Practical Evaluation of Dimming Control Methods for Electronic Ballasts

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 799-804

  Tam, P W ^a   Lee, T S ^a   Hui, S Y R ^a   Chung, H S H ^a   Liu, Y S ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b eEnergy Technology Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dimmable electronic ballasts; Dimming methods

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; SWITCHING; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

CREST FACTOR;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 0242508315     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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