EP2174532A1 - Elektronisches vorschaltgerät und verfahren zum betreiben mindestens einer entladungslampe - Google Patents
Elektronisches vorschaltgerät und verfahren zum betreiben mindestens einer entladungslampeInfo
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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
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
- H02M3/00—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output
- H02M3/02—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC
- H02M3/04—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters
- H02M3/10—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
- H02M3/145—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal
- H02M3/155—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
- H02M3/156—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators
- H02M3/158—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
- H02M3/1584—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load with a plurality of power processing stages connected in parallel
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- the present invention relates to an electronic ballast for operating at least a discharge lamp with an input stage and an output stage, where ⁇ having a first and a second starting connection in the output stage to connect the at least ei ⁇ NEN discharge lamp and a control input for Variie ⁇ ren to provide the provided between the first and second output terminals circuit output, wherein the input stage is designed at its output an operation ⁇ DC voltage for the output stage, and comprising: a first and a second input input terminal for connecting aéess monoton- voltage, EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) filter, a rectifier, with the EMC filter coupled between the first and second input terminals and the rectifier, a capacitor for providing the DC operating voltage for the output stage, and a Power factor correction device coupled between the rectifier and the capacitor, wherein the power factor correction device comprises a number n of power factor correction sub-devices connected in parallel with each other, and a control device for driving the number n of sub-devices, wherein the power to be provided at the
- the present invention relates to dimmable electronic ballasts, ie electronic ballasts that can be controlled such that the you be ⁇ provided overall performance can be varied within a wide range.
- an electronic ballast which is designed to be provided Ma ⁇ ximal analog of 300 W, at 60%, a Ge ⁇ total power of 180 W prepared and 20% of about 60 W.
- U ne tz is the effective value of the alternating supply voltage connected between the two input terminals.
- I ne tz is the Ef ⁇ Stammivwert of the current flowing through the input terminals stream.
- I ne ⁇ tz maX is the maximum value of about A ⁇ gear connections flowing current.
- U ra ii is provided at the output of the rectifier operating voltage ⁇ .
- the middle block of Table 1 represents quantities pertaining to the PFC stages, ie the power factor correction sub-devices. So L is the size of the inductance used in a PFC stage. IL, max is the maximum current flowing through this inductor current ⁇ .
- T 0n is the turn- on time of the switch of a PFC stage
- T O ff is the turn-off time of the switch of a PFC stage.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to develop a generic ballast or a gat ⁇ tional method such that the use of a low-cost EMC filter is possible.
- the present invention is based on the finding that this object can be achieved if the control ⁇ device is designed to control depending on the currently provided total power at least a first and a second sub-device such that their currently provided partial power differs from each other.
- This basic idea opened under ⁇ Kunststoffliche possibilities of reaction, wherein no pre-empting on the following description of preferred embodiments, particular two preferred options are to be mentioned, which consist disable at least one of the component devices completely o- the different sub-devices on differing ⁇ che be provided partial services to dimension. In any case, this ensures that the respective subdevices can always be operated close to their optimum operating point with respect to the switching frequency f PF c and the partial power to be provided.
- this allows a more favorable design of the EMC filter, since the switching frequency of the partial devices remains within a much narrower range. Furthermore, due to the operation close to its respective optimum operating point, the efficiency of the power factor correction device improves with dimmed operation.
- the currently to be provided by the power factor correction device overall performance is preferred ermit ⁇ telt by evaluating an analog or digital tax ersignals, especially a dimming signal.
- an analog or digital tax ersignals especially a dimming signal.
- DALI signal is also supplied to the control device which activates the partial devices of the power factor correction device.
- the total power to be provided decreases from ⁇ that can be operated by switching off a first or further sub-device, the remaining sub-devices in a range between 80 and 100% of their maximum current partial power, one of the active sub-devices is switched off.
- each sub-device comprises an electronic switch, wherein the control device is designed to operate the sub-devices in discontinuous mode, wherein the control device is designed to vary the on-time of the electronic switches in dependence on the total power currently to be provided.
- the sub-devices may be formed identically for the sake of simplicity, wherein the shutdown of a sub-device or the operation of the sub-device to provide different partial services is achieved only by different control of the switch each sub-device.
- the control device may in particular be designed to disable a part of the device when the turn-on time of one or each electronic switch un ⁇ ter a predefined threshold has dropped. This can be realized particularly easily by a microprocessor. sensor control, whereby a register is used to set the on-time. The register contents can be very easily compared with a predefinable threshold stored in another register.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of the structure of an embodiment of an electronic ballast according to the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a comparison of the switching frequency f PFC versus the total power to be provided for a first exemplary embodiment of the invention and the prior art
- Appendix A1 shows various electronic sizes for a generic electronic ballast known in the art.
- Appendix A2 shows the corresponding electronic variables for the first and the secondspecsbei ⁇ game of an electronic ballast according to the invention.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of the construction of an embodiment of an electro ⁇ African ballast according to the invention 10. It includes an input stage 12 and an output stage 14.
- the output stage 14 to ⁇ summarizes a plurality of unillustrated electronic watch components, among which in particular an inverter, and a lamp choke fall. It further comprises a first ⁇ towards Al and a second output terminal A2 for connecting a discharge lamp LA.
- the input stage 12 comprises a first El and a second input terminal E2 between which the AC supply voltage Uin, in particular the mains, is ⁇ included can be.
- EMC filter 16 followed by a rectifier device 18.
- a power factor correction device 20 which, in the present case, comprises three parallel-connected PFC stages 20a to 20c, which are controlled via a control device 22.
- a partial power P te iii to P te ii3 is provided. provides.
- a total power P Ges is provided which is formed from the sum of the partial powers P te iii to P te ii3 provided by the subdevices 20a to 20c.
- the capacitor Cl provided at the output of the power factor correction device 20 provides the so-called intermediate circuit voltage U zw as a DC operating voltage to the output stage 14.
- the output stage 14 has a control input St to vary the provided between the first Al and the second output terminal A2 from ⁇ output power P A desired.
- the construction of a subdevice 20c is also shown by way of example, wherein other embodiments of PFC stages are also readily suitable for the application of the present invention.
- a PFC stage includes a PFC Dossel L, through which current I L flows. It comprises a switch S1, which is controlled by the controller 22, and a diode D1 and a capacitor C2.
- an inventive electronic ballast ⁇ SEN A2 are given a variety of electronic sizes in Table 2 in the Appendix, which correspond to those which have already been introduced in connection with the Table 1 in Annex Al.
- the subdevices 20a to 20c are designed for a maximum power of 120 W to be provided.
- To provide a Ge ⁇ total power of P total is 300 W, all three PFC stages in operation, wherein the provided from each PFC stage power is 100 W, see row one of Table 2.
- row two will, as in the prior art , to Provide a total power P Ges of 240 W all three PFC stages operated so that each PFC stage provides a partial power of 80W.
- the switching frequencies FPFC according to the first and the second row of Table 2 therefore, correspond to the switching frequencies f PFC of the first and the second row of Table 1.
- row three of the Ta ⁇ beauty 2 is now to provide a total output of 240 W, a PFC stage switched off, ie there are only two more PFC stages in operation, each providing a partial power Pteii of 120 W. While in the operation of three PFC stages, the phase shift of the currents were offset by the respective PFC inductor L by 120 ° against ⁇ each other, this phase shift in the operation of two sub-apparatuses 180 ° and is adjusted by appropriate control by the control device 22.
- FIG. 2b shows for illustrating the course of the switching frequency f of the PFC over mobilized total power P Ges •
- For the first embodiment (broken Li ⁇ never), and the related art (solid line).
- the corresponding overall powers P Ges and switching frequencies f PFC are reproduced in FIG. 2a.
- FIG. 2b shows how much the switching frequency f c PF rises in small total power P to be provided Ges in the prior art, while it is only a maximum of 124 kHz at the vorlie ⁇ constricting embodiment. Since the lowest switching frequency f PFC in the present invention after all about 60 kHz, results in a low bandwidth of the required switching frequencies f PFC , resulting in an extremely simple and therefore cost-effective design of the EMC filter 16.
- the sub-apparatuses 20a to 20c ie the individual ⁇ nen PFC stages designed to provide a maximum partial power of 100 W.
- each PFC stage provides a part of power of 100 W, see row one of Table 3.
- ⁇ is a switching frequency f PFC of 112.0 kHz.
- the same total power P Ge s of 200 W is provided by activating only two PFC stages, of which every 100 W, see line three of Table 3, the result is a switching frequency f PFC of only 74, 6 kHz.
- Fig. 3b shows a comparison of the course of the switching frequency f PFC on the providedylonleis ⁇ tion P Ges for the second embodiment (dashed line) and the corresponding prior art (solid line).
- Fig. 3a shows the corresponding values of the switching frequency f PFC and the total output to be provided ⁇ tung P Ges again. Again, it can clearly be seen that in the prior art at low overall powers P Ges the switching frequency f PFC rises sharply, whereas in the second embodiment it is in a range between about 75 and 150 kHz.
- the second embodiment is already possible by a cost ⁇ favorable design of the individual PFC stages, ie in the first embodiment, the individual PFC stages are designed to provide a partial power of 120 W, while for each PFC stages In the second embodiment, a design of 100 W is sufficient.
- the power provided by the respective PFC stage is made by varying the turn- on time T 0n and the turn-off time T off of the switches of the individual PFC stages.
- the partial devices dimensioned taking on different part services or identical sub-assemblies to provide different part services through the control device 22, to in particular by varying the on and turn-off of the respective switch Sl ⁇ control .
- a partial device is preferably switched off when it appears that, after switching off a partial device, the remaining partial devices can be operated with approximately 80 to 100% of their maximum partial output to be provided.
- a part of the device when a result, have then provide the activated partial devices between 80 and 100% of its maximum current partial power after connection of the supply apparatus is supplied switched ⁇ with increasing legizu- sites of total power P Ges.
- the total power currently to be provided by the power factor correction device can be determined by evaluating a signal applied to the control input St or else by evaluation in the electronic ballast determined electrical quantities, in which case in particular the current and the voltage at the input of the power factor correction device 20, the current and the voltage at the output of the power factor correction device 20 and / or the current and the voltage at the output Al, A2 of the output stage 14 come into consideration.
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