• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.397-400
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• 2006

An optimized iron core structure of stimulating coil are presented in order to control the induced electric field distribution using the Continuum Design Sensitivity Analysis (CDSA) combined with a commercially available generalized finite element code (OPERA). The results show that a Figure-Of-Eight (FOE) coil as well as a circular coil with the proposed iron core structure can increase induced electric field intensity by more than two times and make better field localization, compared with those of existing stimulation coil with a air core. After considering manufacturing constraints, a practical iron core structure based on the proposed optimized one is proposed and its performance is analyzed.