BALLAST AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME

摘要

The present application provides a ballast and an illumination system including the same. The ballast includes at least two start control units, each configured to be connected with a corresponding lamp and output a start signal according to a state of the lamp; a start unit, configured to provide start signals from the at least two start control units to a driving unit; and the driving unit, configured to drive lamps according to the start signals from the start unit. Thus, the determination of whether each lamp in a plurality of lamps connected in parallel is normally working and an auto reset of each lamp after an impact protection are realized with a low cost.