GB2074801B - Apparatus for operating a discharge lamp - Google Patents

Apparatus for operating a discharge lamp

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Publication number
GB2074801B
GB2074801B GB8108683A GB8108683A GB2074801B GB 2074801 B GB2074801 B GB 2074801B GB 8108683 A GB8108683 A GB 8108683A GB 8108683 A GB8108683 A GB 8108683A GB 2074801 B GB2074801 B GB 2074801B
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Prior art keywords
operating
discharge lamp
lamp
discharge
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GB8108683A
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Toshiba Electric Equipment Corp
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Toshiba Electric Equipment Corp
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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
    • H05B41/288—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 without preheating electrodes, e.g. for high-intensity discharge lamps, high-pressure mercury or sodium lamps or low-pressure sodium lamps
    • H05B41/292—Arrangements for protecting lamps or circuits against abnormal operating conditions
    • H05B41/2928—Arrangements for protecting lamps or circuits against abnormal operating conditions for protecting the lamp against abnormal operating conditions
GB8108683A 1980-03-24 1981-03-19 Apparatus for operating a discharge lamp Expired GB2074801B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP3623380A JPS56134494A (en) 1980-03-24 1980-03-24 Device for firing discharge lamp

Publications (2)

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GB2074801A GB2074801A (en) 1981-11-04
GB2074801B true GB2074801B (en) 1984-04-26

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GB8108683A Expired GB2074801B (en) 1980-03-24 1981-03-19 Apparatus for operating a discharge lamp

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JP (1) JPS56134494A (en)
AU (1) AU6845481A (en)
DE (1) DE3111561C2 (en)
FR (1) FR2478932A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2074801B (en)

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DE3122183C2 (en) * 1981-06-04 1983-09-22 Philips Patentverwaltung Gmbh, 2000 Hamburg Method for operating a high-pressure metal vapor discharge lamp and circuit arrangement for carrying out this method
EP0078864A1 (en) * 1981-11-11 1983-05-18 Toshiba Electric Equipment Corporation Transistor inverter device
NL8205026A (en) * 1982-12-29 1984-07-16 Philips Nv APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH A METAL VAPOR DISCHARGE PIPE EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST TWO INTERNAL ELECTRODES.
JPS60127696A (en) * 1983-12-12 1985-07-08 松下電工株式会社 Device for firing discharge lamp
GB2172451B (en) * 1985-02-07 1989-06-14 El Co Villamos Keszulekek Es S Circuit system for igniting and lighting a high-pressure discharge lamp particulary a sodium vapour lamp
DE3641070A1 (en) * 1986-12-02 1988-06-16 Philips Patentverwaltung CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR OPERATING HIGH PRESSURE GAS DISCHARGE LAMPS BY MEANS OF AN IMPULSE SUPPLY CURRENT
JPH01115097A (en) * 1987-10-29 1989-05-08 Eye Lighting Syst Corp Electric discharge lamp lighting device
US5189343A (en) * 1991-08-27 1993-02-23 Everbrite, Inc. High frequency luminous tube power supply having neon-bubble and mercury-migration suppression
CN1126146C (en) * 1996-05-09 2003-10-29 皇家菲利浦电子有限公司 High-pressure discharge lamp
IT1303345B1 (en) * 1998-08-07 2000-11-06 Sunflower Di Dalla Zanna Gianl SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PRESSURE LAMPS AND NEON TUBES.
GB2360150B (en) * 2000-03-10 2002-02-20 Microlights Ltd Improvements in and relating to high intensity discharge lighting
JP5309819B2 (en) * 2008-09-11 2013-10-09 ウシオ電機株式会社 Lighting device

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GB1233841A (en) * 1969-04-24 1971-06-03
GB1529824A (en) * 1975-10-24 1978-10-25 Gen Electric Ballast circuit for gaseous discharge lamps
FR2351450A1 (en) * 1976-05-12 1977-12-09 Sachs Systemtechnik Gmbh Circuit for production of open alternating magnetic field - has two switching transistors each connected in series to parallel resonant circuits
US4170746A (en) * 1977-12-27 1979-10-09 General Electric Company High frequency operation of miniature metal vapor discharge lamps

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GB2074801A (en) 1981-11-04
FR2478932A1 (en) 1981-09-25
AU6845481A (en) 1981-10-01
DE3111561A1 (en) 1982-04-29
DE3111561C2 (en) 1983-12-08
JPS56134494A (en) 1981-10-21
JPS6342400B2 (en) 1988-08-23

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