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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Werner Longhino, Mehring, DE;
Thomas Mudra, Kastl, DE;
Inventors:
Werner Longhino, Mehring, DE;
Thomas Mudra, Kastl, DE;
Assignee:
OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 39/00 (2006.01); H05B 41/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic ballast for the operation of a lamp arrangement includes at least one lamp, in particular, a low-pressure discharge lamp and at least one transformer for balancing the lamp currents, whereby the transformer has two windings, provided for one or more lamps of the lamp arrangement. The transformer is embodied as a saturation balancing choke.