Characteristics of ballast for HID lamps using single-ended resonant-type MCT inverter

Author

Ohsato, Masato H. ; Shimizu, Toshihisa ; Kimura, Gunji

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

12-15 Oct. 1998

Firstpage

2105

Abstract

This paper presents a novel type of solid-state ballast for HID (high intensity discharge) lamps using a single-ended resonant-type MCT (MOS controlled thyristor) inverter. This ballast can supply high frequency (50 kHz) power to a 70 W metal-halide lamp, one of the HID lamps, without accompanying acoustic resonance. The on-state voltage of the MCT is lower than that of an IGBT. Thus the conduction power loss of the ballast is reduced. The characteristics of this ballast are compared with the conventional ballast. Based on the results obtained from analysis and experiments, the proposed ballast is more useful than the conventional one.

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; MOS-controlled thyristors; invertors; lamp accessories; metal vapour lamps; resonant power convertors; thyristor convertors; 50 kHz; 70 W; HID lamp ballasts; MOS controlled thyristor; ballast characteristics; conduction power loss; metal-halide lamp; on-state voltage; single-ended resonant-type MCT inverter; solid-state ballast; Electronic ballasts; Frequency; High intensity discharge lamps; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; MOSFETs; Resonance; Solid state circuits; Thyristors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 1998. Thirty-Third IAS Annual Meeting. The 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

St. Louis, MO, USA

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4943-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1998.729971

Filename

729971