Title:
【発明の名称】電子バラスト
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001500315
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An electronic ballast for a discharge lamp includes a capacitive storage device which is serially connected with an AC power source and the lamp. A first combination of switches, arranged in a bridge configuration, alternately reverse the polarity in which the capacitive storage device is connected. A second combination of switches periodically bypasses the capacitive storage device and momentarily places the AC power source directly in series with the lamp.
Inventors:
Shen Eric Bertrand
Schlecht Martin Frederick
Schlecht Martin Frederick
Application Number:
JP50835899A
Publication Date:
January 09, 2001
Filing Date:
June 18, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
International Classes:
H05B41/16; H05B41/232; H05B41/282; H05B41/24; H05B41/392; (IPC1-7): H05B41/16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masao Sawada