EP1932399A1 - Procede de reglage d'un ballast electronique - Google Patents

Procede de reglage d'un ballast electronique

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EP1932399A1
EP1932399A1 EP06793822A EP06793822A EP1932399A1 EP 1932399 A1 EP1932399 A1 EP 1932399A1 EP 06793822 A EP06793822 A EP 06793822A EP 06793822 A EP06793822 A EP 06793822A EP 1932399 A1 EP1932399 A1 EP 1932399A1
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lamp
value
electronic ballast
settings
ballast
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EP1932399B1 (fr
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Martin Grabner
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Osram GmbH
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Patent Treuhand Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
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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
    • 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
    • H05B41/24—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by high frequency ac, or with separate oscillator frequency
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a method for adjusting an electronic ballast, with which an electric lamp is operated.
  • Electronic ballasts are used to set and operate electric lamps. Since a large number of different types of lamp exists, it is also necessary in principle that a relatively high number of electronic ballasts must be provided in order to operate the different types of electrical see lamps. In order to be able to reduce this large number of different electronic ballasts, electronic ballasts are known ⁇ , which can be used for a plurality of different lamp types. However, it is necessary that the electronic ballast recognizes as independently as possible which lamp type is connected and then sets the appropriate operating conditions. An important factor here is precise adjustment of, inter alia, the preheating current, the lamp current, the burning voltage and other corresponding operating parameters.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object of being able to provide a method for setting an electronic ballast with which an electronic ballast for a plurality of different electric lamps can be operated and the setting and operation of the electric lamps can be carried out very precisely ,
  • a method according to the invention for setting an electronic ballast, with which at least two electric lamps of different lamp types are operable ⁇ bar has the following steps:
  • the electronic ballast can be seen from ⁇ normal values which exceed a threshold value for ei ⁇ nen resistance for a lamp filament and / or a threshold value for a substitute load of a conventional electrical ⁇ rule lamp.
  • the electronic ballast independently makes a change in the settings, if it suspects due to fluctuations in the operating parameters supposedly another type of lamp.
  • an electric lamp of a ⁇ on their lamp type can be operated in turn optimized.
  • the changed settings are programmed in the electronic ballast, wherein the electronic ballast then returns to normal operation, when the electronic ballast ⁇ device detects a value which is below the threshold ⁇ value and which is typical compared to normal operation again Value of the resistance of a lamp coil of the electric lamp and / or a replacement load of the electric lamp characterized. Switching between a normal operation and a secondary operation and so ⁇ with changing settings is performed reliably and controllable.
  • the modified settings by the elec- tronic ballast are preferred long used is guided until a white ⁇ teres reprogramming during a secondary operation by ⁇ .
  • the threshold value at least a factor of 2, in particular at least a factor of 4, in particular at least a factor of 8, in particular Minim ⁇ least a factor of 10 larger than a value of resistance of a conventional lamp filament.
  • the threshold value is set such that it significantly exceeds a customary value in the conventional proper operation of an electric lamp.
  • step c) is in a preferred manner for setting the secondary operating mode advising the electronic Vorschaltge ⁇ operated electric lamp by the electronic ballast separated and a programming lamp having the electronic ballast is electrically connected, wherein the value of resistance of the lamp filament of the Program ⁇ minimizing lamp and / or the value of the resistance of the substitute load of the programming lamp ⁇ an untypical in comparison with an e- value lektrischen lamp, said values are greater than corresponding threshold values.
  • a simple programming light allows a fast and low-cost induction of a secondary operation of an electronic ballast.
  • the threshold value of the resistance of the Lam ⁇ pen mindfull greater than 100 ohms, in particular greater than 200 ohms set.
  • the threshold value of the resistance of the replacement load of the electric lamp is greater than 800 ohms, in particular greater than 1 k ohms.
  • the resistance of the lamp filament and / or any untypi ⁇ rule value of the resistance of the substitute load electric lamp see individual values for settings Be ⁇ operating parameters correlated with each untypical of value.
  • the elekt ⁇ tronic ballast identifies the size of the un ⁇ typical value in the secondary operating mode and, depending on the initial settings are changed of the at least one operating parameter with a view to the correlated with the identified untypical value for the operating parameter settings. This allows the various electric lamps are carried out a very precise adjustment of the operating parameters because even if the various electric lamps very similar or even overlapping Be ⁇ operating parameter values or assign operating parameter ranges on ⁇ , precise adjustment and programming the required values each Lamp can be performed.
  • the off operation of the electronic ballast is set when the value of resistance of the Lam ⁇ pen mindfull and / or the value of the resistance of the load is within a spare resistance interval.
  • the lower interval limit is represented by the threshold value ge ⁇ , which is an untypical value for this or these resistors above (lamp filament and / or equivalent load).
  • the upper limit of the interval is thereby formed by a value which lies below a resistance value of a defective lamp and / or a refracted lamp filament. It can thereby be prevented that, when the lamp is defective and / or the lamp filament is broken, a secondary operation of the electronic ballast is undesirably set due to the then detected high resistance value.
  • a basic setting of the electronic ballast when Leuchtenherstel ⁇ ler or the manufacturer of the electronic ballast is performed.
  • a first basic setting of the elekt ⁇ tronic ballast is carried out such that first settings which can be at least one operating parameters in the electronic ballast. These first settings of at least one operating parameter are programmed with regard to which first lamp type is to be set and operated with the electronic ballast.
  • the Basic setting of the electronic ballast is thus customized with regard to the desired type of lamp, which is initially operated with the electronic ballast. For example, a preheating current and / or a lamp current and / or a burning voltage can be considered as operating parameters.
  • the electronic ballast provided in the basic setting can subsequently be connected to the corresponding first electric lamp of the first lamp type, for the optimum operation of which the corresponding first settings in the electronic ballast are programmed and stored.
  • Such operation of an electric lamp with the programmed first settings of at least one operating parameter in the electronic ballast is referred to as normal operation of the electronic ballast. If another second electric lamp is to be operated with the electronic ballast, but which characterizes a different second lamp type and thus requires different settings of at least one operating parameter, then it is necessary that this basic setting of the electronic ballast is changed. This requires that the first settings of the operating parameters be changed and thus the electronic ballast is reprogrammed. Such a change in the first settings of the operating parameters is performed during a secondary operation of the electronic ballast.
  • the Ne ben istronic ballast is characterized and is then set when the e- lectronic ballast an untypical in comparison with the normal operation of the resistor of a Lam ⁇ penchtl of the electric lamp and / or a see untypical value for a substitute load of the electric Lamp detects.
  • the atypical value is characterized in that it is greater than a predefinable threshold value.
  • the threshold value is set such that its value does not occur in error-free operation and in particular during normal operation of the electronic ballast, since ei ⁇ ne intended for the actual operation electric lamp are not formed or produced with lamp filaments and / or equivalent loads, which values which approach or exceed these thresholds.
  • the electric lamp of a first lamp type from the separated electronic ballast in which the electric lamp from the socket is briefly removed.
  • a programming lamp is inserted into the socket and electrically connected to the electronic ballast.
  • the programming lamp is designed such that the lamp filament of the programming lamp, hereinafter referred to as programming coil, has an atypical value of the resistance.
  • the Value of the resistance of the programming helix greater than 200 ohms, where the value 200 ohms is the threshold value.
  • This value indicates an absolutely untypical value for the resistance ⁇ stands a lamp filament, as with conventional lamps, which are used in operation, the value of the counter ⁇ stands is a lamp filament at a few to a few tens of ohms.
  • the value of the resistance of a replacement load of the electric lamp is detected by the electronic ballast and a normal operation or a secondary operation is set depending on this.
  • the electronic ballast changes to auxiliary operation.
  • the electronic ballast thus only switches from normal operation to auxiliary operation when it detects an absolutely unrealistic value for the value of the resistance of the lamp filament and / or the value of a replacement load of the electric lamp. Only in this secondary operation of the electronic ballast can the first settings of at least one operating parameter be changed and the electronic ballast reprogrammed.
  • the electronic pre ⁇ switching device readjustment of the operating parameters make or change the initial settings of the operating parameters. It is envisaged that the individual hurry untypical value is correlated to the resistance of Programmierwen ⁇ del with the new settings of the operating parameters. This means that this specific value, which in the exemplary embodiment is, for example, 300 ohms, is assigned specific individual values, for example of the preheating current and / or the lamp current and / or the burning voltage of a further second lamp type.
  • the electronic ballast can thus al ⁇ lein from the detected atypical value of Wider- state of the programming helix recognize how the first settings of the operating parameters to be changed and consequently how the electronic ballast um ⁇ should be programmed to an electric lamp of a second lamp type optimally to hire and operate.
  • a further programming filament or a further programming substitute load, wel ⁇ surface represents a substitute load of the electric lamp, be ⁇ is riding found deviate who see untypical of the above-mentioned value.
  • vorgese ⁇ may be hen thereby, that a further programming filament remplige ⁇ represents, is having a value of the resistor, which has 600 ohms.
  • this value of 600 ohms the electronic ballast can accurately detect and perform a value assigned to this further value or correlated adjustment and change of operating parameters, which is required for example for optimized operation ei ⁇ ner electric lamp of a third lamp type.
  • the electronic ballast only changes as the ⁇ to normal operation when the programming lamp How- was removed from the frame and for further operation, the electric lamp of the second lamp type is used ord ⁇ voltage to the invention.
  • the further normal operation of the electronic ballast is then performed with the unpro- grammed data and thus the electric lamp of the second lamp type with the new SET ⁇ ments of the operating parameters operated.
  • the values associated with the atypical values of the resistance of a lamp filament of the electric lamp and / or the atypical values of a substitute load of the electric lamp are correlated with settings, in particular new settings, of at least one operating parameter, and the new settings of FIG taken in the auxiliary operation of the electronic ballast correlation table. It may be ever ⁇ but also envisioned that the correlated with these values atypical settings one operating parameter are transmitted below Ü after recognizing the unusual value to the electronic ballast of at least.
  • the operating parameters in the value of the resistance of the lamp filament and / or the value of the substitute load of the electrical ⁇ rule lamp be encoded in such large graduations that an error-free detection of the operating parameters is guaranteed.
  • the entire lighting system which includes the electronic ballast and the at least one e- lectric lamp, even during the entire Vor ⁇ transition of the reprogramming or the change of the first settings of the operating parameters and thus in the Ne operation of the electronic ballast in switched ⁇ on state continued.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de réglage d'un ballast électronique qui permet de faire fonctionner une lampe électrique. Ce procédé consiste à programmer dans le ballast électronique une série de premiers réglages d'au moins un paramètre de fonctionnement d'au moins un premier type de lampe; à régler et faire fonctionner une lampe électrique reliée au ballast électronique avec les premiers réglages programmés tant que le ballast électronique est en mode de fonctionnement normal; à modifier les premiers réglages des paramètres de fonctionnement pendant un mode de fonctionnement auxiliaire du ballast électronique. Le ballast électronique passe en mode de fonctionnement auxiliaire lorsqu'il détecte une valeur de la résistance d'un filament spiralé de lampe et/ou d'une charge de remplacement de la lampe électrique qui est raccordée au ballast électronique, ladite valeur étant atypique comparé au mode de fonctionnement normal. Les premiers réglages sont modifiés est fonction de la valeur de la résistance correspondante atypique détectée.
EP06793822A 2005-09-28 2006-09-26 Procede de reglage d'un ballast electronique Expired - Fee Related EP1932399B1 (fr)

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DE102005046482A DE102005046482A1 (de) 2005-09-28 2005-09-28 Verfahren zum Einstellen eines elektronischen Vorschaltgeräts
PCT/EP2006/066726 WO2007036514A1 (fr) 2005-09-28 2006-09-26 Procede de reglage d'un ballast electronique

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