An electronic ballast for suppression of the input harmonic currents

Author

Takahashi, N. ; Kato, Y. ; Ohkita, M. ; Okutu, K. ; Matsuyama, M. ; Nakaoka, M.

Author_Institution

Matsue Nat. Coll. of Technol., Japan

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

36800

Firstpage

2317

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel electronic ballast having boost functions that can reduce the harmonics distortion of input current. The behavior of the electronic ballast is analyzed and experimental results are shown. The circuit makes an action as a charge pump in addition to the conventional boost action. As experimental results, it is revealed that the harmonic distortion of the input current obtained by the proposed electronic ballast satisfies the maximum limit of IEC 1000-3-2 class C sufficiently. And the electronic ballast realized the high power factor of 0.96 and the high efficiency of 0.90

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; harmonic distortion; harmonics suppression; lamp accessories; power conversion harmonics; DC/DC converter; IEC 1000-3-2 class C; boost functions; charge pump; electronic ballast; harmonics distortion reduction; high efficiency; high power factor; input current distortion; input harmonic currents suppression; two-switch boost converter; Capacitors; Electronic ballasts; Harmonic distortion; IEC standards; Inductors; Inverters; Power system harmonics; Smoothing methods; Switching circuits; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Rome

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6401-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2000.883148

Filename

883148