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Patent No.:

US 8878453 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2013
Applicants:

Ayan Choudhury, Danvers, MA (US);

Arindam Chakraborty, Chicago, IL (US);

Shashank Bakre, Burlington, MA (US);

Inventors:

Ayan Choudhury, Danvers, MA (US);

Arindam Chakraborty, Chicago, IL (US);

Shashank Bakre, Burlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc., Danvers, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 41/285 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 41/2853 (2013.01);
Abstract

A ballast comprises an inverter circuit for connecting to a lamp and providing power thereto. The ballast includes a current feedback circuit connected to the inverter circuit and the lamp for controlling the frequency of the inverter circuit based on current feedback from the lamp. The ballast includes a switch circuit connected to the current feedback circuit and the lamp for enabling the current feedback circuit when the lamp is in a normal operating state and disabling the current feedback circuit when the lamp is in a low current operating state.


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Choudhury, Ayan. (2014). Switch circuit for a ballast (U.S. Patent No. 8878453). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8878453

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