摘要:
An electrodeless discharge lamp is disclosed that comprises a bulb with a substance for electric discharge sealed therein, the bulb having a reentrant portion protruding inwardly along a Z-axis direction; an induction coil arranged in the reentrant portion, the induction coil having a magnetic core and a winding wound around the magnetic core; and a drive circuit for supplying the induction coil with a power from 50 kHz to 1 MHz. The bulb has an outer diameter from 65 mm to 75 mm in a direction orthogonal to the Z-axis direction, and the magnetic core has a length L in the Z-axis direction that is 1.05 times or more a length L′ of the winding in the Z-axis direction, the length L being set to 41 mm or less.
摘要:
A dielectric barrier discharge lamp lighting apparatus includes a plurality of dielectric barrier discharge lamps each of which includes an internal electrode sealed at one end, an external electrode arranged outside of a discharge space of the dielectric barrier discharge lamps, and a ballast circuit for applying a high voltage at high frequency between the internal electrode and the external electrode to operate the plurality of dielectric barrier discharge lamps. The plurality of lamps are arranged in parallel, and arranged so that the position of the internal electrode of each dielectric barrier discharge lamp is at different side in the adjacent dielectric barrier discharge lamps, and at the same sides in every other dielectric barrier discharge lamp. The ballast circuit applies voltages at high frequency with difference in phase to adjacent dielectric barrier discharge lamps.
摘要:
An electrodeless discharge lamp is disclosed that comprises a bulb with a substance for electric discharge sealed therein, the bulb having a reentrant portion protruding inwardly along a Z-axis direction; an induction coil arranged in the reentrant portion, the induction coil having a magnetic core and a winding wound around the magnetic core; and a drive circuit for supplying the induction coil with a power from 50 kHz to 1 MHz. The bulb has an outer diameter from 65 mm to 75 mm in a direction orthogonal to the Z-axis direction, and the magnetic core has a length L in the Z-axis direction that is 1.05 times or more a length L′ of the winding in the Z-axis direction, the length L being set to 41 mm or less.
摘要:
An object is to provide a heat medium heating device capable of achieving closer contact between cooling plates without an increase in size thereof, and a vehicle air conditioning apparatus provided with the heat medium heating device. The heat medium heating device includes: electrode plates that are respectively stacked on at least both sides of a PTC element so as to sandwich the PTC element; a plurality of flat heat exchanger tubes (17) each including: an inlet header part (22) that supplies a heat medium; an outlet header part (23) that discharges the heat medium; and a hermetic member provided in each of the inlet header part (22) and the outlet header part (23), the heat exchanger tubes (17) being stacked so as to be parallel to each other with the electrode plates being sandwiched therebetween and exchanging heat with the electrode plates; a substrate that is provided on one side of the plurality of the stacked heat exchanger tubes (17) and is connected to the electrode plates; a heat generating element connected to the substrate; a plate-shaped pressing member (16) that is connected to another side of the substrate and presses the plurality of the stacked heat exchanger tubes (17); and a casing (11) that houses the electrode plates, the heat exchanger tubes (17), the substrate, the pressing member (16), and the heat generating element.
摘要:
An electrode-less discharge lamp lighting apparatus which is electrically connected to a dimming unit (2) is provided with: an electrode-less fluorescent lamp (3); and a lighting circuit (4) operable to apply a high-frequency voltage to the electrode-less fluorescent lamp (3), wherein the lighting circuit (4) includes: an AC/DC converting unit (5) operable to convert a phase-controlled AC voltage outputted from the dimming unit (2) into a DC voltage; a DC/AC converting unit (6) operable to convert the DC voltage into a high-frequency voltage; and a dimming controlling unit (7) that includes a resistor (29), a switching element (28), and a timer circuit (27) so as to detect a timing of a turn-on of the phase-controlled AC voltage and to, based on the detected timing, allow a current whose value is at least a threshold to flow across output terminals of the AC/DC converting unit (5) for at least a duration of a time lag between the turn-on of the phase-controlled AC voltage and the generation of the high-frequency voltage by the DC/AC converting unit (6).
摘要:
A self-ballasted electrodeless discharge lamp of the invention is provided with a discharge vessel filled with discharge gas, the discharge vessel having a cavity portion, a coil inserted into the cavity portion of the discharge vessel, a ballast circuit for supplying high frequency power to the coil, and a lamp base that is electrically connected to the ballast circuit, wherein the discharge vessel, the coil, the ballast circuit, and the lamp base are configured as a single unit, and a reflective tape for reflecting light that is radiated from the discharge gas and emitted from inside the discharge vessel to its cavity portion side is wound around the coil.
摘要:
A dimmable self-ballasted fluorescent lamp includes a fluorescent lamp, a ballast and a lamp base that are formed as one unit. The ballast includes a preheating current supply circuit for supplying a preheating current to the fluorescent lamp; an inverter circuit portion for supplying a high frequency AC voltage to the fluorescent lamp; and a control circuit portion for controlling a driving frequency of the inverter circuit portion. The ballast is provided with an output current limiting element for limiting an output current from the preheating current supply circuit.
摘要:
Disclosed is a dimmable fluorescent lamp operating apparatus which comprises a fluorescent lamp, electrical characteristic detecting element for detecting an electrical characteristic of the fluorescent lamp, an inverter circuit for driving the fluorescent lamp, and a feedback controlling circuit for controlling the drive frequency of the inverter circuit such that the electrical characteristic of the fluorescent lamp becomes a predetermined value, wherein the feedback controlling circuit includes temperature detecting element for detecting the temperature of the fluorescent lamp and wherein the frequency characteristic bandwidth of the feedback controlling circuit is varied based on the detected fluorescent lamp temperature.
摘要:
A discharge lamp operating apparatus has a glass envelope for defining a discharge space and a pair of electrodes which are hermetically sealed within the glass envelope and are opposed to each other. The apparatus includes (1) generation element for generating a waveform signal having an acoustic resonant frequency for exciting a mode, in which a discharge arc between the pair of electrodes is straightened and (2) modulation element for modulating the waveform signal so that a polarity of the center line of the waveform signal is alternately changed at a lower frequency than the acoustic resonant frequency. If the value of the amplitude of the waveform signal from peak to peak is .alpha., and the effective value of the modulated waveform signal is .beta., then the depth of modulation .alpha./.beta. at the beginning of operation is equal to or less than the depth of modulation .alpha./.beta. at an operation under rated condition.
摘要:
A discharge lamp lighting device according to the present invention includes: a discharge lamp including an electrode; and a lighting circuit for lighting the discharge lamp, the lighting circuit being connected to the discharge lamp, wherein the discharge lamp includes a conductor at least partially surrounding the electrode, and the lighting circuit provides a potential for the conductor that is higher than an average potential of the electrode.