摘要 |
A single phase, high frequency chopper ballast without large magnetic and capacitive components for gaseous discharge lamps such as the LucaloxR lamp is operated on full wave rectified line voltage. A small auxiliary capacitor stores energy during the peaks of the rectified line voltage when the voltage is high enough to maintain lamp discharge. During the low voltage valley regions the auxiliary capacitor is discharged to supply augmented chopper input voltage or load circuit voltage and provide energy to maintain lamp ionization during the valley regions until the rectified line voltage rises to a usable level. |