Design of LC/sub p/C/sub s/ resonant inverters as a power source for HID lamp ballast applications

Author

Brañas, Christian ; Azcondo, Francisco J. ; Bracho, Salvador

Author_Institution

Syst. & Autom. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

9-13 Feb. 2003

Firstpage

1214

Abstract

This paper presents a new criterion for the design of resonant inverters for driving high intensity discharge (HID) lamps. The proposed converter behaves almost as a power source, for a wide load range, regardless of the lamp aging. In order to achieve a better production yield at industrial scale, the analysis of lamp power sensitivity regarding the tolerance of the circuit components is carried out. The design is validated with experimental results and a statistical simulation by the Monte Carlo method.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; discharge lamps; lamp accessories; resonant invertors; sensitivity analysis; tolerance analysis; HID lamp ballast application; LC/sub p/C/sub s/ resonant inverter design; Monte Carlo method; circuit component tolerance; high intensity discharge lamps; lamp aging; lamp power sensitivity; power source; wide load range; Aging; Circuits; Electronic ballasts; High intensity discharge lamps; Ignition; Power supplies; Resonant frequency; Resonant inverters; Switching frequency; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2003. APEC '03. Eighteenth Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Miami Beach, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7768-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2003.1179371

Filename

1179371