An analysis into the dimming control and characteristic of discharge lamps

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1432-1440

  Yan, Wei ^a   Hui, S Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ballast circuit parameters; High intensity discharge (HID) lamps; Lamp arc

Indexed keywords

BALLASTS (LAMP); DIMMING (LAMPS); ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; RESONANT CIRCUITS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

BALLAST CIRCUIT PARAMETERS; DIMMING CONTROL; HIGH-INTENSITY-DISCHARGE (HID) LAMPS; LAMP ARC;

DISCHARGE LAMPS;

EID: 28444461787     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2005.857507     Document Type: Article

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