• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.787-792
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• 2011

In this paper, a new three phase soft switching inverter is presented. All of the semiconductor elements of this converter are soft switched. Employing only two auxiliary switches as DC-link switches and a simple control circuit are the advantages of the proposed inverter. The analytical equations and operating modes of the presented inverter are explained in details. The design considerations are presented and the experimental results verify the theoretical analysis.

• 한국컴퓨터산업학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2007

피부과용 레이저 파장은 아주 얇은층의 조직두께에서 물의 흡수가 거의 90%이상 일어나는데 병소의 표피나 조직은 거의 물로 구성되어 흡수로 인해 증발효과를 가질 수가 있다. 표피를 절개, 층별로 증발 시킬 수 있으며 조직의 정확한 절개가 가능하다. 혈관이나 림프시스템에도 봉합수술이 가능하고 수술부위가 건조하고 눈으로 볼수 있고 무출혈 수술이 가능하다. 특히, 펄스에 대한 튜브양단 출력의 안정이 매우 중요함으로, 본 연구에서는 고주파 방식의 전력변환 장치를 사용하여 부피를 줄이고 의료용 레이저의 전류파형을 쉽게 제어할 수 있어 다양한 치료 효과를 낼 수 있다. ZVS(Zero Voltage Switching)나 ZVZCS(Zero Voltage and Zero Current Switching)를 도입하면 스위칭 손실을 줄일 수 있어 더욱 유리하다. 제안된 의료용 레이저의 전력부에는 1차측 도움에 의한 ZVZCS기법을 도입하여 넓은 부하 범위에서 안정된 soft-switching을 할 수가 있고 제어부는 microcontroller를 구성하여 출력전류 파형을 사용자가 임의의 형태를 갖도록 하였다. 설계 및 제작하여 실험한 결과, 기존장비에 비해 20%의 향상된 결과를 가져왔고, 추후 시스템적으로 보완을 하면 우수한 결과가 될 것으로 사려된다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.143-151
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• 2018

In this paper, a novel hybrid configuration combining a phase-shift full-bridge (PSFB) and a half-bridge resonant LLC converter is proposed for the On-Board Charger of Electric Vehicles (EVs). In the proposed converter, the PSFB converter shares the lagging-leg switches with half-bridge resonant converter to achieve the wide ZVS range for the switches and to improve the efficiency. The output voltage is modulated by the effective-duty-cycle of the PSFB converter. The proposed converter employs an active reset circuit composed of an active switch and a diode for the transformer which makes it possible to achieve zero circulating current and the soft switching characteristic of the primary switches and rectifier diodes regardless of the load, thereby making the converter highly efficient and eliminating the reverse recovery problem of the diodes. In addition an optimal power sharing strategy is proposed to meet the specification of the charger and to optimize the efficiency of the converter. The operation principle the proposed converter and design considerations for high efficiency are presented. A 6.6 kW prototype converter is fabricated and tested to evaluate its performance at different conditions. The peak efficiency achieved with the proposed converter is 97.7%.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.45-55
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• 2018

It is usually difficult for dual-active-bridge (DAB) dc-dc converters to operate efficiently at light loads. This paper presents an in-depth analysis of a DAB with triple-phase-shift (TPS) control under the light load condition to overcome this problem. A kind of operating mode which is suitable for light load operation is analyzed in this paper. First, an analysis of the zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) constraints for the DAB converter has been carried out and a reasonable dead-band setting method has been proposed. Secondly, the basic operating characteristics of the converter are analyzed. Third, under the condition of satisfying the ZVS constraints, both the reactive power and the root mean square (RMS) value of the current are simultaneously minimized and a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is employed to analyze and solve this optimization problem. Lastly, both simulations and experiments are carried out to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The experimental results show that the converter can effectively achieve ZVS and improved efficiency.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제67권3호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2018

Arc lamps are now widely utilized as illumination sources for a large number of investigations in wide-field fluorescence microscopy. Among many power converters for the lamp, the PSFB (Phase-Shift Full-Bridge) converter with the ZVS (Zero Voltage Switching) is the most widely used soft switched circuit in high-power applications. Also, in the most luminaries, the power factor has to be more and more important. Thus, the power factor correction(PFC) must be included in the power system. A new igniter module using the switching power device and the transformer is proposed instead of the conventional igniter using the mechanical contactor. The proposed converter with the high power factor and high efficiency is verified through the experimental works.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2009년도 제40회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1009_1010
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• 2009

This paper presents a power supply system with pre-regulator using zero voltage switching (ZVS) interleaving two-transistor forward converter for high input voltage and high power application. A SMPS has a advantage that a good efficiency, small size and light weight but has a noise problem. A linear power supply system has a advantage that a good stability, low ripple and noise but has a disadvantage that a big size, low efficiency and heat problem. To alleviate these problems, we propose an power supply system using dual ZVS interleaving two-transistor forward pre-regulator. The proposed converter is verified on a 1kW, 50kHz experimental prototype.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2005년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.774-777
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• 2005

In this paper, a constant frequency phase shifting PWM controlled voltage source full bridge-type series load resonant high-frequency inverter using the IGBT power modules is presented for innovative consumer electromagnetic induction heating applications such as a hot water producer, steamer and super heated steamer. The full bridge arm side link passive quasi-resonant capacitor snubbers in parallel with the each power semiconductor device and high frequency AC load side linked active edge inductive snubber-assisted series load resonant tank soft switching inverter with a constant frequency phase shifted PWM control scheme is discussed and evaluated on the basis of the simulation and experimental results. It is proved from a practical point of view that the series load resonant and edge resonant hybrid high-frequency soft switching PWM inverter topology, what is called class DE type. including the variable-power variable-frequency(VPVF) regulation function can expand zero voltage soft switching commutation range even under low output power setting ranges, which is more suitable and acceptable for induction heated dual packs fluid heater developed newly for consumer power utilizations. Furthermore, even in the lower output power regulation mode of this high-frequency load resonant tank high frequency inverter circuit it is verified that this inverter can achieve ZVS with the aid of the single auxiliary inductor snubber.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.69-74
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• 1999

This paper presents about a example of circuit design and characteristics of proposed circuit in the case of adopted the high frequency resonant Inverter of SEPP type using ZVS(Zero-Voltage-Switching) to the Induction heating load. The soft switching technology known as ZVS is used to reduce turn on and off loss at switching. Also, this paper realizes quantitative circuit analysis which has change the equivalent of Induction heating load to the electric circuit. According to the calculated characteristics value, a method of the circuit designs and operation characteristics of the Inverter is proposed. In addition, this paper proves the propriety of theoretical analysis through the experiment. The proposed inverter shows it can be practically used as power source system for induction heating Jar etc.

• 한국조명전기설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국조명전기설비학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.384-387
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• 2009

There is an increasing demand for efficient high power/weight auxiliary power supplies for use on high speed traction application. Many new conversion techniques have been proposed to reduce the voltage and current stress of switching components, and the switching losses in the traditional pulse width modulation (PWM) converter. Especially, the phase shift full bridge zero voltage switching PWM techniques are thought must desirable for many applications because this topology permits all switching devices to operate under zero voltage switching(ZVS) by using circuit parasitic components such as leakage inductance of high frequency transformer and power device junction capacitance. The proposed topology is found to have higher efficiency than conventional soft-switching converter. Also it is easily applicable to phase shift full bridge converter by applying an energy recovery snubber consisted of fast recovery diodes and capacitors.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2001년도 Proceedings ICPE 01 2001 International Conference on Power Electronics
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• pp.217-221
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• 2001

This paper presents a new prototype of soft-switching DC-DC power converter with a high frequency transformer link which has two active power controlled switches in full bridge rectifier with capacitor input type smoothing filter. In this DC-DC converter, ZVS of the inverter in transformer primary side and ZCS of active rectifier area in secondary side can be completely achieved by taking advantage of parasitic inductor component of high-frequency transformer and loss less snubbing capacitors. Its operation principle and salient features are described. The steady-state operating characteristics of the proposed DC-DC power converter are illustrated and discussed on the basis of the simulation results in addition to the experimental ones obtained by 2kw-40kHz power converter breadboard set up.