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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Masahiro Naruo, Katano, JP;
Masahito Ohnishi, Kobe, JP;
Kazuhiro Hori, Kadoma, JP;
Takashi Kanda, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A discharge lamp lighting device includes a rectifier, a first diode connected at the anode in forward direction to a positive polarity output terminal of the rectifier, a smoothing capacitor connected between the cathode of the first diode and a negative polarity output terminal of the rectifier, a second diode connected at the anode in forward direction to the cathod of the first diode, a pair of switching elements connected in series between the cathode of the second diode and the negative polarity output terminal of the rectifier, a first capacitor connected in parallel to one of the first diode and the rectifier, a second capacitor connected in parallel to the second diode, and a control circuit for controlling ON/OFF operation of these switching elements, and a transformer having a primary winding n,connected between a junction point of the pair of switching elements and one of output terminals of the rectifier and a secondary winding connected to a load circuit including a discharge lamp, and their arrangement can reduce peak factor of currents flowing to the load circuit and any loss occurring at the switching elements.