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Peter Green, Senior Lighting Systems Engineer, International Rectifier, Lighting Group,
101S Sepulveda Boulevard, El Segundo, CA, 90245-4382
as presented at PCIM Europe 02
I. INTRODUCTION
The ballast design software (to be referred to as BD in
this paper) is unique in the way that it simplifies the
design process to 5 simple steps requiring the user to
specify only:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Having done this the user only has to press the Design
Ballast button and the software will produce a complete
design that will work correctly. The design process
involves some lengthy and complex calculations that
need to take into account many different operating
parameters. Since it is an iterative process these
calculations must be carried out several times in order to
converge and provide acceptable operating points. Our
software carries out this task almos t instantaneously
saving the ballast designer many hours of tedious
calculation and possible error.
Preheat Current:
Preheat Time:
Max Preheat Voltage:
Ignition Voltage:
Running Lamp Power:
Running Lamp Voltage:
0.6
[A]
2
[sec]
600 [Vpp]
1500 [Vpp]
34
[W]
141 [Vpk]
Magnitude
Ignition
High-Q
Low-Q
Run
Preheat
Frequency
L
Vin
f ph =
I ph
2CV ph
(1)
[Hz]
V ph
2V
L
2V
= in + in + I 2ph
(2)
where,
Vin
V ph
I ph
L
C
[Hz]
f ign =
Vin
1+
Vign
1
2
LC
[Hz]
(7)
(3)
where,
Vign
f% =
(4)
4Vin
2 1
Vrun
1 1
1
1
1
frun =
2 LC 2R2C2 LC 2R2C2
L2C2
V2% f2%C
2
(5)
R=
(8)
ICath2% =
[Hz]
1
2
4Vin
1
2
2
V
1
32P
1
32P
2 %4 +
2 %4 2 %2
LC C V%
LC
LC C V%
2
2
V run
2 Prun
[Ohms]
(6)
where,
Prun
Vrun
LPFC =
V 2 AC (VO 2 V AC )
2 f MIN PO VO
I Lpk ( MAX ) = 2 2 .
(9)
PO
VAC
(10)
Where,
V AC
VO
f MIN
PO
Core Size
Gap Length
Winding wire diameter
Number of turns
L
AL
N=
(11)
AL =
O e 10 6
(nH)
(l / A)
Where
(12)
e =
i
G i
1 +
le
(13)
BMAX =
N AL I MAX
Ae
(14)
Summary
REFERENCES
[1] International Rectifier
Thomas J. Ribarich, John J. Ribarich
A New Procedure for High-Frequency Electronic
Ballast Design
[2] International Rectifier
Thomas J. Ribarich
Electronic Ballast Design
Part 1 : IR21571
Part 2 : IR2159
[3] International Rectifier
Peter Green
Procedure for designing Ballast Output Inductor