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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence Samuel Tyson, Sutton, GB;
Assignee:
Microlights Limited, Wilshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/702 ; H05B 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/702 ; H05B 3/700 ;
Abstract
An electronic control ( ) for a discharge lamp (D), which is arranged to be connected to a source of alternating current (L,N), having a source frequency, the control having a first and second terminal (J,K) for supplying an electrical power output to operate the lamp; a capacitor (T) is in series with the first terminal, having a capacitance sufficiently small to limit a current flow from the first terminal at the source frequency of less than 30 mA.