Electronic driver with zeta scan component

Abstract

An electronic lighting system with a driver for providing light from visible light bulbs and non-visible light bulbs, including from infrared, ultraviolet, LED and fluorescent lamps of multiple sizes and wattages, having power factor correction, surge protection, current sensing, current adjustment feedback, and dimming system. There are transformers dedicated to particular lamp receptacles that include interloper diodes and resistor sets that fine tune the functioning of the driver sensing loads. Comparator circuitry receives an external control signal and compares it to feedback from the output side of the circuitry, and thereby controls the Pulse Width Modulation circuitry, which cooperates with feedback-based transistors and a MOSFET gate driver circuit for current limiting to the loads being applied.

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         20 . In an electronic driver for operating at least one lamp, the improvement which comprises adding a zeta scan component for controlling wavelength and intensity of light, wherein said zeta scan component includes:
 (i) connection means for connecting and applying a. c. power input to said zeta scan component;   (ii) at least one frequency timer;   (iii) at least one input comparator connected to said frequency timer;   (iv) at least one output comparator connected to said frequency timer; and,   (v) a plurality of resistors and capacitors situated between said input comparator and said frequency timer, and at least one resistor and at least one capacitor situated between said frequency timer and said input comparator.
 (i) connection means for connecting and applying a.c. power input to said circuitry; 
 (ii) 
 (iii) rectifying circuitry to convert a.c. power input to a plurality of d.c. outputs, including one or more low voltage outputs, and including a doubler circuit for generation of high frequency voltages for gas-based lamps; 
 (iv) power factor correction circuitry, including at least one power factor correction chip; 
 (v) comparator circuitry that receives an external control signal and compares it to feedback from the output side of the circuitry, and thereby controls a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) circuitry; 
 (vi) said PWM circuitry which sends at least one timing signal to a MOSFET gate driver circuit, and said PWM circuitry being functional to respond to dimming input of said user control means; 
 (vii) said MOSFET gate driver circuit which receives said timing signal from PWM circuitry and supplies switching control to at least two secondary transistors; 
 (viii) said at least two secondary transistors, which receive d.c. power from said rectifying circuitry and its doubler circuit and which are controlled by said MOSFET gate driver circuitry such that high frequency voltages are output; 
 (ix) at least one gas-based lamp-dedicated isolation transformer, with the outputs of said transistors connected to the inputs of said gas-based lamp-dedicated isolation transformer for driving at least one gas-based lamp; 
 (x) at least one solid state lamp-dedicated isolation transformer, which receive d.c. power from said rectifying circuit, which are controlled by said MOSFET gate driver circuit, at least one solid state lamp-dedicated isolation transformer being a receptacle-dedicated isolation transformer that is for dedication to a single solid state lamp receptacle connection for a single solid state lamp receptacle; 
 (xi) at least one diode and one resistor located between said at least one solid state-dedicated, isolation transformer and a single lamp receptacle connection to which it is dedicated; 
 (xii) lamp sensing circuitry receiving input from said rectifying circuitry to detect lamp wattage and to also separately detect lamp outage, and connected to adjustment circuitry 
 to adjust for both wattage size and lamp outage, said lamp sensing circuitry to adjust power as needed to recognize and adjust to wattage requirements of different lamp sizes, and separately to at least partially decrease power when at least one lamp is experiencing outage. 
   
     
     
         21 . In an electronic driver for operating at least one lamp of  claim 20 , further comprising user control means for switching said at least one lamp on and off and for dimming said at least one lamp. 
     
     
         22 . In an electronic driver for operating at least one lamp of  claim 21 , wherein said user control means includes dimming. 
     
     
         23 . In an electronic driver for operating at least one lamp of  claim 21 , wherein said user control means is a remote user control means to remotely control said switching on and off. 
     
     
         24 . In an electronic driver for operating at least one lamp of  claim 23 , wherein said remote user control means includes dimming. 
     
     
         25 . In an electronic driver for operating at least one lamp of  claim 21 , wherein said user control means includes a programmable timer and dimmer. 
     
     
         26 . In an electronic driver for operating at least one lamp of  claim 23 , wherein said user control means includes a programmable timer and dimmer. 
     
     
         27 . In an electronic driver for operating at least one lamp of  claim 20 , wherein said at least one lamp is a solid state lamp that is an LED lamp. 
     
     
         28 . In an electronic driver for operating at least one lamp of  claim 20 , wherein said at least one lamp is at least one gas-based lamp that is a fluorescent lamp. 
     
     
         29 . In an electronic driver for operating at least one lamp of  claim 20 , wherein said at least one lamp is at least one gas-based lamp that is an ultraviolet lamp. 
     
     
         30 . In an electronic driver for operating at least one lamp of  claim 20 , wherein said at least one lamp is at least one gas-based lamp that is an infrared lamp.