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Multi-lamp actuating facility

  • US 20050029967A1
  • Filed: 09/08/2004
  • Published: 02/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lamp actuating facility comprising:

  • a plurality of lamps each including an output terminal, an inverter circuit coupled to said lamps, to convert electric power and to energize said lamps, a low frequency control unit coupled to said inverter circuit, to set an average current value at said output terminals of said lamps, and to control said inverter circuit, a plurality of current detecting units coupled between said lamps and said low frequency control unit respectively, to obtain the average current value at said output terminals of said lamps, and to send the average current value back to said low frequency control unit, and a plurality of regulating devices coupled between said lamps and said low frequency control unit respectively, to control electric power through said lamps, and to maintain each of said lamps at the average current value, each of said regulating devices including a transistor having a base coupled to said low frequency control unit, a collector coupled to electric power source, and an emitter grounded, and each of said regulating devices further including a switch coupled to said collector of said transistor, to control said lamps.

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