Title :
Development of an Automotive HID Electronic Ballast Based Microprocessor
Author :
Wang, D.H. ; Cheng, K.W.E. ; Divakar, B.P. ; Dong, P. ; Chan, W.W. ; Xue, X.D. ; Ding, K. ; Che, Y.B. ; Xu, C.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon
Abstract :
An automotive high intensity discharge (HID) electronic ballast based microprocessor is presented along with hardware design, software design and experimental results. The paper discusses some of the vital practical issues on hardware circuit design. According to the start-up characteristics of HID lamp, a timing control is presented. A new control method is proposed on the power mode control by controlling HID lamp current. Experimental results demonstrate the design of hardware and software is successful.
Keywords :
automotive electronics; hardware-software codesign; lamp accessories; lamps; lighting control; microprocessor chips; HID lamp; automotive lighting; electronic ballast; flyback converter; hardware circuit design; hardware design; high intensity discharge; igniter; inverter; microprocessor; software design; start-up characteristics; timing control; Automotive engineering; DC-DC power converters; Electronic ballasts; Hardware; High intensity discharge lamps; Microprocessors; Power electronics; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation inverters; Voltage; HID lamp; ballast; flyback converter; igniter; inverter; microprocessor;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Systems and Applications, 2006. ICPESA '06. 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
962-367-544-5
DOI :
10.1109/PESA.2006.343104
