Dimming Control Characteristics of Electrodeless Fluorescent Lamps

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-100

  Jang, Tae Eun ^a   Kim, Hee Jun ^b   Kim, Hoon ^b  

^a LS Industrial Systems Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dimming control; elecrodeless lamps; electronic ballasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008043180     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: 15579948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2009577     Document Type: Article

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