A novel low-frequency electronic ballast for HID lamps

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1401-1408

  Li, Hua ^a,b   Shen, Miaosen ^c   Jiang, Yifeng ^a,d   Qian, Zhaoming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Rich Info Company Ltd   (China)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d SANTAK Electronics Company Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic ballast; High intensity discharge (HID) lamp; Power factor correction (PFC)

Indexed keywords

BALLASTS (LAMP); CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; FEEDBACK CONTROL;

ELECTRONIC BALLAST; HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE (HID) LAMP;

DISCHARGE LAMPS;

EID: 26844468884     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2005.853370     Document Type: Article

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