2.65-MHz self-oscillating electronic ballast with constant-lamp-current control for metal halide lamp

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 839-844

  Lin, Ray Lee ^a   Wang, Zhi Qiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Color rendering index (CRI); Electromagnetic interference (EMI); Metal halide (MH); Radio frequency (RF)

Indexed keywords

BALLASTS (LAMP); ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LIGHTING; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

COLOR RENDERING INDEX (CRI); CONSTANT-LAMP-CURRENT CONTROL; METAL HALIDE LAMP; RADIO-FREQUENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS; SELF-OSCILLATING ELECTRONIC BALLAST;

ELECTRIC LAMPS;

EID: 34248684133     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.896508     Document Type: Article

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