Lamp lighting circuit and device, and lamp lighting apparatus and device

A lamp lighting apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of lamps;
• a plurality of transformers;
• wherein one or more primary windings and/or one or more secondary windings of at least two of the transformers are connected in series with each other;
• wherein the plurality of transformers comprise a plurality of first transformers and a second transformer;
• wherein the primary winding of each first transformer is connected to the primary winding of at least one other first transformer in series;
• wherein the secondary winding of said each first transformer is connected to a first terminal of a corresponding lamp;
• wherein the secondary winding of said second transformer is connected to a second terminal of said lamp so as to supply an anti-polarity voltage to said lamp with said first transformer;
• wherein the primary windings of said first and second transformers are electrically connected to an AC power source.

A lamp lighting apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of lamps;
• and
• a plurality of transformers;
• wherein one or more primary windings and/or one or more secondary windings of at least two of the transformers are connected in series with each other;
• wherein at least a single transformer corresponds to a pair of lamps, and forming a loop together with the secondary winding of the transformer and the pair of lamps,
• wherein a plurality of the loops are provided and the primary winding of the transformer in a loop is connected to the primary winding of the transformer in another loop in series, and is further connected to a power source;
• wherein for each loop, the electric potential between the pair of lamps is substantially zero.

A lamp lighting apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of lamps;
• a plurality of transformers;
• and
• wherein one or more primary windings and/or one or more secondary windings of at least two of the transformers are connected in series with each other;
• wherein the plurality of transformers comprise at least first through third transformers;
• wherein a first terminal of the secondary winding of said second transformer is connected to a first terminal of the secondary winding of said first transformer via a single first lamp or a plurality of first lamps;
• wherein a second terminal of the secondary winding of said second transformer is connected to a first terminal of the secondary winding of said third transformer via a single second lamp or a plurality of second lamps;
• wherein said first through third transformers, said single first lamp or plurality of first lamps, and said single second lamp or plurality of second lamps are connected in series;
• wherein the primary windings of said first through third transformers are connected to an AC power source such that an anti-polarity voltage is generated at the first terminal of the secondary winding of said second transformer and at the first terminal of the secondary winding of said first transformer, and an anti-polarity voltage is generated at the second terminal of the secondary winding of said second transformer and at the first terminal of the secondary winding of said third transformer.

A lamp lighting apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of lamps;
• a plurality of transformers;
• and
• wherein one or more primary windings and/or one or more secondary windings of at least two of the transformers are connected in series with each other;
• wherein the plurality of transformers comprise at least first and second transformers;
• wherein a plurality of lamps connected in series are connected between a first terminal of the secondary winding of said first transformer and a first terminal of the secondary winding of said second transformer;
• wherein a plurality of other lamps connected in series are connected between a second terminal of the secondary winding of said first transformer and a second terminal of the secondary winding of said second transformer;
• wherein the primary windings of said first and second transformers are connected to an AC power source such that an anti-polarity voltage is generated at the first terminal of the secondary winding of said first transformer and at the first terminal of the secondary winding of said second transformer, and an anti-polarity voltage is generated at the second terminal of the secondary winding of said first transformer and at the second terminal of the secondary winding of said second transformer.

A lamp lighting apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of lamps;
• a plurality of transformers;
• wherein one or more primary windings and/or one or more secondary windings of at least two of the transformers are connected in series with each other;
• wherein a plurality of secondary windings and a plurality of lamps, which are provided by at least one transformer, are connected in series to form a closed loop,
• wherein at least one lamp is disposed between each pair of secondary windings of at least three secondary windings in the closed loop respectively.

A lamp lighting apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of lamps;
• a plurality of transformers;
• wherein one or more primary windings and/or one or more secondary windings of at least two of the transformers are connected in series with each other;
• a plurality of closed loops where a predetermined number of lamps and the secondary windings of a predetermined number of transformers are connected in series, wherein at least one of the secondary windings in the closed loop is separated from every other secondary winding in the closed loop by at least one lamp;
• wherein at least one of the primary windings of the transformers employed for said each closed loop is connected to the primary winding of the transformer employed for another closed loop in series.

A lamp lighting apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of lamps;
• a plurality of transformers;
• wherein one or more primary windings and/or one or more secondary windings of at least two of the transformers are connected in series with each other;
• a plurality of closed loops where a predetermined number of lamps and the secondary windings of a predetermined number of transformers are connected in series, wherein at least one of the secondary windings in the closed loop is separated from every other secondary winding in the closed loop by at least one lamp;
• wherein all of the primary windings of the transformers employed for said each closed loop are connected to the primary winding of the transformer employed for another different closed loop in series respectively.