Single-Stage Line-Coupled Half-Bridge Ballast with Unity Power Factor and Ripple-Free Input Current Using a Coupled Inductor

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1259-1266

  Do, Hyun Lark ^a   Kwon, Bong Hwan ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electronic ballast; Power factor correction (PFC)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; FREQUENCIES; INDUCTANCE; IONIZATION; RELIABILITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONIC BALLAST; POWER FACTOR CORRECTION (PFC); TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION (THD);

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 0346686148     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2003.819663     Document Type: Article

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