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An electronic ballast for multiple tubular fluorescent lamp systems is presented. The proposed structure has a high value for the power factor, a dimming capability, and soft switching of the semiconductor devices operated at high frequencies. A zero-current switching pulse width modulated SEPIC converter is used as the rectifying stage and it is controlled using the instantaneous average input current technique. The inverting stage consists of classical resonant half-bridge converter with series-resonant parallel-loaded filters. The dimming control technique is based on varying the switching frequency and monitoring the phase shift of the current drained by the filters and lamps in order to establish a closed loop control. Experimental results are presented that validate the theoretical analysis.

Inspec keywords: lamp accessories; bridge circuits; PWM invertors; resonant power convertors; lighting control; zero current switching; fluorescent lamps; PWM rectifiers; closed loop systems; PWM power convertors

Other keywords: switching frequency; dimming control technique; resonant half-bridge converter; electronic ballast; inverting stage; series-resonant parallel-loaded filters; instantaneous average input current technique; multiple tubular fluorescent lamp systems; zero-current switching pulse width modulated SEPIC converter; soft switching; power factor; semiconductor devices; closed loop control; phase shift; rectifying stage

Subjects: Power convertors and power supplies to apparatus; Light sources; Optical variables control; Control of electric power systems

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