Self-oscillating electronic ballast with dimming control

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2001, Pages 1818-1823

  Tao, F ^a   Zhao, Q ^a   Lee, F C ^a   Onishi, N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

SELF-OSCILATING ELECTRONIC BALLASTS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIMMING (LAMPS); ELECTRIC LOADS; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; RESONANT CIRCUITS;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 0034790321     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2001.954386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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