EP0589081A1 - Circuit pour alimenter une lampe fluorescente avec mesure du courant passant par la lampe - Google Patents

Circuit pour alimenter une lampe fluorescente avec mesure du courant passant par la lampe Download PDF

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EP0589081A1
EP0589081A1 EP92116334A EP92116334A EP0589081A1 EP 0589081 A1 EP0589081 A1 EP 0589081A1 EP 92116334 A EP92116334 A EP 92116334A EP 92116334 A EP92116334 A EP 92116334A EP 0589081 A1 EP0589081 A1 EP 0589081A1
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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
    • H05B41/26—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc
    • H05B41/28—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters
    • H05B41/295—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters with semiconductor devices and specially adapted for lamps with preheating electrodes, e.g. for fluorescent lamps
    • 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
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    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S315/00—Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
    • Y10S315/02—High frequency starting operation for fluorescent lamp

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  • the invention relates to a circuit arrangement with the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • a circuit arrangement is known from DE 37 09 004 C2 in which the brightness of a fluorescent lamp is set by measuring and regulating the lamp current.
  • the lamp current is measured by means of a differential current transformer and its actual value is forwarded to a circuit part in order to regulate the lamp current to a preselected setpoint.
  • the windings of the differential current transformer must be manufactured very precisely, which adversely affects the costs of the circuit arrangement.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to create a more cost-effective circuit arrangement in which the lamp current can be measured over a wide dynamic range.
  • the circuit arrangement shown in Figure 1 receives a fluorescent lamp LL, the lamp cathodes LK1, LK2 with a coupling capacitor C1, with a resonance capacitor C2, with two windings of the differential current transformer TR2.1, TR2.2, with a resonance choke L1 and with a winding of a feedback transformer Tr1 .1 form a series resonance circuit which is connected between a pole of a supply voltage Ub and the output of an inverter working on this supply voltage.
  • the inverter here consists of two power transistors, which switch the one pole of the series resonance circuit between the poles of the supply voltage Ub with a frequency close to the natural frequency of the series resonance circuit via two control circuits A1, A2 and two windings of the feedback transformer TR1.2, TR1.3.
  • a main circuit HS ensures that the fluorescent lamp is fed correctly after the circuit arrangement has been started up, the lamp cathodes being preheated first, then the fluorescent lamp being ignited and the lamp current being regulated to a predetermined setpoint I should .
  • the actual value of the lamp current I ist is via a third winding Transfer Tr2.3 of the residual current transformer to the main circuit HS.
  • the setpoint I want the lamp current is passed to a set point transmitter Tr3 to the main circuit HS.
  • the lamp cathodes must be continuously heated so that the fluorescent lamp does not age prematurely.
  • the lamp cathodes LK1, LK2 are heated by the cathode heating current I loom , which flows through the resonance capacitor C2 and, in the case of a strongly dimmed lamp, is considerably larger than the lamp current I L. If the total current of a residual current transformer is much larger than the differential current, very high demands are placed on the accuracy of the first two windings Tr2.1, Tr2.2 of the residual current transformer, so that the residual current transformer can work without errors in a larger dynamic range.
  • FIG 2 an embodiment of the circuit arrangement according to the invention is shown schematically.
  • the series resonance circuit is formed with a first winding of a feedback transformer Tr1.1, with a resonance inductor L1, with a resonance capacitor C2 and with a first winding of an isolating transformer Tr4.1 and between the output of an inverter working on a supply voltage Ub and a pole of the supply voltage Ub switched.
  • the second winding of the isolating transformer Tr4.2 is connected in parallel with the second lamp cathode LK2.
  • the parallel connection of the second lamp cathode LK2 with the second winding of the isolating transformer Tr4.2 is at a potential above one Resistor R1 connected to a pole of the supply voltage Ub.
  • the resulting voltage across the resistor R1 is thus the actual value of the lamp current I is proportional and can allow the main circuit HS which is also provided for regulating the lamp current are supplied. It is obvious to the person skilled in the art that such a solution for measuring the lamp current is considerably less expensive than measuring with a differential current transformer.
  • FIG. Compared to the circuit in FIG. 2, the lamp current is conducted in one half-wave via a series circuit of a first diode D3 with a resistor R1 and in the other half-wave via a second diode D4. This makes it possible to supply the main circuit HS with the already rectified value of the lamp current.
  • Another possibility is to use a simple rectifier / low-pass circuit GT to transmit the value of the lamp cathode voltage Vk to the main circuit.
  • the lamp cathode voltage Vk corresponds to the information about the state of the lamp cathodes in the preheating mode, in normal lamp mode or in the dimming mode of the fluorescent lamp.
  • the lamp cathode voltage Vk is one of the important parameters which, according to the regulations of the lamp manufacturers, must be observed within certain limits so that the service life of the fluorescent lamps is not impaired.
  • FIG. 4 Another embodiment of the circuit arrangement according to the invention is partially shown in FIG. 4, in which the cathode heating current I heating can be detected with the aid of a resistor R2 connected in series with the first winding of the isolating transformer Tr4.1 and a simple rectifier / low-pass circuit GT.
  • the detection of the cathode heating current can be used in preheating mode for optimal setting of the preheating current for the lamp cathodes, in ignition mode for measuring the level of the ignition voltage at a known oscillation frequency and with a known value of the resonance capacitor C2 and in lamp or dimming mode for monitoring the maximum cathode heating current.
  • FIG 5 another embodiment of the invention is partially shown, in which the possibility of regulating the heating power in the lamp cathodes LK1, LK2 by means of a third winding of the isolating transformer Tr4.3 connected in parallel with the first lamp cathode LK1 and one with a control circuit SS operated switch S1, which is connected in parallel to the first winding of the isolating transformer Tr4.1.
  • the switch S1 can be short-circuited periodically when a preselected threshold value is reached, and thus prevent further heating of the lamp cathodes in the respective half-period. In this way, the power loss of the circuit arrangement can be minimized and the respective regulations of the lamp manufacturers can be easily complied with.
  • the control of the switch S1 can also be carried out periodically via a threshold value of the cathode heating current I heating , so that the lamp cathodes LK1, LK2 can be heated independently of the size of the total resonance current of the series resonance circuit I res and its frequency.
  • FIG. 6 schematically shows an embodiment of the circuit arrangement according to the invention with a plurality of fluorescent lamps LL1, LL2, LL3 in a shortened form.
  • a switching device U1 can be used to make the same circuit arrangement switchable to different lamp types with different lamp powers and lamp currents.
  • various parallel resistors RP1, RP2, RP3, RP4 are switched on and thus the respective fluorescent lamp is regulated to the lamp current associated with it.
  • Such a switching device can be provided in the circuit for specifying the setpoint of the lamp current instead of in the measurement circuit of the lamp current.

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AT92116334T ATE147926T1 (de) 1992-09-24 1992-09-24 Schaltungsanordnung zum betrieb einer leuchtstofflampe und zur messung des lampenstroms
DE59207908T DE59207908D1 (de) 1992-09-24 1992-09-24 Schaltungsanordnung zum Betrieb einer Leuchtstofflampe und zur Messung des Lampenstroms
EP92116334A EP0589081B1 (fr) 1992-09-24 1992-09-24 Circuit pour alimenter une lampe fluorescente avec mesure du courant passant par la lampe
US08/125,167 US5504399A (en) 1992-09-24 1993-09-23 Electrical circuit for operating a fluorescent lamp and for measuring the lamp current

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EP0693864A3 (fr) * 1994-07-21 1997-12-03 Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft für elektrische Glühlampen mbH Circuit pour alimenter une ou plusieurs lampes à décharge basse-pression
EP0707438A2 (fr) 1994-10-13 1996-04-17 Tridonic Bauelemente GmbH Ballast pour au moins une lampe à décharge
EP0707438A3 (fr) * 1994-10-13 1997-07-30 Tridonic Bauelemente Ballast pour au moins une lampe à décharge
DE19501695B4 (de) * 1994-10-13 2008-10-02 Tridonicatco Gmbh & Co. Kg Vorschaltgerät für mindestens eine Gasentladungslampe mit vorheizbaren Lampenwendeln
EP0852453A1 (fr) * 1997-01-03 1998-07-08 Oy Helvar Ballast électronique pour une lampe à décharge, avec mesure de la puissance de la lampe en utilisant un signal à courant continu
WO2007039010A1 (fr) * 2005-10-06 2007-04-12 Tridonicatco Gmbh & Co. Kg Chauffage de filament variable
WO2008128573A1 (fr) * 2007-04-23 2008-10-30 Osram Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Dispositif de commande pour faire fonctionner une lampe à décharge à basse pression
WO2009089918A1 (fr) * 2008-01-18 2009-07-23 Osram Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Ballast électronique et procédé pour faire fonctionner au moins une lampe à décharge

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