| Abstract |
Nowadays, high intensity discharge (HID) lamps appear as an attractive source of light, with high luminous efficacy and reduced size. In this paper, a complete study of the clamped mode LCC resonant inverter is presented, together with some of the control-to-output characteristics obtained, showing the different commutation zones. This inverter results specially adequate to supply HID lamps, where typical output power is above 100 W and the use of
four switches is justified. Experimental results obtained from a prototype at the laboratory are also shown to validate the analysis. |
