Development of HID Electronic Ballast for Automotive Systems

Author

Cheng, K.W.E. ; Wang, D.H. ; Divakar, B.P. ; Cheung, Chi Fai ; To, S. ; Cheung, Norbert C. ; Ho, S.L. ; Lee, W.B. ; Dong, P. ; Cheung, T.K. ; Kwok, K.F. ; Choi, W.F. ; Xue, X.D. ; Cheng, Y.K. ; Chan, W.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 June 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper is to examine different circuit topologies of HID electronic ballasts for the application in automotive systems. The paper examines the practical issues for the implementation of an HID ballast for the automotive environment. Some of the vital practical issues for successful operation of the HID lamp are discussed. Experimental waveforms from the prototype built in the laboratory, under cold and hot re-strike, are presented. The implication of the freeform optics design will also be discussed in the xenon lamp design which is integrated with the whole system

Keywords

automotive engineering; discharge lamps; lamp accessories; network topology; xenon; HID electronic ballast; automotive systems; circuit topologies; freeform optics design; xenon lamp design; Automotive engineering; Electronic ballasts; High intensity discharge lamps; Integrated optics; Lighting; Manufacturing; Optical design; Roads; Systems engineering and theory; Xenon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2006. PESC '06. 37th IEEE

Conference_Location

Jeju

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9716-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.2006.1712095

Filename

1712095