An Analysis of Neon Tube Inverters with Piezoelectric Transformers Using Pspice Model

압전 트랜스포머를 적용한 네온관용 인버터에서의 Pspice 모델을 이용한 특성분석

Typically, dimensions of the power circuit depend on magnetic components, heat sink, and smoothing capacitor, etc. For the miniaturization of the power circuit, one of the solutions is that bulky magnetic transformer in previously used is replaced by a piezoelectric transformer. Therefore, since many systems are attempted to apply the piezoelectric transformers, a new piezoelectric material is tending to be developed continuously. In this paper, an analysis of neon tube inverters with piezoelectric transformers are presented by Pspice modeling. Simulation results show that it is possible to apply a piezoelectric transformer to neon tube inverters with high conversion efficiency