Single-ended soft-switching electronic ballast with unity power factor

Author

Licitra, Carmelo ; Malesani, L. ; Spiazzi, Giorgio ; Tenti, Paolo ; Testa, Antonio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Syst. Eng., Catania Univ., Italy

fYear

1991

fDate

Sept. 28 1991-Oct. 4 1991

Firstpage

953

Abstract

A soft-switching single-ended AC/AC converter suitable for high-frequency electronic lamp ballast is described. In spite of its simplicity, the converter offers excellent performances both on load and supply side, ensuring: high-frequency supply to the lamp; sinusoidal and in-phase supply current; easy control of lamp power; high-efficiency due to the soft switching both at turn-on and turn-off. Steady-state operation, control characteristics and design criteria are discussed, and experimental results reported, showing input and output circuit performance, component stress, and efficiency.<>

Keywords

fluorescent lamps; lamp accessories; power convertors; switching; circuit performance; component stress; efficiency; electronic lamp ballast; fluorescent lamps; high-frequency; in-phase supply current; lamp power control; single-ended AC/AC converter; sinusoidal current; soft-switching; steady-state operation; turn-off; turn-on; unity power factor; Electronic ballasts; Fluorescent lamps; Inductors; RLC circuits; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Resonance; Semiconductor diodes; Switches; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0453-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1991.178352

Filename

178352