GB2310964B - An electronic ballast for a compact fluorescent lamp - Google Patents

An electronic ballast for a compact fluorescent lamp

Info

Publication number: GB2310964B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: fluorescent lamp; electronic ballast; compact fluorescent; compact; ballast
Prior art date: 1996-03-06
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 - Fee Related

Application number

GB9704649A

Other versions

GB9704649D0 (en

GB2310964A (en

Inventor

Michael J Willers

David Power

Michael Barry

Patrick J Roche

Michael G Egan

John M D Murphy

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

TECNINTER IRELAND Ltd

Original Assignee

TECNINTER IRELAND Ltd

Priority date (The priority date 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 date listed.)

1996-03-06

Filing date

1997-03-06

Publication date

2000-06-28

1997-03-06 Application filed by TECNINTER IRELAND Ltd filed Critical TECNINTER IRELAND Ltd

1997-04-23 Publication of GB9704649D0 publication Critical patent/GB9704649D0/en

1997-09-10 Publication of GB2310964A publication Critical patent/GB2310964A/en

2000-06-28 Application granted granted Critical

2000-06-28 Publication of GB2310964B publication Critical patent/GB2310964B/en

2017-03-06 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- 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
- H02M1/00—Details of apparatus for conversion
- H02M1/42—Circuits or arrangements for compensating for or adjusting power factor in converters or inverters
- H02M1/4208—Arrangements for improving power factor of AC input
- H02M1/425—Arrangements for improving power factor of AC input using a single converter stage both for correction of AC input power factor and generation of a high frequency AC output voltage
- 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
- 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
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
- Y02B20/00—Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge 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
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
- Y02B70/00—Technologies for an efficient end-user side electric power management and consumption
- Y02B70/10—Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Power Engineering (AREA)
Circuit Arrangements For Discharge Lamps (AREA)

GB9704649A 1996-03-06 1997-03-06 An electronic ballast for a compact fluorescent lamp Expired - Fee Related GB2310964B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
IE960207		1996-03-06

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB9704649D0 GB9704649D0 (en)	1997-04-23
GB2310964A GB2310964A (en)	1997-09-10
GB2310964B true GB2310964B (en)	2000-06-28

Family

ID=11041103

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB9704649A Expired - Fee Related GB2310964B (en)	1996-03-06	1997-03-06	An electronic ballast for a compact fluorescent lamp

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0885550A1 (en)
AU (1)	AU2228097A (en)
GB (1)	GB2310964B (en)
IE (3)	IES75206B2 (en)
WO (1)	WO1997033454A1 (en)

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JPH11345694A (en) *	1998-03-31	1999-12-14	Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corp	Compact fluorescent lamp and lighting equipment
FR2803977A1 (en) *	2000-01-19	2001-07-20	High Distrib	ELECTRIC APPARATUS, PARTICULARLY A FLUORESCENCE LIGHTING ELEMENT, HAVING A SUPPLY CIRCUIT COMPRISING A SERVO CONVERTER
WO2011032785A1 (en) *	2009-08-10	2011-03-24	Reinig Energiespar Systeme	Device for reducing electromagnetic interference of a fluorescent illumination device, arrangement, fluorescent illumination element, fluorescent tube element and method of reducing electromagnetic interference of a fluorescent illumination device

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1997
- 1997-03-06 GB GB9704649A patent/GB2310964B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1997-03-06 IE IE970158 patent/IES75206B2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1997-03-06 IE IE970156A patent/IE80519B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1997-03-06 EP EP97905376A patent/EP0885550A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1997-03-06 IE IE970157A patent/IE970157A1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1997-03-06 AU AU22280/97A patent/AU2228097A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1997-03-06 WO PCT/IE1997/000016 patent/WO1997033454A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation

Patent Citations (9)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB2124042A (en) *	1982-06-01	1984-02-08	Control Logic	Reduction of harmonics in gas discharge lamp ballasts
US4564897A (en) *	1983-01-13	1986-01-14	Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.	Power source
US5001400A (en) *	1989-10-12	1991-03-19	Nilssen Ole K	Power factor correction in electronic ballasts
EP0585077A1 (en) *	1992-08-25	1994-03-02	General Electric Company	Power supply circuit with power factor correction
WO1994012007A1 (en) *	1992-11-13	1994-05-26	Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft für elektrische Glühlampen mbH	Circuit arrangement for operating low-pressure discharge lamps
US5448137A (en) *	1993-01-19	1995-09-05	Andrzej A. Bobel	Electronic energy converter having two resonant circuits
WO1994022209A1 (en) *	1993-03-22	1994-09-29	Motorola Lighting, Inc.	Transistor circuit for powering a fluorescent lamp
EP0621743A1 (en) *	1993-04-23	1994-10-26	Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.	Power factor correcting circuit
US5488269A (en) *	1995-02-10	1996-01-30	General Electric Company	Multi-resonant boost high power factor circuit

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
GB9704649D0 (en)	1997-04-23
GB2310964A (en)	1997-09-10
WO1997033454A1 (en)	1997-09-12
IE970156A1 (en)	1997-09-10
EP0885550A1 (en)	1998-12-23
AU2228097A (en)	1997-09-22
IE970157A1 (en)	1997-09-10
IES970158A2 (en)	1997-08-27
IE80519B1 (en)	1998-08-26
IES75206B2 (en)	1997-08-27

Publication	Publication Date	Title
AU3998095A (en)	1996-04-26	Improvements in ballast circuit for fluorescent lamps
GB9911555D0 (en)	1999-07-21	A circuit for energizing cold-cathode fluorescent lamps
HUP9701468A3 (en)	2000-06-28	Ballast circuit for gas discharge lamp
EP0771440A4 (en)	1997-07-30	Externally dimmable electronic ballast
KR980006031U (en)	1998-03-30	Ballasts for Compact Fluorescent Lamps
GB2315375A8 (en)	1998-02-23	Fluorescent lamp drive circuit
GB2270808B (en)	1996-04-10	Electronic ballast for a discharge lamp
AU4362997A (en)	1998-05-07	Electronic ballast for high-density discharge lamps
AU698836B2 (en)	1998-11-12	Electronic ballast for fluorescent lamp
EP0871349A4 (en)	1998-12-30	Discharge lamp operating electronic device
GB2310964B (en)	2000-06-28	An electronic ballast for a compact fluorescent lamp
TW295328U (en)	1997-01-01	Electronic ballast for a discharge lamp
AU1256397A (en)	1998-03-26	An electronic ballast for a fluorescent lamp
GB9613358D0 (en)	1996-08-28	Electrodeless fluorescent lamp
GB2298749B (en)	1998-01-07	Electronic ballasts for gas discharge lamps
GB9618469D0 (en)	1996-10-16	An improved compact fluorescent lamp
SG52830A1 (en)	1998-09-28	Electronic ballast for fluorescent lamp
KR950010499U (en)	1995-04-24	Electronic ballast for fluorescent lamps
KR960009574U (en)	1996-03-16	Ballast for soft start electronic fluorescent lamps
KR960015902U (en)	1996-05-17	Ballast for compact fluorescent lamps
GB9310281D0 (en)	1993-06-30	Electronic ballast for compact fluorescent lamps
KR960035858U (en)	1996-11-21	Electronic Ballast for Fluorescent Lamps
GB9317841D0 (en)	1993-10-13	Electronic ballast for fluorescent lamps
EP0679048A3 (en)	1997-12-03	Circuit for operating a discharge lamp ballast
IT1269083B (en)	1997-03-21	ELECTRONIC BALLAST FOR DISCHARGE LAMPS

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2001-01-10	732E	Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)
2007-11-28	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee	Effective date: 20070306