A design methodology for a self-oscillating electronic ballast

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1524-1533

  Seidel, Álysson Raniere ^a   Bisogno, Fabio Ecke ^b   do Prado, Ricardo Nederson ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^b FRAUNHOFER IAIS   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dimming; Electronic ballast; Fluorescent lamp; Self oscillating

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

DESCRIBING-FUNCTION METHOD; EXTENDED NYQUIST STABILITY; SELF-OSCILLATING ELECTRONIC BALLAST;

ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR;

EID: 36749031646     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2007.908189     Document Type: Article

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