A new power-factor-correction circuit for electronic ballasts with series-load resonant inverter

Author

Moo, Chin S. ; Chuang, Ying C. ; Lee, Ching R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1998

fDate

3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

273

Lastpage

278

Abstract

This paper presents an efficient, small-sized and cost-effective power factor correction (PFC) scheme for high-frequency series-resonant electronic ballasts. The proposed scheme introduces additional small energy tanks processing partial power and thus can perform the function of input current shaping. Theoretical and experimental results prove that the electronic ballast incorporating with only few reactive components can achieve nearly unity power factor and very low harmonic distortion

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; fluorescent lamps; harmonic distortion; invertors; lamp accessories; power factor correction; power system harmonics; resonant power convertors; HF series-resonant electronic ballasts; fluorescent lamp; harmonic distortion; input current shaping; partial power processing; power factor correction; series-load resonant inverter; small energy tanks; unity power factor; Active filters; Capacitors; Electronic ballasts; Harmonic distortion; Inductors; Power harmonic filters; RLC circuits; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Resonant inverters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8993

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/63.662839

Filename

662839