ELECTRONIC LIGHTING BALLAST

摘要

A gas discharge lamp electronic ballast, comprises a rectifier for full wave rectifying alternating current line voltage, a converter for receiving an output of the rectifier and supplying a direct current voltage output, the converter operating in a discontinuous manner and including an inductor, a driver for energizing the gas discharge lamp, the driver receiving the direct voltage output of the converter and a controller for operating the converter in the discontinuous manner, the controller having as one of plural control signals input thereto a first control signal indicative of a state of the inductor.