Uninterruptible fluorescent lamp circuit available for emergency lighting

• US 5,252,891 A
• Filed: 05/06/1992
• Issued: 10/12/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ching L. Huang
• Original Assignee: Ching L. Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Ching L.
• Primary Examiner(s): MIS, DAVID C
• Application Number:
  US07/878,925
• Time in Patent Office: 524 Days
• Field of Search: 315/86, 315/160, 315/172, 315/219, 315/224, 315/307, 315/DIG. 5
• US Class Current: 315/86
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/065 for lighting purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 41/2853 against abnormal power supply conditions
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/20 End-user application control systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 315/05 Starting and operating circuit for fluorescent lamp

Abstract

An uninterruptible fluorescent lamp circuit available for emergency lighting is comprised of an oscillatory boosting circuit which generates a high-frequency, high-voltage power, and a current-limiting circuit which limits current flowing to the fluorescent lamp (the load). Such a fluorescent lamp circuit can provide enough high-voltage power to activate the lamp without the need to use any conventional starter and stabilizer. The currentlimiting circuit uses transistors activated at a fixed voltage and a current-limiting resistance which slows the current. A voltageleading power output is generated which prevents the fluorescent lamp from burning out due to a current-leading power output. Since the power source is a high-frequency, high-voltage current, the flicker of the lamp can be effectively reduced. A battery is connectable to provide an unterruptible power source during an external power failure.

Claims

1. An uninterruptible fluorescent lamp circuit available for emergency lighting comprising in sequence

a power supply circuit and a battery connected in parallel to each other,

a power-interruption-detection-and-switchover (PIDS) circuit,

an oscillatory boosting circuit,

a current-limiting circuit, and

a fluorescent lamp;

said oscillatory boosting circuit transforming the input power to it into a high-frequency, high-voltage power which passes through said current-limiting circuit before being outputted to energize said fluorescent lamp.

2. An uninterruptible fluorescent lamp circuit for emergency lighting as claimed in claim 1, wherein said power-interruption- detection-and switchover circuit is comprised of a sensor mounted nearby an external power source input and

and an electromagnetic switch controlled by said sensor, said electromagnetic switch being able to connect said fluorescent lamp (load) to said external power source or to connect said fluorescent lamp (load) to said battery.

3. An uninterruptible fluorescent lamp circuit for emergency lighting as claimed in claim 1, wherein said oscillatory boosting circuit is comprised of a high-frequency oscillatory circuit that includes an oscillator and two transistors connected together, a booster connected to the output of said high-frequency oscillatory circuit, and a voltage-doubler circuit comprised of two diodes and a capacitor connected in parallel.

4. An uninterruptible fluorescent lamp circuit for emergency lighting as claimed in claim 1, wherein said current-limiting circuit is comprised of two resistors, a transistor which is activated by said two resistors at a fixed voltage, and a current-limiting resistance connected to a cathode of said transistor.

5. An uninterruptible fluorescent lamp circuit for emergency lighting as claimed in claim 4, wherein said powerinterruption-detection-and switchover circuit is comprised of a sensor mounted nearby an external power source input and

and an electromagnetic switch controlled by said sensor, said electromagnetic switch being able to connect said fluorescent lamp (load) to said external power source or to connect said fluorescent lamp (load) to said battery.

6. An uninterruptible fluorescent lamp circuit for emergency lighting as claimed in claim 5, wherein said oscillatory boosting circuit is comprised of a high-frequency oscillatory circuit that includes an oscillator and two transistors connected together, a booster connected to the output of said high-frequency oscillatory circuit, and a voltage-doubler circuit comprised of two diodes and a capacitor connected in parallel.

7. An uninterruptible fluorescent lamp circuit for emergency lighting as claimed in claim 4, wherein said oscillatory boosting circuit is comprised of a high-frequency oscillatory circuit that includes an oscillator and two transistors connected together, a booster connected to the output of said high-frequency oscillatory circuit, and a voltage-doubler circuit comprised of two diodes and a capacitor connected in parallel.

8. An uninterruptible fluorescent lamp circuit for emergency lighting as claimed in claim 2, wherein said oscillatory boosting circuit is comprised of a high-frequency oscillatory circuit that includes an oscillator and two transistors connected together, a booster connected to the output of said high-frequency oscillatory circuit, and a voltage-doubler circuit comprised of two diodes and a capacitor connected in parallel.

9. An uninterruptible fluorescent lamp circuit for emergency lighting as claimed in claim 2, wherein said current-limiting circuit is comprised of two resistors, a transistor which is activated by said two resistors at a fixed voltage, and a current-limiting resistance connected to a cathode of said transistor.