EP2382847A1 - Method and electronic operating device for operating a gas discharge lamp and projector - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method and an electronic operating device for operating a gas discharge lamp with a gas discharge lamp burner and a first and a second electrode, wherein the electrodes have a nominal electrode spacing in the gas discharge lamp burner, which is correlated with the lamp voltage prior to their first use.
- gas discharge lamps have increasingly been used instead of incandescent lamps because of their high efficiency.
- high-pressure discharge lamps are relatively difficult to handle with respect to their mode of operation than low-pressure discharge lamps, and the electronic operating devices for these lamps are therefore more expensive.
- Display systems such as DLP projectors (short for "digital light processing projector"), include a lighting device with a light source whose light is directed to a DMD chip (short for "digital mirror device chip”).
- the DMD chip comprises microscopically small pivoting mirrors which either direct the light onto the projection surface if the associated pixel is to be switched on or direct the light away from the projection surface, for example an absorber if the associated pixel is to be switched off.
- Each mirror thus acts as a light valve that controls the light flux of a pixel.
- These light valves are called DMD light valves in the present case.
- For color generation comprises a DLP Proj ector in the case of a lighting device that emits white light, such as a filter wheel, which is arranged between lighting device and DMD chip and filters of different colors, such as red, green and blue contains. With the aid of the filter wheel, light of the respectively desired color is transmitted sequentially from the white light of the illumination device.
- a lighting device that emits white light
- DMD chip which is arranged between lighting device and DMD chip and filters of different colors, such as red, green and blue contains.
- filters of different colors such as red, green and blue contains.
- the color temperature of such display systems is usually related to the color locus of the light of the lighting device. This usually changes with the operating parameters of the light sources of the lighting device, such as voltage, current and temperature. Furthermore, depending on the light sources used in the illumination device, the ratio between the current intensity and the light flux is not necessarily linear. This leads to a change in the current also to a change in the color location of the light of the light source and thus to a change in the color temperature of the display system.
- the color depth of the display system is limited by the minimum duty cycle of a pixel.
- increasing the color depth can be done using dithering, in which individual pixels are at a lower frequency than the regular frequency of 1/60
- the contrast ratio of the display system is defined by the ratio of maximum light flux with fully opened light valves to minimal light flux with fully closed light valves.
- the minimum light flux can be further reduced with completely closed light valves by means of a mechanical diaphragm.
- a mechanical shutter takes up space in the lighting device or display system, increases the weight of the lighting device or the display system, and also provides an additional potential source of noise.
- High intensity discharge lamps as used in such display systems can also be dimmed but thrown the dimmed Operation Problems related to the electrode temperature and the arc approach of the high pressure discharge lamp.
- the bow approach is fundamentally problematic when operating a gas discharge lamp with alternating current.
- the transition cathode-anode is inherently unproblematic, since the temperature of the electrode has no influence on their anodic operation.
- the ability of the electrode to supply a sufficiently high current depends on its temperature. If this is too low, the arc changes during the commutation, usually after the zero crossing, from a punctiform arc approach mode into a diffuse arc approach mode of operation. This change is accompanied by an often visible collapse of the light emission, which can be perceived as flickering.
- commutation is the process in which the polarity of the voltage of the gas discharge lamp changes, and in which therefore a strong current or voltage change occurs. In a substantially symmetrical operation of the lamp is at the middle of the commutation of the voltage or current zero crossing. It should be noted that the voltage commutation usually always runs faster than the current commutation.
- electrode end refers to the inner end of the lamp electrode which is in the discharge space of the gas discharge lamp burner.
- the electrode tip is a needle-shaped or hump-shaped elevation on the end of the electrode, the end of which serves as a starting point for the arc.
- a major problem of high-pressure discharge lamps is the change or deformation of the electrodes over the entire service life.
- the shape of the electrode changes away from the ideal shape towards a more and more fissured surface, especially at the inner end of the electrode.
- the discharge arc always forms from electrode tip to electrode tip. If there are several electrode tips of equal size on an electrode, it can lead to a bow jump and thus to a flickering of the lamp.
- Non-centered electrode tips degrade the optical image, since the optics of a projector or a lamp in which such a discharge lamp is used, designed for a specific position of the discharge arc and in particular on the initial state of the electrodes and the discharge arc is set. In certain cases, uneven growth of the electrode tips may occur, so that the arc is no longer centered, but axially displaced in the burner vessel. This also degrades the optical image of the entire system. In contrast, the fracture leads to an increase in the original electrode spacing and thus also influences the lamp voltage. Since this increases in proportion to the distance, a premature life shutdown can occur, as it usually responds when the lamp voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold. In summary, there is a reduction in the lamp life and the quality of the light emitted by the lamp.
- the present invention relates to the problem of keeping the electrodes as possible over the entire life of the gas discharge lamp in an optimal state in which the electrodes are at a distance from each other, which corresponds as possible to the original distance in a new lamp, and the To keep the surface of the electrode ends smooth with centrally grown tips, which form a defined starting point for the arc.
- the teaching of WO 2007/045599 A1 therefore does not solve the abovementioned problem.
- the solution of the object with respect to the method is carried out according to the invention with a method for operating a gas discharge lamp with a gas discharge lamp burner and a first and a second electrode, wherein the electrodes have a nominal electrode spacing in the gas discharge lamp burner, which is correlated with the lamp voltage before their first start comprising the steps of: a) checking that the lamp voltage of the gas discharge lamp is less than a lower lamp voltage threshold or greater than an upper lamp voltage threshold of the gas discharge lamp; and b) repeatedly applying a DC voltage phase at a predetermined time interval such that the length of the DC voltage phase is dependent on the lamp voltage.
- the length of the DC voltage phase is dependent on the lamp voltage, a good control accuracy can be achieved, and the shaping of the electrodes is particularly efficient.
- the length of the DC voltage phase is preferably between 2 ms and 500 ms, and the length between the DC voltage phases preferably between 180 s and 900 s.
- the durations can be specified within this range depending on the type of lamp in order to ensure a particularly efficient shaping of the electrodes.
- the length of the DC voltage phases is determined by the change or increase of the lamp voltage in these DC voltage phases. If the rise criterion should not be met then a maximum duration is the DC voltage phases predetermined, for example, as in the previous embodiment, in turn, may depend on the lamp voltage. By this measure, the accuracy of the electrode control is significantly increased, and thus reduces the likelihood of excessive energy input.
- An upper lamp voltage threshold is preferably between 60V and HOV
- a lower lamp voltage threshold is preferably between 45V and 85V, in particular between 55V and 75V.
- the lamp voltage thresholds can be specified within this range in order to be able to optimize the process for this type of lamp.
- the length of the DC voltage phase is preferably set by the fact that one half-wave of the applied alternating current consists of several half-waves, whereby a part of the commutations or all commutations between two half-waves is canceled again by a further commutation shortly thereafter.
- DC voltage phases can be generated whose length is a multiple of a partial half-wave.
- the energy input in each direction can be distributed uniformly, or the energy input can be done in favor of a current direction, so that one lamp electrode is heated more than the other. If the current flows only in one direction during a DC voltage phase, it can flow in the other direction in the subsequent DC phase. However, constellations are also conceivable in which the current flows in one direction in the first two DC voltage phases, and the current flows in the other direction during the subsequent two DC voltage phases. Again, a preferred energy input into an electrode is possible, so that during the first two DC voltage phases, for example, the current flows in one direction, during the third DC voltage phase, the current flows in the other direction, and during the fourth and fifth DC voltage phases, the current again in the first direction flows.
- the solution of the object with respect to the operating device is carried out according to the invention with an electronic operating device that executes a method according to one or more of the aforementioned features.
- the operating device is enabled to optimally maintain the gas discharge lamp.
- the solution of the problem with respect to the projector is carried out according to the invention with a projector with an electronic operating device wherein the projector is designed to project an image during the implementation of the method according to the invention, without the image is to be considered the implementation of the method.
- the method can be executed at any time without affecting the operation, and thus the lamp can be maintained at any time.
- FIG. 1 is a graph showing the relationship between the duration of a voltage applied to the gas discharge lamp DC voltage phase, the blocking time between two consecutive DC voltage phases and the maximum voltage change of the lamp voltage as a function of the lamp voltage for a first and second embodiment of the operating method.
- FIG. 2 is a graph illustrating a second embodiment of the method of operation
- FIG. 3 is an illustration of a pair of electrodes before and after optimization by the method in the second embodiment
- 6a is a graph in which the relationship between see the lamp voltage and the commutation frequency in a first embodiment of the third embodiment of the operating method is shown;
- Fig. 6b is a graph showing the relationship between the lamp voltage and the commutation frequency in a second embodiment of the third embodiment of the method of operation;
- Fig. 6c is a waveform of the lamp current for the second embodiment of the third embodiment of the method of operation;
- FIG. 7 shows a signal flow graph for the schematic representation of a fourth embodiment of an operating method
- FIG. 10 shows the state of the front part of the electrodes in the initial state (FIG. A)), after the overmelting (FIG. B)), and the growth of the electrode tips in the initial phase (FIG. C)) and in the state of completed regeneration (Fig. D));
- Fig. 11 shows the time course of the lamp current and the lamp voltage when driven with asymmetric current duty cycle during the overmolding phase.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic representation of an embodiment of a lighting device for carrying out the method
- FIG. 13 is a schematic sectional view of a first embodiment of a display system
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a light curve used in the first embodiment of the display system.
- 15A-C are schematic diagrams of three exemplary light curves for operating a lighting device according to the operating method of the fifth embodiment
- FIG. 16 shows a schematic diagram of an exemplary current intensity illuminance characteristic of a light source for operating a lighting device according to the invention.
- FIG. 17 shows a schematic circuit diagram of an exemplary circuit arrangement for carrying out the method according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a graph to illustrate the relationship between the duration of a DC voltage phase (curve VT) applied to the gas discharge lamp, a distance between two DC voltage phases (curve OT), a voltage change in the DC voltage phase (curve VP) and the lamp voltage for a first embodiment of the operating method according to the invention.
- the curve VT thus represents the length of the DC voltage phase as a function of the lamp voltage.
- the curve OT represents the distance, also referred to below as the blocking time, between two DC voltage phases, ie the time until a DC voltage phase is again applied to the gas discharge lamp. Since, upon application of a DC voltage phase, the electrode melts more or less and the electrode spacing and thus also the lamp voltage increases, this is greater after the DC voltage phase than before the DC voltage phases.
- the curve VT now shows the change in the lamp voltage during the DC voltage phase as a function of the lamp voltage.
- the change may be quite large, in the present case up to 5V, since an increase in the electrode spacing is strongly desired.
- the maximum change in lamp voltage should only be IV.
- the inventive method ensures a defined distance of the electrode tips and a smooth as possible, little rugged form of the electrode ends over the entire life of the gas discharge lamp. This is achieved by DC voltage phases, which melt the electrode ends as needed and also promote electrode growth.
- DC voltage phases consist of the omission of a few commutations. These omissions are placed so that the electrodes are always are only mutually loaded, that is once affects the one electrode during a DC voltage phase as an anode, then acts after a break with normal lamp operation, the other electrode during a DC voltage phase as an anode. The frequency itself is not changed. In a positive DC voltage phase always only a first electrode of the gas discharge lamp is heated, in a negative DC voltage phase, only a second electrode of the gas discharge lamp is always heated.
- the DC voltage phases are thus generated by the omission of commutations or by insertion of pseudo commutations. In the second variant, they are thus no DC voltage phases in the strict sense, since in between the voltage and thus the current direction per pseudo-commutation is reversed twice, and quite a few pseudo commutations per 'DC phase' can occur.
- Short DC voltage phases merely cause the electrode tips to melt over, so that the shape of the electrode tips can be influenced. This is used to keep the electrode tips as optimally as possible over the entire burning time, and to generate a defined centering tip.
- a so-called maintenance pulse can accelerate the peak growth of the electrode tip, and is preferably applied after a long DC phase to re-grow on the oval or round end of the electrode an electrode tip that produces a good arc attachment point.
- the term maintenance pulse refers to a short current pulse which is applied to the gas discharge lamp shortly before or shortly after the commutation in order to heat the electrode.
- the length of the maintenance pulse is between 50 ⁇ s and 1500 ⁇ s long, whereby the current level of the mainte- nance pulse is greater than in steady state operation. This achieves an overmelting of the outer end of the electrode tip whose thermal inertia has a time constant of approximately 100 ⁇ s.
- the lamp is always applied at regular intervals with a DC voltage phase whose length depends on the lamp voltage.
- the distances between two DC voltage phases are dependent on the lamp voltage.
- the method now uses the characteristic curve VT according to FIG. 1 for the calculation of the length of the DC voltage phases which are applied to the gas discharge lamp.
- the length of the DC voltage phases is in the preferred embodiment at 65V 40ms, with the DC voltage phases getting longer as the voltage drops, to reach 200ms at 60V.
- the length of the DC voltage phases can vary between 5 ms and 500 ms depending on the lamp type.
- the DC voltage phases are applied to the gas discharge lamp at regular intervals. The distances depend on the lamp voltage, but not shorter than 180s.
- the duration between two DC voltage phases (blocking time OT) as shown in Figure 1 (curve OT) 200s at 60V lamp voltage, where it rises to 600s at 65V lamp voltage, and then drop back to 300s at HOV lamp voltage.
- the duration between two DC voltage phases increases from 180s at 60V to 300s at 65V, then drops again to 180s at HOV lamp voltage.
- the time span between two DC voltage phases can vary between 180s and 900s, depending on the lamp type. In summary, it can thus be said that at lower voltage, the DC voltage phases are more often applied to the gas discharge lamp and are also longer and thus more energy-rich.
- the frequency of the DC voltage phases also increases again to reach 200 ms again at HOV.
- a maintenance pulse is always used between the DC voltage phases in order to promote the central growth of electrode tips on the electrode end.
- the frequency of the DC voltage phases is minimal in this area.
- the length of the DC voltage phases in the preferred embodiment is about 40 ms.
- the length of the DC voltage phases can be between 0 ms and 200 ms depending on the lamp type. For some lamp types, the DC voltage phases in this area can be completely dispensed with.
- the duration of the DC voltage phases in the preferred embodiment varies from 40ms at 75V up to 200ms at HOV lamp voltage of the gas discharge lamp burner. Depending on the lamp type, the duration of the DC voltage phases can vary from 2 ms to 500 ms.
- the time span between two DC voltage phases in the present embodiment is 180 s at 60 V lamp voltage, then rises to 600 s at 65 V lamp voltage, and drops on 300s at HOV lamp voltage.
- the time span between two DC voltage phases can vary between 180s and 900s, depending on the lamp type. In summary, it can be said that the duration of the DC voltage phases increases with increasing lamp voltage, the DC voltage phases being applied more frequently to the gas discharge lamp with increasing lamp voltage and with very low lamp voltage.
- the length of the DC voltage phases is not controlled by a characteristic, but the length of the DC voltage phases is controlled by the lamp voltage in the DC voltage phase itself.
- the above-described curve VP describes the maximum voltage change of the lamp voltage in the DC voltage phase as a function of the lamp voltage. The voltage change is measured during the DC voltage phase.
- the circuit implementing the method has a measuring device which can measure the lamp voltage before the DC voltage phase and above all the change of the lamp voltage during a DC voltage phase. The change in the lamp voltage during the DC voltage phase is evaluated in response to an abort criterion, and the DC voltage phase ends when the abort criterion is reached.
- Fig. 2 is a graph illustrating the method of the second embodiment.
- the gas discharge lamp is operated in normal operation without application of DC voltage. But leaves the lamp this voltage range, DC voltage phases are applied to the lamp.
- the length of the DC voltage phases depends on the lamp voltage and above all on the change in the lamp voltage which is applied during the DC voltage phases.
- the DC voltage phases are maintained until the lamp voltage has risen by a previously calculated or a predetermined value ⁇ Ui, ⁇ U2.
- the voltage increase of the lamp voltage in the DC voltage phase is between 0.5V and 8V depending on the gas discharge lamp. In a preferred embodiment, the desired voltage rise is between 5V at 60V and IV at 65V.
- the DC voltage phase is terminated so as not to damage the electrodes.
- the process is carried out anew, ie the lamp voltage is measured and a further DC voltage phase is applied if the lamp voltage is outside the optimum range of 65-75V. These steps are repeated periodically until the lamp voltage returns to its optimum range.
- Phases split to different states of the phases to treat both lamp electrodes are split to different states of the phases.
- the length of the DC phase is determined for the previously calculated voltage rise for the first electrode and applied to the second electrode in a subsequent inverse DC phase.
- the length of the DC voltage phases for each electrode is calculated from the voltage increase during the DC voltage phases.
- the magnitude of the voltage increase is the same for both DC voltage phases.
- an individual electrode forming takes place for centering the arc in the burner axis.
- the following method steps are carried out:
- the duration or voltage rise of the DC voltage phase for the desired displacement of the electrode center of gravity is calculated proportional to the individual length of the electrode tip:
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- the third embodiment of the second embodiment of the method yields new advantages which the prior art methods can not afford.
- the possibility of asymmetrically introducing energy into the respective electrodes affords the possibility of centering the electrode system center of gravity and of holding it in its centered position over its service life.
- the centered position of the center of gravity of the electrode within the burner vessel results in a more stable and effective light output by the optical system, which was calculated for a defined electrode position.
- the discharge arc remains in focus throughout the life of the lamp.
- the fact that the arc starting points are always centered on the electrode results in an average maximum distance of the discharge arc from the burner vessel wall over the entire service life, which effectively reduces devitrification of the burner vessel.
- the optical system can optimize and thus maximize its overall efficiency through a control loop that includes the electrode forming mechanisms.
- the first embodiment and the second embodiment use mixed to obtain the electrodes and the electrode tips in an optimum state.
- An advantage This mixture could include that at lamp voltages below the lower lamp voltage threshold, a method of the second embodiment is used in which the length of the DC phase is determined by the lamp voltage change during this DC phase, and that at lamp voltages above the upper lamp threshold, a method of the first embodiment is used, in which the length of the DC phase is calculated or given by a characteristic.
- FIG. 3 shows an illustration of a pair of electrodes before and after the optimization of the method in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 3a shows a pair of electrodes 52, 54 with the electrode ends 521, 541 and the electrode tips 523, 543 prior to the application of the method in the second embodiment.
- the center 57 of the electrodes is not at the optimum center 58 of the torch vessel because the electrode tip 543 has grown much further than the electrode tip 523. Therefore, the method in its second embodiment is used to compensate for asymmetric electrode geometry.
- the electrodes 52, 54 look as shown in Fig. 3b: both electrode tips 523, 543 are again the same length, the center 57 between the electrode tips is again in the burner center 58.
- the discharge arc burns optimally in the center of the Burner vessel, and the optical efficiency of the overall system is maximized.
- Fig. 4 shows the course of the lamp voltage U D c and the lamp current I D c during a DC voltage phase with different temporal resolution.
- the two curves are shown in a low temporal resolution of 4ms / DIV. It is especially good to see on the stream that the positive as well as the negative DC phase is composed of 3 normal half-waves. This can be seen well on the 2 needle-shaped current pulses 61, 62, which divides the DC voltage phase into 3 areas. The pulses can also be seen in the lamp voltage.
- the lower graph shows one of these pulses in a larger temporal resolution of 8 ⁇ s.
- the double commutation is best seen on the lamp voltage U DC , the voltage U DC jumps to its upper value with a positive edge and returns to its lower value with a negative edge about 2 ⁇ s later, where it continues until the next Commutation point remains.
- the lamp current I DC wants to swing after the first commutation, but is too slow, so that only a small current collapse is recorded during the 2us. This is because the current commutation, as already mentioned, proceeds more slowly than the voltage commutation.
- FIG. 5 shows a profile of the lamp current, in which the gas discharge lamp is operated with the above-mentioned maintance pulses MP.
- the DC voltage phase DCP is composed of two half-waves HW, since two maintenance pulses MP occur in the DC voltage phase.
- the DC voltage phases are thus composed of half-waves of the normal operating frequency, so that the highest operating frequency is always an integer or fractionally multiple of the frequency of the DC phases.
- a continuous adjustment of the operating frequency takes place as a function of the lamp voltage.
- the method can be operated in various forms.
- the operating frequency is changed in discrete steps, depending on the lamp voltage. The higher the lamp voltage, the higher the frequency becomes. Since commutation can take place only at certain times due to various boundary conditions in the overall system, the operating frequency can only assume a limited number of frequency values. If the gas discharge lamp is e.g. operated in a video projector with a color wheel, the operating frequency of the gas discharge lamp can only be commutated when the color wheel is in a position in which is currently changing from one color segment to the next. Due to the uniform number of revolutions of the color wheel, which in turn depends on the frame rate of the video image, in principle, the frequency of commutation over a revolution of the color wheel is fixed.
- a fixed operating frequency should always be run at a certain lamp voltage.
- a lamp current with an operating frequency of 100Hz applied to the gas discharge lamp is quite rough.
- the highest operating frequency is the frequency at which commutation is also carried out for all possible commutation times. This frequency is the highest frequency that can be represented in the system.
- the possible commutation times which are predetermined by the abovementioned boundary conditions, for example, of a color wheel, are also referred to as commutation points, as already mentioned above.
- the operating frequency of the gas discharge lamp is adjusted continuously on the basis of a characteristic curve.
- the characteristic curve of a preferred embodiment is shown in FIG. 6b.
- the operating frequency Up to a certain lamp voltage of here 50V, the operating frequency always remains equal to about 100Hz. From a lamp voltage above 50V, the operating frequency increases continuously up to a lamp voltage of 150V. Due to the above, not every operating frequency can be approached directly. Therefore, a method is used in which the inverter operates the gas discharge lamp at a series of discrete frequencies, all of which represent an integer or fractionally rational fraction of the highest operating frequency.
- commutation is not actually commutated at each commutation point, but instead two or more sub-half-waves are combined to form a resulting half-wave HW, so that the periods dendauer the resulting half-wave is an integer or fractional rational factor of the original half-wave, as shown in Fig. 5.
- the commutation pattern consists of a series connection of half-waves of different discrete frequencies.
- a controller carrying out the method now mixes these discrete frequencies in their frequency so that the time average of the frequencies corresponds to the desired operating frequency of the gas discharge lamp to be set.
- 6c shows an exemplary waveform with commutation points 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, in which, if necessary, a commutation can take place. If a commutation occurs at each of these points, the highest operating frequency is generated, and one half-wave is exactly one half-wave in each case. Also in this embodiment, there are again the possibilities to omit commutations really, or instead omit the commutation to execute two fast commutations in a row.
- the method is also suitable if the possible commutation points per se are not always equally spaced.
- the different color sectors of the color wheel are also different in width, so that the time intervals of the possible commutation sites are different. This is not a problem in the present method since the higher-level control unit can take this into account and from the multiplicity of frequencies having the different half-waves by the above-mentioned temporal frequency distribution the time average of the resulting frequency exactly to the predetermined operating frequency of the gas discharge lamp can adapt.
- Fig. 7 shows a signal flow graph for schematically illustrating a fourth embodiment of the method. This starts in step 100 with the start, ie ignition of the lamp. Subsequently, it is checked in step 120 whether at least one parameter lies in a value range that is correlated with the fact that the first and / or the second electrode is rugged. The lamp voltage or the operating time since the first startup or since the last execution of the method or the distance is preferred as this parameter the electrodes into consideration. If the question is answered in the negative, the gas discharge lamp is operated in step 150 in normal lamp operation. If the question is answered yes, the lamp is initially also operated in step 125 in normal lamp operation. During this time, however, it is regularly checked whether a start criterion for overmelting is fulfilled.
- the starting criterion can be, for example, the achievement of a specific lamp voltage U B ss o ii. During this time, no overmelting step is performed during normal lamp operation. As soon as the start criterion has been met, the overmelting of the electrodes is initiated in step 135. Preferably, at equidistant time intervals, it is checked in step 140 whether an abort criterion for the end of the overmelt phase has been met. This may be preferred when the lamp voltage has risen above a setpoint UBA SO II. If this is answered in the negative, step 135 is continued and the query is then made again in step 140.
- steps 135, 140 is performed until the question is answered in the affirmative at step 140, after which the method proceeds to step 150 where, during normal steady-state lamp operation, new electrode tips are grown on the front part of the electrodes.
- step 150 a branch is made at regular intervals to step 120 in order to ensure a continuous control loop, which always keeps the electrodes of the gas discharge lamp in the best possible condition.
- FIG. 8 shows a schematic representation of the time-dependent course of the lamp voltage U B of a discharge lamp after it has been switched on.
- the Lamp operated within the first 45 s with a power P, which is smaller than the nominal power P nom .
- This phase is referred to as start-up phase, while the current supplied to the lamp is limited in order not to overload the gas discharge lamp or the electronic control gear.
- the lamp voltage U B has not risen to its continuous operating value in the region after 45 s, the lamp is already operated there at the nominal power P nom , ie there is no current limitation active there.
- This phase is referred to as a power control phase during which the lamp is operated at substantially its nominal power.
- the normal lamp operation is thus composed of a start-up phase, which starts with the start of the lamp, and a power control phase, which adjoins the start-up phase and after a certain time in the stationary state, while the gas discharge lamp substantially with their nominal parameters is operated.
- the startup phase after switching on until 45 s is particularly suitable for carrying out the method since the burner temperature there is still low and the user is not yet operating the lamp for the intended purpose.
- FIG. 9 shows a schematic representation of the time-dependent course of the ratio of the power P to the nominal power P nO m in percent and the lamp voltage U B during the execution of a preferred exemplary embodiment of the method.
- the discharge lamp is operated at the nominal power P nom .
- the power P is lowered to 30% of nominal power. This leads to cooling of the discharge lamp, from which the advantages already mentioned in connection with FIG. 2 result.
- the discharge lamp is operated with a lamp current I which amounts to between 150 and 200% of the nominal lamp current I no m for overmolding the electrodes.
- the lamp is operated at a power which is approximately 75% of the nominal power Pn o m. Thereafter, ie, from time t 4 , the power is increased in 5% increments, each lasting about 20 minutes, until the nominal power reaches P nom or even beyond, resulting in the growth of new electrode tips. As can be seen from the course of the lamp voltage U B , this decreases from a constant value, which has been set during operation of the discharge lamp with the power Pn o m, during operation at a lower power and then gradually increases again.
- FIG. 10a) to d) show the state of the front parts of the electrodes at different stages of performing the method.
- Fig. 4a) shows the state before carrying out the method.
- the front parts of the electrodes are clearly fissured, the electrode tips are arranged off-center, the distance between the electrodes is d a .
- the state shortly after the overmolding of the front parts of the electrodes is shown in Fig. 10b).
- Clearly visible is the hemispherical shape of the front parts of the electrodes, which results from over-melting due to the surface tension. Instead of the fractures now shows a smooth electrode surface. The distance has grown to d b .
- FIG. 11 shows the time profile of the lamp current, above, and the lamp voltage U B , below, when driven with asymmetrical current duty cycle during the overmelting phase. It is easy to see that individual Commutations are done in duplicate immediately after each other. Two commutations carried out directly after one another are known by the term "dummy commutations.” As a result, an intended imbalance or a DC component in the lamp current is generated, as can also be seen, the lamp voltage U B increases as desired. Alternatively, individual commutations can be left out.
- the fifth embodiment relates to an operation method that can be carried out by an operating device to improve image quality in an illumination device in addition to electrode formation.
- the illumination device 10 according to the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 12 comprises a light source 1, in the present case a gas discharge lamp, which emits light with a color location in the white region of the CIE standard color plate.
- a gas discharge lamp which emits light with a color location in the white region of the CIE standard color plate.
- the gas discharge lamp 1 is a point light source with a very small arc distance, which has a high energy density of 100 W / mm 3 to 500 W / mm ⁇ .
- the illumination device 10 according to FIG. 12 comprises an operating device 2, such as a function generator, which can provide electrical signals with a power of 100 W to 500 W and carries out the method according to the invention.
- the operating device 2 controls the light source 1 by the method according to the invention with an electric current signal, which follows a light curve 3.
- Light curves 3 will be explained later in connection with FIGS. 13 and 15A to 15C.
- the light curve 3 in the embodiment according to FIG. 15A comprises a periodic sequence of three segments S R , S G , S B.
- the first segment S B is associated with the color blue, the second segment S R with the color red and the third segment S G with the color green.
- This light curve 3 can be stored, for example, as an alternative to the light curve 3 according to FIG. 14 in the operating device 2 of the lighting devices 10, 11 used in the display systems according to FIG.
- the different segments of the light curve are assigned to different partial half-waves, from which there is the alternating current to be applied to the gas discharge lamp, so that the lamp current follows the stored light curve. Since the light output of the gas discharge lamp correlates with the lamp current, the light output of the gas discharge lamp follows the stored light curve.
- the first segment S B of the light curve of FIG. 15A is assigned the color blue and has a duration t B of approximately 1300 ⁇ s. During this time interval t B , the luminous flux of the illumination device 10, 11 is approximately 108
- the first segment S B is followed by a second segment S R , which is associated with the color red and has a duration of t R.
- a first time interval t R i of the time interval t R the light flux of the illumination device 10, 11 is approximately 150% in the short term, while the light flux in a second time interval t R 2, which directly adjoins the first time interval t R i and with this forms the time interval t R , about 105%.
- the time interval t R i is significantly shorter than the time interval t R 2.
- vall t R i is approximately 100 ⁇ s
- the time interval t R 2 in the present case is approximately 1200 ⁇ s.
- the second segment S R is followed by a third segment S G , which is associated with the color green and has a duration t G of likewise approximately 1300 ⁇ s.
- the time interval t G is divided as the time interval t R in two time intervals t G i and t G 2, wherein the first time interval t G i is significantly longer than the second time interval t G 2.
- the first time interval t G i is present about 1200 ⁇ s, while the second time interval t G 2 of the green segment has a duration of about 100 microseconds.
- the light curve 3 has a constant value of approximately 85%, which is temporarily lowered for the time interval t G 2 to a value of approximately 45%.
- FIG. 15B shows two light curves 3.
- the diagrams represent the illuminance and the color as a function of time. They each contain a full period of the light curve shape, as a rule with a duration between 16 and 20 ms.
- the light curve of the embodiment according to FIG. 15C is designed on a filter wheel 6 with six different filters with the colors yellow, green, magenta, red, cyan and blue. Accordingly, the light curve 3 is composed of a periodic sequence of six different segments S ⁇ , S G , S M , S R , S 0 , S B , which are assigned to the respective color.
- the segments S ⁇ , S G , S M , S R , Sc, S B are denoted below by the color to which they are assigned.
- Each segment S ⁇ , S G , S M , S R , S 0 , S B of the light curve 3 in this case has a constant value of the light flux during most of the duration of the respective segment.
- the individual segments S ⁇ , S G , S M , S R , S 0 , S B are again assigned time intervals t ⁇ , t G , t M , t R , t c , t B , which are divided into two or three three time intervals t Y i, t Y 2 t, G i, t G 2, TMI tM2 / TM3 / t R i, t R 2 t c i, t C2, t C 3, t B i, t B 2 split, each one of the time intervals is significantly longer than the others.
- the values of the light flux in the long time intervals of the individual segments can be taken from the table in FIG. 15D in the "segment light level" row.
- the yellow and green segments S ⁇ , S G have a constant light flux of 80% during the long time interval.
- the magenta and red segments S M , S R have a luminous flux of 120% during the long time interval while the cyan segment S 0 has a luminous flux of 80% during the long time interval and the blue segment S B has a luminous flux of 120% during the long time interval.
- At the end of each segment is a short period of time during which the light level is lowered more than the long time interval.
- the luminous flux is at 40%, at the magenta and at the red segment S M , S R to a value of 60%, lowered to a value of 40% in the case of cyan segment S c and to a value of 60% in the case of blue segment S B. Furthermore, at the end of magenta segment S M and at the end of the cyan segment S 0 a communication instead, which is symbolized by arrows and is each associated with a relative to the long time interval raised light flux.
- segment sizes of the different colors are not identical, as can be seen from the table in FIG. 15D in the row "segment size", but are at the yellow and the green segment S ⁇ , S G a value of 60 °, at the magenta segment S M has a value of 40 °, the value of the red segment S R is 70 °, the cyan segment S 0 has a value of 62 ° and the blue segment S B is a value of 68 ° tuned to the light curve 3.
- S R , S G , S B associated with the colors red, green and blue is usually a filter wheel 6 with two red, two blue and two green filters application.
- the filters are preferably arranged in the order of red, green, blue, red, green, blue.
- the sizes of the individual color filter segments can be the same (60 ° for all six filters) or different, matched to the light curve used 3.
- the filter wheel can alternatively consist of only one red, one blue and one green filter.
- the light curve 3 according to FIG. 15E comprises a periodic sequence of a segment S B associated with the color blue, a segment S R associated with the color red and a segment S G which is associated with the color green.
- Each segment S R , S G , S B has a duration of approximately 1500 ⁇ s.
- the time interval t B , the time interval t R and the time interval t G which are assigned to the respective segment S R , S G , S B , therefore have the same length.
- the light curve 3 in each case has a constant value.
- the light curve 3 has a value of about 95%, during the time interval t R a value of about 100% and during the time interval t G a value of about 110%.
- the light flux of the illumination device is adapted such that a display system with this illumination device has a desired color temperature.
- the light curve 3 according to FIG. 15F shows by way of example short time intervals t B 2, t B 3, t R 2, t G i, t G 2, t G 3 at the end of each segment S R , S G , S B , similar to those already described above in connection with FIG. 15A.
- the light curve 3 is in turn composed of a periodic sequence of a segment S B , which is associated with the color blue, a segment S R , which is associated with the color red and a segment S G , which is associated with the color green together.
- the time interval t B , t R , t G of each segment is subdivided into three time intervals of a long time interval ti B , t iR , ti G at the beginning of each segment S R , S G , S B and two short time intervals t B 2 , t B 3, t R 2, t G i, t G 2, t G 3 respectively to the end of each segment S R , S G , S B.
- the light flux of the light curve 3 and thus the alternating current through the gas discharge lamp is lowered stepwise.
- the segment S B associated with the color blue is described here.
- the light curve 3 is a value of about 110%.
- the light curve 3 is a value of about 55%, while the value of the light curve 3 in the subsequent to the time interval t B 2 time interval t B 3 to approx 30% is lowered.
- the time interval t B i has a duration of approximately 1300 ⁇ s, while the time intervals t B 2 and T B 3 each have a duration of approximately 10 ⁇ s.
- the remaining segments S R , S G of the light curve are constructed identically, as the segment S B , which is associated with the color blue.
- the lowering of the light curve 3 during the short time intervals t B 2, t B 3, t R 2, t Gi , t G 2, t G 3 serves to improve the color depth of the display system in which the illumination device is used.
- "] Shows the light curve 3 in the figure 15G, the two reference to the Figures 15E and 15F light waveforms already explained together in a light curve 3, as can also be applied in a lighting device.
- the amperage-illuminance characteristic of the embodiment of FIG. 16 is approximately linear. It indicates a current in percent on the y-axis and a light level in percent on the y-axis.
- the amperage-illuminance characteristic curve which can likewise be stored in the operating device 2 of the lighting device 10, 11, it is possible that with changed lamp operating parameters, such as the current intensity, the brightness of the light source 1, IR, IG, IB of the illumination device 10, 11 is kept at the illumination level predetermined by the light curve 3. Due to the correlation over the characteristic curve, the specification in the light curve can be converted directly into an alternating current for the gas discharge lamp. The different plateuas of the light curve are thereby converted into respective partial half-waves, the commutation points being selected by the operating device 2 on the basis of synchronization specifications of video electronics in the lighting device 10. [78] The circuit shown in FIG.
- FIG. 17 represents an example of a circuit arrangement 21 for carrying out the method according to the invention, which forms part of the operating device 2.
- This circuit 21 is divided into the following blocks: power supply SV, full bridge VB, ignition Z, and control part C.
- the blocks SV, VB, C and Z can be constructed identically as corresponding blocks in conventional circuit arrangements.
- the power supply regulates the power of the gas discharge lamp, whereby the lamp voltage adjusts itself via this.
- the lamp power with the corresponding lamp voltage is applied to the full bridge, which generates a rectangular lamp power, which is applied to the gas discharge lamp.
- the Gl is started by means of a Resosnanzzündung through the two lamp inductors L2 and L3 and the capacitor C2, which thus simultaneously form the ignition Z.
- the embodiment in Fig. 17 is merely exemplary.
- the control part C which controls the full bridge and the power supply, can be constructed as an analog control, but the control part C is preferably a digital controller, which particularly preferably has a
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