Low-cost high power-density electronic ballast for automotive HID lamp

Reatti, Alberto

doi:10.1109/63.838109

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“…Recently high voltage step-up converters have been proposed for fuel-cell based DC converter [1]- [3], battery-discharged DC converter in UPS system [4]- [5], car auxiliary power supplies [6], automobile HID headlamps [7], [8], and medical equipment. The conventional boost converter cannot realize high voltage step-up due to the narrow allowed duty cycle.…”

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Interleaved Boost-Flyback Converter with Boundary Conduction Mode for Power Factor Correction

Lin¹,

Chien²

2012

Journal of Power Electronics

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This paper presents a new interleaved pulse-width modulation (PWM) boost-flyback converter to achieve power factor correction (PFC) and regulate DC bus voltage. The adopted boost-flyback converter has a high voltage conversion ratio to overcome the limit of conventional boost or buck-boost converter with narrow turn-off period. The proposed converter has wide turn-off period compared with a conventional boost converter. Thus, the higher output voltage can be achieved in the proposed converter. The interleaved PWM can further reduce the input and output ripple currents such that the sizes of inductor and capacitor are reduced. Since boundary conduction mode (BCM) is adopted to achieve power factor correction, power switches are turned on at zero current switching (ZCS) and switching losses are reduced. The circuit configuration, principle operation, system analysis, and design consideration of the proposed converter are presented in detail. Finally, experiments conducted on a laboratory prototype rated at 500W were presented to verify the effectiveness of the converter.

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Interleaved Boost-Flyback Converter with Boundary Conduction Mode for Power Factor Correction

Lin¹,

Chien²

2012

Journal of Power Electronics

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“…High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps have been widely used in both commercial and residential lighting applications due to their merits of high efficacy, long life, compact size and good color rendition [1][2][3][4]. HID lamps require well-designed ballasts to stabilize the lamp operation.…”

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confidence: 99%

A High-Power-Density Integrated Electronic Ballast for Low Wattage HID Lamps

Jiang

Liu

Yan

et al. 2007

APEC 07 - Twenty-Second Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition

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A high power density integrated electronic ballast for low wattage high intensity discharge (HID) lamp is proposed in this paper. Packaging and integration technologies are explored to fully utilize the three-dimensional space, therefore improve the power density of the system. This paper focuses on the power passive integration, including the integrated EMI filter, and the integrated LC series resonators serving as output filter or ignitor. A prototype with integrated passive components is developed, which achieves almost the same efficiency but doubles the power density of discrete ballast.

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“…This action is termed as dc operation which prevents the lamp from extinguishing after ignition due to the switching of the inverter. In [3], a dc-ac class E resonant converter is employed to achieve soft switching. A voltage doubler is used to apply the high voltage to the igniter at startup.…”

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Implementation of a Voltage Multiplier Integrated HID Ballast Circuit With Dimming Control for Automotive Application

Divakar

Cheng

Wang

et al. 2009

IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.

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Abstract-High-intensity discharge (HID) lamps are becoming popular substitutes for halogen lamps in automotive headlamps because of the high lumen/watt ratio and the color of the light. In this paper, a ballast (integrated with a voltage multiplier circuit in the secondary winding of the dc converter transformer) with dimming control is presented. The proposed circuit not only eliminates one auxiliary winding but also reduces the voltage across the switch on the primary side and consequently permits the selection of switches with a lower rating. A brief review of the HID circuits is done and compared with the proposed circuit. Experimental results from the prototype are presented. This paper also presents different methods of dimming the automotive HID lamps based on analog and digital control and discusses the relative merits of each of the methods. The dimming control is implemented using both the methods, and experimental results are presented. It is envisaged that the dimming control will provide some flexibility to drivers in the control of HID lamps to suit the driving conditions in the modern cities that are very well lit at night. This paper investigates the merits of each method and discusses the practical issues for implementing such controls.Index Terms-Constant power, dimming control, highintensity discharge (HID) ballast.

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Low-cost high power-density electronic ballast for automotive HID lamp

Cited by 80 publications

References 19 publications

Interleaved Boost-Flyback Converter with Boundary Conduction Mode for Power Factor Correction

Interleaved Boost-Flyback Converter with Boundary Conduction Mode for Power Factor Correction

A High-Power-Density Integrated Electronic Ballast for Low Wattage HID Lamps

Implementation of a Voltage Multiplier Integrated HID Ballast Circuit With Dimming Control for Automotive Application

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