US 12,255,583 B2
Temperature compensating adjustable ultraviolet lamp driver circuit and photoionization detector employing the driver circuit
Charles Willcox, Hopkins, MN (US); David Jennings, Edina, MN (US); and Christopher Fields, Coon Rapids, MN (US)
Filed by MOCON, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,767.
Prior Publication US 2024/0322754 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. H03B 5/04 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21Y 111/00 (2016.01)
CPC H03B 5/04 (2013.01) [F21V 23/003 (2013.01); F21Y 2111/00 (2013.01); H03B 2200/0002 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A temperature compensating and output adjustable ultraviolet lamp driver for supplying an alternating current signal to the ultraviolet lamp effective to light the ultraviolet lamp, the driver comprising an oscillator driving a primary side of a transformer wherein the oscillator includes a pair of transistors configured to operate out-of-phase feeding the primary side of the transformer with (i) direct current from a first variable voltage supply circuit, and (ii) direct current from a second fixed voltage supply circuit, characterized in that the direct current from the second fixed voltage supply circuit is biased through a series of a positive temperature coefficient resistor and a primary bias resistor prior to reaching the transistors.