A single-stage high-power-factor electronic ballast based on integrated buck flyback converter to supply metal halide lamps

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1112-1122

  Dalla Costa, Marco A ^a   Alonso, J Marcos ^a   Mranda, Jesús Cardesín ^a   García, Jorge ^a   Lamar, G Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic resonance (AR); Electronic ballast; High power factor (HPF); Integrated buck flyback converter; Metal halide lamp (MHL); Single stage (SS)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC LAMPS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS;

ACOUSTIC RESONANCE; HIGH-POWER-FACTOR ELECTRONIC BALLAST; METAL HALIDE LAMPS; POWER FACTOR CORRECTION;

BALLASTS (LAMP);

EID: 41349098600     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.909729     Document Type: Article

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