WO2002058440A1 - Ballast and method of feeding a fluorescent lamp - Google Patents
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- WO2002058440A1 WO2002058440A1 PCT/IB2001/002671 IB0102671W WO02058440A1 WO 2002058440 A1 WO2002058440 A1 WO 2002058440A1 IB 0102671 W IB0102671 W IB 0102671W WO 02058440 A1 WO02058440 A1 WO 02058440A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
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- H05B41/36—Controlling
- H05B41/38—Controlling the intensity of light
- H05B41/39—Controlling the intensity of light continuously
- H05B41/392—Controlling the intensity of light continuously using semiconductor devices, e.g. thyristor
- H05B41/3921—Controlling the intensity of light continuously using semiconductor devices, e.g. thyristor with possibility of light intensity variations
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- Y10S315/00—Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
- Y10S315/04—Dimming circuit for fluorescent lamps
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- the invention relates to a method of feeding a fluorescent lamp, wherein the actual power through the lamp is measured, an actual power value is compared with a target power value, and, in the case of a significant difference, the power sent through the lamp is adapted.
- the light output of a fluorescent lamp is also determined by the power flowing through such a lamp.
- This power must be controlled by a ballast, i.e. a power supply that makes sure that the power through the lamp is stabilized.
- the power through the lamp depends to a substantial degree on many factors, such as the lamp type, the temperature, the condition of the lamp and the lamp electrodes, etc.
- ballast comprises dim means that are capable of setting the target power value.
- a drawback of the known method resides in that during measuring the actual power by means of said A/D converter, peaks and other irregularities occur, which are not visible but which may cause the control by the ballast to become unstable. This problem is solved in known manner by filtering the analog signal by means of various filters before the signal is sampled. A drawback of this solution is that it causes the response time of the system to be slowed down. In addition, different signals require different filters, so that the hardware has to be adapted continually. Besides, filters in the form of hardware are voluminous and comparatively expensive.
- the actual power value is determined by a moving weighted average of a series including the last-measured actual power values, a measured actual power value being substituted with a replacement value if said measured actual power value exhibits a deviation relative to the average power value that exceeds a predetermined maximum deviation. Therefore, instead of filtering the analog signal, a correction is made in the digital samples originating from the A/D converter.
- this value is substituted with a replacement value.
- this replacement value is equal to the closest, predetermined, maximum deviating value, for example the average value plus or minus 10%.
- the average may be an ordinary average of the last series of measured values, however, it is alternatively possible to assign more weight to the most recently measured values.
- the predetermined maximum is temporarily increased until the actual power has approximated the new target power value.
- the predetermined maximum is temporarily increased until the actual power has approximated the new target power value.
- the predetermined maximum deviation can be adjusted in dependence on the target power value. This is important, particularly, in the case of a low target power value. Let us assume, for example, that the power may have a digital value in the range between 0 and 255 (1 byte).
- the maximum deviation is defined as a percentage (for example 10%) of the average value, then the problem arises that in the event of a low average value (in this case below 10), the maximum deviation is smaller than the smallest possible digital representation, i.e. the number 1. Therefore, the maximum deviation must at least be set to (digital) 1.
- the invention also relates to a ballast for feeding a fluorescent lamp, which ballast comprises a control circuit for controlling the power through the lamp, which control circuit includes sampling means capable of measuring the actual power through the lamp, processor means capable of determining an actual power value by calculating a moving weighted average of a series of last-measured actual power values, and capable of substituting a measured actual power value with a replacement value if said measured actual power value exhibits a deviation in excess of a predetermined maximum deviation from the average value, and said processor means also being capable of comparing an actual power value with a target power value, and of adapting the power sent through the lamp in the case of a significant difference.
- Fig. 1 diagrammatically shows a ballast in accordance with the invention
- Fig. 2 shows a graph of a power signal that is measured and corrected by applying the invention.
- a ballast 1 comprises a power supply 2, a dimmer 3 for setting a target power value Pt in memory means 4.
- the ballast 1 additionally includes a control circuit comprising an analog-to-digital (A/D) sampling device 5 that measures the power Pm through the fluorescent lamp 7, a processor 6 that compares the measured value Pm with the target value Pt. If the measured power Pm differs from the target power Pt set by the dimmer 3, then the processor 3 orders the power supply 2 to adapt the power sent through the lamp 7.
- A/D analog-to-digital
- the sampling device 5 comprises an analog-to-digital converter.
- a problem encountered during measuring the power Pm is that the analog input signal is sensitive to high-frequency external interference originating, for example, from other apparatus connected to the mains, or from the ballast itself. This interference may lead to short-lived peaks in the signal which, however, are not representative of the power that is actually sent through the lamp 7.
- the control circuit does react, however, to this measuring signal, as a result of which the control of the lamp 7 may become more or less unstable. According to a known manner of reducing the effect of such short-lived peaks on the behavior of the control circuit, the analog measuring signal is subjected to a filtering operation.
- the filters used for this purpose are comparatively expensive, however, and also lead to a longer response time of the control system.
- the digital signal originating from the A/D converter is subjected to a digital operation carried out by the processor 6.
- the target power value Pt set by the dim means 3 is represented by means of the horizontal dashed line.
- the solid line Pm represents the (corrected) digital measuring signal as a function of time.
- the Figure shows the situation where a new (higher) target value Pt is set by the dimmer 3, so that the control circuit will cause the power sent through the lamp to adopt said new value, the power sent through the lamp being indicated by means of Pm.
- the measuring signal Pm exhibits a large deviation relative to the target value Pt, no correction of the signal Pm takes place in order to obtain the quickest possible response by the system.
- some degree of unstability of the system caused by the influence of interference peaks is not inconvenient as the light output of the lamp 7 is changing anyway and some fluctuation in the light output will not be experienced as disturbing by the user at such a moment in time.
- the measuring signal Pm approximates the target value Pt, indicated in the graph by means of tl, the correction algorithm that contributes to stabilization of the measuring signal is put into operation.
- the processor 6 calculates an average value of the measuring signal, resulting from the measurements carried out during, for example, the last 100 ms. If a subsequent measurement deviates more than, for example, 10% from said average value, it is assumed that this deviation is caused by an interference peak, and the actually measured value is substituted by the processor with a replacement value that is equal to the smallest deviating value Pmin or the largest deviating value Pmax, dependent upon which value is closest to the actually measured signal Pm.
- Pmin and Pmax which in this case are, respectively, 10% below and 10% above said average value, are indicated by means of dashed lines.
- the Figure shows that in the case of short-lived peaks 11, 12, the method described herein causes the measuring signal to be smoothed and, hence, the influence of these peaks 11, 12 on the operation of the control circuit remains limited.
- the method described herein can be carried out in a programmable environment, enabling simple changes to be made in the behavior of the control circuit. It is alternatively possible, however, to fix this functionality by means of hardware.
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DE60119169T DE60119169D1 (en) | 2001-01-22 | 2001-12-19 | BALLASTERUNG AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING A FLUORESCENT LAMP |
EP01273329A EP1356715B1 (en) | 2001-01-22 | 2001-12-19 | Ballast and method of feeding a fluorescent lamp |
JP2002558786A JP2004518259A (en) | 2001-01-22 | 2001-12-19 | Ballast for supplying fluorescent lamp and method for supplying fluorescent lamp |
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DE3030987A1 (en) * | 1980-06-05 | 1981-12-10 | Müszeripari Kutato Intezet, Budapest | Extreme value detection and noise compensation system - compares stored sampled value and output value with mean value |
EP0602780A2 (en) * | 1992-12-15 | 1994-06-22 | International Control Automation Finance S.A. | Digitally processing and filtering signals |
EP0605052A1 (en) * | 1992-12-28 | 1994-07-06 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | Ballast for gas discharge lamps |
US5952793A (en) * | 1996-03-14 | 1999-09-14 | Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha | Discharge lamp igniting apparatus including feedback control |
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US6628092B2 (en) | 2003-09-30 |
DE60119169D1 (en) | 2006-06-01 |
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