Lighting apparatus for projector

• US 7,514,880 B2
• Filed: 12/25/2005
• Issued: 04/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aixin Technologies LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
• Inventors: Huang, Jain-Chung, Tseng, Chih-Neng, Pan, Ching-Kao, Wu, Chih-Nan
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens; Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chen; Jianzi
• Application Number:
  US11/306,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20060197468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,199 Days
• Field of Search: 315/246, 315/247, 315/291, 315/DIG.2, 315/DIG.7, 315/362
• US Class Current: 315/291
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 41/2925 against abnormal lamp operating conditions
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/00 Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps

Abstract

A lighting apparatus for a projector comprises a control module, a lamp driver and a transient voltage suppression circuit, in which the control module is used for generating a lighting signal, the lamp driver is used for receiving the lighting signal and controlling a lamp according to the lighting signal, and the transient voltage suppression circuit is disposed between the control module and the lamp driver, used for transmitting said lighting signal to the lamp driver and attenuating a high transient voltage generated at the instant the lamp driver lights up the lamp. The present invention is used to lower the high transient voltage through the transient voltage suppression circuit. Whereby, the control module is protected and the stability of the projector is further enhanced.

Claims

1. A lighting apparatus for a projector, comprising:

a control module, used for generating a lighting signal;

a lamp driver, connected to said control module and used for receiving said lighting signal and controlling a lamp according to said lighting signal, said lamp driver generating a high transient voltage to said control module when said lamp lightens; and

a transient voltage suppression circuit, disposed between said control module and said lamp driver, used for transmitting said lighting signal to said lamp driver, and attenuating said high transient voltage and then outputting said attenuated high transient voltage to said control module.

2. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transient voltage suppression circuit comprises:

a voltage divider circuit, having a plurality of resistors used for determining a voltage value of a node, and one end of said voltage divider circuit being connected to said control module;

a suppression circuit, connected to said node of said voltage divider circuit, and comprising at least one transistor, said transistor being a common emitter amplifier, a reverse high transient voltage being attenuated through said transistor; and

a buffer circuit, connected to a node of said suppression circuit, comprising at least one transistor, and said transistor being a common collector amplifier and used for isolating said reverse high transient voltage.

3. The lighting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein at least one of said resistors comprises a variable resistor.

4. The lighting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a base of said transistor of said suppression circuit is connected with said node of said voltage divider circuit.

5. The lighting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an emitter of said suppression circuit is grounded.

6. The lighting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said suppression circuit further comprises a resistor and is connected to an input voltage through said resistor.

7. The lighting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a base of said transistor of said buffer circuit is connected to said suppression circuit by a resistor.

8. The lighting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an emitter of said transistor of said buffer circuit is respectively connected to an input voltage and said lamp driver through a plurality of resistors of said buffer circuit.

9. The lighting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a collector of said transistor of said buffer circuit is grounded.

10. The lighting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said transistor of said suppression circuit is NPN type, and said transistor of said buffer circuit is PNP type.