• DocumentCode
    2968688
  • Title

    A new halogen electronic transformer

  • Author

    Nerone, Louis R. ; Trevino, Benito

  • Author_Institution
    GE Lighting, Cleveland, OH, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    461
  • Abstract
    Premium halogen lamps, designed for display lighting, have low voltage filaments. Often, a line frequency transformer steps the voltage down to 12 VAC. This transformer is too large for integral products. This paper introduces a new, low cost, self-oscillating, electronic transformer with efficiency greater than 93%, total harmonic distortion less than 1%, near unity power factor and continuous lamp current. With only 22 components, it can be integrated with an MR16 lamp into a small housing
  • Keywords
    filament lamps; harmonic distortion; lamp accessories; lighting; oscillations; power factor; transformers; MR16 lamp; continuous lamp current; display lighting; halogen electronic transformer; line frequency transformer; low voltage filaments; near unity power factor; premium halogen lamps; self-oscillating electronic transformer; total harmonic distortion; voltage step down; Bridge circuits; Capacitors; Costs; Displays; Frequency; Inverters; Lamps; Low voltage; Reactive power; Robustness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2001. APEC 2001. Sixteenth Annual IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6618-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APEC.2001.911687
  • Filename
    911687