Investigation of a new control strategy for electronic ballasts based on variable inductor

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-10

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dimming; Electronic ballast; Fluorescent lamp; High frequency; Magnetic regulator; Soft start; Variable inductor

Indexed keywords

BALLASTS (LAMP); DIMMING (LAMPS); ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONIC BALLASTS; MAGNETIC REGULATOR; SWITCHING FREQUENCY CONSTANT; VARIABLE INDUCTOR;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 38349019063     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.896033     Document Type: Article

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