Design and performance of an electronic ballast for high-pressure sodium (hps) lamps

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 486-491

  Ben Yaakov, Shmuel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acoustic resonance(s); Dc ac power converter; Dimming; Electronic ballast(s); High pressure discharge lamp(s); Light sources; Lighting; Power electronics

Indexed keywords

DIMMING (LAMPS); ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; RESONANCE;

HALF BRIDGE TOPOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM (HPS) LAMPS;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 0031199987     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/41.605623     Document Type: Article

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