CA1112293A - Electronic device for controlling the brightness of an electric gas-discharge lamp without an incandescent cathode - Google Patents

Electronic device for controlling the brightness of an electric gas-discharge lamp without an incandescent cathode

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Publication number
CA1112293A
CA1112293A CA321,193A CA321193A CA1112293A CA 1112293 A CA1112293 A CA 1112293A CA 321193 A CA321193 A CA 321193A CA 1112293 A CA1112293 A CA 1112293A
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Prior art keywords
voltage
lamp
current
intensity
regulating
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CA321,193A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Hanspeter Coufal
Walter Banziger
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ELSTROM ELECTRONIC AG
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ELSTROM ELECTRONIC AG
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Priority claimed from CH148878A external-priority patent/CH627899A5/de
Priority claimed from CH367978A external-priority patent/CH628766A5/de
Application filed by ELSTROM ELECTRONIC AG filed Critical ELSTROM ELECTRONIC AG
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Publication of CA1112293A publication Critical patent/CA1112293A/en
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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
    • G05F1/42—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 discharge tubes only
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S315/00—Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
    • Y10S315/04—Dimming circuit for fluorescent lamps

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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)
  • Circuit Arrangements For Discharge Lamps (AREA)
  • Discharge-Lamp Control Circuits And Pulse- Feed Circuits (AREA)
  • Television Receiver Circuits (AREA)
CA321,193A 1978-02-11 1979-02-09 Electronic device for controlling the brightness of an electric gas-discharge lamp without an incandescent cathode Expired CA1112293A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CH1388/78-0 1978-02-11
CH148878A CH627899A5 (en) 1978-02-11 1978-02-11 Electronic device for brightness control of a mercury-vapour lamp
CH367978A CH628766A5 (en) 1978-04-06 1978-04-06 Electronic device for brightness control of a sodium-vapour high-pressure lamp
CH3679/78-5 1978-04-06

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CA1112293A true CA1112293A (en) 1981-11-10

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US (1) US4320326A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
EP (1) EP0003528B1 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
JP (1) JPS55500308A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
CA (1) CA1112293A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
DE (1) DE2961104D1 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
DK (1) DK427379A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
FI (1) FI790394A7 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
NO (1) NO790422L (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
WO (1) WO1979000615A1 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)

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US4437043A (en) 1982-11-22 1984-03-13 Cornell-Dubilier Electric Corporation Lighting control for high intensity discharge lamp
EP0139641A1 (en) * 1983-04-04 1985-05-08 MOSTELLER, Lawson Paul Jr. Device for automatic control of power to an electrical load and circuits therefor
DE3408426A1 (de) * 1984-03-08 1985-09-12 Philips Patentverwaltung Gmbh, 2000 Hamburg Schaltungsanordnung zum wechselstrombetrieb von hochdruck-gasentladungslampen
US5043635A (en) * 1989-12-12 1991-08-27 Talbott Edwin M Apparatus for controlling power to a load such as a fluorescent light
DE69106890T2 (de) * 1990-12-03 1995-06-08 Allied Signal Inc Steuerungsschaltung mit weitem einstellungsbereich für eine gasentladungslampe.
FI96472C (fi) * 1994-08-09 1996-06-25 Ahlstroem Oy Menetelmä valonhimmentimen toiminnan säätämiseksi ja valonhimmennin
US5850127A (en) * 1996-05-10 1998-12-15 Philips Electronics North America Corporation EBL having a feedback circuit and a method for ensuring low temperature lamp operation at low dimming levels
GB2319406A (en) * 1996-11-12 1998-05-20 Uvp Inc Dimming a medium pressure arc lamp; UV lamp standby mode
WO2006100661A1 (en) * 2005-03-22 2006-09-28 Lightech Electronic Industries Ltd. Igniter circuit for an hid lamp
US9137865B2 (en) * 2009-12-08 2015-09-15 Koninklijke Philips N.V. Driver for a solid state lamp

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US3991344A (en) * 1975-03-18 1976-11-09 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Solid-state dimmer for dual high pressure discharge lamps
US3989976A (en) * 1975-10-07 1976-11-02 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Solid-state hid lamp dimmer

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JPS55500308A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1980-05-29
WO1979000615A1 (en) 1979-09-06
DE2961104D1 (en) 1981-12-10
NO790422L (no) 1979-08-14
FI790394A7 (fi) 1979-08-12
DK427379A (da) 1979-10-10
EP0003528A1 (de) 1979-08-22
US4320326A (en) 1982-03-16
EP0003528B1 (de) 1981-09-30

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