General n-level driving approach for improving electrical-to-optical energy-conversion efficiency of fast-response saturable lighting devices

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1342-1353

  Tan, Siew Chong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Direct supply; Energy conversion efficiency; Lighting device; Lighting system; N level driving approach; Pulsewidth modulation (PWM)

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED SYSTEM; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; ELECTRICAL INPUTS; ELECTRICAL-TO-OPTICAL; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; ELECTRONIC DRIVERS; ENERGY SAVING; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHTING DEVICES; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; LOWER ENERGIES; QUASI-OPTIMAL;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTRON TUBES; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHTING FIXTURES; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

LIGHTING;

EID: 77949349382     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2029515     Document Type: Article

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