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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7180248 | Inductively coupled ballast circuit A ballast circuit is disclosed for inductively providing power to a load. The ballast circuit includes an oscillator, a driver, a switching circuit, a resonant tank circuit and a current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit provides a current feedback signal... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7038383 | Ignition aid for high intensity discharge lamp An arc tube for a high intensity discharge lamp comprising a translucent body defining a discharge space and including spaced-apart electrodes; an arc generating and sustaining medium within the discharge space; and a starting aid contained within the discharge spac... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6359387 | Gas-discharge lamp type recognition based on built-in lamp electrical properties A gas discharge lamp has an impedance element such as a capacitor connected to at least one electrode heater, to produce a heater impedance which falls within a range which is unique to lamps of that lamp type. An electronic ballast for operating such lam... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6222320 | Metal halide lamp with a starting aid In a metal halide lamp having a ceramic, tubular discharge vessel (1), there is fitted outside on the discharge vessel an electrically conducting starting aid (11) which provides an inhomogeneous electric field strength. It comprises a metal wire which ex... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6191540 | Devices for powering a motor vehicle headlight discharge lamp A power supply system for an automobile vehicle headlight discharge lamp, the system including a DC/DC converter with a capacitor at its output, a DC/AC converter powered by the voltage across said capacitor, and a module for generating a high-voltage bre... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5786903 | Multi-power control system for scanners The present invention discloses a multi-power control system for scanners. The method of the present invention has a mode of warm up time, which is controlled by a software that is embeded in a computer. Users can choose a mode of warm up time to control ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5642016 | Drive circuit for a solar lamp with automatic electrical control of the lamp operating conditions A solar lamp drive circuit is arranged to delay start-up while a current is supplied to the lamp filament to warm up the filament. During operation, the back e.m.f. induced in the lamp is sampled, and, if operating conditions deteriorate, the current to t... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5063332 | Feedback control system for a high-efficiency class-D power amplifier circuit A closed-loop control system for a Class-D power amplifier circuit, having a variable output resonant circuit impedance, maintains high-efficiency operation by using the phase angle between the resonant load voltage and current to control tuning of the re... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4996465 | Variable color lighting device A variable color lighting device employs two gases having different ionization potentials and sealed in a lamp tube. A cathode and anode are disposed inside the lamp tube opposed to each other and connected to a power supply source for varying applied vol... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4321506 | Discharge lamp and lighting equipment A discharge lamp comprises a high pressure arc tube for high pressure and a low pressure arc tube for low pressure which is electrically connected in parallel to said high pressure arc tube in an outer tube. A lighting equipment comprises a high pressure arc t... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4287454 | High pressure discharge lamps with fast restart A light source including two high intensity discharge devices, such as metal vapor discharge tubes, electrically coupled in parallel to provide fast restart and immediate illumination after a momentary power interruption. Upon application of power, one of... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4093893 | Short arc fluorescent lamp A short arc fluorescent lamp comprises an envelope having dimensions compatible with existing incandescent lamp luminaires. A radio frequency power supply, enclosed within the lamp base structure, reduces anode voltage drop to increase lamp efficacy. Cath... | 06/06/1978 |
