Title :
Designing an ignitor for short-arc xenon lamps
Author :
Moo, Chin S. ; Lin, Tsai F. ; Chuang, Ying C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
A compact ignitor is designed for short-arc xenon lamps which require high ignition voltage and fast transition. The ignitor employs two stages of step-up circuits with two small sized transformers. A capacitor with an intermediate voltage is used for storing the energy converted from the DC power supply by the first-stage step-up circuit. The impact voltage necessary for igniting the xenon lamp is generated by the second-stage step-up circuit which is connected in series with the lamp and the DC power supply. The design of the ignitor for a short-arc xenon lamp of 350 W is discussed as an illustrative example
Keywords :
arc lamps; capacitor storage; electric ignition; power capacitors; power supplies to apparatus; xenon; 350 W; DC power supply; discharge lamp ignitor design; fast transition; ignition voltage; short-arc xenon lamps; small sized transformers; step-up circuits; Capacitors; Circuits; Diodes; Ignition; Lamps; Power supplies; Sparks; Transformers; Voltage; Xenon;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 1999. Thirty-Fourth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5589-X
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.1999.800015
