Low Cost Electronic Ballast with Buck Converter as PFC Stage

Author

Xiangrong, Li ; Dianguo, Xu ; Xiangjun, Zhang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Harbin Inst. of Technol.

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

14-16 Aug. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, a low cost buck converter was selected as the PFC stage of the electronic ballast for a 70 W metal halide lamp. In this way, several advantages could be obtained, such as simple circuit topology, easy control strategy, especially decreased cost and low requirements for circuit components. All circuit parameters should be designed to ensure that the buck converter was operated in DCM. This paper presented the design of both the main circuit and control loop, analyzed the stability of buck converter, and discussed the function of PFC stage. Finally, the results of both simulation and experiment were given to testify the effectiveness of PFC

Keywords

lamp accessories; power convertors; power factor correction; topology; 70 W; PFC; buck converter stability; circuit components; circuit parameters design; circuit topology; control loop; control strategy; discontinuous conduction mode; electronic ballast; metal halide lamp; Buck converters; Circuit topology; Costs; DC generators; Electronic ballasts; Low voltage; Power generation; Stability analysis; Stress; Voltage control; DCM; PFC stage; buck converter; electronic ballast;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, 2006. IPEMC 2006. CES/IEEE 5th International

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0448-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPEMC.2006.4777995

Filename

4777995