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Analysis and design of a high power factor, single-stage electronic dimming ballast

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
OSTI ID:290026
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  1. National Chung Cheng Univ., Chia-Yi (Taiwan, Province of China)

This paper presents the analysis, design, and practical consideration of a single-stage electronic dimming ballast with unity power factor. The power stage of the ballast is derived from combining a buck-boost converter and a half-bridge series-resonant parallel-loaded inverter (SRPLI). With the plasma model of the lamp, the analysis of the ballast is carried out, from which the key equations used for dimming control are derived. Starting performance and dimming consideration are also addressed in the paper. In this dimming ballast, both pulsewidth modulation (PWM) and variable-frequency control strategies are employed. The discussed ballast with the controls can save a controller and a switch driver, reduce size and cost, and possibly increase system reliability over conventional two-stage systems in the applications with moderate power level. Simulated and experimental results of the ballast for an OSRAM T8 32-W lamp are used to verify the discussion.

OSTI ID:
290026
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 34; ISSN 0093-9994; ISSN ITIACR
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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