High frequency electrical characteristics of various metal-halide lamps

Author

Liang, T.J. ; Fu, W.E. ; Chen, Y.-M. ; Su, K.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Chung-Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

1-3 Dec. 1998

Firstpage

694

Abstract

The electrical characteristics of metal halide lamp play an important role in the electronic ballast design. In this paper, various 70-Watt metal halide lamps are measured and their high frequency equivalent lamp models are well established. The results show that all of the metal halide lamps have negative resistive characteristics, despite of the difference of the lamps due to manufacturing process. The lamp impedance can be represented by a second order function of the lamp power. In addition, the lamp voltages and lamp currents can be expressed as linear functions of the lamp power. The evaluation provides very useful information for various metal halide lamps in the electronic ballast design.

Keywords

lamp accessories; lighting; metal vapour lamps; 70 W; electronic ballast design; high frequency electrical characteristic; lamp impedance; lighting; linear function; metal-halide lamp; negative resistive characteristic; second order function; Electric variables; Electronic ballasts; Fault location; Frequency measurement; Impedance; Lamps; RLC circuits; Resonant inverters; Steady-state; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronic Drives and Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4879-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDES.1998.1330685

Filename

1330685