Design and Analysis of Performance Characteristics of Electronic Ballast Used for Fluorescent Lamp

Abstract

Simulation and measurement are essential to the process of designing electronics. But they have differences in capabilities and limitation of making it happen. This paper presents the detailed implementation of an electronic ballast, for a fluorescent lamp. The circuit is commutated smoothing circuit, power switch, and driving circuit. It is a low-voltage starter, non-stroboscopic, has no noise, energy efficient, and has high power factor with very high switching speed. Characteristic results and measurements are provided with comparison to market available ballast. The circuit has been successfully applied to a 36 W lamp.