Method of driving a gas-discharge lamp
    11.
    发明授权
    Method of driving a gas-discharge lamp 有权
    驱动气体放电灯的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09161423B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-13

    申请号:US14003172

    申请日:2012-03-05

    摘要: The invention describes a method of driving a gas-discharge lamp (1) according to conditions in a specific region (R) of the lamp (1), which gas-discharge lamp (1) comprises a burner (2) in which a first electrode (4) and a second electrode (5) are arranged on either side of a discharge gap, which lamp (1) is realised such that the position (PCs) of a coldest spot during an AC mode of operation is in the vicinity of the first electrode (4), which method comprises the steps of initially driving the lamp (1) in the AC mode of operation; monitoring an environment variable of the lamp (1), which environment variable is indicative of conditions in a specific region (R) of the lamp (1); switching to a temporary DC mode of operation at a DC power value on the basis of the monitored environment variable, whereby the first electrode (4) is allocated as the anode; and driving the lamp (1) in the DC mode of operation until the monitored environment variable has returned to an intermediate environment variable threshold value (TDCAC). The invention also describes a gas-discharge lamp and a driver for a gas-discharge lamp.

    摘要翻译: 本发明描述了根据灯(1)的特定区域(R)中的条件驱动气体放电灯(1)的方法,该气体放电灯(1)包括燃烧器(2),其中第一 电极(4)和第二电极(5)布置在放电间隙的两侧,该灯(1)被实现为使得AC操作期间最冷点的位置(PC)在 所述第一电极(4)包括以下步骤:在所述交流工作模式下最初驱动所述灯(1); 监测所述灯(1)的环境变量,所述环境变量指示所述灯(1)的特定区域(R)中的条件; 基于所监视的环境变量,以直流功率值切换到临时直流工作模式,由此将第一电极(4)分配为阳极; 并且在DC操作模式下驱动灯(1),直到所监视的环境变量已经返回到中间环境变量阈值(TDCAC)为止。 本发明还描述了一种气体放电灯和用于气体放电灯的驱动器。

    Burner with reduced height and method of manufacturing a burner
    12.
    发明授权
    Burner with reduced height and method of manufacturing a burner 有权
    具有降低高度的燃烧器和制造燃烧器的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08729802B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-20

    申请号:US13522345

    申请日:2011-01-19

    IPC分类号: H01J17/16 H01J61/30

    摘要: It is provided a burner for automotive lamps, particularly HID lamps, comprising a discharge vessel for generating light by means of a discharge arc. A glass body for protecting the discharge vessel comprises a shaft for being inserted into a socket. The shaft comprises at least one insulation pocket for receiving a rib of the socket and for insulating the first electrode outside the glass body. Due to the insulation pocket the glass body may provide an umbrella-like dielectric increasing the minimum necessary way for a high voltage discharge arc to the uncovered part of the first electrode at the proximal end of the shaft. Due to the improved insulation effect by means of the insulation pocket, the height of the shaft of the glass body may be significantly reduced leading to a reduced height of the burner without impairing the insulation of the burner.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于汽车灯的燃烧器,特别是HID灯,其包括用于通过放电电弧产生光的放电容器。 用于保护放电容器的玻璃体包括用于插入插座的轴。 所述轴包括至少一个用于容纳所述插座的肋并用于将所述第一电极在所述玻璃体外部绝缘的绝缘袋。 由于绝缘袋,玻璃体可以提供伞状电介质,其增加了在轴的近端处的第一电极的未覆盖部分的高压放电电弧的最小必要方式。 由于通过绝缘袋提高的绝缘效果,玻璃体的轴的高度可能显着减小,导致燃烧器的高度减小而不损害燃烧器的绝缘。

    APPARATUS FOR DRIVING A GAS DISCHARGE LAMP
    13.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS FOR DRIVING A GAS DISCHARGE LAMP 审中-公开
    用于驱动气体放电灯的装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120293073A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-22

    申请号:US13519150

    申请日:2010-11-29

    IPC分类号: H05B41/36 H05B41/30

    摘要: A method of generating a measuring signal indicating arc straightness in a gas discharge lamp (L) comprises the following steps: in a first step, applying a first lamp current (IN) to the lamp; in a second step, adding a brief pulse current (Ip) to the first lamp current (IN), allowing the lamp voltage to regain a steady state, and measuring the resulting average value of the lamp voltage (V2) in this steady state; generating a measuring signal indicating arc straightness on the basis of said average lamp voltage (V2) measured in the second step.

    摘要翻译: 一种在气体放电灯(L)中产生指示电弧平直度的测量信号的方法包括以下步骤:在第一步骤中,向灯施加第一灯电流(IN); 在第二步骤中,向第一灯电流(IN)添加短脉冲电流(Ip),允许灯电压恢复稳定状态,并在该稳定状态下测量所得到的灯电压(V2)的平均值; 基于在第二步骤中测量的所述平均灯电压(V2)产生指示电弧平直度的测量信号。