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7589472 Electronic ballast with lamp type determination  
The electronic ballast with lamp type determination for an electronic ballast providing power to a lamp filament 208 includes a filament current sensing circuit 220 operably connected to the...
7573046 Thermal field emission electron gun with reduced arcing  
One embodiment relates to a thermal field emission electron gun. The electron gun includes a high-vacuum chamber, a thermal field emission cathode including a filament and a tip, a suppressor...
7560868 Ballast with filament heating and ignition control  
A ballast ( 10 ) for powering at least one gas discharge lamp ( 70 ) having heatable filaments ( 72,74 ) includes an inverter ( 200 ), a resonant output circuit ( 400 ) coupled between inverter (...
7560867 Starter for a gas discharge light source  
A starter for a gas discharge light source is configured to measure an initial resistance of one or more filaments of the gas discharge light source, such as a fluorescent light, each time the gas...
7429826 Indirectly heated electrode for gas discharge tube, gas discharge tube using said indirectly heated electrode, and lighting device for said gas discharge tube  
An indirectly heated cathode C 1 comprises a heater 1, a double coil 2, a mesh member 3, and a metal oxide 10. An electrical insulating layer 4 is formed on the surface of heater 1. ...
7391041 Germicidal UV reactor and UV lamp  
A germicidal UV reactor for use in fluid purifiers is provided, in which the UV reactor comprises an UV lamp with an UV transparent primary envelope and also an UV transparent secondary envelope...
7339322 Apparatus and methods for making spectroscopic measurements of cathode fall in fluorescent lamps  
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for measuring cathode fall within a fluorescent lamp that contains an electrode and a gas. A level of cathode fall associated with the electrode may be...
7279844 Electronic ballast  
The invention relates to a ballast for low-pressure discharge lamps, comprising a controllable inverter circuit for the generation of a high-frequency supply voltage for a discharge lamp ( 1 ), a...
7256549 Three electrode arc-discharge lamp  
A method of operating an arc discharge lamp that has first and second electrodes is described. First, the first electrode is heated with a third electrode with a first arc until the first electrode...
7187132 Ballast with filament heating control circuit  
A ballast ( 10 ) for powering at least one gas discharge lamp ( 20 ) having lamp filaments ( 22,24 ) comprises an inverter ( 200 ), an output circuit ( 300 ), a filament heating control circuit (...
7063431 Resistive bubble lamp structure  
A resistive bubble lamp structure is disclosed and claimed, which comprises a vacuum glass tube containing liquid CH 2 Cl 2 with a low boiling point and a circuit mounted at the bottom end of the...
7061173 Amalgam-doped low mercury low-pressure UV irradiator  
A UV lamp unit is provided and comprises a lamp in the form of a mercury low pressure amalgam lamp that is provided with at least one amalgam deposit. A cladding tube surrounds the lamp in such a...
6969952 System and method for automatically routing power for an integrated circuit  
A system for automatically routing power in an integrated circuit, the system comprising memory for storing data defining a representation of an integrated circuit having a power contact and a...
6894439 Portable power converter pack  
A portable power converter comprising input means to receive low voltage DC input, voltage converter means for converting the low voltage DC input into high DC voltage output, the voltage converter...
6788001 Lighting system with caring preheating of gas discharge lamps  
In a lighting system which includes an electronic operating device and a gas discharge lamp with filaments, one filament terminal is respectively connected to an impedance network. The impedance...
6736927 Apparatus for increased workpiece throughput  
A system is disclosed for speeding workpiece thoughput in low pressure, high temperature semiconductor processing reactor. The system includes apparatus for loading a workpiece into a chamber at...
6731073 Safety starter for fluorescent lamps  
A fluorescent lamp starter circuit that incorporates the series arrangement of a glow-switch and a semiconductor switch. The semiconductor switch is coupled to a solid state timer. The solid state...
6696791 Method for starting a discharge lamp  
A method for starting a discharge lamp having two filaments includes the following steps: ( 1 ) preheating only one of the two filaments; ( 2 ) igniting the lamp; ( 3 ) operating the lamp with a...
6653801 Mercury-free metal-halide lamp  
A pair of electrodes ( 3 ) are provided in an arc tube ( 1 ) I/S is 20 (A/mm 2 ) or less on a condition that an area of a cross section at a tip of the electrodes ( 3 ) is S (mm 2 ) and an...
6628093 Power inverter for driving alternating current loads  
The invention discloses a power inverter using a microprocessor directly drawing the switching transistors and a circuit for computation of the actual power delivered to the load of a switching...
6567080 Image display apparatus and control method thereof  
In an image display apparatus, based upon such a relationship among previously measured power consumption in a power save mode, an application voltage and application time thereof, and also rising...
6552494 Fluorescent lamp driver circuit  
Herein described is a driver circuit of a fluorescent lamp having a first and a second electrode and igniting when the voltage between the first and second Electrode exceeds a given threshold...
6495961 TWT power supply with improved dynamic range  
A power supply for a travelling-wave tube (TWT) includes a beam power supply ( 14 ) connected to the cathode and collector of the TWT, and a further power supply ( 20 ) connected to ground and to...
6417630 Circuit arrangement  
A ballast circuit for operating a lamp having preheatable electrodes. The frequency of a high frequency bridge inverter is controlled by a control circuit which has input connections to one of the...
6407516 Free space electron switch  
A free space electron switch is disclosed. The switch, which is useful in high speed telecommunications traffic, has an array of cathodes for emitting free space electrons. A grid of aiming anodes...
6404421 Heater voltage generation  
A heater circuit (H) according to the invention comprises a stabilizing power supply (SPS) with a control input (CT) which receives a control signal (Cs) to control the value at which the heater...
6400088 Infrared carbon nanotube detector  
A detector for detecting infrared photons is disclosed. It comprises an anode, a cathode including a plurality of nanotubes formed from carbon and means for electrically connecting the nanotubes,...
6396219 Flasher string  
A flasher string which includes a plurality of flashers connected in series and a plurality of thyrsitor diodes, each thyrsitor diode connected to a respective flasher in parallel. The flasher can...
6376998 Feeding device for discharge lamp  
To provide a power supply device for electric discharge lamps in which lamp extinguishing is completely prevented in high-pressure mercury vapor lamps with a comparatively large amount of mercury...
6359387 Gas-discharge lamp type recognition based on built-in lamp electrical properties  
A gas discharge lamp has an impedance element such as a capacitor connected to at least one electrode heater, to produce a heater impedance which falls within a range which is unique to lamps of...
6348769 Electronic ballast  
An electronic ballast for providing electrical energy to one or more fluorescent lamps having electrical discharge filaments. The ballast includes a pre-heating circuit having a first resonant...
6339299 Preheating circuit for detecting the filament temperature of fluorescent lamps  
A preheating circuit for a fluorescent lamp is provided. The preheating circuit includes a filament detecting circuit indirectly detecting a filament resistance in a fluorescent lamp by measuring a...
6320318 Display device with temperature stabilization  
The present invention relates to an image display system comprising a display panel (1) having at least one channel (35, 37, 39) comprising an ionizable gas mixture (55) including at least a basic...
6300719 Drive scheme for low pressure gas discharge lamps  
A drive scheme for low-pressure gas discharge lamps is provided with automatic detection of the type of the lamp and automatic adjustment of discharge current and heating current to the values...
6252357 Self-ballasted fluorescent lamp and lighting fixture  
The present invention provides self destruct arrangements for self ballasted fluorescent lamps and lighting fixtures using them. The ballast power supply includes at least one element that breaks...
6211620 Ballast for fluorescent lamp  
A ballast for a fluorescent lamp includes a high frequency power source circuit for supplying a preheat start type fluorescent lamp with preheating and lighting current via an inductor. The high...
6204601 Device for controlling a magnetron filament current based on detected dynamic impedance  
The present invention refers to a method for controlling a magnetron filament current. The control is provided by detecting the dynamic impedance or a noise level of the magnetron and by...
6111369 Electronic ballast  
A ballast for providing electrical energy to one or more fluorescent bulbs having electrical discharge filaments. The ballast includes a pre-heating circuit having a first resonant frequency,...
6107746 Three-wire Christmas flashing control lamp  
A three-wire Christmas flashing control lamp includes a filament, a bimetal plate, and three conductive poles installed in the lamp. Three conductive wires are extended from the bottom end of the...
6081072 Filament lamp for wafer heating and heating light source  
A heating light source for a heat treatment device of the light irradiation type with high temperature uniformity on the wafer surface during heating and a small operating current and a lamp which...
6075320 Wide illumination range fluorescent lamp  
A wide illumination range fluorescent lamp is described. The lamp utilizes three discrete sets of electrodes positioned to generate electric field to produce light energy within three distinct...
6072285 Soft starter device for lamps  
The invention provides a soft starter device for lamps. The soft starter device includes a rectifying circuit for converting an AC voltage into a DC voltage which serves as a triggering signal; a...
6049174 High coulombic switch gas discharge device  
A device suitable for switching large currents includes, within a gas filled envelope, an anode, electrodes and a thermionic cathode. Initially the device holds off a voltage until a triggering...
6043606 Discharge lamp device having a preheating electrode circuit  
The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for operating a discharge lamp with a high frequency current comprising a power feedback circuit and a electrode preheater. The circuit arrangement...
6008586 Direct current ballastless modulation of gas discharge lamps  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for receiving a modulating signal, splitting up its various frequency components into separate channels using a plurality of filters, and...
5990626 Lighting unit, low-pressure mercury discharge lamp, supply unit, and combined packaging  
A lighting unit according to the invention comprises a supply unit (1) and a low-pressure mercury discharge lamp (2). The low-pressure mercury discharge lamp has a light-transmitting discharge...
5986408 Discharge lamp with heating electrode circuit  
The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for operating a discharge lamp with a high frequency current comprising a power feedback circuit and an electrode preheater. The circuit arrangement...
5939836 Discharge lamp lighting apparatus and lighting apparatus  
A discharge lamp lighting apparatus of the present invention includes an inverter to convert input DC voltage into high frequency voltage and supply the converted high frequency voltage to a...
5920153 Power supply for light sources, particularly for the quick ignition of fluorescent lamps and the like  
A power supply for light sources, particularly for fluorescent lamps and the like, comprising capacitive means (1) that are connected to the mains (9) and are adapted to supply rectifier means (2)...
5909085 Hybrid luminosity control system for a fluorescent lamp  
A luminosity control system (10) for a fluorescent lamp (12) that has a glass enclosure (18) and a pair of lead wires (14) at each end of the glass enclosure is provided. A filament (16) is...
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