Single switch unity-power-factor dimmable fluorescent lamp ballast circuit

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 146-147

  Lio, Jan Bin ^a   Lee, Min Chin ^a   Chen, Dan Y ^b   Wu, Yan Pei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescent lamps; Lamps

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DIMMING (LAMPS); EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; FLICKERING; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS; TOPOLOGY;

MAGNETIZING INDUCTANCE; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; UNITY POWER FACTOR;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 0030081935     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960110     Document Type: Article

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