Steady-state analysis and simulation of a BJT self-oscillating ZVS-CV ballast driven by a saturable transformer

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-260

  Yang, Yueh Ru ^a  

^a Tahwa Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; RESONANT CIRCUITS; SWITCHING THEORY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR OSCILLATORS; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; CLAMPED VOLTAGE; RESONANT POWER CONVERSION; STEADY STATE ANALYSIS; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 0032673893     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/41.753763     Document Type: Article

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