Fiat lux: A fluorescent lamp digital transceiver

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 625-630

  Jackson, Deron K ^a   Buffaloe, Tiffany K ^b   Leeb, Steven B ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic ballasts; Fluorescent lamps; Optical communication; Optical modulation demodulation

Indexed keywords

BALLASTS (LAMP); DEMODULATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PULSE TIME MODULATION;

DIGITAL TRANSCEIVERS;

TRANSCEIVERS;

EID: 0032069286     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.673734     Document Type: Article

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