Design and analysis of an IC-less self-oscillating series resonant inverter for dimmable electronic ballasts

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1450-1458

  Chan, Samuel S M ^a   Chung, Henry S H ^a   Hui, S Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electronic ballast; Self oscillation; Series resonant inverter

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; CIRCUIT RESONANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FLUORESCENT LAMPS;

ELECTRONIC BALLAST; SELF OSCILLATION; SERIES RESONANT INVERTER;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 28444473443     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2005.857561     Document Type: Article

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