Inventors:
Michael Shone - Yorktown Heights NY
Phuong Huynh - McLean VA
Assignee:
Philips Electronics North America Corporation - New York NY
International Classification:
H05B 3702
Abstract:
An electronic ballast for reducing blackening of a high intensity discharge lamp, reducing stress on both the lamp and ballast components caused by excessive voltage and current flow and increasing the lamp's effective life. These advantages are achieved through a ballast controller which readjusts the operating frequency of the lamp during each of the three phases of lamp start-up to limit lamp voltage to a predetermined level.