• DocumentCode
    776471
  • Title

    Lamp Improved Arrangement in the Half-Bridge Topology

  • Author

    Costa, Marco A Dalla ; Do Prado, Ricardo Nederson

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Ballast Res. Group-GEDRE, Univ. Fed. de Santa Maria
  • Volume
    53
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    1754
  • Lastpage
    1756
  • Abstract
    This letter presents a fluorescent-lamp improved arrangement in the half-bridge topology, putting one lamp in each branch of the converter. This arrangement allows a multilamp independent behavior. So, if one lamp is damaged, the other one keeps on working. In order to prove this independent arrangement, experimental results of one electronic ballast supplying two lamps with different wattage were shown
  • Keywords
    bridge circuits; fluorescent lamps; lamp accessories; converter; electronic ballast; fluorescent-lamp arrangement; half-bridge topology; multilamp independent behavior; Circuit topology; Driver circuits; Electronic ballasts; Filters; Fluorescent lamps; Lighting; Power generation; Steady-state; Switching frequency; Voltage; Fluorescent; lamp arrangement; multilamp;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0046
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIE.2006.881947
  • Filename
    1705669