Performance of "Ultra-High" Efficient Electronic Ballast for HID Lamps Using SiC Devices

Author

Reddy, Lakshmi R Gopi ; Tolbert, Leon M. ; Zhang, Hui ; Cheek, Tom F., Jr.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville

fYear

2007

Firstpage

471

Lastpage

477

Abstract

A new electronic ballast circuit for High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps to achieve an "ultra" high efficiency of 95% is proposed In this paper. The first stage of the ballast which Is the power factor correction boost converter has demonstrated an efficiency of >97% using SI MOSFET as the switch. The second stage of the ballast, a DC to high frequency Inverter has been designed to achieve >98% efficiency. Thus the overall efficiency of the ballast Is expected to be >95%. The performance of the "ultra high" efficient electronic ballast when SIC MOSFETS are used Is discussed In the paper. A loss model has been developed to compare the efficiency of the electronic ballast when using Si or SiC devices.

Keywords

field effect transistor switches; invertors; lamp accessories; power factor correction; rectifying circuits; MOSFET switch; boost converter; electronic ballast circuit; high frequency inverter; high intensity discharge lamps; power factor correction; Electronic ballasts; Frequency; High intensity discharge lamps; Inverters; MOSFET circuits; Power MOSFET; Power factor correction; Silicon carbide; Switches; Switching converters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2007. 42nd IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1259-4

Electronic_ISBN

0197-2618

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/07IAS.2007.66

Filename

4347825