Self-oscillating dimmable electronic ballast for fluorescent lamps

IEEE Power Electronics Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Chan, Samuel S M ^a,b   Chung, Henry S H ^a,b   Hui, Ron S Y ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b eEnergy Technology Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electronic ballast; Self oscillation; Series resonant inverter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SWITCHING; TRANSISTORS;

ELECTRONIC BALLAST; OPERATING POINTS; SELF-OSCILLATIONS; SERIES RESONANT INVERTER;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 10244240672     PISSN: 15407985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPEL.2004.838777     Document Type: Article

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