A high-power-factor single-stage single-switch electronic ballast for compact fluorescent lamps

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2045-2058

  Lam, John C W ^a   Jain, Praveen K ^a  

^a Queen's University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs); electronic ballast; power factor correction (PFC)

Indexed keywords

CLASS E; COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP; CONDUCTION LOSS; DISCONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE; DRIVE CIRCUITS; ELECTRONIC BALLASTS; HALF-BRIDGE; HIGHPOWER-FACTOR; ISOLATION DEVICES; POLE CONFIGURATION; POWER CIRCUIT; POWER FACTOR CORRECTIONS; POWER FACTOR CORRECTORS; POWER STAGE; RESONANT INVERTERS; SINGLE STAGE; SINGLE SWITCH; TWO STAGE; UNITY POWER FACTOR;

BALLASTS (LAMP); BRIDGES; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; LIGHTING; POWDERS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 77954171927     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2046426     Document Type: Conference Paper

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