A driving technology for retrofit LED lamp for fluorescent lighting fixtures with electronic ballasts

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 588-601

  Chen, Nan ^a   Chung, Henry Shu Hung ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ac dc conversion; dc ac conversion; LED lighting; Lighting control

Indexed keywords

AC POWER; AC/DC CONVERSION; AC/DC CONVERTERS; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DC POWER; DC/AC CONVERSION; ECO-FRIENDLY; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONIC BALLASTS; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; FULL BRIGHTNESS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INPUT IMPEDANCE; INPUT POWER; LED LAMPS; LED LIGHTING; LIGHT OUTPUT; LIGHTING CONTROL; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; WIRELESS CONTROL;

BALLASTS (LAMP); DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DIMMING (LAMPS); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; LIGHTING; LIGHTING FIXTURES; RETROFITTING;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 79951526243     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2066579     Document Type: Article

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