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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2009
Applicant:
Kazuo Okawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuo Okawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of generating a driving current supplied to a high pressure discharge lamp, including outputting a DC current, converting the DC current to an AC current having a predetermined frequency, generating a reference pulse which is asynchronous with the AC current, and superposing the first pulse and the second pulse to the AC current for producing the driving current.