Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) excimer lamps emit vacuum-UV optical radiation. This
work presents novel methods for efficiently operating DBDs with short, high-voltage pulses …

Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) lamps are capacitive loads that require pulsed operation
to provide a homogeneous discharge distribution and consequently high lamp efficiency. As …

UV excimer lamps are efficient narrowband sources of UV radiation with applications in
various domains. The issue of controlling the UV emission by means of the power supply …

Excimer and exciplex UV/VUV sources excited by Dielectric Barrier Discharges represent a
promising technology for industrial applications where powerful and efficient UV sources are …

In this paper an electronic ballast for pulsed operation of dielectric barrier discharges (DBD)
is presented. The converter is designed as a transformer coupled square wave power …

A dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) light source, characterized as a capacitive load with a
poor power factor, is operated with the sinusoidal pulse (SP) topology to obtain high …

A pulsed current-mode converter specifically designed for the supply of dielectric barrier
discharge excimer lamps is proposed in this paper. The power supply structure is defined on …

This paper reports about emerging techniques for the efficient drive of Dielectric Barrier
Discharge (DBD) plasma light sources in pulsed operation mode. Besides a classification of …

In order to develop an efficient and reliable pulsed power supply for excimer dielectric
barrier discharge (DBD) ultraviolet (UV) sources, a pulse generator using Marx topology is …

In this work we experimentally examine the characteristics of a dielectric barrier discharge
reactor driven by two distinct pulsed high voltage (HV) generators. Firstly, the operation …