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公开(公告)号：US5808422A
公开(公告)日：1998-09-15
申请号：US645545
申请日：1996-05-10
IPC分类号： H05B41/24 , H05B41/298 , H05B37/02
CPC分类号： H05B41/2985
摘要： A ballast for a gas discharge lamp includes a detection circuit which detects an operating state of the lamp in which the lamp current for the column discharge of one polarity is different from the lamp current for the column discharge of the other polarity by detecting the DC component of the voltage across the discharge lamp. The detection circuit includes (i) a device coupled such that a DC voltage is imposed there across when the lamp current is different for the column discharge according to one polarity verses the other polarity, and (ii) a sensing circuit for sensing the DC voltage across the device. The device may be a capacitive device, and in a particularly inexpensive implementation, is a DC blocking capacitor or a ballast capacitor. The sense circuit senses when the DC voltage across the device exceeds a threshold value, which may corresponds to fully-rectified state of the lamp or more favorably, to a lesser state of imbalance. In another embodiment, the variance in the DC voltage across the lamp is detected at the midpoint of a bridge inverter. A control circuit changes the output of the ballasting circuit when the DC voltage exceeds the threshold value to turn off the lamp or to recurrently cycle the lamp on and off to signal the user that the lamp needs to be changed.
摘要翻译： 用于气体放电灯的镇流器包括检测电路，该检测电路通过检测DC分量来检测一极性的列排出的灯电流与用于另一极性的列放电的灯电流不同的灯的工作状态 的放电灯两端的电压。 检测电路包括（i）耦合的器件，使得当灯电流根据一种极性与另一极性相反的列电压不同时，直流电压被施加到该电极上，以及（ii）用于感测直流电压的感测电路 跨设备。 该装置可以是电容性装置，并且在特别廉价的实施方式中，是直流阻塞电容器或镇流电容器。 感测电路感测器件上的直流电压何时超过阈值，其可以对应于灯的完全整流状态或更有利地达到较小的不平衡状态。 在另一个实施例中，在桥式逆变器的中点处检测灯两端的直流电压的变化。 当直流电压超过阈值时，控制电路改变镇流电路的输出，以关闭灯泡或打开或关闭灯泡，以便向用户发出指示灯需要改变的信号。
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公开(公告)号：US5872429A
公开(公告)日：1999-02-16
申请号：US824024
申请日：1997-03-25
IPC分类号： H05B37/02 , H05B41/282 , H05B41/298 , H05B41/392
CPC分类号： H05B41/2828 , H05B37/0263 , H05B41/2981 , H05B41/3921 , Y10S315/04
摘要： A communication method particularly suited for lighting control employs encoding of perturbations in a voltage signal having a fundamental period with a nominal waveform. A control period includes a pre-selected number of fundamental periods of the voltage signal. Different control commands are indicated by imposing a selected perturbation, such as a phase cut, on the nominal waveform with a respective occurrence signature within the control period. The control commands are decoded from the voltage signal by detecting the occurrence signature of the perturbations within each control period. Decoding is accomplished by differentiating the nominal waveform to detect encoded perturbations. The technique is particularly suited for two-wire dimming applications for gas discharge lamps, in which the voltage signal carrying the encoded commands is the sinusoidal mains voltage powering the ballast, since the encoded perturbations may be small enough so that lamp flicker is avoided even with encoded signals on the line voltage. In a favorable embodiment for dimming, no perturbations are introduced on the line voltage unless a change in the operating characteristic, for example the light level, of the electric lamp is desired. This has the advantage that when lamp operation is to be kept constant, no distortions are imposed on the mains voltage, so that flicker of the lamp(s) is completely avoided and there are no adverse effects to the power factor, THD or component stress.
摘要翻译： 特别适用于照明控制的通信方法使用具有标称波形的基本周期的电压信号中的扰动编码。 控制周期包括电压信号的预选数量的基本周期。 通过在控制周期内具有相应的发生签名在标称波形上施加选择的扰动（例如相位切除）来指示不同的控制命令。 通过检测每个控制周期内扰动的发生特征，从电压信号对控制命令进行解码。 通过区分标称波形来检测编码的扰动来完成解码。 该技术特别适用于气体放电灯的双线调光应用，其中携带编码命令的电压信号是为镇流器供电的正弦电源电压，因为编码的扰动可能足够小，以便避免灯闪烁，即使使用 编码信号的线路电压。 在用于调光的有利实施例中，除非需要电灯的工作特性（例如光级）的改变，否则不会在线路电压上引入扰动。 这样做的优点在于，当灯管运行保持恒定时，不会对电源电压造成失真，从而完全避免了灯的闪烁，并且对功率因数，THD或分量应力没有不利影响 。
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3.发明授权
公开(公告)号：US5691605A
公开(公告)日：1997-11-25
申请号：US512868
申请日：1995-08-09
IPC分类号： H05B41/38 , H05B37/02 , H05B41/285 , H05B41/36 , H05B41/392 , H02B37/02
CPC分类号： H05B41/2855 , H05B37/0263 , H05B41/2985 , H05B41/36 , H05B41/3921 , H05B41/3924 , Y10S315/04
摘要： A lamp controller includes an interface circuit, or receiver, which receives an input signal and decodes control signals supplied from a transmitting device, such as a power line wall controller, according to at least two of the following communication techniques: phase angle control, step control, and coded control. The receiver tests the input signal and identifies which type of control technique is employed by the wall controller connected to the lamp controller. The receiver then decodes the control command from the input signal. In a disclosed embodiment, the lamp controller is gas discharge lamp dimming ballast having a two wire input for connection to the hot dimmed and neutral leads of the power line controller. The ballast has an improved topology in which a pre-conditioner supplies a substantially constant DC voltage to a ballast stage including an inverter, a resonant tank output and a control circuit. The dim signal output by the receiver is independent of the DC rail voltage and, in combination with the maintenance of a substantially constant DC rail voltage, permits of improved dimming control while providing the ease of installation of a two wire ballast.
摘要翻译： 灯控制器包括接口电路或接收器，接口电路或接收器根据以下通信技术中的至少两个接收输入信号和解码从诸如电力线壁控制器的发送设备提供的控制信号：相位角控制，步骤 控制和编码控制。 接收机测试输入信号，并识别连接到灯控制器的墙壁控制器采用哪种类型的控制技术。 然后，接收器从输入信号解码控制命令。 在公开的实施例中，灯控制器是具有两线输入的气体放电灯调光镇流器，用于连接到电力线控制器的热调光和中性线。 镇流器具有改进的拓扑结构，其中预调节器向包括逆变器，谐振回路输出和控制电路的镇流器提供基本上恒定的DC电压。 由接收器输出的暗信号与直流轨道电压无关，并且与基本上恒定的直流轨电压的维持相结合，允许改进的调光控制，同时提供双线镇流器的易于安装。
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公开(公告)号：US5751115A
公开(公告)日：1998-05-12
申请号：US759350
申请日：1996-12-03
IPC分类号： H05B41/282 , H05B41/298 , H05B41/392 , H05B41/14
CPC分类号： H05B41/2828 , H05B41/2981 , H05B41/3925 , Y02B20/186 , Y10S315/05
摘要： A ballast includes safety circuitry which senses lamp status through various phases of ballast operation. According to one feature, the ballast is prevented from supplying an output voltage upon initial energization of the ballast when a lamp is not present at the output terminals. The presence of a filament is sensed via a DC path extending through the filament heater windings of an output transformer. When the DC path is not complete, a control input, for example the power supply input of the ballast controller, is not provided with a voltage to start ballast operation. The DC path is also used to restart the ballast if a defective lamp is replaced with a good one. Over-voltage and capacitive mode detection is also disclosed to shut down ballast output upon lamp failure/removal.
摘要翻译： 镇流器包括通过镇流器操作的各个阶段感测灯状态的安全电路。 根据一个特征，当在输出端子处不存在灯时，防止镇流器在初始通电时提供输出电压。 通过延伸穿过输出变压器的灯丝加热器绕组的DC路径来感测灯丝的存在。 当DC路径不完整时，控制输入（例如镇流器控制器的电源输入）没有提供用于启动镇流器操作的电压。 如果更换有故障的灯泡，则直流路径也用于重新启动镇流器。 还公开了过压和电容模式检测，以在灯故障/去除时关闭镇流器输出。
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公开(公告)号：US5650694A
公开(公告)日：1997-07-22
申请号：US415020
申请日：1995-03-31
IPC分类号： H05B41/282 , H05B41/298 , H05B41/392 , H05B41/14
CPC分类号： H05B41/2828 , H05B41/2981 , H05B41/3925 , Y02B20/186 , Y10S315/05
摘要： A ballast includes safety circuitry which senses lamp status through various phases of ballast operation. According to one feature, the ballast is prevented from supplying an output voltage upon initial energization of the ballast when a lamp is not present at the output terminals. The presence of a filament is sensed via a DC path extending through the filament heater windings of an output transformer. When the DC path is not complete, a control input, for example the power supply input of the ballast controller, is not provided with a voltage to start ballast operation. The DC path is also used to restart the ballast if a defective lamp is replaced with a good one. Over-voltage and capacitive mode detection is also disclosed to shut down ballast output upon lamp failure/removal.
摘要翻译： 镇流器包括通过镇流器操作的各个阶段感测灯状态的安全电路。 根据一个特征，当在输出端子处不存在灯时，防止镇流器在初始通电时提供输出电压。 通过延伸穿过输出变压器的灯丝加热器绕组的DC路径来感测灯丝的存在。 当DC路径不完整时，控制输入（例如镇流器控制器的电源输入）没有提供用于启动镇流器操作的电压。 如果更换有故障的灯泡，则直流路径也用于重新启动镇流器。 还公开了过压和电容模式检测，以在灯故障/去除时关闭镇流器输出。
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6.发明授权Electronic ballast having a triac dimming filter with preconditioner offset control 失效电子镇流器具有预调节偏移控制的三端双向可控硅调光滤波器
公开(公告)号：US5604411A
公开(公告)日：1997-02-18
申请号：US422198
申请日：1995-03-31
申请人： Sreeraman Venkitasubrahmanian , Gert W. Bruning , Paul Veldman , Thomas Farkas , Raj Jayaraman , Yongping Xia
发明人： Sreeraman Venkitasubrahmanian , Gert W. Bruning , Paul Veldman , Thomas Farkas , Raj Jayaraman , Yongping Xia
IPC分类号： H05B41/28 , H05B41/392 , G05F1/00
CPC分类号： H05B41/3924 , H05B41/28 , Y10S315/04
摘要： A dimming ballast for use with a phase control dimmer, and particularly a triac dimmer, includes an EMI filter selected with a high impedance to avoid excessive voltage and peak currents in the filter due to resonance with the phase controlled AC waveform at low conduction angles, when the load presented by the lamp is low. The EMI filter includes a filter capacitor connected at the output of a rectifier. The ballast also includes circuitry to sense the rectified DC voltage and to discharge the filter capacitor when the rectified voltage is at or near zero, to thereby keep the EMI filter loaded and prevent misfiring of the triac dimmer. In a favorable embodiment, the sensing and discharge function is carried out by a pre-conditioner of the switched-mode type.
摘要翻译： 与相位控制调光器特别是三端双向可控硅调光器一起使用的调光镇流器包括由高阻抗选择的EMI滤波器，以避免由于在低导通角下与相位受控AC波形的谐振而导致滤波器中过大的电压和峰值电流， 当灯呈现的负载较低时。 EMI滤波器包括连接在整流器输出端的滤波电容器。 镇流器还包括用于感测整流的直流电压并在整流电压处于或接近零时对滤波电容器进行放电的电路，从而保持EMI滤波器的负载并防止三端双向可控硅调光器的失火。 在有利的实施例中，感测和放电功能由切换模式类型的预调节器来执行。
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7.发明授权Electronic ballast with interface circuitry for phase angle dimming control 失效具有接口电路的电子镇流器，用于相位角调光控制
公开(公告)号：US5559395A
公开(公告)日：1996-09-24
申请号：US414859
申请日：1995-03-31
IPC分类号： H05B37/02 , H05B41/285 , H05B41/36 , H05B41/392
CPC分类号： H05B41/2985 , H05B37/0263 , H05B41/2855 , H05B41/36 , H05B41/3921 , H05B41/3924 , Y10S315/04
摘要： A gas discharge lamp dimming ballast has a two wire input for connection to the hot dimmed and neutral leads of a phase control dimmer. The ballast has an improved topology in which a pre-conditioner supplies a substantially constant DC voltage to a ballast stage including an inverter, a resonant tank output and a control circuit. A dimming interface circuit derives a dimming signal having a voltage equal to the average value of the rectified output voltage of a full-bridge rectifier feeding the pre-conditioner circuit. The dim signal is independent of the DC rail voltage and, in combination with the maintenance of a substantially constant DC rail voltage, permits of improved dimming control while providing the ease of installation of a two wire ballast. The response time of the interface circuit relative to the pre-conditioner is selected to avoid power imbalances. The ballast also includes an EMI filter and circuitry to prevent capacitive hold-up by the EMI filter of the rectified voltage to preserve the conduction angle for the interface circuit.
摘要翻译： 气体放电灯调光镇流器具有两线输入，用于连接到相位控制调光器的热调光和中性线。 镇流器具有改进的拓扑结构，其中预调节器向包括逆变器，谐振回路输出和控制电路的镇流器提供基本上恒定的DC电压。 调光接口电路导出具有等于馈送预调节器电路的全桥整流器的整流输出电压的平均值的电压的调光信号。 昏暗的信号与直流轨道电压无关，并且与基本上恒定的直流轨道电压的维持相结合，允许改进的调光控制，同时提供双线镇流器的易于安装。 选择接口电路相对于预调节器的响应时间以避免电源不平衡。 镇流器还包括EMI滤波器和电路，用于防止EMI滤波器对整流电压的电容性保持，以保持接口电路的导通角。
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公开(公告)号：US06445142B1
公开(公告)日：2002-09-03
申请号：US09850984
申请日：2001-05-08
申请人： Yongping Xia , Yin Zhang
发明人： Yongping Xia , Yin Zhang
IPC分类号： G05F100
CPC分类号： H05B41/36
摘要： A portable, electronic device for remotely detecting and indicating whether a ballast driving a fluorescent lamp is of the magnetic type. The device comprises a power supply, a light sensor that receives emitted light from the fluorescent lamp and, in response, produces an output signal having a frequency proportional to the flicker frequency of the emitted light, a voltage detector that converts the output signal into a digital signal stream having a pulse frequency proportional to the frequency of the output signal, a microcontroller that determines whether the pulse frequency of the digital signal stream is between predetermined high and low threshold levels, wherein a first indicator signal indicating the presence of a magnetic ballast is produced as an output of the microcontroller when the pulse frequency of the digital signal stream is determined to be between the threshold levels. Until activated by a user, the microcontroller remains in a “sleep” mode, thus conserving the power supply.
摘要翻译： 用于远程检测和指示驱动荧光灯的镇流器是否为磁性的便携式电子设备。 该装置包括电源，光传感器，其接收来自荧光灯的发射光，并且响应地产生具有与发射光的闪烁频率成比例的频率的输出信号;电压检测器，其将输出信号转换为 数字信号流具有与输出信号的频率成比例的脉冲频率;微控制器，其确定数字信号流的脉冲频率是否在预定的高阈值和低阈值之间，其中指示存在磁性镇流器的第一指示符信号 当数字信号流的脉冲频率被确定在阈值电平之间时，作为微控制器的输出产生。 直到用户激活，微控制器保持“睡眠”模式，从而节省电源。
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9.发明授权Apparatus and method for an inbound telemetry device to sense telephone line status 失效用于检测电话线状态的入站遥测装置的装置和方法公开(公告)号：US06487282B1
公开(公告)日：2002-11-26
申请号：US09628849
申请日：2000-07-31
申请人： Yongping Xia , Joshua S. Zhu
发明人： Yongping Xia , Joshua S. Zhu
IPC分类号： H04M1100
CPC分类号： H04M11/064 , H04M11/002
摘要： A telephone-based automatic meter reading (AMR) system includes a telemetry device through which a host computer can collect meter readings remotely. So that the telemetry device does not interfere with customer usage of other telephone devices on the telephone line, an apparatus and method is provided which enables the telemetry device to sense both the static off-hook status and the dynamic off-hook status of the telephone line. Numerous circuit components in the telemetry device are shared in sensing both the static and the dynamic off-hook status. Whenever it is determined that a telephone device is, or has become, off-hook, the telemetry device is prevented from using the telephone line. Isolation between the telephone line and the meters is ensured using a transformer and optocouplers.
摘要翻译： 基于电话的自动抄表系统（AMR）系统包括一个遥测装置，主计算机可以远程收集仪表读数。 因此，遥测装置不会干扰电话线上的其他电话设备的客户使用，提供了使得遥测装置能够感测电话的静态摘机状态和动态摘机状态的装置和方法 线。 在遥测装置中的许多电路部件被共享以感测静态和动态摘机状态。 每当确定电话设备已经或已经变得摘机时，就不能使用遥测设备来使用电话线路。 使用变压器和光耦合器确保电话线和仪表之间的隔离。
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公开(公告)号：US5808423A
公开(公告)日：1998-09-15
申请号：US762621
申请日：1996-12-09
CPC分类号： H05B37/0263 , H05B37/02 , H05B41/36 , H05B41/3924 , Y10T307/461 , Y10T307/76 , Y10T307/944
摘要： A lighting control circuit that controls the lighting of particular lamps in response to the toggling of the power switch. The circuit a) connects only with the high (output) side of a lighting system's ballast, b) is completely contained on the high side, and c) with regard to toggling, is dependent upon only a single time period. The circuit can be used with any ballast which makes use of an output transformer and no change need be made to the original ballast circuitry. Users will find operation of the circuit to be straightforward. A triac driven by a flip-flop via a driver transistor is used to control the high frequency AC power that is used to drive the lamps. A Schmitt trigger sharpens the signal generated by the ballast output transformer in response to the toggling of the light switch which is employed to change the output state of the flip-flop. Operationally, all the lamps driven by the ballast are lit when the power switch is initially turned on. Toggling the power switch once while all of the lamps are lit causes only a predetermined number of the lamps to remain lit. Toggling the power switch while only a portion of the lamps are lit causes all of the lamps to light again. Leaving the power switch off causes all of the lamps to be turned off. The toggling may be performed quickly or leisurely, so long as the entire toggle cycle is completed within a predetermined amount of time.
摘要翻译： 照明控制电路，其响应于电源开关的切换来控制特定灯的点亮。 电路a）仅与照明系统镇流器的高（输出）侧连接，b）完全包含在高侧，c）关于切换，仅依赖于单个时间段。 该电路可用于使用输出变压器的任何镇流器，并且不需要对原始镇流器电路进行更改。 用户会发现电路的操作是直接的。 由触发器通过驱动晶体管驱动的三端双向可控硅开关元件用于控制用于驱动灯的高频交流电。 响应于用于改变触发器的输出状态的光开关的切换，施密特触发器对由镇流器输出变压器产生的信号进行锐化。 操作上，当电源开关最初打开时，由镇流器驱动的所有灯都亮起。 所有指示灯亮起时切换电源开关一次，只会使预定数量的灯保持点亮。 切换电源开关，同时只有一部分灯亮，导致所有灯再次点亮。 关闭电源开关将导致所有灯关闭。 只要整个切换循环在预定时间内完成，可以快速或悠闲地执行切换。
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