includes a protecting circuit section for turning off the light circuit section after certain repetition of on/off operations of the lighting circuit section.


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