Compact fluorescent lamps

Presented by
K.K.CHAITHANYA
(13761A0227)
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Compact Fluorescent Lamps

(CFLs)
Advantages over incandescent lamps
Energy savings
Longer lifetime

Disadvantages over incandescent lamps

Higher initial cost
Not as easy to have 3-way control (dimming

Fluorescent vs. Incandescent

Convert UV light to
visible light
Two-stage conversion
Electrons collide with
mercury atoms,
causing photons of uv
light to be released
UV light converts to
visible as it passes
through the phosphor
coating inside the
glass tube

Convert heat to light

Burn a filament (wire)
at very high
temperature

Fluorescent vs. Incandescent (cont.)

More efficient
25% of energy
consumed generates
light
Lower lamp
temperature
Longer life

Less efficient
5% of energy
consumed generates
light
High filament
temperature (350F)
2,000 hour lifetime

Components and Assembly

CFL Operation

Electronic Ballast Block Diagram

Blocks circuitgenerated noise

AC-to-DC
Conversion

DC-to-AC
Conversion

Ignite and Run

the Lamp

Feedback circuit to control lamp current

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Lamp Requirements
Current to pre-heat the filaments
Low-Frequency AC to DC Conversion (input)

High Voltage for Ignition

High-Frequency AC current during running
High-Frequency DC to AC conversion (output)
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Generate High-Frequency
50% duty-cycle AC Square
Wave

Resonant tank circuit

filters square wave to
a sinusoid and drives
lamp

AC-toDC Conversion

At turn-on
During pre-ignition, the resonant tank is a
series LC circuit with a high Q factor
Control IC sweeps the half-bridge
frequency from maximum down towards
the resonant frequency of the LC circuit
Lamp filaments are pre-heated as the
frequency decreases and the lamp voltage
and load current increase
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Lower the frequency until the lamp ignites

Filaments are pre-heating

To dim the lamp,

increase the frequency
of the half-bridge
The gain of the
resonant tank
decreases and the
lamp current increases
The feedback circuit
adjusts the half-bridge
operating frequency

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IRS2530D Dimming Control IC

Supply Voltage

Power and signal ground

Dimming reference
and AC lamp
current feedback
input
VCO input

High-side gate driver supply

Half-bridge high-side gate

driver output
High voltage supply return
and half-bridge sensing input
Half-bridge low-side gate
driver output

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IRS2530D Dimming Control Method

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Combine AC Lamp Current measurement with a

DC reference voltage at a single node

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3-Way Incandescent Lamp Dimming

Filament #1

4-Position Switch
Filament #2
Common

0 OFF,
1 Filament #1 LOW,
2 Filament #2 MED,
3 Filaments in Parallel -- HIGH
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3-Way Dimming for CFL

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3-Way Socket

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EMI Filter

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Rectifier and Voltage Doubler

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Control Circuit and Half-Bridge Inverter

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Resonant Tank

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Lamp-Current Sensing and Feedback

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Three-Way Interface Circuit

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Lamp Voltage and Current (Maximum)

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Lamp Voltage and Current (Medium)

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Lamp Voltage and Current (Minimum)

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Maximum: 43kHz, 240mA

Medium: 62kHz, 94mA

Minimum: 67kHz, 31mA

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THANK YOU

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