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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2011
Nitin Kumar, Burlington, MA (US);
Shashank Bakre, Woburn, MA (US);
Thomas J. Schalton, Beverly, MA (US);
Nitin Kumar, Burlington, MA (US);
Shashank Bakre, Woburn, MA (US);
Thomas J. Schalton, Beverly, MA (US);
OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc., Danvers, MA (US);
Abstract
A ballast that selectively operates multiple lamps is provided. The ballast includes a switching network, capable of operating in a number of switching configurations. The ballast also includes a control circuit, and two lamp control switches. The control circuit is connected to the switching network, and provides respective control signals via respective output terminals as a function of the switching configuration of the switching network. Each lamp control switch is in parallel with its lamp and is connected to a respective output terminal. The first lamp control switch is connected to a ballast power supply, and either provides power to the first lamp or does not, depending on the first control signal. The second lamp control switch is connected to the first lamp control switch and to ground, and either provides power to the second lamp or does not, depending on the second control signal.