Custom spectral shaping for EMI reduction in high-frequency inverters and ballasts

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1499-1505

  Johnson, Sandra ^a   Zane, Regan ^b  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference (EMI); Electronic ballast; Frequency modulation (FM); Resonant inverter; Spread spectrum

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BALLASTS (LAMP); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

CUSTOM SPECTRAL SHAPING; ELECTRONIC BALLAST; HIGH FREQUENCY INVERTERS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY DISTORTION; RESONANT INVERTER;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 28444451506     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2005.857565     Document Type: Article

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