METHOD AND DRIVING UNIT FOR DRIVING A GAS DISCHARGE LAMP
This invention describes a method for driving a gas discharge lamp (1), whereby an alternating voltage (U) is applied to the gas discharge lamp (1), the alternating voltage (U) having a first polarity during a first time interval (tf1, ts1) and a second polarity opposite to the first polarity during...
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Zusammenfassung: | This invention describes a method for driving a gas discharge lamp (1), whereby an alternating voltage (U) is applied to the gas discharge lamp (1), the alternating voltage (U) having a first polarity during a first time interval (tf1, ts1) and a second polarity opposite to the first polarity during a second time interval (tf2, ts2). In this method, the first time interval (tf1) and the second time interval (tf2) are repeated alternately during a first operation mode. During a second operation mode, the electrical power (P) being provided to the gas discharge lamp (1) is smaller compared to the first operation mode, and the first time interval (ts1) and the second time interval (ts2) are repeated alternately, whereby in this second operation mode the duration of the first time interval (ts1) is at least a multiple of the duration of the second time interval (ts2). Furthermore, the invention describes an appropriate driving unit (4) for driving a gas discharge lamp (1), and an image rendering system, particularly a projector system, comprising a gas discharge lamp (1) and such a driving unit (4). |
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