CA2012929A1 - Lamp starting circuit - Google Patents

Lamp starting circuit

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CA2012929A1
CA2012929A1 CA2012929A CA2012929A CA2012929A1 CA 2012929 A1 CA2012929 A1 CA 2012929A1 CA 2012929 A CA2012929 A CA 2012929A CA 2012929 A CA2012929 A CA 2012929A CA 2012929 A1 CA2012929 A1 CA 2012929A1
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storage capacitor
starting circuit
ballast
capacitor
lamp starting
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CA2012929A
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CA2012929C (en
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Joe A. Nuckolls
Isaac L. Flory Iv
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Hubbell Inc
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Hubbell Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/02—Details
    • H05B41/04—Starting switches
    • H05B41/042—Starting switches using semiconductor devices
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S315/00—Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
    • Y10S315/05—Starting and operating circuit for fluorescent lamp

Abstract

A hot restart circuit includes a storage capacitor and SCR connected across a tapped portion of a ballast with a breakdown device to start the SCR. A charging circuit for the storage capacitor includes a diode, pumping capacitor and choke in series from the ballast tap to the AC line and a further diode interconnecting the capacitors. The pumping capacitor increases the charge on the storage capacitor in a step-wise fashion until the breakdown voltage is reached, whereupon starting pulses are applied to the lamp.
CA002012929A 1989-06-30 1990-03-23 Lamp starting circuit Expired - Fee Related CA2012929C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US374,068 1989-06-30
US07/374,068 US5047694A (en) 1989-06-30 1989-06-30 Lamp starting circuit

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CA2012929A1 true CA2012929A1 (en) 1990-12-31
CA2012929C CA2012929C (en) 1999-10-19

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US (2) US5047694A (en)
EP (1) EP0405715B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH0340394A (en)
KR (1) KR0155369B1 (en)
AU (1) AU632565B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2012929C (en)
GB (1) GB2233842A (en)

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AU632565B2 (en) 1993-01-07
CA2012929C (en) 1999-10-19
EP0405715A1 (en) 1991-01-02
GB2233842A (en) 1991-01-16
US5047694A (en) 1991-09-10
EP0405715B1 (en) 1995-03-29
GB9008967D0 (en) 1990-06-20
JPH0340394A (en) 1991-02-21
KR910002307A (en) 1991-01-31
US5321338A (en) 1994-06-14
KR0155369B1 (en) 1998-12-15
AU5501690A (en) 1991-01-03

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