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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jácint Gergely, Budapest, HU;
Gábor Szabó, Budapest, HU;
Loránd Lehel Tóth, Dunakeszi, HU;
Lajos Csibi, Erd, HU;
Tamás Vásárhelyi, Budapest, HU;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) ballast driver includes first, second and neutral AC voltage terminals, a full wave rectifier between the first AC voltage terminal and the neutral AC input terminal, and a separate branch between the second AC voltage terminal and the neutral AC input terminal. A resonator circuit includes at least two inductors and provides its output voltage to a CFL lamp. The driver includes a first state detector circuit to monitor the first AC voltage terminal, and a second state detector circuit to monitor the second AC voltage terminal. The first and second state detector circuits activate respective first and second switches. The first switch shunts one inductor of the resonator circuit, and the second switch shunts another inductor of the resonator circuit. The driver can be housed in a CFL having a capper, a three-way lamp base adjacent to the capper and an arc tube.