Abstract: There is provided a multiple discharge lamp lighting apparatus, which includes an inverter and plurality of inverter transformer. In the multiple discharge lighting apparatus, a discharge lamp is connected to the secondary winding of each inverter transformer, a ballast impedance element is connected in series between a switch of the inverter and the primary winding of each inverter transformer, and a current balancing unit is provided between each two adjacent inverter transformers.

Abstract: A multiple discharge lamp lighting device in which lamp current of discharge lamps is equalized by using a circuit structure having transformers on both sides of the discharge lamps and in which the number of parts can be reduced. A multiple discharge lamp lighting device 10 according to the present invention includes the same number of first transformers TA1 to TAn as the number of discharge lamps La1 to Lan and one second transformer TB. One end of a secondary winding (e.g., Ns1) on the non-grounded side of the first transformer (e.g., TA1) is connected to one end of one corresponding discharge lamp (e.g., La1). One end of a secondary winding Ws on the non-grounded side of the second transformer TB is connected to a second end of each of the discharge lamps La1 to Lan.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high voltage transformer having a double symmetric winding arrangement. The transformer comprises a closed core (10) having a first and a second leg (12, 14), a first and a second coil member (16; 18) having a first end, a second end and a middle section. Each coil member (16; 18) is wound with a first and a second primary winding (Prim 1, Prim 2 and Prim 3, Prim 4) and a first and a second secondary winding (Sec 1, Sec 2 and Sec 3, Sec 4), the first primary winding (Prim 1, Prim 2) being disposed at the first end and the second primary winding (Prim 3, Prim 4) at the second end of each coil member (16; 18) respectively.

Abstract: To provide a multiple-light discharge lamp lighting device that stabilizes and equalizes tube current of a plurality of discharge lamps without arranging a Ballast element to the secondary side of an inverter transformer with low costs. A multiple-light discharge lamp lighting device 10 according to the present invention includes inverter means 12 and a plurality of inverter transformers TR1 to TRn. Discharge lamps La1 to Lan are connected to secondary windings Ns1 to Nsn of the inverter transformers TR1 to TRn. Preferably, variable impedance elements Z1 to Zn, as variable inductance elements, are serially connected to primary windings Np1 to Npn of the plurality of inverter transformers TR1 to TRn. Accordingly, the tube current can be stabilized and equalized without using an element resistant to a high voltage.

Abstract: A multiple discharge lamp lighting apparatus is provided which achieves stable and uniform lamp currents in a plurality of discharge lamps at a low cost without provision of a ballast element at the secondary side of an inverter transformer. The multiple discharge lamp lighting apparatus includes an inverter means, and a plurality of inverter transformers each of which has a discharge lamp connected at a secondary winding thereof. A balance inductance element is provided between the primary side wirings of any adjacent two of the plurality of inverter transformers. Each of the inverter transformers includes a tight coupling section and a loose coupling section, which function as a balance coil and an impedance element, respectively, whereby the lamp currents of the discharge lamps are stabilized and equalized without using a high withstand voltage element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a special control for current-controlled inductors which allows inductance to be varied at a considerably faster rate than is the case in the prior art. The control presented in the invention can be employed for coil arrangements which carry at least one control winding and at least two working windings on a ferro or ferromagnetic core material. The accelerated change in inductance is achieved by means of a demagnetizing inverse voltage impulse which is generated by a special part of the circuit.

Abstract: The presented circuit makes it possible to operate a plurality of gas discharge lamps, particularly cold cathode tubes, at a common voltage source. The uniform distribution of current to all the lamps is achieved without using any magnetic components, but only using semiconductor components.

Abstract: A coil arrangement that has a primary and a secondary C-shaped core, each C-shaped core having an elongated base and two shorter legs at the ends of the base, a winding being applied to each base and the ends of the windings being electrically connected at the legs of the cores and the cores being arranged with respect to each other such that the legs of the two cores are located opposite each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transformer (10) for balancing the current in an AC circuit, comprising a primary winding (12), a secondary winding (14) and a main inductance (16). The transformer is characterized in that a capacitive component is connected in parallel to the primary winding (12) or to the secondary winding (14), whose capacitance value is determined such that the reactive current IL brought about by the main inductance (16) is substantially compensated. A transformer of this kind can preferably be employed in current balancing circuits as used, for example, in systems for backlighting LCD displays.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high voltage transformer having a double symmetric winding arrangement. The transformer comprises a closed core (10) having a first and a second leg (12, 14), a first and a second coil member (16; 18) having a first end, a second end and a middle section. Each coil member (16; 18) is wound with a first and a second primary winding (Prim 1, Prim 2 and Prim 3, Prim 4) and a first and a second secondary winding (Sec 1, Sec 2 and Sec 3, Sec 4), the first primary winding (Prim 1, Prim 2) being disposed at the first end and the second primary winding (Prim 3, Prim 4) at the second end of each coil member (16; 18) respectively.

Abstract: There is provided a multiple discharge lamp lighting apparatus, which includes an inverter means and plurality of inverter transformer. In the multiple discharge lighting apparatus, a discharge lamp is connected to the secondary winding of each inverter transformer, a ballast impedance element is connected in series between a switch means of the inverter means and the primary winding of each inverter transformer, and a current balancing means is provided between each two adjacent inverter transformers. This structure enables the lamp currents of the discharge lamps to be stabilized and uniformed without using an element of a high withstand voltage, thus achieving cost reduction.

Abstract: A high voltage transformer is provided in which a primary winding is located selectively and optimally with respect to a secondary winding, and so the primary winding is allowed to be tightly coupled electromagnetically to the secondary winding, while the workability in assembly is improved. In the high voltage transformer, a primary winding (8) and a secondary winding (6) are wound around a spool body (3) of a bobbin (1), and a magnetic core made of magnetic material is inserted in the hollow of the bobbin (1). The bobbin (1) includes terminal blocks (2a and 2b) disposed at the both ends of the spool body (3) and provided with a plurality of terminals (5a to 5g), the secondary winding (6) is wound on the outer circumferential surface of the spool body (3), and the primary winding (8) which is constituted by thin conductive sheet coils coated with resin is disposed around the secondary winding (6).

Abstract: A lighting arrangement having at least one fluorescent lamp comprising a tube that has at least one light emitting region, a high-voltage terminal at a first end of the tube and a low-voltage terminal at a second end of the tube, an electrically conductive surface being arranged adjacent to the light emitting region of the tube that extends at least partly over the length of the tube, a voltage that corresponds at least approximately to the voltage gradient over the tube being applied to the electrically conductive surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrodeless high frequency gas discharge lamp according to the induction principle that, as a result of its design and construction, shows particularly low electromagnetic interference with a simultaneous increase in light efficiency. The gas discharge lamp according to the invention owes these advantageous properties on the one hand to the high coupling factor between the discharge current and the exciting current and, on the other hand, to the essentially homogeneous field conditions in the discharge vessel, which has been achieved by designing the discharge vessel to take the form of a hollow cylindrical ring which is seated directly over the exciter winding that extends over the entire length of the discharge vessel on a fully-closed, highly-permeable ferrite core.

Abstract: A lighting arrangement having at least one fluorescent lamp comprising a tube that has at least one light emitting region, a high-voltage terminal at a first end of the tube and a low-voltage terminal at a second end of the tube, an electrically conductive surface being arranged adjacent to the light emitting region of the tube that extends at least partly over the length of the tube, a voltage that corresponds at least approximately to the voltage gradient over the tube being applied to the electrically conductive surface.

Abstract: A DC/DC converter having an input switching stage on the primary side and a plurality of output channels on the secondary side of the converter, each output channel having a secondary control loop and a monitoring device, the monitoring devices monitoring the operation of the secondary control loops, and a primary control loop being provided on the primary side which receives output signals from the monitoring devices and drives the input switching stage according to the output signals.

Abstract: A coil arrangement that has a primary and a secondary C-shaped core, each C-shaped core having an elongated base and two shorter legs at the ends of the base, a winding being applied to each base and the ends of the windings being electrically connected at the legs of the cores and the cores being arranged with respect to each other such that the legs of the two cores are located opposite each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a special control for current-controlled inductors which allows inductance to be varied at a considerably faster rate than is the case in the prior art. The control presented in the invention can be employed for coil arrangements which carry at least one control winding and at least two working windings on a ferro or ferromagnetic core material. The accelerated change in inductance is achieved by means of a demagnetizing inverse voltage impulse which is generated by a special part of the circuit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coil arrangement with variable inductance having two separate toroid coils which carry working windings, and a control winding encompassing the two wound toroid coils for the purpose of pre-magnetizing the core material of the toroid coils.