• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.34S no.1
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• pp.145-153
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• 1997

This paper proposes a constant frequency controlled forward zero voltage switching multi resonant converter (ZVS-MRC) which operates with a fixed duty ratio. The proposed converter is obtained from a conventional forward ZVS-MRC by placing a saturable core in parallel with the secondary side of the transformer. Experimental results are presented for a proposed converter which operates at 1.5MHz switching frequency with an output power of 50W (5V/10A). The merits of the proposed converter include ; 1) reduced voltage stress to the main switch compared with the conventional counterpart, 2) ease on designing the magnetic components including EMI and output filter, and 3) simple control scheme.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.319-322
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• 1999

This paper presents a novel single-stage Power Factor Corrected(PFC) AC/DC forward converter with semi-automatic current shaping in order to achieve the unity power factor and an isolated output. Since the proposed circuit is combined a boost converter used for PFCs with a forward converter used for DC to DC conversion, the over-all size of system could be reduced. And thanks to the zero voltage switching(ZVS) in both switches, the voltage stress can be reduced considerably. A simple auxiliary circuit adopted into the secondary of transformer is composed of lossless components for reducing surge voltage. A prototype which has tow IGBT(Insulated Gate Bypolar Transistor) modules as switching device is manufactured to evaluate the proposed topology. The characteristics of the proposed circuit are tested, and the validity is verified by experimental results.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.369-371
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• 2006

Conventional active-clamp forward converter has narrow ZVS range of main switch. Although utilizing high magnetizing current can realize wide ZVS range, it increases the conduction loss. To solve this problem, a new asymmetric two-transformer active clamp forward converter is proposed. Proposed converter achieves wide ZVS range without severe conduction loss penalty, which results in high efficiency and high power density.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.13-14
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• 2010

The active clamp forward converter provides zero voltage switching and low voltage stress in wide input voltage range. It has a high efficiency at a high switching frequency and the clamped energy is recovered to the input stage. It is available for the power adaptor circuit of notebook computer. The adaptor with 19.5V/200W output power is designed for notebook computer. Specially, it is considered the transformer properties of the converter in design process. The organized process is checked by the validity from the test of the active clamp forward converter.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.55 no.7
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• pp.374-379
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• 2006

The switch mode power supply is a source of EMI with other equipment as well as with its own proper operation because of rapid changes in voltages and currents within a switching converter. The EMI is transmitted in two forms: radiated and conducted. Conducted noise consists of two categories known as the differential mode and the common mode. Common mode noise current is a major source of EMI in the switch mode Power supply. Recently, a current balancing technique has been studied to reduce the common mode noise. This paper investigates the reduction of common mode noise according to a node expansion of the switch mode power supply which is based on a current balancing technique. In this paper, seven PCB patterns of the forward converter are manufactured and experimented.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.188-189
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• 2007

Conventional active-clamp forward converter shows good performance in low power applications, however it suffers from a high voltage stress of switch and is not suitable for high input voltage applications. To solve this problem, a new multi-level active-clamp forward converter is proposed in this paper. Utilizing low rating switches, the proposed converter features high efficiency and low cost promising for high input voltage applications.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.183-184
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• 2011

본 논문은 전압 구동 형태와 전류 구동 형태의 특성을 모두 지니는 Forward-Flyback 컨버터의 특성을 이용하여 입력 전압 가변형 시스템에서의 적용에 대해 논의한다. Forward-Flyback 컨버터는 변압기의 턴비에 따라 입력 전압을 넘겨 Buck 컨버터처럼 동작하는 Forward 단과 변압기의 자화 인덕턴스에 흐르는 전류를 출력 단으로 넘겨 사용하는 Flyback 단이 존재하며 이 중 Forward 단의 동작 조건을 이용하여 출력 전압이 변할 경우 컨버터가 Forward-Flyback 컨버터와 Flyback 컨버터의 두 가지 형태 중 하나를 선택하여 동작하도록 분석 및 설계한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.20-30
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• 2017

A novel zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) push-pull forward converter with a parallel resonant network is presented in this paper. The novel topology can provide a releasing loop for the energy storage in a leakage inductor for the duration of the power switching by the resonant capacitors paralleled with the primary windings of the transformer. Then the transformer leakage inductor is utilized to be resonant with the parallel capacitor, and the ZVS operation is achieved. This converter exhibits many advantages such as lower duty-cycle losses, limited peak voltage across the rectifier diodes and a higher efficiency. Furthermore, the operating principles and key problems of the converter design are analyzed in detail, and the ZVS conditions are derived. A 500W experimental converter prototype has been built to verify the effectiveness of the proposed converter, and its maximum efficiency reaches 94.8%.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.350-354
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• 2003

This study proposes a new self-driven active clamp forward converter eliminating the extra drive circuit for the active clamp switch. The converter used the auxiliary winding of the power transformer to drive the active clamp switch and a simple R-C circuit to get the dead time between the two switches. The operation principle was presented and experimental results were used to verify theoretical predictions. A 100-W (5V/20A) prototype converter built that only exhibited 1.5-turn winding number in the auxiliary winding was sufficient to drive the active clamp switch on the input of 50V. Finally, the measured efficiency of the converter was presented and the maximum efficiency of 91% was obtained.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.242-246
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• 2001

The alternated forward multi resonant converter (AT forward MRC) is studied on the transient response and the measured loop gain for stability. The compensator is composed of the error amplifier with 3 poles and 2 zeros. This is optimized through the experiment with HP4194A network analyzer. We are initiated by the thinking of how to make the stabilization from the experimental results of loop gain curves. The loop gain, low frequency gain and gain margin are more improved through the experimental considerations. Also, the transient response is more enhanced effectively.