• DocumentCode
    1675691
  • Title

    An electronic ballast for operating fluorescent lamps in wide temperature range

  • Author

    Moo, Chin S. ; Lin, Tsai F. ; Chuang, Ying C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    6/22/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    577
  • Abstract
    A high-power-factor electronic ballast is designed to operate fluorescent lamps in a wide temperature range. The electronic ballast extracts a constant power from the AC line source by an embedded power regulation circuit. In addition, the ballast circuit is able to generate sufficiently high starting voltages at different operating temperatures. The design of the electronic ballast is discussed by an illustrative example with experimental results
  • Keywords
    AC-AC power convertors; fluorescent lamps; lamp accessories; starting; AC line source; ballast circuit; constant power extraction; electronic ballast; fluorescent lamps; operating temperatures; starting voltages; wide temperature range operation; Circuits; Electric resistance; Electric variables; Electronic ballasts; Fluorescent lamps; Laboratories; Power electronics; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2000. APEC 2000. Fifteenth Annual IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    New Orleans, LA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5864-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APEC.2000.826161
  • Filename
    826161