High-power-factor electronic ballast based on a single power processing stage

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 809-820

  Có, Márcio Almeida ^a   Simonetti, Domingos S L ^a   Vieira, José Luiz F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; ELECTRIC LIGHTING; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POWER ELECTRONICS;

DISCONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE; ELECTRONIC BALLAST; HALF BRIDGE CIRCUIT; SELF OSCILLATING TECHNIQUE; SINGLE POWER PROCESSING STAGE; SOFT SWITCHING; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 0034250150     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/41.857961     Document Type: Article

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