Mixed light arrangement
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorsJozef K. P. Verwimp, Gabriel Deloddere
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mixed light lamp arrangement intended to be connected to an a.c. power supply. The lamp arrangement comprises a rectifier bridge having output terminals interconnected by the mixed light combination consisting of a series arrangement of an incandescent filament and a discharge tube. The series arrangement is shunted by a branch comprising a capacitor and an anti-parallel arrangement of a diode and a thyristor with the thyristor being rendered conductive just prior to the end of each half cycle of the a.c. power supply. This results in a mixed light lamp wherein the capacitance of the capacitor can have a relatively low value and the luminous efficacy can be relatively high.
Claims6
A mixed-light arrangement comprising two input terminals for connection to an a.c. voltage source having a frequency below 100 Hz, a rectifier bridge having inputs respectively connected to said input terminals and outputs interconnected by a series arrangement of an incandescent filament and a discharge tube, the series arrangement being shunted by a branch comprising a capacitor connected in series with a rectifier and a controlled rectifier connected in anti-parallel, and a control circuit coupled to the controlled rectifier which renders the controlled rectifier conductive towards the end of each half cycle of the a.c. voltage source in the operating condition of the mixed light arrangement.
A mixed light arrangement comprising, a pair of input terminals for connection to a source of AC voltage, an electric discharge tube, an incandescent filament member connected in series circuit with the discharge tube, a rectifier circuit coupling said series circuit to said input terminals, a capacitor, a diode, a controlled rectifier, means connecting the capacitor in series with an anti-parallel arrangement of the diode and the controlled rectifier in a branch circuit that shunts at least the discharge tube, and a control circuit coupled to a control electrode of the controlled rectifier for making the controller rectifier conduct toward the end of each half-cycle of the AC voltage source in the operating condition of the discharge tube.
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