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Joel S. Spira

Publications -  2
Citations -  113

Joel S. Spira is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: AC power & Inverter. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 113 citations.

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Single switch electronic dimming ballast

TL;DR: An electronic ballast for driving at least one gas discharge lamp from a source of AC power which has a substantially sinusoidal line voltage at a given line frequency is presented in this paper.
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Electronic ballast having improved power factor and total harmonic distortion

TL;DR: An electronic ballast for driving a gas discharge lamp includes a rectifier, a valley-fill circuit, an inverter having first and second series-connected controllably conductive switches having complementary duty cycles, and an independent cat ear power supply to provide power to the ballast control circuits.