Acoustic resonance characterization of low-wattage metal-halide lamps under low-frequency square-waveform operation

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 735-743

  Dalla Costa, Marco Antônio ^a   Alonso, J Marcos ^a   García, Jorge ^a   Cardesín, Jesús ^a   Rico Secades, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic resonance (AR); Electronic ballast; Metal halide (MH) lamp; Square waveform operation

Indexed keywords

BALLASTS (LAMP); HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; RESONANCE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC RESONANCE; METAL HALIDE LAMP; SQUARE WAVEFORM OPERATION;

ELECTRIC LAMPS;

EID: 34248673165     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.896437     Document Type: Article

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