Patent ID: 8604706

Claim:
A lamp tube switch circuit for providing power to a lamp tube selected from one of different type of lamp tubes including at least a light emitting diode (LED) lamp tube and a fluorescent lamp tube, the switch circuit comprising: a first connector comprising first and second ports and a second connector comprising third and fourth ports, wherein the first and second ports are for connecting two pins on an end of the lamp tube and the third and fourth ports are for connecting another two pins on an opposite end of the lamp tube; a power supply having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a switch module comprising first, second and third switches each having a first end connecting with the positive terminal, fourth and fifth switches each having a first end connecting with the negative terminal and a sixth switch having a first end connecting with the second port; a button module having six buttons one of which is correspondent to the lamp tube connected between the first and second connectors; a control unit connected to the button module, and functioning to turn on and turn off the switches with a predetermined mode according the lamp tube connected between the first and second connectors after the one of the buttons is activated; a ballast having a first end connected to a second end of the second switch and a second end connected to a second end of the first switch and the third port; and a starter having a first end connected to a second end of the sixth switch and a second end connected to the fourth port and a second end of the fifth switch, the third and fourth switches having second ends thereof connecting with the first port.