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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2011
Ray-lee Lin, Tainan, TW;
Jung-wei Chang, Tainan, TW;
Ray-Lee Lin, Tainan, TW;
Jung-Wei Chang, Tainan, TW;
Abstract
The configurations of an electronic ballast are provided in the present invention. The proposed electronic ballast includes a filter circuit having a first and a second output terminals, a rectifier circuit having a first input terminal, a second input terminal coupled to the second output terminal of the filter circuit, and a first output terminal, and a continuous-conduction-mode charge pump PFC circuit including a first inductor having a first terminal coupled to the first input terminal and a second terminal coupled to the first output terminal of the filter circuit, a second inductor having a first terminal and a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first inductor and a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the second inductor.