CA1024584A - High intensity, gas discharge lamp dimmer - Google Patents

High intensity, gas discharge lamp dimmer

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Publication number
CA1024584A
CA1024584A CA163,977A CA163977A CA1024584A CA 1024584 A CA1024584 A CA 1024584A CA 163977 A CA163977 A CA 163977A CA 1024584 A CA1024584 A CA 1024584A
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Prior art keywords
discharge lamp
gas discharge
high intensity
lamp dimmer
dimmer
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Expired
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CA163,977A
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English (en)
French (fr)
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CA163977S (en
Inventor
Carl R. Snyder
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Esquire Inc
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Esquire Inc
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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
    • H05B41/36—Controlling
    • H05B41/38—Controlling the intensity of light
    • H05B41/39—Controlling the intensity of light continuously
    • H05B41/392—Controlling the intensity of light continuously using semiconductor devices, e.g. thyristor
    • H05B41/3921—Controlling the intensity of light continuously using semiconductor devices, e.g. thyristor with possibility of light intensity variations
    • H05B41/3924—Controlling the intensity of light continuously using semiconductor devices, e.g. thyristor with possibility of light intensity variations by phase control, e.g. using a triac
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05F—SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G05F1/00—Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and fed back to a device within the system to restore the detected quantity to its predetermined value or values, i.e. retroactive systems
    • G05F1/10—Regulating voltage or current
    • G05F1/12—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is ac
    • G05F1/40—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is ac using discharge tubes or semiconductor devices as final control devices
    • G05F1/44—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is ac using discharge tubes or semiconductor devices as final control devices semiconductor devices only
    • G05F1/445—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is ac using discharge tubes or semiconductor devices as final control devices semiconductor devices only being transistors in series with the load

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Discharge-Lamp Control Circuits And Pulse- Feed Circuits (AREA)
  • Circuit Arrangements For Discharge Lamps (AREA)
CA163,977A 1972-03-28 1973-02-19 High intensity, gas discharge lamp dimmer Expired CA1024584A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US23880072A 1972-03-28 1972-03-28

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CA1024584A true CA1024584A (en) 1978-01-17

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JP (1) JPS499072A (es)
AU (1) AU472569B2 (es)
BE (1) BE797336A (es)
CA (1) CA1024584A (es)
DE (1) DE2315497B2 (es)
ES (1) ES413052A1 (es)
GB (1) GB1393853A (es)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CA1112295A (en) * 1978-03-31 1981-11-10 Nabil K. Takla Programmable lighting control system
JPS597757Y2 (ja) * 1978-09-13 1984-03-09 池田電機株式会社 調光装置
JPS5542265U (es) * 1978-09-13 1980-03-18
US4464610A (en) * 1981-07-27 1984-08-07 Cornell-Dubilier Corp. Modular lighting control with circulating inductor
JPS59177199U (ja) * 1983-12-29 1984-11-27 松下電工株式会社 調光装置
DE102010001917A1 (de) * 2010-02-15 2011-08-18 Osram Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, 81543 Schaltungsanordnung zum Betreiben mindestens eines Leuchtmittels

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AU472569B2 (en) 1976-05-27
AU5262373A (en) 1974-08-29
GB1393853A (en) 1975-05-14
BE797336A (fr) 1973-07-16
JPS499072A (es) 1974-01-26
DE2315497B2 (de) 1977-04-14
ES413052A1 (es) 1976-05-01
DE2315497A1 (de) 1973-10-04

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