WO2012116389A1 - Change in operating mode of an operating device for light-emitting means - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
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- H05B41/282—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters with semiconductor devices
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- H05B41/288—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters with semiconductor devices and specially adapted for lamps without preheating electrodes, e.g. for high-intensity discharge lamps, high-pressure mercury or sodium lamps or low-pressure sodium lamps
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- H05B41/28—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters
- H05B41/295—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters with semiconductor devices and specially adapted for lamps with preheating electrodes, e.g. for fluorescent lamps
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- H05B47/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
- H05B47/10—Controlling the light source
- H05B47/175—Controlling the light source by remote control
- H05B47/185—Controlling the light source by remote control via power line carrier transmission
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- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- H05B41/26—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc
- H05B41/28—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters
- H05B41/295—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters with semiconductor devices and specially adapted for lamps with preheating electrodes, e.g. for fluorescent lamps
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y02B20/00—Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps
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- the present invention generally relates to an operating device for operating a lighting device, to an electronic ballast for operating a lighting device, to an integrated circuit for controlling an operating device or an electronic ballast for lighting devices, and to a corresponding method.
- the present invention is based on the object, how a test equipment for lighting, such as an electronic ballast, can be put into production in a test mode. It is another object of the invention to propose a test mode in which the control unit of the electronic ballast controls other processes than otherwise in a normal light source operation. Another object is to reduce the duration of the test mode of the operating device.
- the operating device is placed in an operating mode deviating from the normal operating mode, that is to say a special mode or test operating mode in which the mains supply voltage of the operating device is manipulated or coded.
- This manipulation can be done for example by changing the frequency of the AC supply voltage.
- the operating device recognizes this manipulation of the AC supply voltage and thus moves into the test mode.
- this operating mode deviating from the normal operating mode also referred to below as test mode
- the preheating time is reduced, that a second ignition or ignition attempt is omitted, that the ignition time is reduced, etc.
- all the variations of the processes or states relative to the normal operation of the lighting means are to do so serve to reduce the time required for the test operation.
- test mode that is, the operating mode deviating from the normal operating mode
- the operating frequency of a lighting means for example the operating frequency of an inverter
- cyclic switching on and off of the lamp i. a lamp flashing
- certain safety or shutdown mechanisms triggered by fault detection may be disabled in this test mode.
- Power supply voltage is the rectification of the supply voltage, the application of a true DC voltage to a non-pulsed rectified AC voltage, or a certain switching sequence in terms of time periods or repetitions of switch-on / Ausscha11Vorêtn.
- an operating device for operating a lighting device in a normal operating mode comprising a control unit for controlling the operating device, a supply input for supplying the operating device with an input AC voltage, a supply output, wherein the supply output can be connected to at least one light source is designed and built to provide an output voltage or an output current for supplying the connected lamp, and connected to 'the supply input detecting means for detecting the
- control unit is adapted to detect in the detected input AC voltage, a coded operating change command (also called test operation command) for putting the operating device in a test mode of operation.
- a coded operating change command also called test operation command
- an electronic ballast comprising such an operating device is proposed.
- an integrated circuit in particular an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is proposed for controlling such an operating device or such an electronic ballast.
- ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
- a method is proposed for shifting a control device for lighting means into an operating mode deviating from the normal operating mode. An AC input voltage is applied to a supply input of the operating device for the purpose of supplying the operating device. The input AC voltage is detected. In the detected input AC voltage is a coded
- an integrated circuit for controlling a lighting device is proposed, having an input for receiving a measuring signal representing a measure of an input alternating voltage applied to a supply input of the operating device wherein the integrated circuit is adapted to detect in the measurement signal a coded operating change command for putting the operating device in an operating mode deviating from the normal operating mode (test operating mode).
- ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
- the following features relate to particular embodiments of the operating device, the electronic ballast, the integrated circuit, and the method.
- the detection means may comprise a voltage divider. An applied to the supply input
- Input alternating voltage having a frequency in a predefined area can be detected by the control unit as an operating change command (also referred to below as a test operating command).
- an operating change command also referred to below as a test operating command.
- a frequency of 70 Hz is detected as a test operation command.
- a frequency that differs a certain distance from the frequency of the power grid 50 Hz in Europe can be detected as a test operation command.
- a rectified current applied to the supply input can be any rectified current applied to the supply input.
- Input AC voltage can be detected as a test operation command.
- an AC input voltage applied to the supply input can be detected with DC component as the test mode command.
- the coding can be that the frequency of the input AC voltage is changed with respect to the mains frequency, or that the input AC voltage is rectified or has a DC component.
- the coding can consist in that the applied input AC voltage has a defined switching sequence.
- test operation mode as an example of an operation mode other than the normal operation mode, at least one operation of the normal operation mode may be disabled or not performed.
- a Security or error detection process disabled or not performed.
- At least one operation of the normal operating mode can be abbreviated or not performed several times or only once compared to the normal operating mode.
- Test mode compared to the normal mode of operation be abbreviated.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a
- Fig. 2 shows a detailed schematic
- Fig. 3 shows various processes or processes that
- Embodiment of the invention can be performed.
- an operating device 1 has a control unit 3, a supply input 4 and a supply output 5.
- the operating device 1 is fed via the supply input 4 from an input voltage Vin, in particular from a mains supply voltage.
- the control unit 3 controls the mode of operation of the operating device 1 such that a suitable output voltage Vout or a suitable output current I out is made available at the supply output 5 for the operation of a luminous means 2.
- the light source 2 is connected to the power outlet 5.
- the light-emitting means may in particular be a light-emitting diode (LED) or OLED, a gas discharge lamp or a fluorescent lamp.
- the operating device 1 of the invention can be designed, for example, as an electronic ballast, in particular as an electronic ballast for gas discharge lamps.
- the operating device comprises, in addition to the control unit 3, the supply input 4 and the power output 5, first an input circuit 10, which is connected via the supply input 4 to the input voltage V in or to the AC power supply.
- This input circuit 10 serves as a high-frequency harmonic filter for reducing the harmonics of the line frequency.
- a rectifier circuit 11 which converts the input voltage Vin into a rectified intermediate voltage VI and this via a harmonic filter 12, which serves to smooth the intermediate voltage VI, a
- Inverter circuit 13 feeds. This inverter 13 serves as controllable by the control unit 3 AC voltage source and converts the DC voltage VI of the rectifier 11 in a variable AC voltage V2.
- the inverter 13 usually comprises two controllable switches (not shown).
- the two switches are connected in the form of a half-bridge circuit and are controlled by the control unit 3 in such alternating manner that one of the switches is switched on and the other is switched off.
- the two inverter switches are connected in series connection between a supply voltage and ground, wherein at the common node between the two inverter switches, a load circuit or output circuit 14 is connected, in which a gas discharge lamp 15 is arranged.
- the load circuit 14 connected to the inverter circuit 13 includes a
- the operating device 1 can now basically be placed in two different operating modes, namely in a normal mode and in a different operating mode from the normal operating mode, for example a Test operation.
- the normal operation refers to the normal operation of the operating device 1 when operating the light source 2 or the gas discharge lamp 15.
- the test operation is preferably carried out before use or before installation of the operating device 1.
- the operating device 1 is put into the test mode, for example in production. As a result, the mode of operation of the operating device 1 or the control unit 3 is to be tested.
- a preheating operation as well as an ignition process and a subsequent heating process during lamp operation are provided in normal operation. These processes are shown in FIG. According to alternative embodiments, only individual or subgroups of these processes are provided.
- the following explanations relate to a gas discharge lamp 15, but according to the invention also apply to other lamps 2.
- the lamp electrodes of the gas discharge lamp 15 are preheated 30 to extend the life of the lamp. Preheating 30 may be accomplished, for example, in a known manner by means of a heating transformer (not shown).
- the output current Iout can also be checked, for example by checking whether this output current Iout has a desired value, in particular a desired constant value.
- the heating process 33 can be carried out in the test mode compared to the heating operation in normal operation only for a shortened time. Alternatively, the heating process in the test mode also be omitted, since the electrode heating or filament heating has already checked or tested in preheating organg.
- the frequency of the AC voltage V2 supplied by the inverter 13 is shifted in the ignition 31 via the control unit 3 in the vicinity of the resonant frequency of the load circuit, whereby the voltage applied to the gas discharge lamp 15 voltage is increased, so that the gas discharge lamp 15 ignite can.
- the duration of the ignition process 31 from the age and. from the state of the gas discharge lamp 15 depends so that the total time of the ignition 31 extends.
- the duration of the ignition process 30 can be limited to a fixed value, so that during this time the behavior of the high-frequency AC voltage V2 generated by the inverter circuit 13 and / or the output voltage Vout is controlled.
- test mode it can also be provided that the operating frequency of the luminous means 2, for example the operating frequency of the inverter 13, is continuously changed and at least not constant.
- a cyclical switching on and off of the light source 2 may be provided, so that a flashing of the light bulb 2 is formed.
- certain safety or shutdown mechanisms triggered by an error detection in this test mode or test mode can be disabled.
- ignition 31 and operation 32 of the bulb 2 and the gas discharge lamp 15 certain errors may occur, which is recognized during normal operation, to respond accordingly.
- the control unit 3 the lamp voltage, the preheating voltage, the lamp operating current, the impedance phase angle of the load circuit 14 or the DC generated by the rectifier 11 DC monitored and the inverter frequency can be set such that the lamp voltage, the preheating voltage or the lamp current does not exceed a predetermined limit, the rectifier 11 taken DC power is as constant as possible or a capacitive operation of the load circuit 14 is avoided.
- These error detection mechanisms can now be switched off or deactivated individually in test mode.
- the operating device 1 is put into test mode in which the input voltage or mains supply voltage Vin of the operating device 1 is manipulated or coded. This manipulation or coding can be done, for example, by changing the frequency of the input supply voltage Vin.
- the coding may be that the input voltage Vin is rectified or has a DC component.
- the coding can consist in that the applied input AC voltage has a defined switching sequence.
- a voltage divider 16 is provided in the operating device 1 and, for example, as shown in Fig. 2, in the rectifier circuit 11, a voltage divider 16 is provided.
- the voltage divider 16 may in particular consist of two resistors (not shown), wherein from the node of the voltage divider 16, a measurement signal is coupled out and the control unit 3 is supplied via a corresponding measuring line 17.
- the control unit 3 is capable of a manipulation or coding of the above-described
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