A novel discrete dimming ballast for linear fluorescent lamps

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 815-820

  Wang, H Y ^a   Stankovic, A V ^a   Kachmarik, D ^b   Nerone, L ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL CIRCUITS; DIMMING SYSTEMS; DIMMING TECHNOLOGY; LIGHTING SYSTEMS;

BALLASTS (LAMP); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMMING (LAMPS); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIGHTING; SIGNAL GENERATORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

FLUORESCENT LAMPS;

EID: 8744250214     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2004.1355854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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