A novel low-cost electronic ballast to supply metal halide lamps

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1198-1204

  Dalla Costa, M A ^a   Alonso, J M ^a   Garcia J ^a   Cardesin, J ^a   Rico Secades, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic resonance; Buck converter; Flyback converter; High power factor; Metal halide lamp; Single stage

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; RESONANCE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC RESONANCE; BUCK CONVERTERS; FLYBACK CONVERTERS; HIGH POWER FACTOR; METAL HALIDE LAMP; SINGLE-STAGE;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 33745904500     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2005.1518510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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