GB1387842A - Ballast circuits for discharge lamps - Google Patents

Ballast circuits for discharge lamps

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Publication number
GB1387842A
GB1387842A GB725772A GB725772A GB1387842A GB 1387842 A GB1387842 A GB 1387842A GB 725772 A GB725772 A GB 725772A GB 725772 A GB725772 A GB 725772A GB 1387842 A GB1387842 A GB 1387842A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
lamp
circuit
discharge lamps
feb
ballast
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB725772A
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English (en)
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Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd
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Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd
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Publication date
Application filed by Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd filed Critical Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd
Priority to GB725772A priority Critical patent/GB1387842A/en
Priority to ZA731022A priority patent/ZA731022B/xx
Priority to US00332717A priority patent/US3857063A/en
Priority to NL7302136A priority patent/NL7302136A/xx
Priority to DE19732307416 priority patent/DE2307416A1/de
Priority to AU52276/73A priority patent/AU5227673A/en
Priority to IN341/CAL/73A priority patent/IN137730B/en
Publication of GB1387842A publication Critical patent/GB1387842A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • 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
    • 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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  • Circuit Arrangements For Discharge Lamps (AREA)
GB725772A 1972-02-16 1972-02-16 Ballast circuits for discharge lamps Expired GB1387842A (en)

Priority Applications (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB725772A GB1387842A (en) 1972-02-16 1972-02-16 Ballast circuits for discharge lamps
ZA731022A ZA731022B (en) 1972-02-16 1973-02-13 Improvements in ballast circuits for discharge lamps
US00332717A US3857063A (en) 1972-02-16 1973-02-15 Ballast circuits for discharge lamps
NL7302136A NL7302136A (xx) 1972-02-16 1973-02-15
DE19732307416 DE2307416A1 (de) 1972-02-16 1973-02-15 Entladungslampen-ballastschaltung
AU52276/73A AU5227673A (en) 1972-02-16 1973-02-16 Ballast circuits for discharge lamps
IN341/CAL/73A IN137730B (xx) 1972-02-16 1973-02-16

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB725772A GB1387842A (en) 1972-02-16 1972-02-16 Ballast circuits for discharge lamps

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB1387842A true GB1387842A (en) 1975-03-19

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GB725772A Expired GB1387842A (en) 1972-02-16 1972-02-16 Ballast circuits for discharge lamps

Country Status (7)

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US (1) US3857063A (xx)
AU (1) AU5227673A (xx)
DE (1) DE2307416A1 (xx)
GB (1) GB1387842A (xx)
IN (1) IN137730B (xx)
NL (1) NL7302136A (xx)
ZA (1) ZA731022B (xx)

Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4445074A (en) * 1980-11-07 1984-04-24 Hitachi, Ltd. Starting circuits for discharge lamps

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US4394603A (en) * 1978-09-26 1983-07-19 Controlled Environment Systems Inc. Energy conserving automatic light output system
US4260932A (en) * 1978-10-12 1981-04-07 Vance Johnson Method and circuit for facilitating the starting and steady state flickerless operation of a discharge lamp
FR2454246A1 (fr) * 1979-04-12 1980-11-07 Gen Electric Circuit d'amorcage pour lampe a arc du type haute intensite, haute pression remplie avec un gaz
WO1983001555A1 (en) * 1981-10-13 1983-04-28 Lights Of America Inc Circuit for starting and operating discharge lamps
US4463285A (en) * 1982-03-08 1984-07-31 Nilssen Ole K DC Ballasting means for fluorescent lamps
JPS59154736A (ja) * 1983-02-21 1984-09-03 Hitachi Ltd 低圧水銀蒸気放電灯
HU191319B (en) * 1985-03-11 1987-02-27 Sebestyen,Laszlo,Hu Method and circuit arrangement for firing light sources of high firing voltage
DE3614708A1 (de) * 1986-04-30 1987-11-19 Schmidt Michael Steuerschaltung fuer eine lichtbogenlampe
US4929871A (en) * 1986-06-16 1990-05-29 Gerfast Sten R Transformerless current-limiting circuit
US5284327A (en) * 1992-04-29 1994-02-08 Aluminum Company Of America Extrusion quenching apparatus and related method
JP2008211946A (ja) * 2007-02-28 2008-09-11 Sanden Corp 電力変換装置

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US2892126A (en) * 1956-12-26 1959-06-23 Gen Electric Starting and operating circuit for arc discharge device
US3170084A (en) * 1961-11-03 1965-02-16 Westinghouse Electric Corp Lamp starting and operating circuit
US3354379A (en) * 1966-01-26 1967-11-21 Gen Electric Rectifier circuit with voltage multiplication
US3676735A (en) * 1969-09-25 1972-07-11 Sylvania Electric Prod Resonator ballast for arc discharge lamps
US3679934A (en) * 1970-02-05 1972-07-25 Hewlett Packard Co Automatic restarting laser power supply
US3758815A (en) * 1972-01-04 1973-09-11 Gte Sylvania Inc Supplemental energy storage circuit for arc discharge lamps

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4445074A (en) * 1980-11-07 1984-04-24 Hitachi, Ltd. Starting circuits for discharge lamps

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US3857063A (en) 1974-12-24
ZA731022B (en) 1973-11-28
NL7302136A (xx) 1973-08-20
AU5227673A (en) 1974-08-22
IN137730B (xx) 1975-09-13
DE2307416A1 (de) 1973-08-23

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