Patent 7394208 was granted and assigned to International Rectifier (company) on July, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to an electronic ballast for driving a fluorescent lamp or the like, and more particularly to a new topology ballast that has only one switch in its oscillating part. The new ballast is an improvement over the conventional half-bridge structure, having a reduced number and size of key components, as compared to conventional designs.