ST7LITE19BF1用于电子镇流器的使用指南.pdf

AN2640 Application note Intelligent multipower digital ballast for fluorescent lamps Introduction Fluorescent lamps are highly popular due to their luminous efficiency, long life and color rendering. These lamps need external circuitry to compensate for their negative resistance characteristic. This circuitry is called ballast. The simplest ballast is a magnetic inductor connected in series at the lamp. The electronic ballast with respect to the magnetic one offers the following advantages: ■ Better efficiency ■ Increased lamp life ■ Lightweight with smaller dimensions ■ Better lamp power control For these reasons, in the last years there has been a shift in the market towards the use of electronic ballasts with dedicated drivers and controllers. Today, thanks to microcontrollers, it is possible to add intelligence into the circuit. Instead of having a dedicated circuit for each lamp with a single ballast it is possible to drive many different lamp groups. This application note describes an electronic ballast that is able to recognize lamps within the T5 fluorescent family such as 24 W, 39 W, 54 W and 80 W. It consists of two main blocks: ■ A boost converter (Power Factor Controller PFC) working in transition mode (fixed TON and variable frequency) ■ An inverter in half-bridge configuration working in zero voltage switching Both ballast an