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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:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
May. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Carsten Deppe, Aachen, DE;
Peter Lürkens, Aachen, DE;
Gero Heusler, Aachen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit and a method for operation of a gas discharge lamp includes a switching transformer having a switch, a converter, inductor and a controller in a control loop for measuring a lamp voltage and setting a desired power. The switching transformer further includes a second control loop used for adjusting the switching transformer to individual lamp conditions.