A high-frequency electronic ballast for HID lamps based on a λ/4-long distributed constant line

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1023-1029

  Ohguchi, Hideki ^b   Ohsato, Masato H ^a,b   Shimizu, Toshihisa ^a,b   Kimura, Gunji ^a,b   Takagi, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a IEEE

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Power and Substation Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ballast; Distributed constant line; HID lamp; High frequency inverter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT;

HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE (HID) LAMPS; VOLTAGE-SOURCE INVERTERS;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 0032205103     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/63.728329     Document Type: Article

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