Patent 7750583 was granted and assigned to Osram on July, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention relates to an electronic ballast presenting an input capacitor and comprising and step-up chopper for operating a load, for example a discharge lamp, on a phase control dimmer having an integrated or parasite inductance. In such a way, the voltage overshooting on the input capacitor are reduced by active charge or discharge thereof.