Modular programmable lighting ballast
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1. A luminaire, comprising:
- a lamp;
a processor;
a power factor correction circuit configured to operate at an operating frequency, receive a main power supply, and generate an intermediate power supply based on said operating frequency; and
a ballast operatively coupled to said lamp, configured to receive said intermediate power supply, and generate a lamp power supply based on a control waveform;
wherein said processor can adjust said operating frequency, sense said main power supply, calculate a best fit operating frequency based on said main power supply and a stored table of values containing a set of values, and adjust said operating frequency to said best fit operating frequency; and
wherein each of said values in said stored table of values is a best fit operating frequency given a set main power supply.
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Abstract
A lighting ballast is programmable as to input and output parameters. Both operational characteristics and sensed data are used to control the ballast parameters. The ballast is configured to recapture as electrical energy heat produced by the lamp. The ballast is constructed in modular fashion with a power factor correction circuit module and a ballast control circuit module that snap together to achieve a large number of input voltage and lamp type variations with a small number of separate units.
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1. A luminaire, comprising:
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a lamp; a processor; a power factor correction circuit configured to operate at an operating frequency, receive a main power supply, and generate an intermediate power supply based on said operating frequency; and a ballast operatively coupled to said lamp, configured to receive said intermediate power supply, and generate a lamp power supply based on a control waveform; wherein said processor can adjust said operating frequency, sense said main power supply, calculate a best fit operating frequency based on said main power supply and a stored table of values containing a set of values, and adjust said operating frequency to said best fit operating frequency; and wherein each of said values in said stored table of values is a best fit operating frequency given a set main power supply. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of providing a lamp power supply to a lamp comprising the steps of:
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generating an intermediate power supply from a main power supply using a power factor correction circuit based on an operating frequency of said power factor correction circuit; generating said lamp power supply from said intermediate power supply using a ballast based on a control waveform of said ballast; sensing said main power supply; and selecting a best fit operating frequency based on said main power supply and a stored table of values containing a set of values using a processor; wherein said adjusting sets said operating frequency to said best fit operating frequency; and wherein each of said values in said stored table of values is a best fit operating frequency given a set main power supply. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A luminaire, comprising:
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a lamp; a processor; a power factor correction circuit configured to receive a main power supply, and generate an intermediate power supply; and a ballast operatively coupled to said lamp, configured to receive said intermediate power supply, and generate a lamp power supply using a dual gate amplifying drive being driven by a control waveform; wherein said processor can adjust said control waveform, sense a set of at least one operating conditions of said lamp, calculate a desired waveform necessary to keep a desired lamp parameter within a desired range based on said set of at least one operating conditions, and adjust said control waveform to said desired waveform. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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