| Title |
The Development of Electric Ballast for a Instant Start/Restart of Metalhalide Lamp |
| Authors |
Su-Kyoung Kim ; Woo-Jin Jang |
| Keywords |
Metalhalide lamps ; Electronic ballast ; A high voltage ignitor circuit |
| Abstract |
The most shortcoming of metalhalide lamps is what the instant restarting cannot be realized when the arc tube is in the hot condition. The discharge starting voltage of arc tube in the hot condition is much higher than in the cold condition. Therefore it takes about five minutes to restart the metalhalide lamps, that is to say, it is possible to start when the pressure and the temperature are decreased. But, if the lamp is restarted in the hot condition, we must supply the high voltage pulse with 20[㎸] at the both electrode of lamp. The proposed electronic ballast is consist of a electromagnetic interference(EMI) filter, a power factor correction(PFC) circuit, a flyback converter, a half-bridge inverter, and a high voltage ignitor circuit. By this composition we can start/restart the lamp with the voltage 20[㎸], even if the lamp is in the hot condition. |