Modified valley fill high power factor correction ballast

Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems – Pulsating or a.c. supply – With power factor control device

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315272, 315271, 363 37, 363132, H05B 4116

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ABSTRACT:
A modified valley fill circuit, including a main ballasting inductor for supplying an electrolytic capacitor, has an additional charging winding on the main ballasting inductor for charging the electrolytic capacitor to a predetermined voltage which maximizes the power factor of the input current by optimizing the conduction angle of the input current. In a discharge lamp ballast, the modified valley fill circuit reduces the lamp current crest factor by controlling the frequency with a lamp current control loop.

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"Characteristics of Load Resonant Converters Operated in a High-Power Factor Mode", M J Schutten, R L Steigerwald, M H Kheraluwala, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 7, No. 2, Apr., 1992, pp. 304-314.

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