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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
William V. Koskuba, Jr., Orford, NH (US);
Assignee:
Astronics Corporation, Buffalo, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/10 ;
Abstract
A circuit driving an electroluminescent lamp at a frequency at or in the vicinity of the lower threshold of human hearing, thus reducing objectionable noise otherwise generated by such lamps when operated at high frequencies. In an electroluminescent lamp assembly including such driving circuit is described, the electroluminescent lamp is driven at low frequency, but nonetheless provides a high level of illumination output.