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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Norbert Magg, Berlin, DE;
Inventor:
Norbert Magg, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
OSRAM GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 41/292 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2013.01); H05B 41/2928 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a high-pressure discharge lamp outside the nominal power range thereof is provided. The method may include: providing the high-pressure discharge lamp; and varying relative to operation at nominal power, one of at a lamp power of less than 85% of the nominal power and at a lamp power of greater than 110% of the nominal power at least one or more of the following parameters: lamp frequency, lamp current in a commutation pulse, length of the commutation pulse, and the commutation pattern.