Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems inventions 10/07

20070247072 - Illumination device: An illumination device has an illumination unit which glows when current flows through a load thereof, at least one instruction unit for instructing the illumination unit to glow, a PWM signal generating unit which generates a plurality of PWM signals based on that the instruction unit instructed the illumination unit... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070247075 - Plasma etch reactor with distribution of etch gases across a wafer surface and a polymer oxidizing gas in an independently fed center gas zone: A plasma etch reactor for plasma enhanced etching of a workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer includes a housing defining a process chamber, a workpiece support configured to support a workpiece within the chamber during processing and comprising a plasma bias power electrode. The reactor further includes a first process... Agent: Robert Mulcahy Law Office Of Robert W. Mulcahy

20070247076 - Plasma generating electrode and plasma reactor: In a plasma generating electrode 1, at least one of opposing unit electrodes 2 includes a sheet-shaped ceramic dielectric 3 and a conductive film 4 disposed in the ceramic dielectric 3 and partially extending on the surface of the ceramic dielectric 3 opposite to the other unit electrode 2 on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070247073 - Plasma reactor apparatus with a vhf capacitively coupled plasma source of variable frequency: A plasma reactor for processing a workpiece includes a reactor chamber and a workpiece support within the chamber, the chamber having a ceiling facing the workpiece support, a capacitively coupled plasma source power applicator comprising a source power electrode at one of: (a) the ceiling (b) the workpiece support, and... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20070247074 - Process using combined capacitively and inductively coupled plasma sources for controlling plasma ion radial distribution: A method of processing a workpiece in the chamber of a plasma reactor includes introducing a process gas into the chamber, capacitively coupling VHF plasma source power into a process region of the chamber that overlies the wafer while inductively coupling RF plasma source power into the process region. A... Agent: Robert M Wallace Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20070247077 - Method of electrostatic acceleration of a fluid: A method for handling a fluid may be incorporated into the operation of, for example, a corona discharge device and an electric power supply. Such a corona discharge device typically includes at least one corona discharge electrode and at least one collector electrode positioned proximate each other so as to... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070247079 - Arc furnace power supply device: An arc furnace power supply device with a rectifier is specified, which rectifier on its alternating voltage side can be connected with an electrical alternating voltage supply network and on its direct voltage side is connected with a direct voltage circuit. Moreover the arc furnace power supply device comprises an... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070247078 - Electric power saving apparatus comprising semi-conductor device to pass energy of infrared ray synthetic wavelength into electric cable using output pulse signal, electric circuit board structure for implementing the apparatus, and electric power saving: The present invention relates to an electric power saving apparatus wherein light energy is irradiated to a semiconductor device, with the light energy emitted when a voltage is supplied to a transmission line, such that the wavelengths of the electrons on the transmission line, along which a load-driving current flows... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070247080 - Multistrike gas discharge lamp ignition apparatus and method: A gas discharge lamp has a gas and has a cathode, an anode, and an ignition electrode. Individual discharges of a series of lamp discharges are spaced at least one millisecond from each other, and the individual discharges are generated by providing an electrical charge between the cathode and the... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070247081 - Method and system for providing a charge pump for low voltage applications: A method and system for providing an output voltage greater than a voltage provided by a voltage supply in a semiconductor device are disclosed. The method and system include providing at least one oscillator and at least one voltage storage/discharge stage coupled with the at least one oscillator. The oscillator... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070247082 - Discharge lamp operating device: A discharge lamp lighter capable of affording appropriate lighting characteristics and removing a dispersion in current of respective discharge lamps is provided. The discharge lamp lighter includes an inverter 2 for converting direct voltage into high frequency voltage, N (N: a positive integer) pieces of discharge lamps 11 to 14... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070247083 - Device for driving light source module: A driving device for driving a lamp (L2) includes a power stage circuit (21), a transformer circuit (22), a resonance circuit (23) and a PWM controller (25). The power stage circuit converts a received direct current (DC) signal to an alternating current (AC) signal. The transformer circuit is connected to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070247087 - Lamp power supply and protection circuit: A power supply device for a CCFL or other lamp type regulates a current output to the CCFL regardless of lamp length and/or short circuit conditions. The power supply device for a lamp comprises a voltage regulating module that receives an input voltage signal and generates an output voltage signal... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070247085 - Method and circuit for short-circuit and over-current protection in a discharge lamp system: The method and circuit of the present invention provides short-circuit detection and protection in a discharge lamp system. The transformer's primary current is sensed and used to provide short-circuit protection of the secondary winding side or high voltage side. The system and method with the present invention provides short-circuit detection... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070247086 - Portable wireless remote-controlled dimmer socket: A portable wireless remote-controlled dimmer socket comprises a housing having a power supply outlet and a power source inlet port formed on the housing and having a remote dimmer control circuit installed inside, and the portable wireless remote-controlled dimmer socket provides both power supply function and dimmer adjustment control function... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070247084 - Power supply based on resonant converter for lamp: A power supply based on resonant converter with or without feedback is used for lamp. The output voltage waveform is high frequency (above 10 kHz) component included in a band envelope without low frequency component. Lamp brightness is proportional to lamp voltage. At low frequency (60 Hz), eye responds to... Agent: Liang Chen

20070247088 - Discharge lamp ballast apparatus: A discharge lamp ballast apparatus includes a DC/DC converter having a transformer T1 and a DC/DC converter having a transformer T2, which are connected in parallel; a control section 4 for controlling the output voltages of the DC/DC converters by varying their duties with shifting the operation phases of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070247089 - Lighting system and controller: A lighting controller is used to independently control variable output intensity of both a first, relatively high power lighting unit and a second, relatively low power lighting unit. A control device is operable within an overall range of operation between first and second end points, for varying the light intensity... Agent: Quine Intellectual Property Law Group, P.C.

20070247090 - Mobile terminal, method of providing imag thereof, and method of providing multimedia data thereof: A method of providing data in a mobile terminal, which includes detecting whether or not at least one luminous element among a plurality of luminous elements included in a display of the terminal has been contacted, and controlling a luminescence of said at least one luminous element if the detecting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070241687 - Power supply for multiple discharge lamps and the current balance device thereof: A power supply for discharge lamp includes a transformer and a current balance device, wherein the transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary winding and the current balance device is coupled between the secondary winding and a plurality of discharge lamps. The current balance device may include a single... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070241688 - Plasma lamp with conductive material positioned relative to rf feed: In an example embodiment, an electrodeless plasma lamp is provided which comprises a lamp body comprising a dielectric material having a relative permittivity greater than 2, and a bulb adjacent to the lamp body, the bulb containing a fill that forms a plasma when RF power is coupled to the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070241689 - Method and apparatus for extending equipment uptime in ion implantation: The service lifetime of an ion source is enhanced or prolonged by the source having provisions for in-situ etch cleaning of the ion source and of an extraction electrode, using reactive halogen gases, and by having features that extend the service duration between cleanings. The latter include accurate vapor flow... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070241690 - Light-emissive display and method of manufacturing the same: A light-emissive display comprising a substrate, a first electrode layer disposed over the substrate, a light-emissive layer disposed over the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer disposed over the light-emissive layer, wherein the light-emissive layer is patterned to provide a plurality of discrete light-emissive regions, each discrete light-emissive... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070241691 - Method for restoring function of plasma display panel and plasma display panel: A method for restoring the function of a plasma display panel according to the present invention restores a function of a plasma display panel by raising the temperature of the plasma display panel to 400° C. to 800° C.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070241693 - Apparatus for end-of-life detection of fluorescent lamps: In fluorescent lamp lighting, it is required that when the lamp reaches its end of life there has to be some mechanism to shut down the power supply to the lamp for safety. In the present invention, an apparatus is proposed to fulfill this requirement. This invention comprises of a... Agent: Man Hay Pong Powerelab Ltd.

20070241692 - Driving arrangement for a passive matrix self-emitting display element: This invention relates to a driving arrangement for voltage driving of a passive matrix self-emitting display element (1), the driving arrangement comprising: voltage application circuitry (3) for applying a voltage across said self-emitting display element (1), switching devices (4) for switching said voltage between an on and an off state,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070241694 - Liquid crystal television and backlight power supplying circuit: Disclosed is an inverter-circuit power supply circuit capable of redriving an inverter circuit upon temporary blackout without turning on a main power again An inverter-circuit power supply circuit according to the present invention cuts off a backlight driving signal from a microcomputer (11d2) with a Zener diode (18a), a first... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20070241695 - Power supply system for driving lamps: A power supply system is used for driving the lamps. The power supply system includes an inverter, a transformer and a resonant circuit. The inverter is electrically connected to a DC power source for converting a DC voltage into an AC voltage. The transformer includes a primary winding coil and... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070236148 - Plasma processing apparatus: An apparatus, which performs a plasma process on a target substrate by using plasma, includes first and second electrodes in a process chamber to oppose each other. An RF field, which turns a process gas into plasma by excitation, is formed between the first and second electrodes. An RF power... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070236149 - Image display apparatus: In an image display apparatus according to the present invention, surge absorbers are connected between each of first and second scanning line drivers which supply a predetermined voltage to scanning lines of a display panel and the respective scanning lines. One ends of the individual surge absorbers are connected to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070236151 - Electro-optical device and an electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device that drives each of plural pixels individually arranged in two dimensions so as to display information, is provided with a group of pixels displaying the information within an effective display region among the plural pixels arranged in two dimensions. A group of plural pseudo-pixels that do not... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070236150 - Image display apparatus: In an image display apparatus including: an electron source; a target having a phosphor and an anode electrode, the target emits light for display by being illuminated with electrons from the electron source; and an intermediate electrode disposed in the midpoint between the electron source and the target, the intermediate... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070236152 - Load control device having a variable drive circuit: A load control device for controlling the amount of power delivered to an electrical load from a source of AC power comprises a controllably conductive device and a variable gate drive circuit. The controllably conductive device is coupled in series electrical connection between the source and the electrical load to... Agent: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Mark E. Rose

20070236153 - Inverter for driving backlight devices in a large lcd panel: Two out-of-phase inverters are used for driving a backlight for large LCD panels. The lamp currents of each inverter are regulated to substantially the same level to ensure the same brightness in the lamps without any current balancing devices. The switching frequencies in both inverters are synchronized and maintained in... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070236154 - Apparatus for driving led arrays: In an apparatus for driving LED arrays, a dimming/size setter sets each of driving voltages for a plurality of red, green and blue LED arrays in response to at least one of a dimming signal and a size control signal inputted from outside. Each of red LED array driving circuits... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070236155 - Power converter for led module and related devices thereof: A DC/DC converter comprises a switch device, an inductor, a rectifying device and a capacitor. Switch device has a first terminal coupled to a DC power supply and a control terminal receiving a control signal. Inductor has a first terminal electrically coupled to a second terminal of switch device. Rectifying... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070236157 - Discharge lamp lighting apparatus: In a discharge lamp lighting apparatus for lighting a discharge lamp comprises a starter which generates high voltage at initiation so as to generate dielectric breakdown in the discharge container of the discharge lamp; and a power supply circuit which supply discharge current to the discharge lamp, wherein the power... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070236156 - Methods and apparatus for controlling devices in a networked lighting system: Methods and apparatus for computer-based control of light sources in a networked lighting system. In one example, a plurality of LED-based lighting systems are arranged as computer controllable “light strings.” Applications contemplated for such light strings include, but are not limited to, decorative and entertainment-oriented lighting applications (e.g., Christmas tree... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070236158 - Led control circuit and method therefor: In one embodiment, an LED control circuit is configured control a current through an LED responsively to a value that is proportional to a control signal for values of the control signal that are less than a threshold value of the control signal and to control the current to a... Agent: Mr. Jerry Chruma Semiconductor Components Industries, L.L.C.

20070236159 - Illumination systems: An illumination system includes a master power supply providing power to several illumination modules. The master power supply is constructed and arranged to generate high-frequency and low-voltage electrical power provided to a primary wire forming a current loop. Each illumination module includes an electromagnetic coupling element and several light sources.... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d PC

20070228987 - Discharge tube drive circuit: A discharge tube drive circuit for driving a plurality of discharge tubes is proposed with reduced number of parts and in a down-sized form. A first balance transformer is provided in a first drive circuit block, and a plurality of primary coils of a plurality of drive transformers in the... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070228988 - Vacuum tube circuit: A vacuum tube circuit is capable of amplifying an input signal with use of a low source voltage. Ordinarily, the amount of electrons released from a cathode which is heated by a heater is small since a voltage supplied to the heater is low. In the vacuum tube circuit disclosed... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20070228989 - Limited current circuit for electro-luminescent lamp inverter: A current limiting device includes a constant current source circuit constructed and arranged to be connected to a direct current input voltage source and to regulate electrical current and a resonance source circuit receiving current from the constant current source circuit. The resonance source circuit is constructed and arranged to... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070228990 - Safety circuit for electro-luminescent lamp ballast: A safety circuit is provided for a ballast of an electro-luminescent (EL) lamp. The EL lamp had an electrical ground shield on at least a portion thereof and has a separate ground lead. The ballast is an isolated ballast with a line input being isolated from an output. The ballast... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070228992 - Lamp lighting apparatus: A lamp lighting apparatus comprises a glass tube, electrodes provided in an axis direction of the glass tube, and an inverter circuit which apply a high voltage of an alternating current to the electrodes. The inverter circuit includes an inverter control circuit which outputs a switching element operating signal, a... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070228991 - Liquid crystal display backlight inverter: An LCD backlight inverter includes a soft starter for generating a soft-start reference voltage gradually increasing as the driving power begins to be supplied. The LCD backlight inverter also includes a first error detector for receiving a first feedback voltage indicating the magnitude of driving current of the lamp and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070228993 - High-pressure sodium lamp:

20070228995 - Constant brightness control for electro-luminescent lamp: A ballast (11) includes a variable output DC converter source (12) and an inverter circuit (14) arranged to provide AC output voltage to an electro-luminescent (EL) lamp (16). A Q factor of EL lamp can characterize the age of the EL lamp. A series resonance-parallel loaded circuit and two voltage... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070228994 - Driving circuit and method for fluorescent lamp: Disclosed is a driving circuit and method for a fluorescent lamp. The driving circuit comprises a power factor correction (PFC) stage, a startup stage, an isolation stage, a square-wave driving stage and an output stage. The PFC stage receives and converts an input alternating current (AC) voltage into a direct... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070228996 - High pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus: A high pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus comprises a high pressure discharge lamp including a discharge container made of quartz glass in which mercury and halogen is enclosed, and a first and second electrodes in which the first electrode is larger than the second electrode in size and face each... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070228997 - Circuit arrangement for operating high-pressure discharge lamps and operating method for a high-pressure discharge lamp: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for operating high pressure discharge lamps and corresponding operating method, whereby the input voltage for the pulsed trigger device is increased by means of a series resonance loop (L3, C4), of a cascade circuit, or a symmetrical voltage doubling circuit.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070228998 - Discharge-lamp lighting apparatus and projector: A discharge-lamp lighting apparatus includes a control circuit that determines electric power supplied to a high-pressure discharge lamp after the high-pressure discharge lamp is started by an igniter. The electric power is determined in accordance with a voltage corresponding to a lamp voltage detected by a voltage detection circuit and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070228999 - Retrofit led lamp for fluorescent fixtures without ballast: An energy saving device for an LED lamp mounted to an existing fixture for a fluorescent lamp where the ballast is removed or bypassed. The LEDs are positioned within a tube and electrical power is delivered from a power source to the LEDs. The LED lamp includes means for controlling... Agent: John Kit

20070229000 - Power saver device for public lighting systems and method thereof: This invention is referred to an energy saving device which supplies the high efficiency sodium steam lamps and a method providing additional savings of electrical energy by means of the temporary reduction in the luminous flow of a high efficiency sodium steam lamp. The energy saving device includes in its... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20070229002 - Discharge lamp driving circuit and method of driving a discharge lamp: A discharge lamp driving circuit includes an inverter, a ballast capacitor, a discharge lamp, and a lamp current detecting circuit. The inverter converts a DC voltage into an AC voltage with high frequency to output the AC voltage to an output port based on a pulse width modulation control signal.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070229001 - Methods and apparatus for switching regulator control: A circuit includes a capacitive element for coupling across a load element to be energized by a DC signal, a first sense element to monitor an instantaneous sum of currents through the load element and the capacitive element, a switching element to control current through the first sense element, a... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070229003 - Field emission type backlight unit and method of manufacturing the same: A field emission type backlight unit and a method of manufacturing the same. The field emission type backlight unit includes a lower substrate, a plurality of cathode electrodes formed on the lower substrate, a plurality of insulating layers formed in a line shape on the lower substrate and the cathode... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell