EP0429402A2 - Dispositif pour alimenter des lampes à décharge dans des véhicules à moteur - Google Patents

Dispositif pour alimenter des lampes à décharge dans des véhicules à moteur Download PDF

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EP0429402A2
EP0429402A2 EP90830461A EP90830461A EP0429402A2 EP 0429402 A2 EP0429402 A2 EP 0429402A2 EP 90830461 A EP90830461 A EP 90830461A EP 90830461 A EP90830461 A EP 90830461A EP 0429402 A2 EP0429402 A2 EP 0429402A2
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Andrea Nepote
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Marelli Europe SpA
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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

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  • the present invention relates to a device for supplying power to gas-discharge lamps for use in a vehicle.
  • the invention relates to a supply device comprising: an inverter with an input for connection to the battery of the vehicle, and an ignitor connected to the output of the inverter for connection to (at least) one gas-discharge lamp, the inverter including a regulator which is adapted to modify a characteristic of the current supplied to the lamp in operation.
  • this type of supply device When used in a motor vehicle, this type of supply device cannot always ensure the correct supply to the lamp, particularly because of variations in the battery voltage, in the ambient temperature and in the voltage across the terminals of the lamp.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a device for supplying power to gas-discharge lamps which can prevent these problems.
  • this object is achieved by means of a supply device of the type specified above, whose main characteristic lies in the fact that it also includes a feedback control circuit for monitoring the electrical power supplied to the at least one lamp in operation and for supplying the regulator of the inverter with a signal for causing a substantially constant power to be supplied to the at least one lamp.
  • a conventional device for supplying power to a gas-discharge lamp L is indicated 1.
  • the supply device includes an inverter 2 with an input 2a for connection to the battery B of the vehicle and an output 2b connected to the lamp L by means of an ignitor 3 with a passive resonant L-C circuit of known type.
  • the inverter 2 includes, in known manner, a regulator 4 which is adapted to modify a characteristic (for example, the frequency and/or the duty-cycle) of the current supplied to the lamp L.
  • a characteristic for example, the frequency and/or the duty-cycle
  • the supply device 1 is associated with a feedback control circuit, generally indicated 5, having two inputs 5a and 5b.
  • the input 5a is connected to the output of the ignitor 3 to monitor the voltage supplied to the lamp L in operation.
  • the input 5b is connected to a resistor 6 between the lamp L and earth to monitor the current I flowing in the lamp.
  • the output of the feedback control circuit 5 is connected to the regulator 4 of the inverter 2.
  • the feedback control circuit 5 monitors the electrical power supplied to the lamp L and generates and supplies to the regulator 4 of the inverter a signal for causing a substantially constant power to be supplied to the lamp.
  • the circuit 5 includes an attenuator 7 and an amplifier 8 which receive signals indicative of the voltage applied to the lamp L and of the current flowing through the lamp, respectively.
  • the outputs of the attenuator 7 and the amplifier 8 are connected to an analog multiplier 9 which thus outputs a signal proportional to the power supplied to the lamp.
  • the signal output by the analog multiplier 9 passes through a filter 10 which, essentially, performs an averaging operation and outputs a signal indicative of the average power supplied to the lamp.
  • This signal reaches a comparison circuit 11 which is formed, for example, with the use of an operational amplifier and outputs an error signal E p indicative of the difference between the signal from the filter 10 and a predetermined constant reference, indicated k.
  • the error signal E p is supplied, after amplification at 12, to the input of the regulator 4 of the inverter 2.
  • the circuit 5 includes two peak detectors 17 and 18 which output respective signals indicative of the peak values of the voltage supplied to the lamp L and of the current flowing through the lamp, respectively. These peak values will simply be indicated V and I respectively.
  • the output of the peak detector 17 is connected to an adder circuit 19 which adds algebraically a constant positive voltage V0 to the voltage -V.
  • the output of the adder circuit 19 is connected to an attenuator circuit 20 which in fact reduces the amplitude of the signal received by a constant factor.
  • the attenuator 20 therefore has an output signal, indicated I REF , given by the equation: which is just like Equation (2) above.
  • the signal I REF is thus indicative of the level at which the current in the lamp L must be maintained in order to ensure that the power supplied to the lamp is kept constant. Obviously, this is true within the limits of the linear approximation described above.
  • the attenuator circuit 20 and the peak detector 18 are connected to a comparison circuit 21 which adds algebraically the signals supplied to it and outputs an error signal E I indicative of the difference between the current I actually flowing through the lamp L and the current I REF necessary to keep the power supplied to the lamp constant.
  • the feedback control circuit 5 of Figure 3 is a simpler circuit which can nevertheless operate reliably and with sufficient accuracy.
EP19900830461 1989-10-20 1990-10-16 A device for supplying power to gas-discharge lamps for use in motor vehicles Withdrawn EP0429402A3 (en)

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IT6790389 1989-10-20
IT8967903A IT8967903A0 (it) 1989-10-20 1989-10-20 Dispositivo alimentatore per lampade a scarica di gas per l'impiego a bordo di autoveicoli.

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EP0429402A2 true EP0429402A2 (fr) 1991-05-29
EP0429402A3 EP0429402A3 (en) 1991-07-31

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WO1994004011A1 (fr) * 1992-08-01 1994-02-17 Coolite Limited Circuit de commande de tube fluorescent et systeme d'eclairage
EP0633711A1 (fr) * 1992-03-25 1995-01-11 Toto Ltd. Regulateur de tension de lampe a decharge et appareil d'eclairage en couleur modulable mettant en uvre ce regulateur
WO2007104666A1 (fr) * 2006-03-15 2007-09-20 Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft für elektrische Glühlampen mbH Ballast régulé pour une lampe

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US7777428B2 (en) * 2006-07-14 2010-08-17 Lg Innotek Co., Ltd. Apparatus and method for controlling driving of lamp

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EP0265237A2 (fr) * 1986-10-22 1988-04-27 Valor International Ltd. Dispositif de commande pour éclairage à décharge gazeuse haute-intensité
WO1988009108A1 (fr) * 1987-05-07 1988-11-17 Robert Bosch Gmbh Circuit pour faire fonctionner une lampe luminescente a gaz sur une source de courant continu
EP0350104A2 (fr) * 1988-07-05 1990-01-10 Philips Electronics North America Corporation Circuit générateur de signal pour la commande de ballast de lampes à décharge

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EP0265237A2 (fr) * 1986-10-22 1988-04-27 Valor International Ltd. Dispositif de commande pour éclairage à décharge gazeuse haute-intensité
WO1988009108A1 (fr) * 1987-05-07 1988-11-17 Robert Bosch Gmbh Circuit pour faire fonctionner une lampe luminescente a gaz sur une source de courant continu
EP0350104A2 (fr) * 1988-07-05 1990-01-10 Philips Electronics North America Corporation Circuit générateur de signal pour la commande de ballast de lampes à décharge

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EP0633711A1 (fr) * 1992-03-25 1995-01-11 Toto Ltd. Regulateur de tension de lampe a decharge et appareil d'eclairage en couleur modulable mettant en uvre ce regulateur
EP0633711A4 (fr) * 1992-03-25 1997-03-26 Toto Ltd Regulateur de tension de lampe a decharge et appareil d'eclairage en couleur modulable mettant en uvre ce regulateur.
WO1994004011A1 (fr) * 1992-08-01 1994-02-17 Coolite Limited Circuit de commande de tube fluorescent et systeme d'eclairage
WO2007104666A1 (fr) * 2006-03-15 2007-09-20 Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft für elektrische Glühlampen mbH Ballast régulé pour une lampe

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