GB1176360A - Improvements in Inverter Circuits - Google Patents

Improvements in Inverter Circuits

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Publication number
GB1176360A
GB1176360A GB37083/67A GB3708367A GB1176360A GB 1176360 A GB1176360 A GB 1176360A GB 37083/67 A GB37083/67 A GB 37083/67A GB 3708367 A GB3708367 A GB 3708367A GB 1176360 A GB1176360 A GB 1176360A
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limbs
gap
gaps
windings
transformer
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GB37083/67A
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Victor Farrow
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Thorn Electronics Ltd
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Thorn Electronics Ltd
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Priority to GB37083/67A priority Critical patent/GB1176360A/en
Priority to US738165A priority patent/US3703677A/en
Publication of GB1176360A publication Critical patent/GB1176360A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • 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
    • H05B41/282—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 with semiconductor devices
    • H05B41/2821—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 with semiconductor devices by means of a single-switch converter or a parallel push-pull converter in the final stage
    • H05B41/2822—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 with semiconductor devices by means of a single-switch converter or a parallel push-pull converter in the final stage using specially adapted components in the load circuit, e.g. feed-back transformers, piezoelectric transformers; using specially adapted load circuit configurations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F38/00—Adaptations of transformers or inductances for specific applications or functions
    • H01F38/08—High-leakage transformers or inductances
    • H01F38/10—Ballasts, e.g. for 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
    • 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
    • Y10S315/07—Starting and control circuits for gas discharge lamp using transistors

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

Abstract

1,176,360. Supply circuits for discharge lamps. THORN ELECTRONICS Ltd. 11 Aug., 1967, No. 37083/67. Heading H2H. [Also in Division H1] The leaky transformer T 1 , Fig. 1, in an inverter circuit having switching transistors VT 1 , VT 2 , has its primary and secondary windings on opposite limbs of a closed magnetic circuit having air gaps Z/2 (Fig. 3) in those limbs, a magnetic shunt C, D air-gapped at y being provided between the windings. The length of gaps Z/2 is said to determine the pre-strike frequency when the transformer supplies a fluorescent lamp. The ratio of the gap y to the total main circuit gap 2 determines how much of the secondary pre-strike voltage is lost due to limbs C and D which may be wider than the core thickness and tapered at the ends. The apparatus may operate at from 5 to 50 (Kc./s.)
GB37083/67A 1967-08-11 1967-08-11 Improvements in Inverter Circuits Expired GB1176360A (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB37083/67A GB1176360A (en) 1967-08-11 1967-08-11 Improvements in Inverter Circuits
US738165A US3703677A (en) 1967-08-11 1968-06-19 Fluorescent lamp inverter circuit

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GB37083/67A GB1176360A (en) 1967-08-11 1967-08-11 Improvements in Inverter Circuits

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GB1176360A true GB1176360A (en) 1970-01-01

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EP0024522A2 (en) * 1979-08-06 1981-03-11 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Inverter for operating at least two gas discharge lamps
GB2248985A (en) * 1990-08-24 1992-04-22 Coolite Ltd High frequency fluorescent tube driver
GB2263201A (en) * 1992-01-07 1993-07-14 Neet Lighting Limited Fluorescent light power source, inverter, transformer and transformer core

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FR1035405A (en) * 1951-04-14 1953-08-24 Ribet & Desjardins Improvement in circuits for fluorescent tubes
US2949565A (en) * 1958-02-10 1960-08-16 Siemens Ag Direct current to alternating current inverter
GB909969A (en) * 1958-07-26
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Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0024522A2 (en) * 1979-08-06 1981-03-11 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Inverter for operating at least two gas discharge lamps
EP0024522A3 (en) * 1979-08-06 1981-03-18 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Berlin Und Munchen Inverter for operating at least two gas discharge lamps
GB2248985A (en) * 1990-08-24 1992-04-22 Coolite Ltd High frequency fluorescent tube driver
GB2248985B (en) * 1990-08-24 1994-08-03 Coolite Ltd Fluorescent tube driver
GB2263201A (en) * 1992-01-07 1993-07-14 Neet Lighting Limited Fluorescent light power source, inverter, transformer and transformer core

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