Title :
Stacked buck converter for HID lamps
Author :
van Casteren, D.H.J. ; Hendrix, M.A.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
This work presents a low-cost electronic lamp driver design for HID burners based on a stacked buck converter topology. This circuit is operated in zero voltage switching mode to improve the efficiency and miniaturization.
Keywords :
metal vapour lamps; switching convertors; HID lamps; electronic lamp driver; stacked buck converter topology; zero voltage switching mode; Buck converters; Circuit topology; Consumer electronics; Driver circuits; Electronic ballasts; Fluorescent lamps; Frequency; High intensity discharge lamps; Switching loss; Zero voltage switching;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 2004. 39th IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2004 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8486-5
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2004.1348480