Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems inventions 12/06

20060290287 - Two-stage hall effect plasma accelerator including plasma source driven by high-frequency discharge: Disclosed is a high-frequency discharge plasma generation-based two-stage Hall-effect plasma accelerator, which comprises an annular acceleration channel having a gas inlet port, a high-frequency wave supply section, an anode, a cathode, a neutralizing electron generation portion and a magnetic-field generation means, wherein: gas introduced from the gas inlet port into... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20060290288 - Field emission display and manufacturing method thereof: A field emission display is provided. The field emission display includes a rear substrate, a cathode, a first dielectric layer, a gate electrode, a second dielectric layer, a deflection electrode, a third dielectric layer, and a protective electrode. The cathode is formed on the rear substrate, and an emitter is... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20060290289 - Electroluminescent device including a programmable pattern generator: An electroluminescent (EL) device achieves a significant increase in the lifetime of EL light sources by using a driver with a controlled duration of intervals between rectangular pulses and between packets is variable, causing changes in the duty cycle, and is determined by a signal passing through a feedback circuit... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20060290290 - Plasma display device: Disclosed is a plasma display device. The plasma display device including a front substrate on which phosphors are formed is provided. The phosphors can be formed on the recess which is formed on the front substrate. A plurality of recesses for phosphors can have various numbers and shapes. A plasma... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060290291 - Mehtod and apparatus for modifying object with electrons generated from cold cathode electron emitter: Apparatus and method for modifying an object with electrons are provided, by which the object can be uniformly and efficiently modified with the electrons under a pressure substantially equal to atmospheric pressure even when having a relatively wide surface area to be treated. This method uses a cold-cathode electron emitter... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060290292 - High pressure lamp with lamp flicker suppression and lamp voltage control: A method and system to supply current to a high pressure lamp is provided, the method and system comprising an alternating lamp current waveform with a half cycle mean amplitude I1 and a half cycle time duration T, a current pulse waveform including at least one current pulse with a... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20060290293 - Circuit arrangement and method for operating high-pressure discharge lamps: High-pressure discharge lamps may explode at the end of their life. In order to be able to predict an explosion, the gradient of the operating voltage is evaluated. If a risk of explosion is detected, the lamp operation is interrupted.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20060290294 - Dimmable ballast for an electrodeless discharge lamp: A ballast for an electrodeless discharge lamp includes a high frequency power supply that supplies a high frequency electric power to an induction coil for operating the lamp. A dimmer controller generates a control signal in response to a dimmer command designating a varying dimming ratio. The control signal defines... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060290296 - Apparatus for driving lamp of liquid crystal display device: The present invention relates to a lamp driving apparatus of a liquid crystal display capable of simplifying a structure of the liquid crystal display and in addition preventing a leakage current of the lamp driving apparatus. The lamp driving apparatus of the liquid crystal display comprises: a plurality of lamps;... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20060290295 - Electric power supply apparatus and induction heating apparatus: A converter (311) converts an AC electric power (e) to the DC electric power with a DC voltage value corresponding to a setting. An inverter (312) is controlled by a frequency electric power control circuit (330) to convert the DC electric power to a dual frequency AC electric power for... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060290297 - Device for driving light sources: A device for driving a light source (L11) including a first lamp (a1) and a second lamp (a2) includes two power supply circuits, two transformers (12, 12′), and two current balancing components (13, 13′). Each power supply circuit includes a direct current (DC) power source (10 or 10′) and a... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20060290298 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: The present invention relates to a display apparatus comprising a light emitting element supplying light, and a switch to switch on and off power, which is supplied to the light emitting element. A comparing unit compares a predetermined first reference voltage and an output voltage which is proportional to a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060290299 - Circuit arrangement and method for operating at least one led and at least one electric lamp: A circuit arrangement for operating at least one LED and at least one electric lamp having at least one first filament and one second filament, includes first and second terminals for the corresponding filaments; and a lamp supply unit supplying power to the electric lamp; it also including an LED... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20060290300 - Ac discharge display panel including a plurality of electrode lines having multi-layers: An alternating current discharge display panel including a plurality of electrode lines in a dielectric layer, and each of the electrode lines includes a plurality of layers, in which an intermediate layer has the smallest resistivity and resistivity of other layers become larger as being far from the intermediate layer.... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20060290301 - Apparatus for generating excited and/or ionized particles in a plasma and a method for generating ionized particles: An apparatus is described for generating excited and/or ionized particles in a plasma with a generator for generating an electromagnetic wave and an excitation chamber with a plasma zone in which the excited and/or ionized particles are formed. At least one excitation chamber is arranged in an insulating material off-center... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20060284562 - Combined radio frequency and hall effect ion source and plasma accelerator system: This invention features a combined radio frequency (RF) and Hall Effect ion source and plasma accelerator system including a plasma accelerator having an anode and a discharge zone, the plasma accelerator for providing plasma discharge. A gas distributor introduces a gas into the plasma accelerator. A cathode emits electrons attracted... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska Intellectual Property Law Attorneys

20060284563 - Plasma accelerating apparatus and plasma processing system having the same: A plasma accelerating apparatus and a plasma processing system having the same are provided. The apparatus includes a circular channel comprising an inner wall, an outer wall, and an end wall connected to an end of the inner wall and the outer wall to form an outlet port at the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060284564 - Method and device for ballast management in particular for a motor vehicle headlamp: A method for managing a gas discharge lamp in particular for a motor vehicle headlamp. The method is of the type which consists in controlling initial and nominal supply powers of the lamp by means of control signals during the operating phases of said lamp which comprise a start-up phase,... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20060284565 - Cold cathode fluorescent lamp, cold cathode fluorescent lamp driving apparatus, cold cathode fluorescent lamp apparatus, liquid crystal display apparatus, control method for cold cathode fluorescent lamp, and control method for liquid crystal display appa: A cold cathode fluorescent lamp apparatus has a cold cathode fluorescent lamp which can be lit readily and in which leak current is minimized. A pair of internal electrodes are disposed on an inner surface of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp, and a pair of external electrodes are provided on... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060284566 - Shutdown circuit: The invention relates to an electronic ballast for operating a discharge lamp LA, in which a pump circuit D6, C8, C9, L1 charges an intermediate circuit capacitor C6 from the AC voltage of a converter V1, V2. A voltage limitation circuit R8, R3, D5, R4, R5, C3, SD is connected... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20060284567 - Primary side constant output voltage controller: A lower-cost and more precise control methodology of regulating the output voltage of a Flyback converter from the primary side is provided, which works accurately in either continuous voltage mode (CCM) and discontinuous mode (DCM), and can be applied to most small, medium and high power applications such cell phone... Agent: Active Semiconductors International Inc.

20060284569 - Balanced circuit for multi-led driver: A driving circuit uses a plurality of transformers to provide currents for driving a plurality of LEDs associated with a plurality of current paths. Each transformer has two induction coils with a coil turn ratio between to the number of turns in each induction coil. One induction coil is used... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20060284568 - Power supply system for flat panel display devices: A power supply system for powering backlight lamps in a flat panel display with reduced dimensions and increased power efficiency. The power supply system includes a converter circuit for converting an alternating current (AC) signal from an AC power source to a high direct current (DC) signal, and a high... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060284571 - Apparatus for providing a sinusoidally amplitude-modulated operating voltage, lighting system and method for generating an amplitude-modulated voltage: In the case of an apparatus for providing a sinusoidally amplitude-modulated operating voltage, two switches are arranged in the form of a half bridge, and an LC element is arranged downstream of the half bridge. The first switch is driven by a first square-wave signal in a clocking with the... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20060284570 - Driving apparatus for ccfl: The invention relates to a driving apparatus for a CCFL capable of easily providing a high output required to start the lamp. In the apparatus, an oscillator provides a reference signal in accordance with a lamp-on condition or a lamp-out condition. According to the invention, a tuning capacitor current of... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20060284572 - Smoothing circuit for improving emc: The present invention relates to an electronic ballast for discharge lamps, for example low-pressure discharge lamps, having a converter having a switching element and a two-part lamp inductor which is connected upstream and downstream of the discharge lamp. An electronic ballast according to the invention has a smoothing circuit which... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20060284576 - Backlight control circuit: An exemplary backlight control circuit (200) includes two backlight inspecting circuits (210), a pulse width modulation integrated circuit (PWM IC) (250) having a current sampling pin (251), a first transistor (271), and an input circuit (230). Each backlight inspecting circuit includes a backlight (211) and an output end (212). The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20060284574 - Backlighting system for display screen: A circuit board on which the electronic components providing power to a series of light sources is positioned as near as possible to light sources in order to minimize parasitic energy losses which would be introduced by lengths of wiring. The light sources are usually elongate tubular Cold Cathode Fluorescent... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20060284575 - Detecting lamp currents and providing feedback for adjusting lamp driving voltages: A lamp current of a lamp with at least one high-voltage end is detected using a current detector connected to the high-voltage end of the lamp. A feedback signal according to the lamp current is generated, and a drive voltage to the lamp is adjusted according to the feedback signal.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20060284573 - System for controlling and regulating continuously the luminous flow of every single lamp derived on a parallel line: This system, valid for any type of lamp (both those with a filament and those with a gas discharge), permits the continuous control and regulation, on a distribution network, of the luminous flow of each single lamp that is connected to it in parallel. The system, as can be seen... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20060284577 - Time control circuit for backlight inverter: In a time control circuit, a capacitor is connected between a connecting pin and a ground. A first current source supplies a first current to the connecting pin. A first comparator element has a non-inverse terminal connected to a voltage of the capacitor and a pre-set first reference voltage, and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20060279219 - Collector arrangement: A collector for an electron beam tube comprises a plurality of electrode stages. The electrode stages are spaced from one another by a non-conductive spacer. The non-conductive spacer is located between portions of electrodes and extends into the collector on a first side and out of the collector on a... Agent: Venable LLP

20060279220 - Electric lamp comprising aluminum oxide and cerium oxide: The invention relates to an electric lamp provided with a light source in a light-transmitting lamp vessel which is closed in a vacuumtight manner, which light source has an envelope of light-transmitting, UV-absorbing quartz glass which comprises silicon oxide, aluminum oxide and cerium oxide, characterized in that the quartz glass... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060279221 - Apparatus and methods for making spectroscopic measurements of cathode fall in fluorescent lamps: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for measuring cathode fall within a fluorescent lamp that contains an electrode and a gas. A level of cathode fall associated with the electrode may be identified based on an intensity and wavelength of radiation emitted by the gas.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20060279222 - Dense fluid delivery apparatus: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus to produce and apply a variety of surface cleaning and modification spray treatments. More specifically, the present invention provides the simultaneous steps of selectively removing one or more unwanted surface contaminants, including extremely hard coatings, exposing a native clean surface... Agent: Dufault Law Firm, P.C.

20060279223 - Methods and apparatus for generating strongly-ionized plasmas with ionizational instabilities: Methods and apparatus for generating strongly-ionized plasmas are disclosed. A strongly-ionized plasma generator according to one embodiment includes a chamber for confining a feed gas. An anode and a cathode assembly are positioned inside the chamber. A pulsed power supply is electrically connected between the anode and the cathode assembly.... Agent: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC

20060279224 - Apparatus and methods for making spectroscopic measurements of cathode fall in fluorescent lamps: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for measuring cathode fall within a fluorescent lamp that contains an electrode and a gas. A level of cathode fall associated with the electrode may be identified based on an intensity and wavelength of radiation emitted by the gas.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20060279225 - Multi-zone closed loop daylight harvesting having at least one light sensor: A multi-zone daylight harvesting method and apparatus having a closed loop system utilizing a single light sensor is disclosed herein. This light control system includes an ambient light sensor connected to a detection circuit for detecting the amount of ambient light within a given zone and converting the light signal... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20060279226 - Multi-button low voltage switch adaptable for three states: A light control system having a multi-button low voltage adaptable switch compatible with a two input switch control system where each input can have any one of three values yielding a number of states thus mimicking the functionality of a two button light control switch system. Features such as dimming... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20060279227 - Method for operating an organic light emitting component and organic light emitting component: The invention relates to a method for operating an organic light emitting component (1), in particular organic light emitting diode (OLED), and an organic light emitting component (1) with an organic layer (1c) comprising a plurality of different emitter materials, which emit light of different colours, and an electrode arrangement... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20060279228 - Light emitting element driving device: A light emitting element driving device of the present invention comprises at least one light emitting element and a power supply device for generating a driving current of the light emitting element. The power supply device has a step-up type DC-DC converter circuit. The step-up type DC-DC converter circuit has... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060279229 - Ballast and projector: A ballast includes an igniter circuit that applies voltages having opposite polarities to a base electrode and a leading electrode of a high-pressure discharge lamp and makes an absolute value of the voltage applied to one electrode of the base electrode and the leading electrode larger than an absolute value... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20060279231 - Circuit arrangement and method for detecting a crest factor of a lamp current or a lamp operating voltage of an electric lamp: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for detecting a crest factor of a lamp current or a lamp operating voltage of an electric lamp (2), the circuit arrangement having a first subcircuit (15), which is designed to determine an averaged value from an input signal applied to the circuit... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20060279230 - Discharge lamp lighting control device: A discharge lamp lighting control device (100) having a DC power converter, a power factor improving power converter (1), a polarity reversing circuit (2), a starter circuit (3), and a controller (4). The power factor improving power converter 1 includes a switching device S, a power factor improver, and a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060279232 - Discharge tube lighting apparatus, light source apparatus, and display apparatus: A discharge tube lighting apparatus is used to drive a plurality of discharge tubes. The apparatus includes a balance coil having a winding input end and a plurality of winding output ends to which the discharge tubes are connected individually; a power section for supplying ac current to the winding... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060279233 - Device and method for detecting whether turn signal lamp is operated: The present invention relates to a device and method for detecting whether a turn signal lamp is operated. A device for detecting whether a turn signal lamp is operated according to the present invention for achieving the object of the present invention comprises (1) an electric power input unit for... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060279235 - Driving apparatus for ccfl: The invention relates to a driving apparatus for a CCFL capable of providing a high output voltage necessary for an open lamp and thereby satisfying a voltage standard required to drive the lamp. In the driving apparatus, an inverter made of a switching circuit of a half-bridge structure is used... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20060279236 - Lighting control device having improved long fade off: A lighting control device for controlling the light intensity level of at least one lamp is disclosed. The lighting control device includes an actuator and a controller operable to cause the light intensity level of the at least one lamp to fade at a first fade rate that is based... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20060279234 - Phase sampling protection device: A phase sampling protection device substantially includes a phase sampling circuit coupled between a tube circuit and a protection circuit. The phase sampling circuit captures a voltage signal and a current phase signal of the tube circuit for comparison, using phase comparing technique to detect an anomaly of the tube,... Agent: Hdsl

20060279237 - Intelligent power-supplying device: An intelligent power-supplying device includes an alternating current (AC) input port, a direct current (DC) input port, a displayer, a reset key and a DC output port. The AC input port receives an AC power while the DC input port receives a DC power. The power-supplying device automatically detects the... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20060273730 - Gx10q combination for cfl's fixture: There are multiple adaptors or lamp holder in market to connect the power and pin based CFL. This innovation consists of a lamp-holder along with an easier replaceable Combination with integrally ballast circuit adaptor. This design is applicable to the use of GX10q based CFL. The purpose and special feature... Agent: Da-kuang Chang

20060273731 - High power cold cathode tubular fluorescent lamp: A high power tubular CCFL device comprises at least one CCFL; and a light transmission tube having two ends, where the at least one CCFL is at a fixed location inside the light transmission tube. At least two fixtures are used, one fixture at each of the two ends of... Agent: Parsons Hsue & De Runtz LLP

20060273732 - Arrangement for the generation of intensive short-wavelength radiation based on a gas discharge plasma: The invention is directed to an arrangement for the generation of intensive short-wavelength radiation based on a gas discharge plasma. It is the object of the invention to find a novel possibility for generating intensive short-wavelength radiation, particularly EUV radiation, based on a gas discharge plasma which achieves a long... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20060273733 - Plasma processing chamber, potential controlling apparatus, potential controlling method, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program: A plasma processing chamber that enables an amount of attached polymer to be controlled easily with a simple construction. A vessel 11 houses a semiconductor wafer W. A susceptor 12 is disposed in the vessel 11 and is connected to a lower electrode radio frequency power source 20. In a... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060273734 - Light-emitting device using organic electroluminescent element: A light-emitting device that uses an organic electroluminescent element, wherein the application of reverse voltage is achieved with a simple structure, is disclosed. The light-emitting device may include a power source, an organic electroluminescent element, and a capacitor. When the light-emitting device is on, the power source may be used... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20060273735 - Plasma display panel: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a front substrate, a rear substrate facing the front substrate, a plurality of discharge cells between the front and rear substrates, and a plurality of sustain electrode pairs including an X electrode and a Y electrode formed in a predetermined pattern between the front... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20060273736 - Discharge lamp lighting circuit: A circuit includes a transformer 7 for transmitting power to a discharge lamp 10 and for supplying a starting signal to the discharge lamp. The circuit includes a direct current-alternating current converting circuit 3 for supplying an output of the transformer 7 to the discharge lamp 10 after carrying out... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20060273737 - Electronic ballast for at least one lamp: The present invention relates to an electronic ballast for at least one lamp (La) having at least one first switch (S1), the first switch (S1) having at least one working terminal (A1), a reference terminal (B1) and a control input terminal (St1), and at least one auxiliary unit (10), the... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20060273738 - Cold cathode fluorescent lamp: An elongated cold cathode fluorescent lamp (10) consists of an elongated extruded polycarbonate cover or diffuser (11), an elongated lamp tube (12) adapted to be connected to an electric supply located within and spaced from the cover or diffuser (11) by at least a pair of O rings (13). The... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20060273739 - Display apparatus and power supplying apparatus for lamp unit thereof: A display apparatus is provided with a panel to display a picture thereon. The display apparatus comprises an inverter to convert DC power into AC power. The display apparatus also includes at least one lamp unit comprising a lamp body and a lamp electrode part provided in at least one... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060273741 - Methods and apparatus for implementing power cycle control of lighting devices based on network protocols: A controllable dimmer/relay used in combination with a power cycle control lighting device, wherein the controllable dimmer/relay serves as a network interface for the power cycle control lighting device. The controllable dimmer/relay is controlled by lighting commands formatted according to any of a variety of communications protocols, which instruct the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20060273740 - Parallel power supply with active droop current sharing circuit having current limiting function: An active droop current sharing technique combined with current limiting function is employed in a parallel power supply. The parallel power supply is characterized with a current sensing amplifier that generates a current feedback signal representing a difference between a nominal output voltage and a fractional output voltage. The current... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20060273743 - Device for the control of fluorescent lamps in a lighting arrangement: The invention relates to a device for the control of fluorescent lamps in a lighting arrangement that comprises at least one such fluorescent lamp, wherein for each fluorescent lamp the device has the following characteristics: a capacitive voltage divider consisting of a first capacitor and a second capacitor that are... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20060273742 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus is provided having an LCD panel and a backlight unit to illuminate the LCD panel, and further including a temperature sensor to sense the temperature of the backlight unit, an inverter to drive the backlight unit, a power supply to supply power to the inverter, and a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060273744 - Projector lamp control for increased lamp life: An electronic lamp control system for life time extension of a DC high intensity discharge lamp has a light sensor (130) for sensing an output of a lamp (31), a power supply (110) for the lamp (31), and a controller (20) for controlling the power supply (110). The controller (20)... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060273745 - Current balancing circuit for a multi-lamp system: The present invention uses one or more transformers disposed between an inverter driver to drive a plurality of lamps. Each transformer has a first coil and a second coil magnetically coupled to each other. Each of the first and second coils has an input end and an output end. The... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20060273746 - Method for function monitoring in medical accelerator systems: A method for function monitoring in medical accelerator systems, wherein at least one signal characterizing the operation of at least one medical accelerator, is acquired, digitized and deposited in digitized form in a data processing system to hold it for evaluation of the accelerator system.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione