Dimming electronic ballasts without striations

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2464-2468

  Borekci, S ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dimming; Electronic ballast; Fluorescent lamp; High frequency; Pulse density modulation; Striation; Variable inductor

Indexed keywords

DIMMING; ELECTRONIC BALLAST; HIGH FREQUENCY; PULSE DENSITY MODULATION; STRIATION; VARIABLE INDUCTOR;

BALLASTS (LAMP); ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; MODULATION;

DIMMING (LAMPS);

EID: 67651160814     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2017561     Document Type: Article

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