CA2187218A1 - Circuit arrangement for ignition of a high intensity discharge lamp - Google Patents
Circuit arrangement for ignition of a high intensity discharge lampInfo
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- CA2187218A1 CA2187218A1 CA 2187218 CA2187218A CA2187218A1 CA 2187218 A1 CA2187218 A1 CA 2187218A1 CA 2187218 CA2187218 CA 2187218 CA 2187218 A CA2187218 A CA 2187218A CA 2187218 A1 CA2187218 A1 CA 2187218A1
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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
- H05B41/02—Details
- H05B41/04—Starting switches
- H05B41/042—Starting switches using semiconductor devices
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Abstract
The invention concerns a circuit arrangement for starting a high intensity discharge lamp requiring energy in the form of ignition pulses being provided to the lamp prior to and substantially throughout the glow load of the lamp. An ignitor comprised by the circuit arrangement includes a bilateral switching device such as, but not limited to, a SIDAC having a breakover voltage corresponding to the lamp voltage during the lamp glow mode. The circuit arrangement substantially eliminates the lamp remaining in its glow mode for a prolonged period of time thereby minimizing the possibility of lamp destruction from damage to the lamp electrodes.
Description
wos6/2so22 P~l,.. , ~.c 1 21872~8 Circuit ~ _ for ignition of a high intensity discharge hmp.
This invention rehtes to a circuit _ for ignition of a high intensity discharge hmp. In general the circuit _ is fo~med by a balhst for the HID hmp. It is also possible that the circuit 5 _ is forrned by a separate ignitor.
An HID hmp generally refers to a family of hmps including high S pressure mercury, high pressure sodium, metsal halide and low pressure sodium. A ~D hmp has during ignition a glow mode, in which a glow discharge is devdoped in the hmp before a full arc discharge talces phce. A w..~ ' baUast for powering an HID lamp includes an ignitor. The ignitor provides nigh voltslge ignition pulses applied to the hmp for starting the htter.
The energy from the high voltslge pulses generated by the ignitor are provided to the hmp prior to the hmp entering its glow mode. At the time that the h~np begins to enter its glow mode, the ignitor is shut off. No high voltslge pulses are generated during the glow mode. When ignition is successful, the hmp proceeds rapidly through the glow mode to a stesldy stslte condition, that is, from a glow discharge to an arc dischlrge 15 condition between the hmp's electrodes.
The amount of energy required for successful ignition varies and depends on factors such as, but not limited to, parti31 pressures of the gasses within the hmp. When an '~ amount of energy is delivered to the ~ID hmp to ignite the latter, the lamp can become stuck in its glow mode and never reach a steady stslte (fuU arc) condition.
Repeated e~posure to prolonged periods within the glow mode can damage the HID hmp electrodes. DeC~ ` of the lamp can result.
, it is desirable to provide an improved HID ignitor having more reliable ~ID ignition properties. The ignitor, irl particuhr, should avoid prolonged periods of time withi~the glow mode.
Generally speaking, in ~cc ' with a first aspect of the invention, a circuit: ~ for ignition of a high intensity discharge lamp, having during ignition a glow mode, includes output terminals and an ignitor for production at igniting the lamp of 2 1 ~
ignition pulses prior to and at least '1~ throughout the glow mode of the high intensity discharge ]amp. The ignitor includes a voltage sensor for sensing the voltage across the output terminals and is responsive to the voltage sensor in its production of ignition pulses.
S The circuit ~ _ avoids remaining ~e lamp within tho glow mode for an e~tended period of ~ime by production of ignition pulses not only prior to but also the glow mode of the high intensitv discharge l~unp. The ignition pulses produced prior to and ~ throughout the glow mode provide sufficient energy for successful takeover, that is, for the hmp to move from a glow discharge to arc 10 discharge operating condition. Damage of the lamp electrodes and , lamp destruction based on prolonged duration of operalion within the glow mode during start-up is e~
Preferaoly, the ignitor includes a bilateral switching detlice such as, but not limited to, a SIDAC having a breakover voltage chosen to r to the voltage across15 the lamp at about the end of the lamp's glow mode. The iglutor preferable also includes a capacitor coupled to the bilateral switching device through which the capacitor discharges at brealcover of the bilateral switching devioe.
Still other objects and advantages of the invention, will, in part, be obvious, and will, in part, be apparent from the ~l- .r;. ~t;,..~
The invention " ~ comprises several steps in the relation of one or more such steps with respect to each of the others, and the device ~ features of~ .. Lu.., ~ ' of elements and: , of parts which are adapted to effect such steps, all is ~ ' ~ ' in the following detailed disclosure, and the s~ope of the invention will be indicated in the claims.
For a fuller ~ of the invention, reference is had to the following ~l~crrir~jo~ taken in connection with the ~ , ~ _ drawing which is a circuit in a~ with the invention.
As shown in the drawing the circuit comprises a ballast 10 which is connected through a p~ur of input terminals 33 and 36 to an A.C. source 20. Ballast 10 provides power through a pair of output terminals 39 and 42 to an HID lamp 40.
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BaDast 10 includw an - . r 60 having a primary winding 60 with a t~p 63. ~Inding 60 is connected to input terminals 33 and 36. A capacitor 66 is connected between tap 63 and one end of a baDast winding 65. BaDast winding 65 which is coupled to primary winding 60 includes a first tap 76 and a second t~p 77. 'Bhe 5 portion of baDast winding 65 between taps 76 and 77 is commonly referred to as an ignitor v~nding 79. '~he other end of baDast winding 65 is ctmnected to output terminal 39.
BaDast winding 65 servw to 1~ ' the Icvd of current flowing through lamp 40 when the latter is lit. A SIDAC 89 and a qtor 92 are connected lw~L.~ to t~ps 76 and 77. SIDAC 89 and capacitor 92 are also connected through the 10 serial ~ ' of an inductor 95 and a resistor 96 to the junction joining primary winding 60, input tenninal 36 and output terminal 42 together. Ignitor winding 79, SIDAC 89, capacitor 92, inductor 95 and resistor 96 serve together as an ignitor (i.e., st~rting circuit~
80. Ignitor 80 C_ll be integrally connected to baDast winding 79. ~ , SIDAC 89 and capacitor 92 can be detachably connected to t~p points 76 and 77, w~
BaDast 10 operatw as follows. Power is supplied from A.C. source 20 to input terminals 33 and 36 of baDast 10. '~he volt~ge produced by A.C. source 20 is ''' ' to ignite/st~rt lamp 40, the latter of which requirw ignition (st_rting) pulses. The ignition pulses are provided by ignitor 80. More ~ " as current flows through capacitor 92, inductor 95 and resistor 96, capacitor 92 ch_rgw to the breakover volt~ge of 20 SIDAC 89.
'~he brea~ver volt~ge is chosen so as to w --r ~ to the ~
glow discharge voltAAge of lamp 40, that is to say equal to or just below the glow discharge volt~ge of the lamp 40, but well above the voltage of the steady arc of the lamp. '~he glow discharge voltAge will differ for different typw of HID lunps and depend amongst others on 25 whether the lamp ha~s electrodes with or without emitter. For lamps having electrodes with emitter the glow discharge voltage wiD be ' '~, lower than in case of , ' lamps having electrodw without emitter. For a person skilled in the art the glow discharge voltage of a lamp can easily be ' ' ., "~,. In other words, the breakover voltage is chosen as to w. , ' to the voltAAge across ~he lamp at about the end of the lamp 30 glow mode.
Once the breakover voltage is reached, SIDAC 89 switches from its previous OFF-state to its ON-stA~te. Capacitor 92 now discharges through ignitor winding 79 and SIDAC 89 rwulting in a voltage pulse produced across ignitor winding 79. Through action (i.e. baDast 65 acting as an: ' ), a high voltage pulse is . .
wo96125022 2 l 872 1 8 devdoped across output terTninals 39, 42. The cyclical charging and .'i ' ~- ~ of capacitor 92 produces a series of high voltage pulses across output teTminals 39, 42. By associa~ng d~e brealcover voltage of SIDAC 89 with the glow mode of lamp 40, ignition pulses are provided by ignitor 80 prior to and - 1~, throughout the glow mode of lamp 40. DuTing S tTansition from glow discharge to fuU arc discharge, the voltage across lamp 40 i 'y increases. FoUowing tlansition into a fuU arc condition (~ ~r), the voltage across lamp 40 L '~ / drops to turn OPF SIDAC 89. ~ " after tTansition to fuU arc discharge, ignitor 80 is shut O~F.
SIDAC 89 serves as a voltagc sensor for sensing the voltage across output 10 terminals 39 and 42 of ballast 10. Ignitor 80, in response to SIDAC 89 cyclicaUy tuTning ON
and OFF, provides a sufTicient amount of energy for successful talceover of lamp 40. In paTticular, the continuous pToduction of ignition pulses prior to and at least ! ' '- '1~, ' __' the glow mode avoids l~unp 40 ~eTnaining within the glow mode for an e~tended period of time. Damage of the lamp dectrodes and; , lamp dest~uction based on 15 prolonged duTation within the glow mode is ' "~
For exampb, when lamp 40 is of a metal halide type, nominally Tated at 150 watts, 95 volts with SIDAC 89 having a brea~over voltage of between about 110-12S
volts, a voltage pulse of about llG125 volts is applied across ignitor winding 79. A voltage of about 1800 to 3S00 volts is developed across output terminals 39, 42 for star~ng the lamp.
The SIDAC breakover of about 110-12S volts ~ to a lamp voltage of between 150v - 200v, .~L~. The cycle of charging capacitor 92 until reaching the SIDAC brea~over voltage resulting in the generation of a high voltage pulse applied to lamp 40 is repeated prior to and at least ' 'ly throughout the glow mode of lamp 40. Ignitor 80 is shut OFP at the end of the glow Tnode.
2S More ~ " once lamp 40 is lit, the voltage across SIDAC 89 drops below its breakover voltage. Ignitor 80 is no longer able to produce a voltage pulse across ignitor winding 79. In other words, as long as l~unp 40 remains lit, ignitor 80 will produce no additional volhge pulses.
In ~ with the preferred ' ' of the invention, baUast 30 30 is a 150 watt metal halide conshnt wattage ' (CWA) available from Advance T-- ' Company of Rosemont, IUinois as paTt no. 71A5486. Capacitor 66 is nominally Tated at 22.5 I~F, 240 volts. SIDAC 89 is available from ~ ElectTic Mfg. Co., Ltd.
as Part No. KlV12 and has a nominally Tated brealcover voltage of about 110-125 volts.
Capacitor 92 is nominally rated at about 0.33 ' ' Lamp 40 is a high intensity discharge type, such as but not limited to, a 150 watt, 95 volt metal halide type. Inductor 96 typically indudes two serial connected coils, each nominally rated at 22 ' ' Resistor 95 is nominally rated at 3.5 ~ohm.
As now can be readily 5" ': 1, the invention provides an improved S ignition in which ignition pulses are produced p~ior to and at least 'y throughout the glow mode of lamp 40. Prolonged periods of time of lamp operation within the glow modc are ~ , eliminated by providing sufficient energy for successful talceover of the lamp 40.
It will thus be seen that the objects set forth above and those made 10 appalent from the preceding d~rtinn. are efficiently obtained and since certain dlanges may be made in the above without departing from the spi~it and scope of the invention, it is intended that aU n;atter contained in the above ~' and shown in the drawings shall be inte~preted as illust~ative and not in a limiting sense.
This invention rehtes to a circuit _ for ignition of a high intensity discharge hmp. In general the circuit _ is fo~med by a balhst for the HID hmp. It is also possible that the circuit 5 _ is forrned by a separate ignitor.
An HID hmp generally refers to a family of hmps including high S pressure mercury, high pressure sodium, metsal halide and low pressure sodium. A ~D hmp has during ignition a glow mode, in which a glow discharge is devdoped in the hmp before a full arc discharge talces phce. A w..~ ' baUast for powering an HID lamp includes an ignitor. The ignitor provides nigh voltslge ignition pulses applied to the hmp for starting the htter.
The energy from the high voltslge pulses generated by the ignitor are provided to the hmp prior to the hmp entering its glow mode. At the time that the h~np begins to enter its glow mode, the ignitor is shut off. No high voltslge pulses are generated during the glow mode. When ignition is successful, the hmp proceeds rapidly through the glow mode to a stesldy stslte condition, that is, from a glow discharge to an arc dischlrge 15 condition between the hmp's electrodes.
The amount of energy required for successful ignition varies and depends on factors such as, but not limited to, parti31 pressures of the gasses within the hmp. When an '~ amount of energy is delivered to the ~ID hmp to ignite the latter, the lamp can become stuck in its glow mode and never reach a steady stslte (fuU arc) condition.
Repeated e~posure to prolonged periods within the glow mode can damage the HID hmp electrodes. DeC~ ` of the lamp can result.
, it is desirable to provide an improved HID ignitor having more reliable ~ID ignition properties. The ignitor, irl particuhr, should avoid prolonged periods of time withi~the glow mode.
Generally speaking, in ~cc ' with a first aspect of the invention, a circuit: ~ for ignition of a high intensity discharge lamp, having during ignition a glow mode, includes output terminals and an ignitor for production at igniting the lamp of 2 1 ~
ignition pulses prior to and at least '1~ throughout the glow mode of the high intensity discharge ]amp. The ignitor includes a voltage sensor for sensing the voltage across the output terminals and is responsive to the voltage sensor in its production of ignition pulses.
S The circuit ~ _ avoids remaining ~e lamp within tho glow mode for an e~tended period of ~ime by production of ignition pulses not only prior to but also the glow mode of the high intensitv discharge l~unp. The ignition pulses produced prior to and ~ throughout the glow mode provide sufficient energy for successful takeover, that is, for the hmp to move from a glow discharge to arc 10 discharge operating condition. Damage of the lamp electrodes and , lamp destruction based on prolonged duration of operalion within the glow mode during start-up is e~
Preferaoly, the ignitor includes a bilateral switching detlice such as, but not limited to, a SIDAC having a breakover voltage chosen to r to the voltage across15 the lamp at about the end of the lamp's glow mode. The iglutor preferable also includes a capacitor coupled to the bilateral switching device through which the capacitor discharges at brealcover of the bilateral switching devioe.
Still other objects and advantages of the invention, will, in part, be obvious, and will, in part, be apparent from the ~l- .r;. ~t;,..~
The invention " ~ comprises several steps in the relation of one or more such steps with respect to each of the others, and the device ~ features of~ .. Lu.., ~ ' of elements and: , of parts which are adapted to effect such steps, all is ~ ' ~ ' in the following detailed disclosure, and the s~ope of the invention will be indicated in the claims.
For a fuller ~ of the invention, reference is had to the following ~l~crrir~jo~ taken in connection with the ~ , ~ _ drawing which is a circuit in a~ with the invention.
As shown in the drawing the circuit comprises a ballast 10 which is connected through a p~ur of input terminals 33 and 36 to an A.C. source 20. Ballast 10 provides power through a pair of output terminals 39 and 42 to an HID lamp 40.
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w0 96/25022 2 1 8 7 2 1 8 3 P~
BaDast 10 includw an - . r 60 having a primary winding 60 with a t~p 63. ~Inding 60 is connected to input terminals 33 and 36. A capacitor 66 is connected between tap 63 and one end of a baDast winding 65. BaDast winding 65 which is coupled to primary winding 60 includes a first tap 76 and a second t~p 77. 'Bhe 5 portion of baDast winding 65 between taps 76 and 77 is commonly referred to as an ignitor v~nding 79. '~he other end of baDast winding 65 is ctmnected to output terminal 39.
BaDast winding 65 servw to 1~ ' the Icvd of current flowing through lamp 40 when the latter is lit. A SIDAC 89 and a qtor 92 are connected lw~L.~ to t~ps 76 and 77. SIDAC 89 and capacitor 92 are also connected through the 10 serial ~ ' of an inductor 95 and a resistor 96 to the junction joining primary winding 60, input tenninal 36 and output terminal 42 together. Ignitor winding 79, SIDAC 89, capacitor 92, inductor 95 and resistor 96 serve together as an ignitor (i.e., st~rting circuit~
80. Ignitor 80 C_ll be integrally connected to baDast winding 79. ~ , SIDAC 89 and capacitor 92 can be detachably connected to t~p points 76 and 77, w~
BaDast 10 operatw as follows. Power is supplied from A.C. source 20 to input terminals 33 and 36 of baDast 10. '~he volt~ge produced by A.C. source 20 is ''' ' to ignite/st~rt lamp 40, the latter of which requirw ignition (st_rting) pulses. The ignition pulses are provided by ignitor 80. More ~ " as current flows through capacitor 92, inductor 95 and resistor 96, capacitor 92 ch_rgw to the breakover volt~ge of 20 SIDAC 89.
'~he brea~ver volt~ge is chosen so as to w --r ~ to the ~
glow discharge voltAAge of lamp 40, that is to say equal to or just below the glow discharge volt~ge of the lamp 40, but well above the voltage of the steady arc of the lamp. '~he glow discharge voltAge will differ for different typw of HID lunps and depend amongst others on 25 whether the lamp ha~s electrodes with or without emitter. For lamps having electrodes with emitter the glow discharge voltage wiD be ' '~, lower than in case of , ' lamps having electrodw without emitter. For a person skilled in the art the glow discharge voltage of a lamp can easily be ' ' ., "~,. In other words, the breakover voltage is chosen as to w. , ' to the voltAAge across ~he lamp at about the end of the lamp 30 glow mode.
Once the breakover voltage is reached, SIDAC 89 switches from its previous OFF-state to its ON-stA~te. Capacitor 92 now discharges through ignitor winding 79 and SIDAC 89 rwulting in a voltage pulse produced across ignitor winding 79. Through action (i.e. baDast 65 acting as an: ' ), a high voltage pulse is . .
wo96125022 2 l 872 1 8 devdoped across output terTninals 39, 42. The cyclical charging and .'i ' ~- ~ of capacitor 92 produces a series of high voltage pulses across output teTminals 39, 42. By associa~ng d~e brealcover voltage of SIDAC 89 with the glow mode of lamp 40, ignition pulses are provided by ignitor 80 prior to and - 1~, throughout the glow mode of lamp 40. DuTing S tTansition from glow discharge to fuU arc discharge, the voltage across lamp 40 i 'y increases. FoUowing tlansition into a fuU arc condition (~ ~r), the voltage across lamp 40 L '~ / drops to turn OPF SIDAC 89. ~ " after tTansition to fuU arc discharge, ignitor 80 is shut O~F.
SIDAC 89 serves as a voltagc sensor for sensing the voltage across output 10 terminals 39 and 42 of ballast 10. Ignitor 80, in response to SIDAC 89 cyclicaUy tuTning ON
and OFF, provides a sufTicient amount of energy for successful talceover of lamp 40. In paTticular, the continuous pToduction of ignition pulses prior to and at least ! ' '- '1~, ' __' the glow mode avoids l~unp 40 ~eTnaining within the glow mode for an e~tended period of time. Damage of the lamp dectrodes and; , lamp dest~uction based on 15 prolonged duTation within the glow mode is ' "~
For exampb, when lamp 40 is of a metal halide type, nominally Tated at 150 watts, 95 volts with SIDAC 89 having a brea~over voltage of between about 110-12S
volts, a voltage pulse of about llG125 volts is applied across ignitor winding 79. A voltage of about 1800 to 3S00 volts is developed across output terminals 39, 42 for star~ng the lamp.
The SIDAC breakover of about 110-12S volts ~ to a lamp voltage of between 150v - 200v, .~L~. The cycle of charging capacitor 92 until reaching the SIDAC brea~over voltage resulting in the generation of a high voltage pulse applied to lamp 40 is repeated prior to and at least ' 'ly throughout the glow mode of lamp 40. Ignitor 80 is shut OFP at the end of the glow Tnode.
2S More ~ " once lamp 40 is lit, the voltage across SIDAC 89 drops below its breakover voltage. Ignitor 80 is no longer able to produce a voltage pulse across ignitor winding 79. In other words, as long as l~unp 40 remains lit, ignitor 80 will produce no additional volhge pulses.
In ~ with the preferred ' ' of the invention, baUast 30 30 is a 150 watt metal halide conshnt wattage ' (CWA) available from Advance T-- ' Company of Rosemont, IUinois as paTt no. 71A5486. Capacitor 66 is nominally Tated at 22.5 I~F, 240 volts. SIDAC 89 is available from ~ ElectTic Mfg. Co., Ltd.
as Part No. KlV12 and has a nominally Tated brealcover voltage of about 110-125 volts.
Capacitor 92 is nominally rated at about 0.33 ' ' Lamp 40 is a high intensity discharge type, such as but not limited to, a 150 watt, 95 volt metal halide type. Inductor 96 typically indudes two serial connected coils, each nominally rated at 22 ' ' Resistor 95 is nominally rated at 3.5 ~ohm.
As now can be readily 5" ': 1, the invention provides an improved S ignition in which ignition pulses are produced p~ior to and at least 'y throughout the glow mode of lamp 40. Prolonged periods of time of lamp operation within the glow modc are ~ , eliminated by providing sufficient energy for successful talceover of the lamp 40.
It will thus be seen that the objects set forth above and those made 10 appalent from the preceding d~rtinn. are efficiently obtained and since certain dlanges may be made in the above without departing from the spi~it and scope of the invention, it is intended that aU n;atter contained in the above ~' and shown in the drawings shall be inte~preted as illust~ative and not in a limiting sense.
Claims (4)
1. A circuit arrangement for ignition of a high intensity discharge lamp having during ignition a glow mode, comprising:
output terminals, and an ignitor for production at igniting the lamp of ignition pulses prior to and substantially throughout the glow mode, said ignitor having a voltage sensor for sensing the voltage across the output terminals and being responsive to the voltage sensor in the production of ignition pulses.
output terminals, and an ignitor for production at igniting the lamp of ignition pulses prior to and substantially throughout the glow mode, said ignitor having a voltage sensor for sensing the voltage across the output terminals and being responsive to the voltage sensor in the production of ignition pulses.
2. The circuit arrangement of Claim 1, wherein the ignitor includes a bilateral switching device having a breakover voltage chosen to correspond to the voltage across the lamp at about the end of the lamp glow mode.
3. The circuit of Claim 2, wherein the ignitor includes a capacitor coupled to the bilateral switching device and through which the capacitor discharges at breakover of the bilateral switching device.
4. The circuit arrangement of Claim 3, wherein the bilateral switching device is a SIDAC.
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