August1997
Application Brief 42022
ML4833 220V Non-Dimming Ballast Design
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
CONVERSION
This Application Brief exists as a supplement to
Application Note 63. When used with Application Note
63, this document contains all the necessary information
to convert an ML4833 Evaluation Board into a low-cost,
non-dimming 220V ballast.
To convert the ML4833 Evaluation Board to the non-
dimming design described:
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4.
Remove the dimmer control interface
subassembly.
This power factor corrected, 60W non-dimming ballast
Remove components R2,R3, R16, C4, C5 and T5
(as shown in Figure 2). Ground LAMP FB.
operates over a 187 to 253V
line, and is designed to
RMS
power two series connected F32T8 lamps. The design
preserves the features of the dimming ballast, which
include:
Replace R24 and C22 with jumpers and change
the values of R21 and R5 per Table 1.
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0.99 minimum power factor
Less than 10% THD
The new components (R26, R27, C27 and D14)
can be assembled using available wiring at T5.
Shaded items in Table 1 indicate changes to the original
ML4833 Evaluation Board parts list.
Programmable starting sequence for low glow
current and extended lamp life
VENDOR LIST
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Greater than 92% efficiency
All American
Capsco
(800) 222-6001
On-chip thermal and lamp out detection circuitry
(800) 538-8587
Power down threshold for GFI or end of lamp life
protection
Future Active Inc.
Digi-Key Corp.
(800) 723-5817, (408) 434-9599
(800) 344-4539
The mode of operation used for preheating and striking of
the lamps is the widely accepted variable frequency, non-
overlapping inverter topology.
Premier Magnetics (714) 362-4211
R&D Electronic Parts (800) 675-1177
Specific details on power factor correction and resonant
lamp network design can be obtained from Application
Note 63.
PCB Engineering
(408) 946-2075
EMI
Inverter
PFC
Lamp
Network
Bridge
Filter
Rectifier
198 - 242
VAC
ML4833
Interrupt
Figure 1. Functional Block Diagram
REV. 1.0 10/25/2000