Electronic Ballast For A Low-Pressure Discharge Lamp With A Micro-Controller
AssigneeOsram Gesellschaft Mit Beschraenkter Haftung
InventorHelmut Endres
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electronic ballast for a lamp, supplied with electrical energy from a power source, different to the mains AC network, comprising at least one electronic switch element for conversion of the supplied electrical power. According to the invention, a microcontroller controls the electronic switch element.
Claims25
An electronic ballast for a luminous means, in particular a low-pressure discharge lamp, which can be fed with electrical energy by an energy source, which is different than the public AC system, and which contains at least one electronic switching element (Q1, Q2) for converting the fed-in electrical energy, characterized in that a microcontroller (IC1) drives the electronic switching element.
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