Resonant Circuit Design Procedure for Multi-watt T5 Electronic Ballasts

M. S. Perdigão; A. R. Seidel; H. V. Marques; J. M. Alonso; E. S. Saraiva

doi:10.18618/REP.2013.1.831842

Authors

M. S. Perdigão Instituto de Telecomunicações, DEEC, Universidade de Coimbra Pólo II, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal
A. R. Seidel Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, GEDRE, GSEC, Santa Maria, RS, 97105-900, Brasil
H. V. Marques Instituto de Telecomunicações, DEEC, Universidade de Coimbra Pólo II, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal
J. M. Alonso Universidad de Oviedo, Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept., 33204-Gijón, Asturias, Spain
E. S. Saraiva Instituto de Telecomunicações, DEEC, Universidade de Coimbra Pólo II, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.2013.1.831842

Keywords:

electronic ballast, Electronic Ballasts, fluorescent lamps, Magnetic control, Multi-Watt, Power Electronics, Resonant Converters

Abstract

This paper proposes a resonant circuit design procedure for multi- Watt magnetically-controlled electronic ballasts. The procedure is focused on the ballast performance, which has the advantage of operating at constant-frequency, and complies with current IEC standards (IEC 60081) regarding nominal lamp operation, namely electrode safe operation. Data collected from T5 tubular fluorescents lamps manufacturers and the Sum of Squares (SoS) technique are both used to define the suitable design methodology for the power range of the selected T5 lamps. Experimental results for a set of T5 fluorescent lamps are presented in order to validate the entire design procedure.

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Author Biographies

M. S. Perdigão, Instituto de Telecomunicações, DEEC, Universidade de Coimbra Pólo II, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal

was born in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1978. She received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, in 2004. She has been working toward the Ph.D. degree from the University of Coimbra in cooperation with the University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, since 2006. Since 2002, she has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Superior Institute of Engineering of Coimbra, Coimbra. Since 2001, she has also been a Researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações. Coimbra. Her research interests include high-frequency electronic ballasts, discharge lamp modeling, high-frequency switching converters, resonant converters, power electronics for renewable energies, and computer simulation applications. Dra. Perdigão received the Best Paper Award of the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics. She also collaborates as an IEEE Transactions Paper Reviewer.

A. R. Seidel, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, GEDRE, GSEC, Santa Maria, RS, 97105-900, Brasil

was born in São Pedro do Sul, Brazil, in 1975. He received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, in 1999 and 2004, respectively. From 2004 to 2008, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil. He is currently at the Federal University of Santa Maria, where he has been a Professor at the Colégio Técnico Industrial de Santa Maria and a Researcher in the Electronic Ballast Research Group since 1997 and the Electrical and Computational Systems Research and Development Group since 2010. His research interests include resonant converters, dimming systems, simulation, discharge lamps, and lighting systems. Dr. Seidel is a member of the SOBRAEP - Brazilian Power Electronics Society, and IEEE.

H. V. Marques, Instituto de Telecomunicações, DEEC, Universidade de Coimbra Pólo II, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal

was born in Avelar, Portugal, in 1983. He received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, in 2010.

Since 2010, he has been a Researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicacões, Universidade de Coimbra. His research interests include high-frequency electronic ballasts, high- frequency switching converters, resonant converters, power electronics, microcontrollers, and computer simulation applications.

J. M. Alonso, Universidad de Oviedo, Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept., 33204-Gijón, Asturias, Spain

received the M.Sc. Degree and Ph.D. both in electrical engineering from the University of Oviedo, Spain, in 1990 and 1994 respectively. Since 2007, he has been appointed as full Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Oviedo.

Prof. Alonso is co-author of more than three hundred journal and conference publications. His research interests include electronic ballasts, LED power supplies, power factor correction and switching converters in general. He was supervisor of seven Ph.D. Thesis and he is the holder of seven Spanish patents.

Prof. Alonso has been awarded with the Early Career Award of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society in 2006. He also holds three IEEE paper awards. Since October 2002 he serves as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. He has been Co-Guest Editor of two special issues in lighting applications published in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (2007) and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2012) and has co- organized several conference special sessions. He is also member of the European Power Electronics Association and he belongs to the International Steering Committee of the European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE).

E. S. Saraiva, Instituto de Telecomunicações, DEEC, Universidade de Coimbra Pólo II, P-3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal

received the degree of Electrical Engineer from the University of Oporto, Oporto, Portugal in 1970, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of London, London, U.K., in 1979. The aggregation in electrical engineering was received from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, in 1985. He served on the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, as an Assistant Eventual from July 13, 1973 to July 12, 1975, as an Assistant from July 13, 1975 to July 24, 1979, as an Auxiliary Professor from July 25, 1979 to November 30, 1979, as an Associated Professor from December 01, 1979 to November 20, 1986, and as a Full

Professor from November 21, 1986 to July 31, 2011. He retired on August 1, 2011. He is the coauthor of more than

100 papers in national and international journals and conferences. He was the adviser of 12 postgraduate students, coadviser of another, and currently a coadviser of one Ph.D. student and coadviser of a M.Sc. student. His research interests include electric machines, power electronics, the influence of the electromagnetic field in the human body, and, more recently, electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps.

Dr. Saraiva has been a member of the IEEE for more than 25 years and collaborates as a Reviewer. He is one of the founders of the IEEE Portugal Section. He is a member of the Portuguese “Ordem dos Engenheiros,” having in the past, been elected to positions in the Central Region and on National Boards.

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