High power factor correction circuit using valley charge-pumping for low cost electronic ballasts

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages 2003-2008

  Chae, Gyun ^a   Youn, Yong Sik ^a   Cho, Gyu Hyeong ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE PUMPING CAPACITORS (CPC); IMPROVED VALLEY FILL (IVF);

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENT LAMPS;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 0031645443     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.1998.703455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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