• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.484-492
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• 2010

Magnetic switch is a kind of saturable inductor, which utilizes nonlinearity of the magnetization curve of ferromagnetic materials. The right understanding of the saturation phenomena, magnetic properties, voltage-time product, and switching characteristics of the magnetic switch is essential in designing the magnetic pulse compressor (MPC). In this paper, the historical background of research on the MPC, fundamental physical properties of the magnetic switches, and application fields of the MPC are presented. Further, an in-depth analysis of pulse compression in series and parallel MPCs is incorporated. As practical application examples, a series MPC used for water treatments and a parallel MPC used for pulsed electric field (PEF) inactivation of bacteria are cited.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.97-98
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• 2012

본 논문은 코어의 다양한 재질, 단면적으로 인한 인덕터의 특성변화를 시뮬레이션 하기 위해 PSIM의 Saturable Core를 이용하여 인덕터 구성을 한다. 특히 전기자동차의 LDC (Low-voltage DC-DC Converter)용 인덕터의 Test-Bed를 구성하고, 인덕터 설계 시 코어의 변화에 따른 인덕터 특성의 변화를 시뮬레이션을 통해 구현한다. 또한 설계된 인덕터를 시뮬레이션에 구현하여 비 이상적인 특성을 가지는 인덕터를 구현하고, 이를 통해 시뮬레이션을 통한 인덕터 검증의 필요성을 제시한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.699-707
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• 2012

This paper proposes a single-stage half-bridge electronic ballast with a high power factor using only a single coupled inductor. Compared to conventional high power factor electronic ballasts, the proposed ballast is a simpler circuit with a low cost and a high reliability. The proposed ballast is made up of a power-factor-correction (PFC) circuit and a self-oscillating class-D inverter. The PFC and inverter stages of the proposed ballast are simplified by sharing only a single coupled inductor and two common switches. The proposed PFC circuit can achieve a high power factor and low voltage stresses of the switches. A saturable transformer in the self-oscillating class-D inverter determines the switching frequency of the ballast. Experimental results obtained on a 30W fluorescent lamp are discussed.

• 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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• 2014.11a
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• pp.89-90
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• 2014

본 논문은 자기스위치를 이용한 펄스압축용 시뮬레이터의 개발과 결과에 대해 기술하였다. 이를 위해 펄스압축기술을 소개하고 자기스위치가 적용된 펄스압축 시뮬레이터의 전체구성과 각 구성품의 역할을 설명하였다. 또한 제품제작을 통한 구현과 부하시험을 통해 시험결과를 비교하고 설계의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07f
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• pp.2097-2099
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• 1998

This paper proposed an improvement in the Buck ZC-ZVS converter Presented in [1]. This is achieved by change the auxiliary switch position, which reduces its rating power. By employing saturable inductor, the maximum voltage stress across the main switch becomes constant and independent of the load current. Operating principle of Buck proposed topolo described and confirmed by simulation results.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1992.07b
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• pp.988-991
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• 1992

A new zero voltage switching PWN converter family is presented by using a new ZVS PWN module (ZPM) with a saturable inductor which prevents diode junction capacitors and a commutation inductor from resonating. The new converters show almost all characteristics of the conventional PWN converters. A boost ZVS PWN converter is applied to a power factor correction circuit. It operates on an continuous conduction mode. Experimental results for output power of 1kW are presented.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1989.07a
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• pp.637-641
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• 1989

We have developed 3-stage of Magnetic Switch System based on the nonlinearities of ferromagnetic material used in the saturable inductor, and made experiment of parameter optimization and output stabilization of Magnetic Switch System. The cross-section and conductor burns of each satarable inductor were optimized 30 $cm^2$ 19.25 $cm^2$ 5, and 25 $cm^2$ 2, respectively. With this condition, 6.2 us [FWHM], 96 A pulse at first stage was compressed into 0.4 us[FWHM], 1.61 kA pulse at last stage. The current gain and compression ratio were 16.8, 17, respectively. ln addition, System output was stabilized with reset current of 6 A, 200 us.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.386-393
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• 2000

This paper presents an improved ZVS partial series resonant DC/DC converter (PSRC) with low conduction losses, suitable for high power and high frequency applications. The proposed PSRC have advantages of zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) of main switches for entire load ranges low conduction losses of main switches by decreasing current stresses. Also the reduction of the effective duty cycle is not occurred during the resonant period of the main circuit because the auxiliary circuit of the proposed converter is placed out of the main power path. The auxiliary circuit is composed with passive components, which are an inductor, two capacitors, two diodes, and a saturable inductor. An improved ZVS PSRC has so much characteristics with respect to the overall system efficiency and to the reduction of current stresses. The operation principles of the proposed converter are explained in detail and the various simulated and experimental results show the validity of the proposed converter.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.478-484
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• 2004

In this paper, two lossless snubber cells are proposed to generalize high frequency converter with losslless snubber. The selecting of snubber cells, which generalize high frequency converters, are depended on converter topologies. The cells have a saturable inductor, LC resonant tank and two diodes. In the cells, the saturable inductors extremely reduce resonant energy in the LC resonant tank. By minimizing resonant energy, the converter, which applies snubber cells, can operate at high frequency. These cells are applied for Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost, Cuk, ZETA, and SEPIC to generalize converter which have lossless snubber. The boost type converter has been implemented, with 400 kHz switching frequency for 125 W load to verify the converter characteristics.