EP1095541A1 - Configuration de circuit destinee au fonctionnement a faible consommation d'energie d'un tube fluorescent - Google Patents

Configuration de circuit destinee au fonctionnement a faible consommation d'energie d'un tube fluorescent

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EP1095541A1
EP1095541A1 EP99948909A EP99948909A EP1095541A1 EP 1095541 A1 EP1095541 A1 EP 1095541A1 EP 99948909 A EP99948909 A EP 99948909A EP 99948909 A EP99948909 A EP 99948909A EP 1095541 A1 EP1095541 A1 EP 1095541A1
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circuit arrangement
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fluorescent tube
arrangement according
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Werner Reinig
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B & S Patente und Marken GmbH
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INOTEC GESELLSCHAFT fur VERKAUFSFOERDERUNG INNOVATION und TECHNIK MBH
Inotec Gesellschaft fuer Verkaufsfoerderung Innovation und Technik mbH
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Priority claimed from DE1998153138 external-priority patent/DE19853138C1/de
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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
    • 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
    • H05B41/26—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc
    • H05B41/28—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters
    • H05B41/295—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters with semiconductor devices and specially adapted for lamps with preheating electrodes, e.g. for fluorescent lamps
    • 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
    • Y10S315/05—Starting and operating circuit for fluorescent lamp

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  • the invention first relates to a circuit arrangement for the energy-saving operation of a fluorescent tube according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a fluorescent tube generally consists of a tubular discharge vessel made of glass, at the end caps of which glow cathodes are melted. As a rule, the discharge vessel is evacuated and filled with argon and mercury. The glow cathodes are led out at both end caps as two connections.
  • Such fluorescent tubes are now electrically and mechanically accommodated in m sockets via these connections.
  • Such a fluorescent tube is usually operated on an AC power source, a choke and a glow scale simply called a starter being necessary to ignite the gas discharge. However, the choke and the starter caused additional energy consumption or a reduction in efficiency.
  • an efficiency m of the order of magnitude of only 0.5 m is taken.
  • ERS ⁇ ZBL ⁇ T RULE 26 It is now known to use an electronic ballast - referred to for short as an electronic ballast - for the energy-saving operation of a fluorescent tube.
  • the electronic ballast is connected between the AC power source and the connections of the fluorescent tube, the choke and the starter being replaced.
  • the electronic ballast thus represents a six-pole. With the electronic ballast, an efficiency of the order of magnitude of almost 1 can be achieved.
  • the circuit arrangement according to the invention represents a four-pole circuit, which can be easily connected to the existing wiring after two lines have been disconnected.
  • the circuit arrangement according to the invention it is only necessary to ensure that the input terminals of the four-pole connector form a series circuit with the two connections on one end cap and with the inductor, which is connected in parallel with the AC source, and that the output terminals of the Quadruple are electrically connected to the two connectors on the other end cap. Otherwise, interchanging individual connections or terminals proves to be uncritical due to the AC operation.
  • the series circuit connected in parallel with the AC power source can have any order from the input terminals of the four-pole connector, the two connections on one end cap and the choke.
  • the circuitry of the circuit arrangement according to the invention can in principle be carried out by anyone.
  • the choke, which is present anyway, is retained when it is connected, since it takes on the function of a prefilter for the circuit arrangement according to the invention, as a result of which the construction of the circuit arrangement according to the invention requires only a small installation space and can also be carried out inexpensively.
  • the starter is connected to either the input or the output side of the circuit arrangement according to the invention.
  • the starter is bridged so that a current flow is guaranteed for the proper functioning of the circuit arrangement. To do this, it is simply exchanged for a short-circuit version in its existing version. In the event that the starter on the
  • the circuit arrangement according to the invention can be retrofitted if it is integrated in the fluorescent tube or in one of the end caps of the fluorescent tube. Because in this case is only replace the fluorescent tube so that there is no need to tamper with the existing wiring.
  • Another alternative can be that the circuit arrangement according to the invention is integrated in one of the sockets receiving the fluorescent tube.
  • the invention relates to a device for interconnecting a circuit arrangement according to the invention with a fluorescent tube mentioned at the beginning.
  • This device according to the invention is characterized by the features of the characterizing part of claim 12.
  • circuit arrangement according to the invention By means of the circuit arrangement according to the invention, it is already possible to easily retrofit a fluorescent tube mentioned at the outset for energy-saving operation.
  • the device according to the invention for interconnecting a circuit arrangement according to the invention now enables retrofitting in a particularly advantageous manner, which does not require any intervention in the existing cabling of the fluorescent tube, nor does it require replacement of the fluorescent tube or its receiving socket (s).
  • the device according to the invention on the one hand has two contacts which electrically receive the two connections of one of the end caps of the fluorescent tube.
  • the device according to the invention has two connections which are received electrically in one of the sockets.
  • the connections and the contacts of the device according to the invention are electrically insulated from one another, the connections of the device according to the invention with the input terminals and the contacts of the device according to the invention with the output terminals of the invention Circuit arrangement are electrically connected. Since the contacts and the connections are arranged coaxially to one another, the device according to the invention is so narrow that it fits between an end cap of the fluorescent tube and the associated socket.
  • the great advantage is consequently that retrofitting the circuit arrangement according to the invention by means of the device according to the invention can be carried out just as easily as changing the fluorescent tube.
  • the existing fluorescent tube is removed from its sockets, then the device according to the invention is plugged onto the connections on an end cap, and then the fluorescent tube together with the device according to the invention is reinserted between the sockets.
  • the circuit arrangement according to the invention itself can be arranged spatially separated from the device according to the invention in accordance with the structural conditions which the electrical device in which the fluorescent tube is located, the electrical connection between the device according to the invention and the circuit arrangement according to the invention via an electrical cable in can be done in a flexible manner. Because the circuit arrangement according to the invention is a four-pole, a four-wire cable is preferably used. Both the device according to the invention and the circuit arrangement according to the invention can each be arranged in housings, optionally via electrical
  • the circuit arrangement according to the invention is inside the housing the device according to the invention or a common housing.
  • the housing of the device according to the invention ideally has an extension which extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fluorescent tube and in which the circuit arrangement according to the invention is accommodated.
  • Essential to the invention is the cost advantage that results from the fact that both standard fluorescent tubes can continue to be used and the standard distance between the sockets holding the fluorescent tube can be maintained unchanged.
  • circuit arrangement and device according to the invention are particularly suitable for use in electrical devices in which one or more fluorescent tubes are operated, such as lamps, sun beds or the like.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first circuit example with a circuit arrangement according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows a third circuit example with a circuit arrangement according to the invention
  • 4 shows a first exemplary embodiment of a device according to the invention for interconnecting a circuit arrangement according to the invention
  • FIG. 5 shows a second exemplary embodiment of a device according to the invention for interconnecting a circuit arrangement according to the invention
  • Fluorescent tube 1 has two connecting pins 2a, 2b and 3a, 3b on both end caps 1a, 1b.
  • the fluorescent tube 1 is received between two mutually opposite sockets 8, 9 via the connecting pins 2a, 2b or 3a, 3b.
  • the frames 8, 9 carry the
  • rotating sockets are considered for this, between which the fluorescent tube is inserted vertically, and electrically contacted and mechanically locked by rotating through an angle of 90 degrees.
  • the fluorescent tube 1 is now connected to an alternating current source 6 in a known manner by interposing a ballast comprising a magnetic coil 4a, which is simply referred to as a choke 4, and a starter 5. 1, a contact 8a of a socket 8 is connected directly to a pole 6a of the alternating current source 6 via a first line 11.
  • a contact 9a of the other socket 9 is connected via a second line 12 to the other pole 6b of the alternating current source 6, the choke 4 being interposed in the second line 12. Furthermore, a contact 8b of one version 8 is connected to a contact 9b of the other version 9 via a third line 13, in which the starter 5 is interposed.
  • connection pins 2a, 2b or 3a, 3b of the fluorescent tube 1 the contacts 8a, 8b or 9a, 9b of the sockets 8, 9 or the poles 6a, 6b of the AC power source 6
  • the throttle 4 can be interposed in the first line 11 instead of in the second line 12 as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the circuit arrangement according to the invention is designed as a four-pole 7, which is connected in the second and third lines 12, 13 according to FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the input terminals 7a, 7b of the four-pole 7 form with the contacts 8a, 8b of the one socket 8 or the one
  • the output terminals 7c, 7d of the four-pole 7 are electrically connected to the contacts 9a, 9b of the other socket 9 or the other hot cathode ld of the fluorescent tube 1.
  • the four-pole 7 can be interposed in the first and third lines 11, 13, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the input terminals 7a, 7b of the four-pole 7 with the contacts 9a, 9b of the socket 9 or the hot cathode ld of the fluorescent tube 1, the inductor 4 and the starter 5 form a series circuit which is connected in parallel with the AC power source 6, and the output terminals 7c, 7d of the four-pole 7 are connected to the
  • the starter 5 is, according to FIGS. 1 and 3, since there connected in series with the input terminals 7a, 7b, as an electrical
  • Fuse 5a executed, and thus serves for additional protection of the circuit arrangement according to the invention. If this additional protection is not desired or necessary, the starter 5 must be bridged or short-circuited. If the starter 5 is bridged by means of a line 5b, it can also be connected as shown in FIG. 2, so that the output terminals 7c, 7d of the four-pin connector 7 and the starter 5 form a series circuit which is electrical with the hot cathode ld of the fluorescent tube 1 connected is.
  • the four-pin 7 is internally identical in the circuit examples according to FIGS. 1 to 3.
  • the four-pole 7 is supplied on the input side by the alternating current source 6 in order to have a hot cathode ld or lc on the output side To apply fluorescent tube with a high-frequency current I HF .
  • the individual functions are as follows:
  • a hot cathode lc or ld of the fluorescent tube 1 is always connected in series with the input terminals 7a, 7b of the four-pole 7, so that the hot-cathode always flows through the input current of the four-pole 7 and is thus preheated.
  • the hot cathode lc or ld connected in series to the input terminals 7a, 7b of the four-pole also leads the high-frequency current I HF flowing through the other hot cathode ld or lc back to the input side of the four-pin 7, and thus serves as a "virtual ground ". In principle, it makes no difference for the high-frequency current I HF whether it flows directly to ground or via the input side of four-pole 7 to ground. Because the high-frequency current I HF flows here to ground via the input side of the four-pole 7, there is advantageously a "short" path, so that the high-frequency radiation is at the lowest possible level.
  • the magnet coil 4a of the inductor 4 acts as a prefilter, which optimizes the power and crest factor on the one hand, and electromagnetic and high-frequency on the other Interference suppressed.
  • the input current of the four-pole 7 is only about 30 percent of the current value which a fluorescent tube which is operated conventionally - that is to say without the circuit arrangement according to the invention - receives. This creates 4 in the throttle almost no power loss, whereby the throttle 4 also remains cool during operation.
  • a capacitor 83 is connected in parallel to the input terminals 7a, 7b of the four-pole 7.
  • the capacitor 83 is used in conjunction with the upstream choke 4 for compensation and causes an increase in the power factor.
  • the input terminals 7a, 7b of the four-pole 7 is followed by a rectifier 70, which is usually formed by four diodes connected in a bridge. Since the high-frequency current I HF, as explained under b.), Is superimposed on the input current, so-called “fast recovery” diodes are preferably used for connecting the rectifier 70.
  • a capacitor 81, 82 is preferably connected in each case between the input terminals 7a, 7b of the four-pole 7 and the plus and minus output of the rectifier 70, or - in other words - the rectifier 70 is quasi bridged by the capacitors 81, 82. This is necessary in any case if simple and thus less expensive diodes are used to connect the rectifier 70 instead of the “fast recovery” diodes mentioned under f.). This is because the capacitors 81, 82 form a high-frequency short-circuit path, via which the high-frequency current I HF superimposed on the input current can flow off, as explained under b.).
  • connection point of the smoothing capacitors 71, 72 can be bridged by means of a line 73 to one of the input terminals 7a, 7b of the four-pole 7 in order to match the total capacitance of the smoothing capacitors 71, 72 to be able to adapt different voltages of the alternating current source 6, for example 110 or 220 volts.
  • a coupling capacitor 77 is connected between the positive output of the rectifier 70 and one of the output terminals 7c, 7d of the four-pin connector 7, so that during the starting phase of the fluorescent tube 1 the hot cathode ld or lc acted upon by the high-frequency current I HF is preheated.
  • Two transistors 75, 76 controlled by a control circuit 74 and a magnet coil 79 form a high-frequency stage for generating the high-frequency current I HF .
  • the high-frequency stage is connected between the plus and minus output of the rectifier 70 and the output terminals 7c, 7d of the four-pole 7.
  • the control circuit 74 can be a toroidal core transformer, for example. However, in order to reduce the power loss and the associated heat dissipation, it is advantageous for the control circuit 74 to use a commercially available driver IC and to use transistors 75, 76 of the MOS-FET type.
  • a blocking capacitor 78 is connected in series with the output of the high-frequency stage or the magnetic coil 79.
  • the blocking capacitor 78 prevents the low-frequency current from the AC voltage source 6 from flowing through the fluorescent tube 1, whereby the high-frequency stage would be exposed to the high voltage of the AC power source 6 and would thus be damaged.
  • FIG. 4 shows a device according to the invention for interconnecting a circuit arrangement according to the invention with the fluorescent tube 1 schematically in a sectional illustration.
  • the components 28 of the circuit arrangement according to the invention are in a known manner on one Printed circuit board 26 constructed as an electrical (on) circuit, which is protected in a housing 27.
  • the device according to the invention has two connecting pins 20a, 20b, which are accommodated here electrically and mechanically in the right version 9.
  • the connection pins 20a, 20b are designed as hollow pins. Coaxially to the connection pins 20a, 20b, contact receptacles or connection sockets 21a, 21b are arranged in the interior thereof. In the contacts or sockets 21a, 21b, the connection pins 3a, 3b of the right end caps 1b of the fluorescent tube 1 are received electrically and mechanically.
  • the connection pins 20a, 20b and the contacts or connection sockets 21a, 21b are insulated from one another by means of a layer 25a, 25b produced from an insulating material.
  • the connecting pins 20a, 20b and the contacts or sockets 21a, 21b are fastened or soldered to a printed circuit board 24.
  • the circuit board 24 here comprises (four) conductor tracks, not shown, which lead to solder connections from which one end of a (four-wire) electrical cable 23 extends. At its other end, the cable 23 is connected via solder connections to the printed circuit board 26 of the circuit arrangement according to the invention designed as a four-pin connector 7.
  • the pin assignment provides that the pins 20a, 20b are connected to the input terminals 7a, 7b of the four-pin 7 and the contacts or sockets 21a, 21b are connected to the output terminals 7c, 7d of the four-pin 7.
  • a housing 22 serves to protectly accommodate the device according to the invention. Because the connecting pins 20a, 20b and the contacts or sockets 21a, 21b are arranged coaxially to one another, the device according to the invention is so narrow that the housing 22 fits into the gap between the fluorescent tube 1 and the socket 9. It goes without saying that one / both housings 22, 27 can be equipped with connections, so that the cable 23 can, for example, be disconnected via plug contacts or, if different cable lengths are required, exchanged.
  • the circuit arrangement according to the invention is arranged in the housing 22 of the device according to the invention, or - in other words - both are arranged in a common housing 22.
  • the housing 22 here has an attachment for receiving the circuit board 27 of the circuit arrangement according to the invention, which extends parallel to the longitudinal axis L of the fluorescent tube 1. This results in a particularly compact structural unit that can be retrofitted in a particularly simple manner, regardless of the spatial conditions that can be found in the electrical device in which it is used. It is understood that in alternative designs, the circuit boards 24, 26 can be combined to form a common circuit board.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une configuration de circuit destinée au fonctionnement à faible consommation d'énergie d'un tube fluorescent (1) dont les deux embouts (1a, 1b) présentent respectivement deux connecteurs (2a, 2b; 3a, 3b). Ce tube fluorescent est connecté électriquement et mécaniquement à des douilles (8, 9) via les connecteurs (2a, 2b; 3a, 3b) et peut être relié à une source de courant alternatif (6) par l'intermédiaire d'une bobine d'inductance (4) et d'un démarreur (5). L'invention a pour objet de développer un tube qui puisse est équipé ultérieurement de façon simple. Pour ce faire, la configuration de circuit retenue est un quadripôle (7) dont les bornes d'entrée (7a, 7b) constituent avec les deux connecteurs (2a, 2b; 3a, 3b) d'un embout (1a, 1b) et avec la bobine d'induction (4) un circuit en série, ce circuit en série étant monté en parallèle avec la source de courant alternatif (6), et dont les bornes de sortie (7c, 7d) sont électriquement reliées aux deux connecteurs (3a, 3b; 2a, 2b) de l'autre embout (1b, 1a).
EP99948909A 1998-10-01 1999-09-30 Configuration de circuit destinee au fonctionnement a faible consommation d'energie d'un tube fluorescent Expired - Lifetime EP1095541B1 (fr)

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DE29817509 1998-10-01
DE19845131 1998-10-01
DE29817509U 1998-10-01
DE19853138 1998-11-18
DE1998153138 DE19853138C1 (de) 1998-11-18 1998-11-18 Schaltungsanordnung zum energiesparenden Betreiben einer Leuchtstoffröhre, sowie Verwendung einer solchen Schaltungsanordnung
PCT/EP1999/007256 WO2000021342A1 (fr) 1998-10-01 1999-09-30 Configuration de circuit destinee au fonctionnement a faible consommation d'energie d'un tube fluorescent

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