A method for driving a fluorescent lamp and an inverter circuit for
performing the same are used to reduce an amount of electromagnetic
interference (EMI) generated by a transformer and an instantaneous
loading of a DC voltage source. The inverter circuit comprises a DC
square wave voltage source, a bridge DC/AC converter, a transformer, a
feedback control unit and a voltage control circuit wherein the voltage
control circuit is coupled to the DC voltage source, the bridge DC/AC
converter and the feedback control unit. The voltage control circuit is
used to convert DC voltage provided by the DC voltage source into a
two-level DC square wave, which in turn converts the two-level DC square
wave into an AC quasi-sine wave to drive the fluorescent lamp through the
bridge DC/AC converter and the transformer. The feedback control unit
generates signals to control the voltage control circuit and the bridge
DC/AC converter.