An Electronic Ballast Using Back-boost Converter

The new circuit of the electronic ballast for a fluorescent lamp, which is based on the back-boost converter, is proposed. This circuit has the advantage further than the circuit that combined the converter for rectification with the inverter for lighting in some points. Those advantages are reducti...

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Published inJournal of Light & Visual Environment Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 34 - 38
Main Authors YOKOZEKI, I., KATO, Y., KURATANI, T., OKAMURA, Y., OHKITA, M., TAKAHASHI, N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo The Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan 01.01.2005
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Subjects
back boost inverter
IEC class C
inrush current
neutral point type
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Summary:The new circuit of the electronic ballast for a fluorescent lamp, which is based on the back-boost converter, is proposed. This circuit has the advantage further than the circuit that combined the converter for rectification with the inverter for lighting in some points. Those advantages are reduction of the number of elements and improvement in the circuit efficiency, etc. And this circuit also satisfies regulation value of IEC class C on the relative harmonic contents of input current. From experimental results, the effectiveness of the proposed circuit is shown.
ISSN:0387-8805
1349-8398
DOI:10.2150/jlve.29.34