High frequency oscillator-inverter with improved regenerative power supply
CA 2046153 A1 · Owner: Erhardt, Robert A. · Inventors: Brown, Allan E.; Erhardt, Robert A.
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An improved power supply for one or more electric discharge lamps includes a high frequency oscillator-inverter circuit coupled to the output of a full-wave rectifier circuit via a transformer primary winding (25). The rectifier circuit is energized from a low frequency source of AC voltage. The oscillator-inverter circuit supplies high frequency oscillations to the lamp via a frequency-dependent ballast coupling circuit. A regenerative power supply is coupled to the transformer primary winding by means of a secondary winding (62) of the transformer thereby to charge a capacitor (49) operative as a switchable auxiliary supply voltage for the oscillator-inverter circuit. Improved start-up …
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- Filed July 3, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 3, 2011.
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