Control of solid-state lamps using a multiphase pulsewidth modulation technique

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1894-1904

  Doshi, Montu ^a   Zane, Regan ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital control; LED dimming; LED lamp driver; multiphase pulsewidth modulation; solid state lamp luminance control

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CURRENTS; CODE MODULATION; CURRENT REGULATORS; DIGITAL CONTROL; DIGITAL VOLTAGE; HIGH BRIGHTNESS; LARGE CURRENT; LED LAMP DRIVER; LIGHT OUTPUT; ON/OFF CONTROL; OUTPUT CURRENT; PASSIVE COMPONENTS; PWM DIMMING; SERIES-PARALLEL; SOLID-STATE LAMP LUMINANCE CONTROL; TIME DURATION; W-BOOST;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIMMING (LAMPS); ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TRANSIENTS;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 79955764194     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2043447     Document Type: Article

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