• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.07f
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• pp.2168-2170
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• 1997

A paralled-loaded electronic ballast operating slighty above its resonant frequency is selected because of the high voltage gains. It is shown that the ballast can be designed to operate under Zero Voltage Switching(ZVS) conditions. Pspice simulation is useful in predicting the waveformes and rms of lamp voltage and current.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.07a
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• pp.492-494
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• 1996

This paper describes a study on the series resonant inverter using the double full-bridge, and the output voltage of the proposed inverter is controlled by phase shift angle of the outputs of two inverters. These control schemes can be reduce the switching loss and EMI, etc, which the inverter is drived by auto following control of output frequency, because it is impossible for switching devices to be always turned on and off at zero voltage or zero current. Theoretical characteristics of the proposed double inverter circuit are compared with Pspice simulation and experimental results.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.235-238
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• 2003

This paper presents an ZVT(Zero Voltage Transition) Forward Converter using Primary Auxiliary Circuit operation. An auxiliary resonant circuit was added to the basic forward converter, implementing the fVT technique for the main switch. The switch employed by the auxiliary circuit operates under Zero-Current-Switching(ZCS) condition. The complete operating principle, simulation and experimental results are presented

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1997.07a
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• pp.116-123
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• 1997

This paper was described about principle and form of proposed circuit made use of soft switching technology ZVS(Zero Voltages Switching) and ZCS(Zero Current Switching) to reduce turn on and off loss at switching. Also, the analysis of the proposed circuit is described generally by using normalized parameter and basic operating principle and driving characteristics have been evaluated as to switching frequency and load p arameter. Based on the characteristics value, a method of circuit design is proposed. In addition, Pspice's simulation and experimental waveforms are compared with theoretical ones. The experimental results shows that the proposed Inverter can be used practically such as power source system for induction cooker etc.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1991.07a
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• pp.850-853
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• 1991

This paper suggests a triple laminated piezoelectric ceramic filter composed of three piezoelectric ceramic vibrators and two sheets of thin insulator, and an equivalent circuit of the filter and several expressions for the resonant frequency; voltage, current, and power gains under the various loads and frequencies; and phase differences between the input and the output voltages are introduced and simulated from its equivalent circuit when two outputs from the side vibrators are connected in series. Those expressions show that this filter has not only a filtering function but also an amplifying function.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.35 no.7
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• pp.563-568
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• 2011

The various properties such as the electric current distribution, resonant frequency and radiation patterns of open-ended meander slot antenna placed on a small ground plane, are investigated to give the help in performing antenna design. Based upon these characteristics, the designed antenna which is only 22mm($0.06{\lambda}_g$) in height and 31mm($0.09{\lambda}_g$) in width can operate at the 433 MHz with the measured radiation efficiency of 8% and end-fire radiation pattern. These properties make the antenna suitable for the handheld device such as the wireless remote controller.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.60 no.4
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• pp.246-252
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• 2011

In this paper proposes the soft-switching boost converter and MPPT control for improving the efficiency of PV system. The proposed converter designed H-bridge auxiliary resonant circuit. By this circuit, all of the switching devices perform the soft switching under the zero voltage and zero current condition. Therefore the periodic switching losses can be decreased at turn on, off. The soft switching boost converter designs for 1.5[kW] solar module of the power conversion. Thus, this soft switching boost converter is simulated by MATLAB simulation using Newton-Method algorithm. As a result, Proposed Soft Switching Converter compared to a typical boost converter switching loss was reduced about 61%. And the overall system efficiency was verified to increase about 3.3%.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.217-225
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• 2014

This paper deals with the optimization of the driving techniques for the ZVT synchronous buck converter proposed in [1]. Two new gate drive circuits are proposed to allow this converter to operate by only one control signal as a 12V voltage regulator module (VRM). Voltage-driven method is applied for the synchronous rectifier. In addition, the control signal drives the main and auxiliary switches by one driving circuit. Both of the circuits are supplied by the input voltage. As a result, no supply voltage is required. This approach decreases both the complexity and cost in converter hardware implementation and is suitable for practical applications. In addition, the proposed SR driving scheme can also be used for many high frequency resonant converters and some high frequency discontinuous current mode PWM circuits. The ZVT synchronous buck converter with new gate drive circuits is analyzed and the presented experimental results confirm the theoretical analysis.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.835-844
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• 2009

In this paper a new buck-boost type DC-DC converter is presented. Its voltage gain is positive, all active elements operate under soft-switching condition independent of loading, magnetic isolation and self output short-circuit protection exist, and very fast dynamic operation is achievable by a simple bang-bang controller. This converter also exhibits appropriate PFC characteristics since its input current is inherently proportional to the source voltage. When the voltage source is off-line, it is sufficient to add an inductor after the rectifier, then near unity power factor is achievable. All essential guidelines to design the converter as a DC-DC and a PFC regulator are presented. Simulation and experimental results verify the developed theoretical analysis.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.394-395
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• 2011

In order to increase the power conversion efficiency and improve the power factor, a modified forward converter is proposed, which adopts a capacitive output filter instead of the inductive output filter of the conventional forward converter. Therefore, the proposed converter has wide input voltage range in opposite to that of the conventional forward converters. Moreover, the proposed converter uses the critical conduction mode for automatic current shaping to improve the power factor. As a result, the proposed converter can achieve quasi-resonant zero-voltage-switching, which can minimize the switching loss of main MOSFET. In addition, the operational principle of the proposed converter is analyzed and the characteristic of the proposed converter is investigated in this paper. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed converter, a prototype of 13W is implemented and the experimental results are discussed in more detail.