Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: International Rectifier | Subject: IR2520D
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 04 June 2004
Lighting chip offers adaptive ballast
control
The IR2520D is a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) ballast control IC that can adapt to changing supply voltage, frequency and lamp conditions to increase lamp life and reliability.
The IR2520D is a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) ballast control IC that can adapt to changing supply voltage, frequency and lamp conditions to increase lamp life and reliability All necessary ballast features are integrated into a single 8-pin DIP or SOIC, reducing parts count, simplifying circuits and increasing reliability
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Lighting consumes about 22% of the electricity in the USA, according to Rocky Mountain Institute".
"We can save up to 60% of the electricity flowing to incandescent bulbs by replacing them with CFLs".
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