High-efficient integrated electronic ballast for compact fluorescent lamps

Author

Ponce, Mario ; Martinez, Arturo J. ; Correa, Javier ; Cotorogea, Maria ; Arau, Jaime

Author_Institution

Electron. Dept., Nat. Center of Res. & Technol. Dev., Cuernavaca, Mexico

Volume

21

Issue

2

fYear

2006

fDate

3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

532

Lastpage

542

Abstract

In this paper, a single-stage high-power-factor high-efficiency electronic ballast for compact fluorescent lamps is presented. The proposed topology uses two voltage sources connected in series to feed the inverter ballasting the lamp, one of them consists in the rectified line voltage and the other in a dc-dc converter operating in discontinuous conduction mode. In this way, the converter processes a lower energy than the nominal power of the lamp. The proposed topology presents simplicity, high-power-factor, low current crest factor, and high efficiency.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; fluorescent lamps; invertors; lamp accessories; compact fluorescent lamps; dc-dc converter; discontinuous conduction mode; integrated electronic ballast; inverter; Associate members; Bridge circuits; Circuit topology; Costs; Electronic ballasts; Feeds; Fluorescent lamps; Reactive power; Resonant inverters; Voltage; Discontinuous conduction mode (DCM); electronic ballast; fluorescent lamps;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8993

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPEL.2005.869777

Filename

1603686