• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2005

This paper presents a novel prototype of an active auxiliary quasi-resonant snubber(Auxiliary Quasi-Resonant Commutation Block-Link; ARCB)-assisted three phase voltage source soft switching space voltage vector modulated PFC rectifier, which uses Zero Voltage Soft Switching (ZVS) commutation. The operating principles of this digitally-controlled three phase soft switching PWM-PFC rectifier system with an instantaneous power feedback scheme are illustrated and its steady-state performance is evaluated using computer-aided simulation analysis.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 전기기기 및 에너지변환시스템부문
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• pp.134-139
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• 2005

This paper presents a cost effective quasi-resonant soft-switching PWM high frequency inverter with minimum circuit components. This inverter can achieve wider soft commutation, simpler power circuit configuration, smaller volumetric size, lower cost and wider power regulation range, higher-efficiency as compared with single ended quasi-resonant ZVS-PFM inverter and active voltage clamped quasi-resonant ZVS-PWM inverter. The operation principle of the proposed inverter is described on the basis of the simulation and experimental results, together with its operating performances in steady state. The operating performances of this unique proposed high frequency inverter based on ZVS and ZCS arms-related soft commutation principle is evaluated and discussed as compared with the active voltage-clamped ZVS-PWM inverter and a conventional single-ended ZVS-PFM inverter. The practical effectiveness of a novel type quasi-resonant soft-switching PWM high frequency inverter using IGBT is actually proved for consumer induction heated appliances as rice cooker, hot water producer, steamer and super heated steamer. The extended bidirectional circuit topology of quasi-resonant PWM high frequency inverter with minimum circuit components is demonstrated, which operate as the direct frequency changer.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 컨버터를 일정한 주파수로 제어할 수 있는 쿼지 공진형 컨버터를 제안하였다. 제안된 컨버터의 스위치는 쿼지 공진형 컨버터와 유사하게 고주파에서 고효율로 동작할 수 있도록 소프트 스위칭 특성을 갖는다. 또한, 쿼지 공진형 컨버터는 출력전압의 제어를 위해 컨버터의 스위칭 주파수를 변동시키는 데 비하여 제안된 컨버터는 일정한 주파수로 PWM 제어가 가능하다. 따라서 필터설계 및 EMI 필터설계의 최적화가 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 컨버터의 스위치 모드를 해석하여 컨버터의 동작원리를 기술하고, 컨버터의 스위치가 소프트 스위칭 조건을 만족하여 고주파에서도 동작할 수 있음을 보였다. 또한, DC-DC 컨버터에 대하여 100 kHz의 스위칭 주파수로 동작시켜 컨버터가 일정한 주파수로 PWM 제어되는 특성을 비롯한 컨버터의 특성을 시뮬레이션과 실험으로 증명하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.860-873
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• 2017

The present article reports an analysis and investigation of a direct AC-AC quasi-resonant converter. A bidirectional power device, whose switching frequency is lower than the frequency of the current passing through the load, is used for its realization. The zero voltage switching mode is described when zero voltage on the power device is available by measuring it with the control system. The continuous current in the resonant inductance by switching the power device at zero voltage is considered, and it is characterized by two sub-modes. A mathematical analysis of the processes has been made and comparative results from the computer simulation and experimental study have been brought. The converter can be used in a wide areas of power electronics: induction heating, wireless power transfer, AC-DC converters, etc.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.477-483
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• 2010

This paper is studied on a novel buck-boost isolated converter for high efficiency and high power factor. The switching devices in the proposed converter are operated by soft switching technique using a new quasi-resonant circuit, and are driven with discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) according to pulse width modulation (PWM). The quasi-resonant circuit makes use of a step up-down inductor and a loss-less snubber capacitor. The proposed converter with DCM also simplifies the requirement of control circuit and reduces a number of control components. The input ac current waveform in the proposed converter becomes a quasi sinusoidal waveform in proportion to the magnitude of input ac voltage under constant switching frequency. As a result, it is obtained by the proposed converter that the switching power losses are low, the efficiency of the converter is high, and the input power factor is nearly unity. The validity of analytical results is confirmed by some simulation results on computer and experimental results.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.384-394
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• 1999

This paper deals with a fixed frequency full-bridge inverter type DC-DC high-power converter with high frequency high voltage(HFHV) transformer-coupled stage, which operates under quasi-resonant ZVS transition priciple in spite of a wide PWM-based voltage regulation processing and largely-changed load conditions. This multi-resonant(MR) converter topology is composed of a series capacitor-connected parallel resonant tank which makes the most of parasitic circuit reactive components of HFHV transformer and two additional quasi-resonant pole circuits incorporated into the bridge legs. The soft-switching operation and practical efficacy of this new converter circuit using the latest IGBTs are actually ascertained through 50kV trially-produced converter system operating using 20kHz/30kHz high voltage(HV) transformers which is applied for driving the diagnostic HV X-ray tube load in medical equipments. It is proved from a practical point of view that the switching losses of IGBTs and their electrical dynamic stresses relating to EMI noise can be considerably reduced under a high frequency(HF) switching-based phase-shift PWM control process for a load setting requirements.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.170-175
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• 2000

삼상 소프트 스위칭 응용을 위한 새로운 유사병렬 공진형 DC-link 인버터를 제안한다. 제안된 인버터의 기존의 공진형 인버터의 단점인 전압 Stress와 PWM 제한 문제를 단지 하나의 추가 스위칭 소자를 사용하여 해결할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 인버터의 동작모드 분석을 통하여 회로의 동작을 자세히 설명하고 공진소자의 설계방법을 제안한다. 마지막으로 실험을 통하여 제안된 인버터의 타당성을 검증한다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2001년도 Proceedings ICPE 01 2001 International Conference on Power Electronics
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• pp.232-235
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• 2001

This paper presents a circuit of the quasi-resonant DC link to achieve soft-switching three phase inverter using intelligent IGBT power module. The soft-switching operation in this circuit is confirmed simulation and experimental results. Its conductive noise is measured for electrical AC motor drive as compared with that of the conventional hard switching inverter.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.1646-1654
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• 2015

In this paper, a single-switch ZVZCS quasi-resonant CLL isolated DC-DC converter for driving a low-power (less than 100 W) 32'' LED backlighting liquid crystal display television (LCD TV) is proposed. The proposed converter exhibits both forward and flyback operational characteristics. All semiconductors are activated and deactivated under the soft switching conditions during the switching transition without additional active devices. The switching frequency varies less than about 10 kHz for load variations, leading to minimizing the efficiency reduction under light load. Furthermore, the low di/dt and dv/dt by soft switching enhance the electromagnetic interference (EMI) performance above 1 MHz. A theoretical analysis is described in detail, and a 72-W prototype converter verifies the validity of the analysis.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2011

In this paper, a new soft switching three phase inverter with a quasi-resonant dc-link is presented. The proposed inverter has a dc-link switch and an auxiliary switch. The inverter switches are turned on and off under zero voltage switching condition and all auxiliary circuit switches and diodes are also soft switched. The control utilizes PWM and the auxiliary switch does not require an isolated gate drive circuit. In this paper, the operation analysis and design considerations of the proposed soft switching inverter are discussed. The presented experimental results of a realized prototype confirm the theoretical analysis.