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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:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315 94 ; 315105 ; 3152 / ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for operating a discharge lamp with a high frequency current comprising a power feedback circuit and a electrode preheater. The circuit arrangement comprises an antiboost switch for disabling the power feedback circuit before the lamp has ignited and enabling the power feedback circuit after the lamp has ignited- In accordance with the invention the antiboost switch is also used to enable the electrode preheater before the lamp has ignited and to disable the electrode preheater after the lamp has ignited.