Self-Oscillating Constant-Current Fluorescent Lamp Driver

Author

Ben-Yaakov, Shmuel ; Peretz, Mor Mordechai ; Parra, Jorge M., Jr. ; Parra, Jorge M., Jr.

Author_Institution

Member, IEEE, Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. e-mail: sby@ee.bgu.ac.il

fYear

2006

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

36

Abstract

A high frequency AC current-sourcing driver that can feed electrical loads with a constant current that is independent of the load resistance is presented, analyzed and tested experimentally. The power source is a self-oscillating inverter that includes a resonant network and a Current Comparing and Toggling Circuit (CCTC) that is used to generate the control signals of the inverter´s power switches. The power driver can be used to ignite and operate one or several serially connected fluorescent lamps, without the need of additional resonant networks and redesign of the power stage, while still maintaining high efficiency and low output crest factor. The CCTC is realized, in present work, by a multi-winding transformer that is designed to change the polarity of the gate drive of the power switches whenever the input signal drops to the level of the desired output current and hence, will cause the driver to behave as a current source.

Keywords

Circuit testing; Driver circuits; Electric resistance; Feeds; Fluorescent lamps; Frequency; Inverters; Power generation; RLC circuits; Resonance; Constant AC Current sourcing; Current Comparing and Toggling Circuit (CCTC); Fluorescent lamps; Self-Oscillating electronic ballast;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, 2006 IEEE 24th Convention of

Conference_Location

Eilat, Israel

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0229-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0230-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEI.2006.321077

Filename

4115240