Analysis and Experimental Validation of a New Current-Controlled Driver for a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Lamp

Author

El-Deib, Amgad A. ; Dawson, Francis ; Van Eerden, Gerhard ; Bhosle, Sounil ; Zissis, Georges ; Le, Thanh Doanh

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Volume

47

Issue

4

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1971

Lastpage

1982

Abstract

A current-controlled driver for a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) lamp is proposed in this paper as opposed to most of the published drivers which are voltage-controlled drivers. The design of this driver is intended to enhance the electrical-to-optical efficiency of the lamp and therefore enhance the overall efficiency of the system. The driver topology permits direct control of the peak lamp current and the operating frequency of the supplied current to the DBD lamp. The width of the current pulses is determined by the transformer magnetizing inductance and the lamp capacitance. Experimental results of the proposed driver connected to a XeCl DBD lamp are presented to validate the performance of the driver and to prove the concept of such a current-controlled driver.

Keywords

discharge lamps; driver circuits; xenon compounds; current controlled driver; dielectric barrier discharge lamp; driver topology; electrical to optical efficiency; lamp capacitance; overall efficiency; peak lamp current; voltage controlled drivers; Converters; Discharges; Driver circuits; Equivalent circuits; Inductance; Optical switches; Voltage control; Current-controlled driver; UV excimer lamp; dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); pulsed current-controlled driver;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIA.2011.2155015

Filename

5766735