• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.4 no.5
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• pp.449-454
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• 1999

A new scheme of the automotive High Intensity Discharge (HlD) lamp ballast systems is proposed. The p proposed scheme consists of the high frequency IX DC converter and the low frequency DC-AC inverter, like t that the conventional HID ballast system. However, this system separates the input voltage of the ignitor from t the dc link voltage, which results in the use of lower voltage rating power devices for the HID lamp ballast s system, comparlu with convention띠 system. As a result, proposed system has a lower cost and higher e efficiency. This paper presents th$\varepsilon$ design and anlaysis of the propoSlU ballast and some 앉아、nmental results.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.166-171
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• 2008

This paper presents high efficiency control system of automotive 35W electronic ballast for high intensity discharge(HID) lamp using switching flyback converter with variable frequency. Considering performance, size and efficiency of ballast, the flyback converter is designed with planar transformer in converter stage. HID lamp demands a highly efficient ballast and very complex control circuitry that can control complex transient state for applying to automotive. The proposed electronic ballast system is composed of a flyback converter using planar transformer, a full bridge inverter, and a step up igniter. In this system, switching frequency of flyback converter is controlled by varying input voltage of HID ballast and the price and the size of HID ballast using planar transformer can be reduced. The performance and efficiency of the posed system are verified through various the experiment results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.517-518
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.411-414
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• 1999

This paper presents design and analysis of an HID lamp ballast for a fast turn on characteristics and stable operation. It produces a high open circuit voltage for the ignition and it is controlled to supply effectively the power required to shorten the warm-up period after the breakdown. The lamp modeling by empirical data is presented. It is very effective in the designing of the control loop in the steady-state operating region. A stable operation of the lamp power regulation in the steady state is achieved, which is crucial for the long life time and constant light output. Stability analysis of the system is performed and the results are verified through various simulation results and the hardware experiments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.17-20
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 After-market에서 자동차 헤드라이트 상 하향 빔 전환 시스템으로 주로 사용하고 있는 solenoid 방식의 여러 문제점을 개선하기 위하여 차량용 릴레이를 이용한 HID램프의 헤드라이트 상 하향 전환 컨트롤 방식를 제안하였다. 특히, 차종에 따라 달라지는 상 하향 빔 전환 입력신호에 대하여 릴레이가 일정하게 상 하향 동작을 할 수 있는 signal selector회로를 구성하고, 두 개의 램프를 relay로 전환하는 방식을 채택함으로서 그 동안 자동차 하우징 구조상 기존 H4 타입에만 국한되어 오던 차량용 HID램프의 헤드라이트 상 하향 빔 전환 시스템을 H1, H3, H7, H11, 9004, 9006, 9007 등 다른 베이스타입의 벌브에도 적용이 가능하도록 하여 우수한 범용성을 갖도록 하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.22-27
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• 2006

This paper presents the control system of high-efficiency automotive 35W metal-halide lamp ballast using the new control method and planar transformer. In this paper, the electronic ballast is designed so that digital control method by microcontroller can be applied to the electronic ballast for the lamp requirement and peripheral environment in order that metal-halide lamp, which has the complicated transient features, is to be applied to the automobile even if it has superior features in brightness, color rendering, light efficiency, and lifespan compared to the conventional halogen lamp. Also, the efficiency increase of the ballast is devised by being varied the switching frequency of Flyback Converter following the battery input voltage of the automobile. Being designed for high-frequency switching transformer of converter in planar form, reduction of loss, weight, overall size are realized and efficient power control in the automobile that had the limited energy and the limited space of battery is devised. The results of the proposed system is verified through various experiment results.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.1361-1365
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• 2005

This paper presents a high-frequency electronic ballast for HID lamps. A new fixed frequency dimming method with low EMI features is developed in this research. The proposed electronic ballast has the advantages of high power density, simple circuit and low EMI features. The circuit operating principle and design procedures are described in detail. A laboratory prototype was built and tested. The simulation and experimental waveforms verify the feasibility of the proposed scheme.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07f
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• pp.2163-2165
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• 1998

This paper presents an adaptive control scheme of a ballast for HID lamp for an automotive headlight. A flyback converter is used for the voltage step-up and for the control. A full bridge inverter is used as a ballast topology. The proposed control method is an adaptive output power control with a charge control. The developed ballast satisfies the requirement of a fast warm up characteristics and operating stability for an automotive application.