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6661072 Piezoelectric ceramic transistor  
A piezoelectric ceramic transistor is formed from a single-layered or multi-stacked layers piezoelectric ceramic voltage transformer and a capacitor, the capacitor being series connected to an...
6661182 Lamp ballast system having improved power factor and end-of-lamp-life protection circuit  
A ballast system for use with a fluorescent lamp having two filaments disposed at opposite ends of the lamp. The ballast system has a DC input terminal for connection to a DC voltage source or for...
6657399 Self-oscillating circuit for driving high-side and low-side switching devices with variable width pulses  
A self-oscillating circuit for driving high-side and low-side switching devices, such as MOSFETs connected in a half-bridge configuration. The circuit alternately turns on the switching devices by...
6657403 Circuit arrangement for operating a fluorescent lamp  
A method and circuit arrangement for operating a fluorescent lamp (LA), comprising a half-bridge arrangement ( 12 ) whose output signal can be fed to a load circuit (LK; 16 ), it being possible to...
6657400 Ballast with protection circuit for preventing inverter startup during an output ground-fault condition  
A ballast ( 10 ) for powering a gas discharge lamp load includes an inverter ( 200 ) and a protection circuit ( 400 ) for preventing start up of the inverter ( 200 ) in response to a ground fault...
6646389 Discharge lamp ignition device, equipment and image forming apparatus  
An ignition device which ignites a discharge lamp comprises high-frequency voltage generator, a feeding harness line, and a lowpass filter. The high-frequency voltage generator includes a switch...
6642670 Ballast converter with power factor and current crest factor correction  
A ballast converter with a power factor and crest factor correction to be connected to an input source for providing an input voltage. The ballast converter includes a rectifier, a power converter,...
6642668 Discharge lamp device for reducing noise radiation and surge pulse current  
Providing a discharge lamp device to reduce noise radiation and to reduce a surge pulse current resulting from a shield sheath involves providing a ballast, including a DC/DC conversion circuit for...
6642655 High-pressure metal halide discharge lamp and a lighting apparatus using the lamp  
A high-pressure metal halide discharge lamp includes a sealed light-transmitting discharge vessel, first and second electrodes disposed in the discharge space, and a pair of conductive wires...
6642669 Electronic dimming ballast for compact fluorescent lamps  
The operating frequency of a ballast is sufficiently far from resonance that, when a compact fluorescent lamp is dimmed to about one percent light output level, the ballast is operating with an...
6639366 Power supply circuit for a cold-cathode fluorescent lamp  
A power supply circuit for a cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL). The power supply circuit converts a DC voltage to a high AC voltage for driving the CCFL. The power supply circuit includes: a...
6639367 Control circuit employing preconditioned feedback amplifier for initializing VCO operating frequency  
A control circuit for a piezo transformer based power supply includes oscillator circuitry, drive circuitry, sense circuitry, and feedback circuitry collectively operating to regulate an...
6639369 Electronic dimmable ballast for high intensity discharge lamp  
A dimmable electronic ballast for an HID lamp includes a rectifier stage for rectifying an AC input and providing a rectified DC output, a power factor correction stage for modifying a power factor...
6639368 Programmable PWM module for controlling a ballast  
A programmable Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) generator is disclosed wherein a single module provides four different signals utilized to control a ballast for a light device. By changing the value in...
RE38273 Baseband RF voltage-current probe  
An RF probe for a plasma chamber picks up current and voltage samples of the RF power applied to an RF plasma chamber, and the RF voltage and current waveforms are supplied to respective mixers. A...
6630797 High efficiency driver apparatus for driving a cold cathode fluorescent lamp  
An inverter circuit for a gas discharge lamp having a primary circuit having a DC voltage supply, a transformer, a switching circuit including a first switch and a second switch for controlling a...
6628091 Electronic switch for a bi-level fluorescent lamp fixture  
The present invention provides electronic switching for a bi-level fluorescent lamp fixture that allows power to be switched on and off to a group of lamps in a fixture when more or less...
6628090 Resonant driving system for a fluorescent lamp  
A resonant driving system for a fluorescent lamp having one end connected to a primary winding of a transformer. The driving system includes an inductor inserted between an input section of the...
6624595 Resonant energy recovery for electro-luminescent lamp panels  
Circuits and methods employing the inherent capacitance of an electro-luminescent lamp in a resonant circuit to recover the energy otherwise lost in electro-luminescent lamp driver circuits to...
6624599 Compact single-stage electronic ballast circuit for emergency lighting applications  
A compact single-stage electronic ballast circuit for emergency lighting applications, integrating the functions of a flyback charger, a flyback discharger and a half-bridge series resonant...
6624600 Lamp power measurement circuit  
A lamp power measurement circuit measures average power delivered to a gas discharge lamp. The circuit includes a voltage sensor having a first measurement output representative of AC voltage...
6621224 Light-controlling device used for vehicle  
A light-controlling device of this invention includes a controlling circuit having a function for turning an incandescent lamp and an LED off simultaneously, which have different minimum voltages...
6621236 Discharge lamp lighting device and illumination device  
This invention provides a discharge lamp lighting device and illumination device which can be miniaturized with high power factor and also is inexpensive. In the discharge lamp lighting device, in...
6621237 Gas-discharge lamp lighting apparatus with optimized circuit configuration  
A gas-discharge lamp lighting apparatus includes: a power conditioning unit regulating power supplied from a power source, and outputting voltages with mutually different levels from two output...
6614192 Electronic ballast circuit  
A driver waveform ( 30 ) for a gas discharge lamp is produced by a ballast circuit. The waveform ( 30 ) has a substantially vertical rising portion 831 ) forming an instantaneous, of time 10...
6611112 Appliance for discharge lamps with reliable starting  
Appliance for discharge lamps, which has a load circuit with a resonance point at a resonant frequency fres. In order to start the discharge lamps, the load circuit is fed with a square-wave source...
6611111 Load drive circuit  
A load drive circuit is disclosed, comprising: a MOSFET 24 including a power supply terminal connected to a lamp load 1, and turned ON/OFF to supply a power supply voltage to the lamp load 1 ...
6608450 High frequency, high efficiency electronic lighting system with sodium lamp  
The present invention is a high frequency, high efficiency start and quick restart system including a lamp. It includes hook ups for connecting and applying a power input to circuitry; a switch for...
6608452 Xenon power supply  
A transformerless, microprocessor controlled xenon power supply including: a DC supply which rectifies and filters the incoming AC electrical power; a plurality of current path connected between...
6605905 Discharge lamp driving apparatus and lighting fixture using the apparatus  
A discharge lamp driving apparatus includes, a direct current power supply having a rectifier, an inverter circuit, which has stable and unstable output terminals, converting a direct current power...
6605908 Stopper protection circuit of electronic ballast for fluorescent lamp  
A (vibration) stopper protection circuit of an electronic ballast for fluorescent lamps. The electronic ballast has an inverter to convert a direct current source into a square-wave source, and to...
6603674 Electronic transformer with good immunity against high-voltage pulses  
Electronic transformers with a self-excited half bridge can be destroyed by high-voltage pulses from the mains supply lead. This can happen by the high-voltage pulse initiating a starting operation...
6603274 Dimming ballast for compact fluorescent lamps  
A fluorescent lamp ballast circuit including a phase cut dimmer connectable to a source of AC power, the selectable phase cut dimmer and an electronic switch having a trigger voltage and a...
6600271 Method and apparatus of an improved electronics ballast circuit  
A ballast circuit adaptive to changes in the input voltage capable of providing a “floating” high output voltage for the operation of fluorescent lamps. The present invention employs an output...
6597127 Discharge lamp operating apparatus, self-ballasted discharge lamp, dimmer and illumination kit for dimming  
A discharge lamp operating apparatus includes a discharge lamp; a dimmer for performing phase-control with respect to an input power source; and a ballast circuit for dimming and operating the...
6597130 Driving apparatus of discharge tube lamp  
A driving apparatus of a discharge tube lamp includes a voltage source; a plurality of AC conversion circuits for boosting a voltage supplied from the voltage source and generating a plurality of...
6593703 Apparatus and method for driving a high intensity discharge lamp  
A circuit arrangement and control thereof for igniting a high intensity discharge lamp, for reducing current stresses imposed on semiconductor devices during a polarity transition of a lamp voltage...
6593704 Method and ballast for feeding a UV light low pressure radiator  
The invention relates to a method and a ballast for feeding a UV light low pressure radiator. The UV light low pressure radiator is ignited and subsequently fed with direct current. The polarity of...
6590351 Operating device for at least one electric lamp with a control input, and an operating method for electric lamps connected to such an operating device  
The invention relates to an operating method and an operating device for at least one electric lamp ( 11 ), which device has a control input ( 13, 14 ) for prescribing a setpoint for the brightness...
6590350 Lighting system with a high intensity discharge lamp  
A lighting system ( 1 ) having a high intensity discharge lamp ( 16 ) mounted replaceably in a holder ( 25 ) which connects to an electronic control ( 8 ) which includes a variable frequency...
6586892 Method of and device for operating a gas discharge lamp  
A method of and a device for operating a gas discharge lamp which is fed with an alternating voltage or an alternating current and wherein the instantaneous power of the lamp is increased at given...
6586890 LED driver circuit with PWM output  
The driver circuit for light emitting diodes (LEDs) of the present invention provides power to LEDs using pulse width modulation (PWM). The driver circuit 100 uses current feedback to adjust...
6580229 Discharge lamp lighting device  
A discharge lamp driving device capable of detecting a lamp life end reliably in a high or low temperature environment for circuit protection, yet preventing the occurrence of the cataphoresis...
6580222 Inverter for driving EL lamp and light emitting diodes  
An inverter for driving an EL lamp is tapped to provide voltage or current for driving one or more EL lamps, LEDs, and an LCD. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, one side of the pump...
6577078 Electronic ballast with lamp run-up current regulation  
An electronic ballast with lamp run-up current regulation. In one aspect, the electronic ballast comprises an input stage coupled to an AC source, the input stage converting an AC voltage to a...
6577076 Adaptive control for half-bridge universal lamp drivers  
An adaptive compensation circuit for controlling a universal lamp driver coupled to a lamp is disclosed. The adaptive compensation circuit utilizes an identification of a lamp type of the lamp to...
6577079 Electronic ballast with intermediate circuit regulation  
An electronic ballast for at least one gas discharge lamp (LA) comprises a rectifier circuit ( 2 ) connectable to an a.c. voltage source (U 0 ), a smoothing circuit ( 3 ), connected to the output...
6577077 Circuit arrangement  
In an electronic ballast for operating a discharge lamp at a high frequency, a single feedback and a double pump feedback are implemented in a combined way. The resulting electronic ballast...
6573666 Digital regulation of fluorescent lamps  
A method to control the illumination intensity of a gas discharge lamp is achieved. The method comprises, first, converting an analog lamp illumination signal into a digital lamp illumination...
6573664 High efficiency high power factor electronic ballast  
A method and apparatus for driving a ballast in critical discontinuous mode (CDCM). The method provides for zero loss switching in order to maximize efficiency, and also provides controllable input...