摘要 |
A high frequency ballast for a metal halide lamp comprises a controller, a switch, and an oscillator. The controller selectively enables and disables the oscillator via the switch to ignite the lamp. The switch selectively tunes and detunes an inductor of the oscillator by altering an inductance of the inductor. When the inductor is tuned, the oscillator oscillates and provides power to the lamp. When the inductor is detuned, the oscillator does not oscillate and does not provide power to the lamp.
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