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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2004
Franki Ngai Kit Poon, Hong Kong, CN;
Man Hay Pong, Hong Kong, CN;
Joe Chiu Pong Liu, Hong Kong, CN;
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HK;
Abstract
An AC to AC power conversion apparatus with constant power feeding characteristics to fluorescent lamp or FD lamp is described. The constant power characteristic is achieved by discontinuous mode operation of capacitor coupled in series with the load. Packets of energy are pumped out to the load in each switching cycle, regardless of the resonant characteristics. The dependence of the input power on the square of the supply voltage make the input resistive and produces good power factor automatically. The lamp load is dimmable by external phase control dimmer like resistive incandescent lamps. Multiple lamp loads with different power rating can be integrated by adding more sets of said capacitors and associated components.