The invention relates to an electronic circuit and a method of supplying
energy to a high-pressure gas-discharge lamp H, 65, 75. The electronic
circuit comprises a line-supply input section 62, 72 to receive and
convert an a.c. voltage from an a.c. line-supply system 61, 71, an energy
storage means 63, 73 to store the energy put out by the line-supply input
section 62, 72 and a lamp-current regulating unit 64, 74 that is supplied
with an input voltage U1 by the line-supply input section 62, 72 via the
energy storage means 63, 73 and that makes available a lamp current I2
for a high-pressure gas-discharge lamp II, 65, 75. To make it possible
for the energy storage means 63, 73 to be particularly small, it is
proposed that the lamp-current regulating unit 64, 74 have a power
section L, D, C, S, A1, A2, K having a transconductive property. If there
is a drop in the input voltage U1, this property then automatically
produces a reduction in the lamp current I2 made available to a
high-pressure gas-discharge lamp 65, 75, H. This ensures a particularly
fast adjustment to voltage fluctuations. The invention also relates to a
corresponding method.