公开(公告)号：US20110037404A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-17

申请号：US12445684

申请日：2007-10-16

申请人： Gregg Hollingsworth

发明人： Gregg Hollingsworth

IPC分类号： H05B41/24

CPC分类号： H01J65/04 ,  H05B41/2806 ,  Y02B20/22

摘要： An electrodeless plasma lamp and a method of generating light are described. The lamp may comprise a lamp body including a dielectric material having a relative permittivity greater than 2. A lamp drive circuit is coupled to the lamp body and configured to provide radio frequency (RF) power to the lamp body. A bulb containing a fill is positioned proximate the lamp body. The fill forms a plasma when the RF power is coupled to the fill from the lamp body. A lamp drive circuit including modulation control circuit is provided to control modulation of a frequency of the RF power across a frequency band. The circuit may be configured to provide RF power across a frequency band around a resonant frequency for the lamp body to reduce peak amplitude and electro-magnetic interference while maintaining average power to the plasma.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种无电极等离子体灯和一种产生光的方法。 灯可以包括灯主体，其包括具有大于2的相对介电常数的介电材料。灯驱动电路耦合到灯体并且被配置为向灯体提供射频（RF）功率。 包含填充物的灯泡位于灯体附近。 当RF功率从灯体耦合到填充物时，填充物形成等离子体。 提供包括调制控制电路的灯驱动电路来控制跨频带的RF功率的频率的调制。 电路可以被配置为在灯体的谐振频率周围的频带上提供RF功率，以降低峰值振幅和电磁干扰，同时保持对等离子体的平均功率。

公开(公告)号：US08981663B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-17

申请号：US12445684

申请日：2007-10-16

申请人： Gregg Hollingsworth

发明人： Gregg Hollingsworth

IPC分类号： H05B41/24 ,  H01J65/04 ,  H05B41/28

CPC分类号： H01J65/04 ,  H05B41/2806 ,  Y02B20/22

摘要： An electrodeless plasma lamp and a method of generating light are described. The lamp may comprise a lamp body including a dielectric material having a relative permittivity greater than 2. A lamp drive circuit is coupled to the lamp body and configured to provide radio frequency (RF) power to the lamp body. A bulb containing a fill is positioned proximate the lamp body. The fill forms a plasma when the RF power is coupled to the fill from the lamp body. A lamp drive circuit including modulation control circuit is provided to control modulation of a frequency of the RF power across a frequency band. The circuit may be configured to provide RF power across a frequency band around a resonant frequency for the lamp body to reduce peak amplitude and electro-magnetic interference while maintaining average power to the plasma.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种无电极等离子体灯和一种产生光的方法。 灯可以包括灯主体，其包括具有大于2的相对介电常数的介电材料。灯驱动电路耦合到灯体并且被配置为向灯体提供射频（RF）功率。 包含填充物的灯泡位于灯体附近。 当RF功率从灯体耦合到填充物时，填充物形成等离子体。 提供包括调制控制电路的灯驱动电路来控制跨频带的RF功率的频率的调制。 电路可以被配置为在灯体的谐振频率周围的频带上提供RF功率，以降低峰值振幅和电磁干扰，同时保持对等离子体的平均功率。

公开(公告)号：US20090167201A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-02

申请号：US12266743

申请日：2008-11-07

申请人： Markus Duelli ,  Richard Gilliard ,  Abdeslam Hafidi ,  Gregg Hollingsworth

发明人： Markus Duelli ,  Richard Gilliard ,  Abdeslam Hafidi ,  Gregg Hollingsworth

IPC分类号： H05B41/24

CPC分类号： H05B41/2806 ,  Y02B20/22

摘要： In one example embodiment, a drive probe is coupled to the lamp body to provide the primary power for ignition and steady state operation of the lamp. Feedback may be used to adjust frequency in response to changing conditions of the lamp during startup. A phase shifter may be used to adjust the phase of the power between ignition and steady state operation. A sensor may detect a lamp operating condition that automatically triggers a shift in phase after the fill in the bulb is vaporized. In another example embodiment, a method for sequentially optimizing the drive power and phase shift applied to the lamp is disclosed that may reliably regulate the lamp current consumption to desired startup and operational levels despite variations in lamp environmental conditions.

摘要翻译： 在一个示例性实施例中，驱动探针耦合到灯体以提供灯的点火和稳态操作的主要功率。 反馈可用于响应于启动期间灯的变化条件来调节频率。 可以使用移相器来调节点火和稳态操作之间的功率相位。 传感器可以检测在灯泡的填充物蒸发之后自动触发相位偏移的灯操作状态。 在另一个示例实施例中，公开了一种用于顺序地优化施加到灯的驱动功率和相移的方法，其可以可靠地将灯电流消耗调节到期望的启动和操作水平，尽管灯环境条件的变化。