• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10c
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• pp.172-174
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• 2005

A ZVZCS(Zero-Voltage and Zero-Current-Switching) Three-Level DC/DC Convertor reducing voltage stress of auxiliary circuit is proposed. The principle of operation, feature and design considerations are illustrated and verified through the experiment with a 2kW 40kHz IGBT based experimental circuit.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.1-2
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 친환경 차량의 On-board charger를 위한 ZVZCS 하프브리지 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안하는 컨버터는 다이오드에 병렬 연결된 작은 커패시터로 인하여 Asymmetrical PWM 스위칭시의 단점인 상 하측 스위치의 전류 비대칭성을 완화시키며 스위치 최대 전류를 감소시켜 턴오프 손실을 줄일수 있다. 또한 다이오드 턴오프시 dv/dt가 매우 작아 스위칭 손실 및 노이즈를 최소화 할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.643-645
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• 1999

The conventional high frequency phase-shifted full bridge dc/dc converter has a disadvantage that a circulating current flows through transformer and switching devices during the freewheeling interval. Due to this circulating current, RMS current stress, conduction losses of transformer and switching devices are increased. To alleviate this problem, this paper provides a circulating current free type high frequency soft switching phase-shifted full bridge (FB) dc/dc converter with the modified energy recovery snubber (ERS) attached at the secondary side of transforemr.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07f
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• pp.2518-2521
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• 1999

A Full-bridge zero-voltage zero-current switching (ZVZCS) converter using transformer auxiliary winding is analyzed. A complete small-signal model for the control scheme is developed. The propoed model is accurate up to half the switching frequency. The dynamic characteristics are compared with those of the zero-voltage switching converter and buck converter. Model predictions are confirmed by experimental measurements.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07f
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• pp.2512-2514
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• 1999

A new zero voltage and zero current switching(ZVZCS) full bridge DC-DC converter with transformer isolation is proposed for arc welding machines. The proposed DC-DC converter uses an auxiliary transformer to obtain ZCS for leading leg, which provides load current control capability even in short circuit condition. The auxiliary circuit also operates in ZVZCS mode. The power rating of the auxiliary transformer is about 10% of the main transformer. The operation is verified by experiments for 12[KW] prototype.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.400-408
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• 2007

In this paper, development of the 8kW parallel module converter is presented. For a effective configuration of FB-PWM converter, this paper proposes 4-parallel operation of 2 kw-module. FB converter of 2-kW module is controlled by phase shut PWM and in order to achieve ZVZCS, the simple auxiliary circuit is applied in secondary side. In order to achieve ZCS, control logic for auxiliary circuit operation is designed to reset the primary current during free-wheeling period. For output current sharing of 4-modules, the charge control is employed. The charge control logic is designed with phase shift PWM logic. Voltage controller is implemented by using DSP(TMS320LF2406) with A/D conversion data of the output current and voltage of each module. The developed converter is installed in PCU(Power Conditioning Unit) for HSG(High Speed Generator) in a vehicle and health monitoring system is implemented for vehicle operation test. Finally, performance of the developed converter is proved under practical operation of HSG.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.07f
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• pp.2204-2206
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• 1997

A novel zero voltage and zero current switching (ZVZCS) full bridge (FB) PWM converter with a low output current ripple is proposed. The proposed circuit improve the demerits of the previously presented ZVBCS-FB-PWM converters[5-8] such as use of lossy components or additional active switches. A simple auxiliary circuit which includes neither lossy components nor active switches provides ZVZCS conditions to primary switches, ZVS for leading-leg switches and ZCS for lagging-leg switches. In addition, this proposed circuit reduces a output current ripple considerably. Many advantages including simple circuit topology, high efficiency, low cost and low current ripple make the new converter attractive far high power (> 1kW) applications.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.1902-1915
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• 2017

This paper presents the evaluation of a three-phase three-level DC-DC converter which achieves the soft switching condition for all switches in the circuit and uses the phase-shift PWM strategy to adjust electric power at the output side. According to the analysis, the operation modes can be categorized into two cases: in the first case, where the phase shift angle is less than 120 degrees and in the second case, where the phase shift angle is more than 120 degrees. The outer switches of the circuit operate under ZVS condition and the inner switches operate under ZVZCS condition. It has been discovered that under ZCS condition of the inner switches, when the blocking capacitors decrease, they make the voltage across the blocking capacitor higher so the current reduce rapidly. A three-phase three-level DC-DC converter has a maximum efficiency of 93.5% when its load is of 5.7 kW. The results from the experiment have been compared to the results obtained by the $MATLAB^{(R)}$ simulator in order to confirm the validity of the proposed converter.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.518-525
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• 2005

The paper proposes a novel ZVZCS PWM converter. It enables the main switch to be turned on/off with both zero voltage and zero current, the auxiliary switch to be turned on/off with ZCS, the rectifier diode to be turned on/off with ZVS. Moreover, this proposed soft switching technique is suitable for not only minority carrier device but also majority carrier semiconductor device. Since auxiliary resonant circuit of the proposed boost converter is placed out of the main power path, therefore, there are no voltage and current stresses on the main switch and diode. The operation of the proposed boost converter is explained and analyzed theoretical and experimentally, from a prototype operating at 100KHz.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.334-335
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 절연이 요구되지 않는 고승압 응용에 적합한 비절연 고승압 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안하는 컨버터는 기존의 부스트 컨버터에 비해 약 2배의 승압비를 가지며 스위치와 다이오드의 전압 정격이 1/2로 감소되어 RDS(ON)이 작은 소자를 선정할 수 있다. 또한 스위치의 ZVS 턴온과 ZCS 턴오프가 성취되며 보조 회로의 공진을 이용함으로서 기존 방식에 비해 스위치의 턴오프 전류가 낮아져 스위칭 손실이 감소한다. 2kW의 시작품을 제작하여 제안하는 컨버터의 타당성을 검증하였다.