Abstract: A lamp socket is provided which contains a ballast, or lamp driver which remains in the socket when the tube is replaced and supports the gas discharge tube. The lamp socket includes connectors for attachment to the gas discharge tube, lamp driver circuitry including an oscillator, power semiconductors, and protective and filter circuitry, and a housing containing the lamp driver circuitry including an oscillator, power semiconductors, and protective and filter circuitry.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 2000
Date of Patent:
December 4, 2001
Assignee:
Logic Laboratories, Inc.
Inventors:
Herbert L. Robinson, Robert C. Smallwood, David E. Bachschmid