Analysis And Design Of Two Flyback-based Integrated Converters For The Implementation Of Lfsw Electronic Ballasts

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.
  • Marina Perdigão Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Coimbra, DEE, Pólo II, Coimbra, Portugal.
  • J. Marcos Alonso Universidad de Oviedo, DIEECS, Tecnología Electrónica, Campus de Viesques,Gijón, Spain
  • Ricardo N. Prado Electronic Ballast Research Group – GEDRE,PPGEE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.2008.4.267275

Keywords:

Acoustic resonance, electronic ballasts, HID lamps, integrated converters

Abstract

This paper presents a simple configuration, based on the integration of two flyback converters, to supply high intensity discharge (HID) lamps with a low frequency square waveform (LFSW), in order to avoid the occurrence of the acoustic resonance (AR) phenomenon. The proposed topology is compared to a previous presented one. Both topologies integrate two flyback converters in different ways. Losses of both integration modes are compared and advantages are discussed in respect to current and voltage components stress. The proposed electronic ballast presents a high efficiency with a reduced number of components and no over current stress in the shared switch. Experimental results validate both configurations.

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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.

Marina Perdigão, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Coimbra, DEE, Pólo II, Coimbra, Portugal.

received the B.S. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 2001 and 2004. She is currently working toward her Ph.D degree in University of Oviedo, Spain. She is a professor at the Engineering Institute of Coimbra since 2002. She is currently a researcher working on the development of electronic systems for a new dimming technology. Her research interests include electronic ballasts, dimming features of fluorescent lamps, DC/DC converters and high intensity discharge lamps.

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

received the M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. both in electrical engineering from the University of Oviedo, Spain, in 1990 and 1994 respectively. From 1990 to 1999 he was assistant professor at the Electrical and Electronic Department of the University of Oviedo, where since 1999 he is an Associate Professor. Dr. Alonso is the primary author for more than 40 journal and international conference papers in power and industrial electronics, and has co-authored more than 100. His research interests include high-frequency electronic ballasts, discharge lamp modeling, power converters for ozone generation, power converters for electrostatic applications, power factor correction topologies and high frequency switching converters. He was the advisor of four Ph.D. Thesis students in the field of power electronics. He is the holder of four Spanish patents with two under review. Dr. Alonso was awarded with the Early Career Award of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society in 2006. He received the second prize paper award of the 2005 IEEE Industry Applications Society Meeting, Production and Application of Light Committee. He was also awarded with the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Meritorious Paper Award for 1996. He is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), where he usually collaborates as transactions paper reviewer, conference session chairman, among other positions. Since October 2002 he serves as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics in the field of Lighting Applications. He is also a member of the International Ozone Association (IOA).

Ricardo N. 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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2008-11-30

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T. B. Marchesan, M. D. Costa, M. Perdigão, J. M. Alonso, and R. N. Prado, “Analysis And Design Of Two Flyback-based Integrated Converters For The Implementation Of Lfsw Electronic Ballasts”, Eletrônica de Potência, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 267–275, Nov. 2008.

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