Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing a Fluorescent Lighting System are disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention may be used as a fluorescent lamp ballast which is controlled using a non-resonant circuit that allows the ballast to lower to fifty percent the light output of the lamp while providing a corresponding fifty percent reduction in energy used.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 19, 2009
Date of Patent:
May 1, 2012
Assignee:
VAXO Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
John T. Martin, Lucien Tournie, Douglas Gene Lockie