Electronic ballasts for fluorescent lighting deliver high efficiency and long lamp lifetimes. A new and simplified control circuit demonstrates complete control of the ballast, including all necessary ...
Resonant-mode topologies offer many benefits over traditional buck, boost, and flyback solutions. These include soft-switching, higher operating frequencies, higher power density, and higher ...
Today's design engineers are faced with new challenges when it comes to designing fluorescent or HID electronic ballast applications. In addition to the usual cost, reliability and longevity pressures ...
What is power-factor correction (PFC) good for? PFC avoids apparent power being drawn from the power grid. This apparent power becomes larger as the phase shift between current and voltage gets larger ...
Creative and innovative new products in both the lamp and ballast markets continue to transform the lighting industry, enabling specifiers and users to translate “energy-effective lighting” into ...
New integrated circuits promise to make fluorescent lamps more "green." Get ready for new rules from the Dept. of Energy. Next year, DOE will implement regulations effectively making it impossible to ...