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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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Weirich, Unterhaching, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 ;
Abstract
An electronic ballast for lamps, which has an input stage that is designed as a SEPIC converter. By operating the SEPIC converter in the mode with a discontinuous current profile, a slow microcontroller can be used for the control.