Abstract: FLUORESCENT lamp ballasts were first introduced by the General Electric Company in 1939 as a necessary auxiliary for a new lighting source, the fluorescent lamp. From the time of the ...

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In recent years, fluorescent lamp dimming controls are an integral part of daylight artificial light integrated schemes intended for realization of energy savings. However, dimming, like any lighting ...

For decades, and continuing today, the fluorescent lamp has been the cheapest way to produce white light with the minimum amount of energy taken from the mains (lumens/watt). As such, hundreds of ...

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Abstract: A solid-state AC switch is added on the series-resonant electronic ballast to provide programmable starting for the rapid-start fluorescent lamp. The AC switch is turned on to have a zero ...

Dimming fluorescent lamps is an attractive feature that provides mood and brightness effects as well as having tremendous energy savings potential. Designing a dimmable electronic ballast, however, is ...

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 ...

STMicroelectronics L6585 integrates a power factor corrector with a half-bridge controller and all the relevant drivers and logic for an electronic fluorescent lamp ballast. STMicroelectronics L6585 ...