A single-stage electronic ballast with unity power factor is proposed. A saturable transformer
constituting the self-oscillating drive limits the lamp current and dominates the switching …

This paper presents a comparative analysis of dimmable self-oscillating electronic ballast for
fluorescent lamps. A review of general dimming methods presented in the literature is …

A driving technique that can operate with electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps to drive
LEDs without requiring the replacing of any electronic ballast circuitry or modifying the …

Fluorescent lamps have become the most favored lighting sources in many applications. A
dimming electronic ballast for fluorescent lamps using a half bridge inverter is presented in …

Although compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) have been on the market for a long time, many
of them do not achieve the same power factor as the incandescent lamps do, which presents …

A very high power factor electronic ballast that uses a single switch in the power circuit is
proposed in this paper for compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). The proposed power circuit is …

In this paper, a single-stage high-power-factor high-efficiency electronic ballast for compact
fluorescent lamps is presented. The proposed topology uses two voltage sources connected …

This paper provides a design guideline for the high-frequency dimmable electronic ballast
with voltage control for fluorescent lamps. The dimming feature is accomplished by …

This paper provides a comparative analysis among four electronic ballast topologies with
high power factor, employing the same switch for inverter and power factor correction stage …

A novel single-stage single-switch electronic ballast topology with a unity power factor is
presented in this paper. The proposed circuit consists of an integrated buck-boost stage that …