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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Johannes Hendrik Wessels, Eindhoven, NL;
Melanie Maria Jeanne Anna Michon, Eindhoven, NL;
Machiel Antonius Martinus Hendrix, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/700 ;
Abstract
An electronic ballast for operating a lamp with a high-frequency current is equipped with a load branch comprising two LC combinations. The LC combinations are dimensioned such that the shape of the high-frequency current is in between a sine shape and a square-wave shape. The efficacy of a lamp operated by means of the electronic ballast is high, while the RFI generated by the lamp is low.