POWER ELECTRONICS HANDBOOK, 3rd Edition

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Electronic Ballasts

J. Marcos Alonso, Ph.D.

Electrical Engineering Department, University of Oviedo, Campus de Viesques s/n, Edificio de Electronica, 33204 Gijon, Asturias, Spain

22.1 Introduction

22.1.1 Basic Notions

22.1.2 Discharge Lamps

22.1.3 Electromagnetic Ballasts

22.2 High Frequency Supply of Discharge Lamps

22.2.1 General Block Diagram of Electronic Ballasts

22.2.2 Classification of Electronic Ballast Topologies

22.3 Discharge Lamp Modeling

22.4 Resonant Inverters for Electronic Ballasts

22.4.1 Current-fed Resonant Inverters

22.4.2 Voltage-fed Resonant Inverters

22.4.3 Design Issues

22.5 High Power Factor Electronic Ballasts ...