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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Bernhard Siessegger, Munich, DE;
Guenther Hirschmann, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Bernhard Siessegger, Munich, DE;
Guenther Hirschmann, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 41/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic ballast for a discharge lamp includes a microcontroller, which is configured to identify the parameters which determine the discharge lamp type. The microcontroller implements an orientation mode program once when the lamp is first switched on, which orientation mode program can be used to determine the type of discharge lamp.