Reducing the clamping voltage of operating devices for gas discharge lamps
CA 2354247 A1 · Owner: Franck, Felix · Inventors: Heckmann, Markus; Franck, Felix
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Reducing the clamping voltage of operating devices for gas discharge lamps, An electronic operating device for discharge lamps is disclosed in which an output terminal is connected via a coupling capacitor (CB) to a reference potential (E). An electric component (VC) which acts as a voltage source is inserted in series with the coupling capacitor (CB) in order to reduce the potential of an output terminal. The electric component (VC) consists in one embodiment of an inductor which is coupled to the lamp inductor.
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- Filed July 27, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 27, 2021.
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