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Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: International Rectifier | Subject: IRS2168D
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 12 February 2007

Ballast chip simplifies multiple-lamp
circuits

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High-voltage IC integrates PFC, ballast control and 600V half-bridge driver in a compact 16-lead SO package.

International Rectifier has introduced the IRS2168D fully integrated and protected high-voltage integrated circuit (HVIC) for advanced electronic linear fluorescent lamp ballasts that incorporate active power factor correction (PFC) The new IC integrates PFC, ballast control and 600V half-bridge driver in a compact 16-lead SO package and features a wide range input voltage PFC to simplify complex multiple-lamp circuits offering a fault counter on the current-sense pin for multiple-lamp ballasts and cycle-by-cycle protection on the PFC side for high reliability