Universal Input Voltage Self-Oscillating

Electronic Ballast with Feedforward

Control
Juliano de Pelegrini Lopes
Marcelo Freitas da Silva
Rafael Adaime Pinto
Ricardo Nederson do Prado
lysson Raniere Seidel

Fluorescent Lamps
Definition
Mercury Low pressure discharge lamp with phosphor layers excited
by UV radiation
Light

Phosphor

UV Radiation

Hg

Electron

Electrodes

Fluorescent Lamps
Features of Fluorescent Lamps
High luminous efficiency 100 lm/W (TFLs)
High color rendering index (CRI) 60 90;

Long useful life;

Color temperature.

Electronic Ballasts
Features of Electronic Ballasts
High efficiency;
Lower weight and volume;
High useful life to the lamp;
Absence of flicker;
Absence of audible noise.

Goal
The goal of this work is to show the possibility of implementing a
universal input voltage self-oscillating electronic ballast supplying a
tubular fluorescent lamp T8/32 W.

Self-Oscillating Electronic Ballast - SOEB

Nonlinear control system;

Resonant current
feedback;

Self-Oscillating Dimmable Electronic Ballast

Branch BD;

Magnetizing current;
Switching frequency
dimming capability.

Universal Electronic Ballast

Switching frequency x lamp power;

Resonant filter gain changes as the
switching frequency changes.

Design Steps
Resonant filter design;
Command circuit design;
Additional circuit design;
Stability test.

Design Strategy

Resonant Filter Design

Z
a

Fluorescent lamp is
represented by its
equivalent resistance;

Fundamental
aproximation;

Lamp Power

Design based on Impedance

angle.

Phase angle

Command Circuit Design

Equivalent command circuit

Circuit waveforms

Command Circuit Filter Design

Circuit block diagram
Linear elements with
low pass
caracteristics
(Resonant filter);

Simplified block diagram

Non linear elements can be

represent by the describing
function;
Describing function is used to
determine the circuit command
equations.

Command Circuit Filter Design

Simplified block diagram

Describing function

4.VZ
N
.IZ
Characteristic equation

G( s)

1
N

Stability Test
Extended Nyquist stabiliy criterion

P2

1 IZ

N 4VZ

P1

G(j) must crosses

the real axis (-1/N) in
the clockwise during
all the range of the
input voltage to
estimate stability.

Additional Circuit Design

Equivalent additional circuit

Ld is determined considering the maximal switching

frequency (40 kHz) and the TSC equivalent resistance equals
to 0;
TSC must operates in linear region during all the range of the
switching frequency.

Experimental Results
Input voltage 100 VRMS

Lamp voltage and current (100V/div, 500mA/div, 10s)

Experimental Results
Input voltage 220 VRMS

Lamp voltage and current (100V/div, 500mA/div, 10s)

Conclusions
Compact circuit;
Command circuit simplicity;

Lamp power is independent of the input voltage;

Easy installation.

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