Magnetic dimming of electronic ballasts

Electronics Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 718-719

  Alonso, J M ^a   Dalla Costa, M A ^a   Cardesin J ^a   Garcia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMMING (LAMPS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESONANCE; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

ELECTRONIC BALLASTS; MAGNETIC DIMMING; RESONANT INDUCTANCE; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 21544478841     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20058340     Document Type: Article

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