Circuit arrangement having a transformation apparatus and operating method for a lamp using a circuit arrangement having a transformation apparatus

• US 8,193,722 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2007
• Issued: 06/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: OSRAM GmbH (Ams-Osram AG)
• Original Assignee: OSRAM Licht AG (Ams-Osram AG)
• Inventors: Dellian, Harald, Rupp, Arnulf, Schallmoser, Oskar
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens, Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hammond, Dedei K
• Application Number:
  US12/224,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20090140662A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,931 Days
• Field of Search: 315/255, 315/256, 315/268
• US Class Current: 315/276
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 41/042 using semiconductor devices

Abstract

The present invention relates to a circuit arrangement having a transformation apparatus, which has a primary side (P) and a secondary side (S), wherein the primary side and the secondary side (S) are DC-isolated from one another, wherein the primary side (P) has a terminal for a supply voltage (UE) and is connected to a first reference potential, wherein the secondary side (S) comprises a first and a second output line, which, in the normal case, are not coupled to a reference potential and which form an output terminal, at which a voltage for a load (LA) can be provided, wherein it furthermore comprises: an apparatus for tapping off a measured voltage potential (CP) on the secondary side (S); and an apparatus (10) for determining whether the measured voltage potential is in a permissible range. The invention moreover relates to an operating method for a lamp using a circuit arrangement.

Claims

1. A circuit arrangement having a transformation apparatus, which has a primary side and a secondary side, the primary side and the secondary side being DC-isolated from one another, the primary side having a terminal for a supply voltage and being connected to a first reference potential, the secondary side comprising a first output line and a second output line which form an output terminal at which a voltage for a load can be provided, comprising:

first apparatus for tapping off a measured voltage potential on only the secondary side; and

second apparatus for determining whether the measured voltage potential is in a permissible range,

wherein the first apparatus comprises a capacitor connected in series between the measured voltage potential and the second apparatus, wherein both first and second output lines are not DC-coupled to a reference potential during normal operation.

2. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determination apparatus is designed to evaluate the amplitude of and/or the change over time in the measured voltage potential.

3. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the measured voltage potential is a potential on the secondary side which is changed by the first output line and/or the second output line being coupled to a second reference potential.

4. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein the second reference potential represents

the first reference potential, or

a ground connection, or

a 0 V line, or

the housing, of the circuit arrangement or of a lamp.

5. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the secondary side has a measurement point, in particular a point of symmetry, the potential at the measurement point representing the measured voltage potential.

6. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 5, wherein the transformation apparatus comprises a transformer, the measurement point whose potential forms the measured voltage potential representing the point of symmetry of the secondary side of the transformer.

7. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the capacitor has a capacitance of less than or equal to 50 pF.

8. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the voltage which can be provided during operation of the circuit arrangement at the output terminal of the circuit arrangement is greater than or equal to 1000 V.

10. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein the measured voltage potential is a potential on the secondary side which is changed by the first output line and/or the second output line being coupled to a second reference potential.

11. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein the secondary side has a measurement point, in particular a point of symmetry, the potential at the measurement point representing the measured voltage potential.

12. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein the voltage which can be provided during operation of the circuit arrangement at the output terminal of the circuit arrangement is greater than or equal to 1000 V.

13. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the capacitor has a capacitance of less than or equal to 10 pF.

14. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of said first and second output lines are coupled to a second reference potential in the event of a fault.

15. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 14, wherein the second reference potential is identical to said first reference potential.

9. An operating method for a lamp using a circuit arrangement having a transformation apparatus, which has a primary side and a secondary side, the primary side and the secondary side being DC-isolated from one another, the primary side having a terminal for a supply voltage and being connected to a first reference potential, the secondary side comprising a first output line and a second output line which form an output terminal at which a voltage for a load can be provided, comprising:

tapping off a measured voltage potential on only the secondary side; and

determining whether the measured voltage potential is in a permissible range;

wherein tapping is performed via a capacitor connected in series between the measured voltage potential and the second apparatus, wherein both first and second output lines are not DC-coupled to a reference potential during normal operation.