Abstract: In various embodiments, a lamp arrangement with a lamp including a base which is able to be inserted into a socket for establishing contact with the lamp, wherein the lamp arrangement has at least one operating element for setting a property of the lamp, wherein the at least one operating element is not accessible when the lamp is being used in the intended manner.

Abstract: An end piece for a retrofit fluorescent lamp may include a housing section open on a first end face and a cover that can close off the first end face, wherein the housing section and the cover can be non-detachably interlocked.

Abstract: In various embodiments, an optical element may include at least one elastically deformable support, on which at least one reflective layer is applied; and in addition at least one deformation apparatus for elastically deforming the at least one support.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating an LED and an fluorescent lamp may include a main rectifier; an auxiliary rectifier; an inverter, the output of said inverter having a terminal for connecting the fluorescent lamp; a starting device, wherein its first terminal is coupled to a control electrode of one of the switches of the inverter; a pull-down circuit; and a starting capacitor; wherein the second terminal of the starting device and the second terminal of the pull-down circuit are coupled to the first output terminal of the auxiliary rectifier; wherein the starting capacitor is coupled between the first and the second output terminal of the auxiliary rectifier; and wherein there is arranged in parallel with the starting capacitor a series circuit including a first and a second terminal for the LED and an LED switch, wherein the LED switch has a control electrode, an operating electrode and a reference electrode.

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.

Abstract: A luminaire may include at least one LED; a solar module; an accumulator; an electronic charger coupled between the solar module and the accumulator; and a drive circuit coupled to the accumulator, for the at least one LED; a fastening device that is configured to fasten the luminaire at an operating location; and an LED holding device that is configured to hold the at least one LED; wherein the luminaire may further include a position varying device that is coupled between the fastening device and the LED holding device and is configured to vary the position of the at least one LED in relation to the fastening device.

Abstract: A lamp may include illumination means which include at least one LED, and having a base, by way of which the lamp can be connected to a mounting in order to be supplied with voltage, wherein the illumination means are connected to the base by way of a mechanism which in a first state couples the illumination means in rotatable fashion to the base around an axis and in a second state couples the illumination means to the base in a rotatably fixed manner, and light emitted by the illumination means has an intensity distribution which is asymmetric with respect to the axis.

Abstract: A lamp may include at least one LED; a solar module; an accumulator; charging electronics coupled between the solar module and the accumulator; a drive circuit for the at least one LED, which is coupled to the accumulator; a receiver which is coupled to the accumulator and is configured to receive a radio signal; and a processing device which is coupled to the accumulator and the receiver and is configured to form at least one drive signal for the drive circuit from the data received with the radio signal.

Abstract: A switch for generating short-term supply-line interruptions during switching-on with contact elements (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 21, 22, 23) and an actuating element (4) for opening and closing electrical contacts between the contact elements, wherein (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 21, 22, 23). A first contact element (1, 5, 21) is mounted elastically and, when a contact is closed via the first contact element (1, 5, 21), can be deflected elastically in such a way that the contact, after initial closing, is opened again by the elastic deflection.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for conversion of an input AC voltage to a DC voltage is provided. The circuit arrangement may include an input into which the input AC voltage is input; an output to which a load can be connected; and a first storage circuit and a second storage circuit, each storage circuit comprising at least one inductance and each comprising at least one capacitance, and a diode network.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating an LED and an fluorescent lamp may include a main rectifier; an auxiliary rectifier; an inverter, the output of said inverter having a terminal for connecting the fluorescent lamp; a starting device, wherein its first terminal is coupled to a control electrode of one of the switches of the inverter; a pull-down circuit; and a starting capacitor; wherein the second terminal of the starting device and the second terminal of the pull-down circuit are coupled to the first output terminal of the auxiliary rectifier; wherein the starting capacitor is coupled between the first and the second output terminal of the auxiliary rectifier; and wherein there is arranged in parallel with the starting capacitor a series circuit including a first and a second terminal for the LED and an LED switch, wherein the LED switch has a control electrode, an operating electrode and a reference electrode.

Abstract: An arrangement for setting at least one RGB luminous module is provided. The arrangement may include at least one RGB sensor configured to detect a color signal; and a processor configured to set the at least one RGB luminous module depending on the color signal.

Abstract: A string of lights is provided. The string of lights may include a plurality of light sources, wherein the light sources are integrated into the string of lights and are embedded in a support part of the string of lights.

Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharge lamp is provided, which may include an anode and a cathode, a discharge vessel with an exhaust tube, at least one starting electrode which is arranged along the outer side of the exhaust tube, a starting coating, which is arranged in the inner side of the exhaust tube, wherein the starting coating is arranged centrally over the starting electrode, and this starting electrode is connected to the cathode.

Abstract: A lighting system with a dielectric barrier discharge lamp (2) and an operating device (1) is connected to a high-voltage flat ribbon cable (6). As a result, the capacitive line losses can be minimized and both the ignition behavior and the power consumption of the lamp (2) can be improved.

Abstract: In various embodiments, an optical element may include at least one elastically deformable support, on which at least one reflective layer is applied; and in addition at least one deformation apparatus for elastically deforming the at least one support.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit assembly for operating at least one dielectrically impeded discharge lamp (La1) comprising an isolating transformer that is equipped with a switch (T1) in order to generate an operating signal for the at least one dielectrically impeded discharge lamp (La1) as well as a triggering circuit (14) for the switch (T1), which is configured so as to supply a pulse width-modulated square wave signal to the switch (T1). The switch-on times of the pulse width-modulated square wave signal depend upon the value of the resistance (R1, R2, R3) of a resistor assembly (20) that is connected to the triggering circuit (14), the value of the resistance (R1, R2, R3) of the resistor assembly (20) being provided with at least one time-dependent component (RT3). Also disclosed is a method for operating at least one dielectrically impeded discharge lamp (La1) on such a circuit assembly.

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.

Abstract: A lighting system with a dielectric barrier discharge lamp (2) and an operating device (1) is connected to a high-voltage flat ribbon cable (6). As a result, the capacitive line losses can be minimized and both the ignition behavior and the power consumption of the lamp (2) can be improved.

Abstract: A ballast and its operating method for a dielectrically impeded discharge lamp. The ballast contains a transformer having a third winding which can be short-circuited via a switch. By so doing, the injection of the voltage pulse into the lamp circuit may be controlled by an external trigger signal.