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Patent No.:

US 8274239 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2010
Applicant:

Jeffrey Glenn Felty, Elyria, OH (US);

Inventor:

Jeffrey Glenn Felty, Elyria, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 41/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An electronic high intensity discharge (HID) ballast () is presented which includes a dual mode buck converter () providing a DC output voltage () to drive an inverter (), where the buck converter () regulates the DC output voltage () to a first value in normal operation and a clamp circuit () changes the converter mode to clamp the DC output open circuit voltage when the converter DC output exceeds a reference value (Vref).


Find Patent Forward Citations

Felty, Jeffrey. (2012). Open circuit voltage clamp for electronic hid ballast (U.S. Patent No. 8274239). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8274239

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