Program Start Fluorescent Ballast with Clamped-Q Resonant Filament Heating Circuit
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2014
Publication Title
2014 IEEE Industry Application Society Annual Meeting
Abstract
In this paper, a program-start fluorescent ballast is proposed. The proposed program start ballast has a resonant filament heating circuit with clamped Q. The proposed resonant filament heating circuit gives the ballast strong filament preheat capability, desensitizes the preheat voltage variation within a reasonable range of preheat frequency and cuts the filament heating back in full bright. Moreover, the proposed circuit makes the filament heating voltage insensitive to component value changes. The proposed low cost program-start fluorescent ballast improves the system efficacy and effectively solves the large pin current problem. Mathematical analysis of the filament drive tank with clamped Q is described in detail. Simulation and experimental results for two and one T5 28W lamp loads are presented to validate the analysis. Simulation and experimental results are in excellent agreement.
Repository Citation
Xiong, Wei and Stankovic, Ana V., "Program Start Fluorescent Ballast with Clamped-Q Resonant Filament Heating Circuit" (2014). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. 359.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/enece_facpub/359
Original Citation
W. Xiong and A. V. Stankovic, "Program start fluorescent ballast with clamped-Q resonant filament heating circuit," in 2014 IEEE Industry Application Society Annual Meeting, 2014, pp. 1-7.
DOI
10.1109/IAS.2014.6978433
