Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas discharge lamp ballast with reconfigurable filament voltage
- Patent Title (中): 具有可重构灯丝电压的气体放电灯镇流器
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Application No.: US13782639Application Date: 2013-03-01
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Publication No.: US09232607B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Venkatesh Chitta , Jonathan Robert Quayle , Brent M. Gawyrs
- Applicant: Lutron Electronics Inc., Co.
- Applicant Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
- Current Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Agency: Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02 ; B23P6/00 ; H05B41/16 ; H05B41/295

Abstract:
An amount of filament voltage supplied by a reconfigurable ballast may be adjusted based on a lamp type with which the ballast is operating. The filament voltage may be reconfigured dynamically and/or may be reconfigured via a user-provided value. An electronic dimming ballast may include a control circuit configured to control generation of the AC filament voltage in accordance with a reconfigurable AC filament voltage value. Reconfiguring an electronic dimming ballast may include reconfiguring an AC filament voltage applied by the electronic dimming ballast to a filament of a lamp installed with the electronic dimming ballast. Reconfiguring the AC filament voltage may include computing a hot-to-cold cathode resistance ratio associated with the filament. Reconfiguring the AC filament voltage may include determining whether the computed hot-to-cold cathode resistance ratio is within a range specified for the electronic dimming ballast.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140111111A1 GAS DISCHARGE LAMP BALLAST WITH RECONFIGURABLE FILAMENT VOLTAGE Public/Granted day:2014-04-24
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