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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2009
Applicant:
Louis Robert Nerone, Brecksville, OH (US);
Inventor:
Louis Robert Nerone, Brecksville, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 39/10 (2006.01); G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit for protecting an electronic ballast for use with a remote controller for gas discharge lamps against miswiring to a power source. Depletion mode MOSFETS are employed in both sides of the circuit to the controller and the MOSFETS respond to overvoltage, including polarity reversal to create an open circuit condition in the circuit to the controller.