Novel self-oscillating class E ballast for compact fluorescent lamps

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-183

  Nerone, Louis Robert ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class E; Fluorescent lamp ballast; Self oscillating

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE VOLTAGE RATING; SELF OSCILLATING BALLASTS;

BALLASTS (LAMP); LIMITERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

FLUORESCENT LAMPS;

EID: 0035280032     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/63.911141     Document Type: Article

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