EP0653903A3 - Fluorescent tube assembly and method. - Google Patents

Fluorescent tube assembly and method. Download PDF

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EP0653903A3
EP0653903A3 EP94308013A EP94308013A EP0653903A3 EP 0653903 A3 EP0653903 A3 EP 0653903A3 EP 94308013 A EP94308013 A EP 94308013A EP 94308013 A EP94308013 A EP 94308013A EP 0653903 A3 EP0653903 A3 EP 0653903A3
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fluorescent tube
tube assembly
assembly
fluorescent
tube
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EP0653903A2 (en
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Trevor Henry Williams
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Meggitt UK Ltd
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/14Circuit arrangements
    • H05B41/36Controlling
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/02Details
    • H01J61/04Electrodes; Screens; Shields
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/70Lamps with low-pressure unconstricted discharge having a cold pressure < 400 Torr
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/14Circuit arrangements
    • H05B41/24Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by high frequency ac, or with separate oscillator frequency
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/14Circuit arrangements
    • H05B41/36Controlling
    • H05B41/38Controlling the intensity of light
    • H05B41/39Controlling the intensity of light continuously
    • H05B41/392Controlling the intensity of light continuously using semiconductor devices, e.g. thyristor
    • H05B41/3921Controlling the intensity of light continuously using semiconductor devices, e.g. thyristor with possibility of light intensity variations
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J65/00Lamps without any electrode inside the vessel; Lamps with at least one main electrode outside the vessel
    • H01J65/04Lamps in which a gas filling is excited to luminesce by an external electromagnetic field or by external corpuscular radiation, e.g. for indicating plasma display panels
    • H01J65/042Lamps in which a gas filling is excited to luminesce by an external electromagnetic field or by external corpuscular radiation, e.g. for indicating plasma display panels by an external electromagnetic field
    • H01J65/046Lamps in which a gas filling is excited to luminesce by an external electromagnetic field or by external corpuscular radiation, e.g. for indicating plasma display panels by an external electromagnetic field the field being produced by using capacitive means around the vessel
EP94308013A 1993-11-15 1994-10-31 Fluorescent tube assembly and method. Withdrawn EP0653903A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB9323511 1993-11-15
GB939323511A GB9323511D0 (en) 1993-11-15 1993-11-15 Fluorescent tube assembly

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EP0653903A2 EP0653903A2 (en) 1995-05-17
EP0653903A3 true EP0653903A3 (en) 1996-12-04

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GB9519283D0 (en) * 1995-09-21 1995-11-22 Smiths Industries Plc Gas discharge lamps and systems
GB2305540B (en) * 1995-09-21 1999-02-17 Smiths Industries Plc Gas discharge lamps and systems
FR2745460B1 (en) * 1996-02-28 1998-08-07 Vinel Paul Louis METHOD AND DEVICES FOR SUPPLYING HIGH FREQUENCY DISCHARGE LAMPS BY ADAPTED RESONANT COUPLING
GB9803587D0 (en) * 1998-02-23 1998-04-15 Smiths Industries Plc Gas discharge lamps and systems
WO2004068532A2 (en) * 2003-01-30 2004-08-12 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Fluorescent lamp with a second ballast for dimmed lighting mode

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FR2269835A1 (en) * 1974-05-02 1975-11-28 Philips Nv
US4101807A (en) * 1976-03-22 1978-07-18 Xerox Corporation Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of low pressure metal or metal halide lamps
EP0174415A1 (en) * 1984-06-29 1986-03-19 Bressan, Alessandro A parallel system for the lighting of neon lamps, fluorescent lamps, and similar
DE8706562U1 (en) * 1986-12-01 1987-12-23 Jäger, Gerd, 8561 Reichenschwand Fluorescent tube
DE8816269U1 (en) * 1988-11-02 1989-04-13 Döppe, Peter, 6000 Frankfurt Device for operating a fluorescent tube
US5030894A (en) * 1986-05-30 1991-07-09 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Rare gas discharge lamp device

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2269835A1 (en) * 1974-05-02 1975-11-28 Philips Nv
US4101807A (en) * 1976-03-22 1978-07-18 Xerox Corporation Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of low pressure metal or metal halide lamps
EP0174415A1 (en) * 1984-06-29 1986-03-19 Bressan, Alessandro A parallel system for the lighting of neon lamps, fluorescent lamps, and similar
US5030894A (en) * 1986-05-30 1991-07-09 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Rare gas discharge lamp device
DE8706562U1 (en) * 1986-12-01 1987-12-23 Jäger, Gerd, 8561 Reichenschwand Fluorescent tube
DE8816269U1 (en) * 1988-11-02 1989-04-13 Döppe, Peter, 6000 Frankfurt Device for operating a fluorescent tube

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