Modeling of cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) with realistic electrode profile

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 699-709

  Lin, Deyan ^a,b   Yan, Wei ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs); lighting; modeling

Indexed keywords

CATHODE VOLTAGES; COLD CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMPS; DISCHARGE PROCESS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; HIGH OPERATING FREQUENCY; LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANELS; OPERATING FREQUENCY;

CATHODES; COLD CATHODE TUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; FORECASTING; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MODELS;

LIGHTING;

EID: 79959298318     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2035359     Document Type: Article

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