High-power-factor electronic balast with constant DC-link voltage

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1030-1037

  Brioschi, Ricardo De Oliveira ^a   Vieira, José Luiz F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electronic ballast; High power factor; Soft switching

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; POWER CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

HIGH-POWER-FACTOR (HPF) ELECTRONIC BALLASTS; SOFT SWITCHING; ZERO-VOLTAGE SWITCHING (ZVS);

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 0032203107     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/63.728330     Document Type: Article

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