Integrated Zeta - Flyback Converter To Supply Hid Lamps

Tiago B. Marchesan; Marco Dalla Costa; J. Marcos Alonso; Ricardo Nederson do Prado

doi:10.18618/REP.2008.4.259265

Authors

Tiago B. Marchesan Electronic Ballast Research Group – GEDRE,PPGEE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Marco Dalla Costa Universidad de Oviedo, DIEECS, Tecnología Electrónica, Campus de Viesques,Gijón, Spain
J. Marcos Alonso Universidad de Oviedo, DIEECS, Tecnología Electrónica, Campus de Viesques,Gijón, Spain.
Ricardo Nederson do Prado Electronic Ballast Research Group – GEDRE,PPGEE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.2008.4.259265

Keywords:

Acoustic resonance, electronic ballast, HID lamps, integrated circuits

Abstract

This paper proposes a Metal Halide (MH) lamp electronic ballast based on the integration of Zeta and Flyback converters working in discontinuous conduction mode, in order to provide the ballast power factor correction and to stabilize the lamp current, respectively. The proposed integration besides to reduce the number of ballast components, presents no additional current stress in the shared switch. The lamp is supplied with a low frequency square waveform (400Hz) to avoid the acoustic resonance phenomenon. The proposed topology has been implemented for an input voltage of 110V, 50Hz, in order to supply a 35W MH lamp.

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Author Biographies

Tiago B. Marchesan, Electronic Ballast Research Group – GEDRE,PPGEE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

was born in Santa Maria, Brazil, in 1980. He received the B.S. in 2003 (with first class honours) and the Ph.D. in 2008, both in electrical engineering from Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil. He has been with the electronic Ballast Research Group (GEDRE), as a researcher, since 2000. He is associated professor at the Technology Department of the Regional University of the Northwest of Rio Grande do Sul State. His research interests include electronic ballasts, high intensity discharge lamps, lighting emitting diodes (LEDs), dimming systems, modeling and simulation of power converters.

Marco Dalla Costa, Universidad de Oviedo, DIEECS, Tecnología Electrónica, Campus de Viesques,Gijón, Spain

was born in Santa Maria, Brazil, in 1978. He received the B.S. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, in 2002 and 2004, and the Ph.D. degree from University of Oviedo, Spain, in 2008. He is currently a researcher working on the development of electronic systems for lighting and HID lamp modeling. His research interests include dc/dc converters, PFC stages, dimming systems, high-frequency electronic ballasts, discharge lamp modeling, and electronic starters for HID lamps.

J. Marcos Alonso, Universidad de Oviedo, DIEECS, Tecnología Electrónica, Campus de Viesques,Gijón, Spain.

was born in Santa Maria, Brazil, in 1978. He received the B.S. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, in 2002 and 2004, and the Ph.D. degree from University of Oviedo, Spain, in 2008. He is currently a researcher working on the development of electronic systems for lighting and HID lamp modeling. His research interests include dc/dc converters, PFC stages, dimming systems, high-frequency electronic ballasts, discharge lamp modeling, and electronic starters for HID lamps.

Ricardo Nederson do Prado, Electronic Ballast Research Group – GEDRE,PPGEE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

was born in Itapiranga, Brazil, in 1961. He received the B.Sc. degree from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, in 1984, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, in 1987 and 1993, respectively, all in electrical engineering. From 1987 to 1992, he was a Professor in the Electronics Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Since 1993, he has been with the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, where he is currently an associate Professor in the Electrical Energy Processing Department. From 2005 to 2006, he was with the Fraunhofer Institute, Germany, as a Post doctoral Research Scholar. He is responsible for the Electronic Ballast Research Group (GEDRE). He has co-authored more than 140 technical papers on electronic ballast. His research directions include high‐frequency high‐density power converters, fluorescent and high pressure lamps, dimming systems, luminous efficiency, electronic ballasts, LED as a source light and power‐factor correction. Dr. Prado is a Founding Member of the Brazilian Power Electronics Society; He is the Member of the Brazilian Automatic Control Society, and several IEEE societies.

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