Digital control of a low-frequency square-wave electronic ballast with resonant ignition

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3180-3191

  Díaz, F Javier ^a   Azcondo, Francisco J ^a   Casanueva, Rosario ^a   Brañas, Christian ^a   Zane, Regan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic resonance; Digital control; Dimming control; Low frequency square wave (LFSW) converter; Metal halide (MH) lamps; Resonant ignition

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BALLASTS (LAMP); DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; ENERGY POLICY; FLOATING BREAKWATERS;

ACOUSTIC RESONANCE; DIGITAL CONTROL; DIMMING CONTROL; LOW-FREQUENCY SQUARE-WAVE (LFSW) CONVERTER; METAL HALIDE (MH) LAMPS; RESONANT IGNITION;

STAGES;

EID: 51649083529     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.927959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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