Comparative Analysis of Self-Oscillating Electronic Ballast Dimming Methods With Power Factor Correction for Fluorescent Lamps

Author

Menke, M.F. ; da Silva, M.F. ; Bisogno, F.E. ; Perdigao, M.S. ; Saraiva, E.S. ; Alonso, J. Marcos ; Seidel, A.R.

Author_Institution

ElectronicFederal Univ. of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Brazil

Volume

51

Issue

1

fYear

2015

fDate

Jan.-Feb. 2015

Firstpage

770

Lastpage

782

Abstract

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the performance characteristics among different dimming methods for electronic ballasts using the self-oscillating half-bridge (HB) inverter with a power factor correction (PFC) stage. Initially, a review of common dimming methods presented in the literature is presented, and a general analysis of each dimming method is carried out. Furthermore, the operation of the dimmable self-oscillating electronic ballast with a PFC stage is analyzed in order to evaluate the performance of each different dimming methods used. Finally, a comparison among the different dimming methods implemented with the self-oscillating HB inverter and PFC stage is carried out.

Keywords

fluorescent lamps; invertors; lamp accessories; power factor correction; HB inverter; PFC stage; comparative analysis; dimming method; fluorescent lamp; performance characteristic; power factor correction; self-oscillating electronic ballast; self-oscillating half-bridge inverter; Capacitors; Electronic ballasts; Inverters; Magnetic circuits; Magnetic resonance; Regulators; Topology; Dimming; electronic ballast; fluorescent lamps (FLs); magnetic regulator; power factor correction (PFC); self-oscillating;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIA.2014.2332638

Filename

6843933