Radial mode piezoelectric transformer design for fluorescent lamp ballast applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1213-1220

  Baker, Eric M ^a   Huang, Weixing ^b   Chen, Dan Y ^c   Lee, Fred C ^d  

^a Crown Int Inc   (United States)

^b Picor Corporation   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballast circuit; Inductor capacitor resonant tank; Piezoelectric transformer (PT); Transoner

Indexed keywords

BALLASTS (LAMP); ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

BALLAST CIRCUIT; INDUCTOR-CAPACITOR RESONANT TANK; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMER;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 25844523201     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2005.854068     Document Type: Article

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