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EP 0852892 B1 20000322 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE POWER OF A HIGH-PRESSURE GAS-DISCHARGE LAMP

Title (en)

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE POWER OF A HIGH-PRESSURE GAS-DISCHARGE LAMP

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND ANORDNUNG ZUR LEISTUNGSSTEUERUNG EINER HOCHDRUCK-GASENTLADUNGSLAMPE

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR REGULER LA PUISSANCE D'UNE LAMPE A DECHARGE EN ATMOSPHERE GAZEUSE HAUTE PRESSION

Publication

EP 0852892 B1 20000322 (DE)

Application

EP 96919634 A 19960607

Priority

  • DE 9601000 W 19960607
  • DE 19535663 A 19950926

Abstract (en)

[origin: DE19535663A1] Proposed is a method of increasing the power of a high-pressure gas-discharge lamp (1) working with a control unit which controls a power-supply circuit in accordance with a characteristic curve (21) to provide essentially constant power. To change the power, the method calls for controlled displacement of the voltage/current characteristic curve, in particular by the manipulation of one or more of the characteristic-curve input parameters. The device for carrying out the method is designed in such a way that the control circuit includes a microcontroller (2) and that displacement of the characteristic curve is carried out under software control, in particular by the addition or subtraction of suitable step values ( DELTA U) or continuously variable parameters to the control values (U1, U2) fed to the control element (3). In another embodiment, the method uses an ASIC to displace the characteristic curve under hardware control.

IPC 1-7

H05B 41/14

IPC 8 full level

H05B 41/14 (2006.01); H05B 41/288 (2006.01); H05B 41/38 (2006.01); H05B 41/392 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

H05B 41/14 (2013.01 - KR); H05B 41/2882 (2013.01 - EP US); H05B 41/386 (2013.01 - EP US); H05B 41/3921 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 19535663 A1 19970327; DE 59604796 D1 20000427; EP 0852892 A1 19980715; EP 0852892 B1 20000322; JP 3949168 B2 20070725; JP H11514486 A 19991207; KR 19990064044 A 19990726; US 6051939 A 20000418; WO 9712498 A1 19970403

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 19535663 A 19950926; DE 59604796 T 19960607; DE 9601000 W 19960607; EP 96919634 A 19960607; JP 51304797 A 19960607; KR 19980702522 A 19980325; US 98304898 A 19980115