DIM the lights

IEEE Industry Applications Magazine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 54-59

  Raiser, Franz ^a  

^a OSRAM GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

HALF-BRIDGE INVERTER; HIGH-FREQUENCY GENERATOR; TOGGLED DUTY CYCLE;

FLUORESCENT LAMPS;

EID: 0036919754     PISSN: 10772618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIA.2002.1044206     Document Type: Article

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