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| 3K072 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISCHARGE LAMPS POWERED BY HIGH-FREQUENCY OR DIRECT CURRENT (DC) FROM A CONVERTER | |
| H05B41/24 -41/298 | ||
| H05B41/24-41/298 | AA | AA00 TYPES OF DISCHARGE LAMPS |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 |
| . Low-pressure discharge lamps, fluorescent lamps, and discharge lamps in general | . . Variants that have preheating electrodes (e.g., filaments) | . . High-output lamps | . . Ring-shaped variants (e.g., Circline bulbs) (drawing) | . . Double-U types or bulb-types (drawing) | . . . Variants with built-in ballasts (drawing) | . . U-type variants (drawing) | . . Others that have special shapes, which needs free word | . . Sodium vapor lamps (e.g., low-pressure sodium vapor lamps) | . Xenon-arc lamps | |||
| AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | AA18 | AA19 | AA20 | |||
| . High-pressure discharge lamps or high intensity discharge lamps | . . High-pressure mercury lamps (i.e., mercury vapor lamps) | . . Metal halide lamps | . . High-pressure sodium lamps | . . Super-high-pressure discharge lamps | . Discharge lamps without electrodes | . . Variants that are ignited by microwaves | . . . Variants that are nearly round | . Other lamps, which needs free word | . Variants that have auxiliary electrodes | |||
| AB | AB00 NUMBER OF DISCHARGE LAMPS (NOT ASSIGNED FOR SINGLE LAMPS OR LAMPS WHOSE NUMBERS ARE UNKNOWN) |
AB01 | AB02 | AB03 | AB04 | AB06 | AB07 | AB08 | AB09 | |||
| . Multiple discharge lamps | . . Parallel connections | . . Serial connections | . . Serial-parallel connections | . . Variants that are incorporated into inverters | . . Variants with an output winding or output transformer for each lamp | . . Different types of lamps or lamps with different outputs that are lighted simultaneously | . Variants that are replaced especially by lamps with different outputs | |||||
| AC | AC00 WAVEFORMS OF VOLTAGE OR CURRENT IMPRESSED ON DISCHARGE LAMPS |
AC01 | AC02 | AC03 | AC04 | |||||||
| . Square waves or rectangular waves (drawing) | . Sinusoidal waves (i.e., including pulsating current) (drawing) | . . Variants that are distorted (drawing) | . Other special waveforms, which needs free word | |||||||||
| AC11 | AC12 | AC13 | AC14 | AC15 | AC17 | AC18 | AC19 | AC20 | ||||
| . Alternating current (AC) variants, or variants with zero points | . . Waveforms that travel only in one direction (drawing) | . . Variants that are biased toward one direction (drawing) | . . Variants with one cycle at more than one oscillation (drawing) | . . Variants that have fixed pause cycles (drawing) | . Direct current (DC) variants | . . Variants with rectified inverter output | . . Variants that have inverting circuits | . . Variants that use direct current (DC) choppers | ||||
| BA | BA00 INPUT POWER TO CONVERTERS (E.G., INVERTERS AND DIRECT CURRENT [DC] CHOPPERS) |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | ||||||
| . Alternating current or commercial alternating current | . . Dual use of alternating and direct current | . Variants that rectify, or direct current | . . Pulsating current | . . Variants that input to inverters via direct current [DC] choppers | ||||||||
| BB | BB00 RECTIFYING AND SMOOTHING MEANS (I.E., CONVERTER INPUT OR DISCHARGE LAMP INPUT) |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB08 | BB09 | BB10 | ||
| . Variants that smooth | . . Variants with a low degree of smoothness | . . Variants that partially smooth (e.g., that filling the valleys) | . . Variants that control capacitor charge and discharge timing | . . Variants in which inverter output is fed back to assist in smoothing | . . Variants in which output other than inverter output is fed back to assist in smoothing | . Variants characterized by rectifying means | . . Voltage doubling variants | . Variants that use boosting direct current (DC) choppers | ||||
| BC | BC00 BALLAST ELEMENTS |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | BC05 | BC06 | BC07 | ||||
| . Chokes | . Leakage transformers | . Capacitors | . Resistors | . Feedback | . Constant-current chokes | . Others, which needs free word | ||||||
| CA | CA00 PURPOSE |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA09 | CA10 | ||
| . Prevention of cataphoresis (i.e., dark end effect) | . Moving stripes or striation | . Flicker [not assigned for simply changing to high frequency] | . Fluctuation, snaking, or spiraling | . Acoustic resonance phenomena | . . Limited frequencies | . . Varied frequencies | . Shortened arc-extinguishing periods | . Reduction of arc-extinguishing period losses | ||||
| CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA16 | ||||||||
| . Improvement of power factors | . Surge countermeasures | . Excessive voltage or transient voltage that is fed back to the power source | . Reshaping of waveforms or conversion into sinusoidal waves | . Others, which needs free word | ||||||||
| CB | CB00 PURPOSES ASSOCIATED WITH STABLE CONVERTER OPERATION (IF RELEVANT, CLASSIFIED IN CA AS WELL) |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB04 | CB05 | CB06 | CB07 | CB08 | CB10 | ||
| . Prevention of simultaneous conduction | . Activation | . Reduction of bias circuit or control circuit loss | . Reduction of switching element losses | . . Losses when power is turned on or off | . Temperature compensation | . Stabilization of fluctuation with no load or when load varies | . Variants that accommodate variations in input voltage (i.e., including momentary outages) | . Others, which needs free word | ||||
| DA | DA00 STARTING DISCHARGE LAMPS |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | DA10 | ||
| . Soft start (classified in HA and HB as well) | . . Variants with voltage gradually impressed on the lamp | . . Variants that are microlighted | . Countermeasures especially for low temperatures | . Variants especially for starting multiple lamps | . Supplementation of light beams by other lamps | . Variants that have start-assisting means, which needs free word | . . Variants that have proximity conductors | . . Variants that have start-assisting lamps | ||||
| DB | DB00 PREHEATING MEANS |
DB01 | DB02 | DB03 | DB04 | DB05 | DB08 | DB09 | ||||
| . Preheating by preheating windings | . . Variants that use output transformer windings | . Serial preheating [DC02 need not be assigned] | . Variants that use power sources other than lighting power sources (e.g., inverters) | . . Variants that use different inverters | . Increased preheating current (classified in HA and HB as well) | . . Variants that use resonance | ||||||
| DC | DC00 PREHEATING TIME AND PREHEATING CONTROL MEANS |
DC01 | DC02 | DC03 | DC04 | DC05 | DC06 | DC07 | DC08 | |||
| . Variants that normally preheat | . Variants that preheat when starting | . . Cancellation of preheating voltage | . . Variants that use switch elements (e.g., relays) | . . Variants that use variation in resistance values (e.g., thermistors) | . . Use of inverter frequency variations | . . . Variants that use resonance circuits | . . . Forcibly varied oscillation frequencies | |||||
| DD | DD00 START VOLTAGE IMPRESSION MEANS |
DD01 | DD02 | DD03 | DD04 | DD05 | DD06 | DD07 | DD08 | DD09 | DD10 | |
| . Impression of simple voltage | . Superimposing of high-voltage direct current | . Variation of converter output (classified in HA and HB as well) | . Variants that use resonance | . . Variants that use parallel resonance | . Impression of pulse voltage | . . Variants that use different pulse sources | . . Use of elements, e.g., chokes, in series with lamps | . Use of the transient voltage of the inverter per se | . Others, which needs free word | |||
| DE | DE00 DETECTION AND CONTROL OF LAMP LIGHTING FOR STARTING |
DE01 | DE02 | DE03 | DE04 | DE05 | DE06 | DE07 | ||||
| . Variants that use light | . Variants that use current (e.g., lighting current) | . Variants that use phase | . Variants that use lamp lighting | . Variants that use other voltage (e.g., inverters) | . Variants that use timers or timing elements | . Others, which needs free word | ||||||
| EA | EA00 CONDITIONS TO BE DETECTED (CLASSIFIED IN HA AND HB AS WELL) |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | EA08 | EA09 | EA10 | |
| . Failure to emit light (i.e., direct current [DC] lighting at the end of useful life) | . Lack of any load or excessive voltage (e.g., no lighting, when removed, or arc failure) | . Overheating | . Input power source abnormalities (e.g., surges) | . . Momentary outages | . Excessive current | . Others, which needs free word | . Indicators, e.g., by flash | . Automatic return | . . Continuous voltage output | |||
| EB | EB00 MEANS FOR DETECTING OR CONTROLLING ABNORMALITIES (CLASSIFIED IN HA AND HB AS WELL) |
EB01 | EB02 | EB03 | EB04 | EB05 | EB06 | EB07 | EB08 | EB09 | EB10 | |
| . Use of timers or timing elements | . Use of connectors, sockets, or switches | . Variants that use filament current | . Use of heat-sensitive elements (e.g., thermistors) | . Variants that use inverter output or lamp voltage | . Variants that use current detection | . . Variants that use lamp current | . Variants that use phase | . Variants that use specific inverter operations | . Others, which needs free word | |||
| FA | FA00 NOISE |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | FA09 | FA10 | |
| . Power source side | . . Input current | . . . Combinations of multiple lamp currents | . Noise paths that are eliminated by using circuits | . Use of noise filters | . Waveforms impressed on lamps | . Remote control or radios (e.g., filters) | . Element arrangements (e.g., preventing wrap-around) | . Variants that use shielding cases, shielding plates, and the like | . Ambient noise (i.e., not for simply changing to high frequency) | |||
| GA | GA00 CONVERTER OUTPUT ELEMENTS |
GA01 | GA02 | GA03 | GA04 | GA05 | GA06 | GA07 | GA08 | GA09 | GA10 | |
| . Transistors (i.e., continuous impression of control signals is required) | . . Field-effect transistors (FET) | . . . Metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET) | . . Static induction transistors (SIT) | . Silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCR) or thyristors (i.e., continuous impression of control signals is not required) | . . GTO | . Magnetrons | . . Use of waveguide tubes | . . Variants that match | . Others, which needs free word | |||
| GB | GB00 NUMBERS AND TYPES OF INVERTER ELEMENTS, AND TYPES OF RESONANCE CAVITIES |
GB01 | GB02 | GB03 | GB04 | GB05 | GB07 | GB08 | GB09 | GB10 | ||
| . Inverters in general (i.e., variants that are not limited) | . Variants with one switching element, which needs free word | . . Choppers | . . Monolithic inverters | . . . Blocking oscillators | . Microwave impression using resonance cavities | . . Cylindrical resonance cavities | . . Round resonance cavities | . . Prevention of electromagnetic wave leakage | ||||
| GB11 | GB12 | GB13 | GB14 | GB15 | GB16 | GB17 | GB18 | GB19 | GB20 | |||
| . Variants with two switching elements, which needs free word | . . Single-bridge types or serial types | . . Deformed bridge types | . . Push-pull or rectangular wave inverters | . . Constant-current types | . . Two monolithic inverters that work together | . Variants with three or more switching elements, which needs free word | . . Full-bridge inverters | . . Three monolithic inverters that work together | . Other special variants, which needs free word | |||
| GC | GC00 TYPES OF CONVERTERS |
GC01 | GC02 | GC03 | GC04 | GC05 | GC06 | GC07 | GC09 | GC10 | ||
| . Self-controlled types (i.e., self-excitation types) | . . Variants that have feedback windings | . . . Feedback windings for the output transformer | . Separately controlled types | . Load current that is oscillated by capacitors | . . Capacitors in series with loads | . . Capacitors provided for output transformers | . Control circuit or base bias power obtained from output | . Control circuit power obtained from part of the converter main current | ||||
| HA | HA00 CONTROL OF VOLTAGE IMPRESSED ONTO LAMPS |
HA01 | HA02 | HA03 | HA04 | HA05 | HA06 | HA07 | HA08 | HA09 | HA10 | |
| . Control of voltage by switching or combining windings | . Switch elements or the like (e.g., relays or semiconductor switch elements) | . Variable impedance elements and the like (e.g., thermistors) | . Use of variations in frequency | . . Use of resonance circuits | . . Forcibly varied inverter oscillation frequency | . Impressed-voltage-controlling elements connected in series to lamps | . Impressed-voltage-controlling elements connected in parallel to lamps | . Others, which needs free word | . Phase control or duty ratio control | |||
| HB | HB00 CONTROL OF CONVERTER OUTPUT (CLASSIFIED IN HA10 AS WELL) |
HB01 | HB02 | HB03 | HB04 | HB05 | HB06 | HB07 | HB08 | HB09 | HB10 | |
| . Converter control, which needs free word | . . Control of base or gate bias | . . Control of base or gate bias control signals | . . Single push-pull operations | . Control of converter input, which needs free word | . . Control by adding impedance elements or switch elements | . . Control by rectifying means (e.g., switching between voltage doublers) | . . Control of smoothing (e.g., degree of smoothness) | . . . Control of charging and discharging of smoothing capacitors | . . Changes in the amount of output power feedback |