White-noise modulation of high-frequency high-intensity discharge lamp ballasts

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 597-605

  Laskai, Laszlo ^a   Enjeti, Prasad N ^b   Pitel, Ira J ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c Magna Power Electronics   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic resonance; Ballast; High intensity discharge lamp; Metal halide lamp; White noise modulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SWITCHING; WHITE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC RESONANCE; ANGLE MODULATION; METAL HALIDE LAMPS; WHITE NOISE MODULATION;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 0032075370     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.673731     Document Type: Article

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