• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1190-1199
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• 2015

This paper presents a new resonant converter to achieve the soft switching of power devices. Two full-bridge converters are connected in series to clamp the voltage stress of power switches at V_in/2. Thus, power MOSFETs with a 500V voltage rating can be used for 800V input voltage applications. Two flying capacitors are connected on the AC side of the two full-bridge converters to automatically balance the two split input capacitor voltages in every switching cycle. Two resonant tanks are used in the proposed converter to share the load current and to reduce the current stress of the passive and active components. If the switching frequency is less than the series resonant frequency of the resonant tanks, the power MOSFETs can be turned on under zero voltage switching, and the rectifier diodes can be turned off under zero current switching. The switching losses on the power MOSFETs are reduced and the reverse recovery loss is improved. Experiments with a 1.5kW prototype are provided to demonstrate the performance of the proposed converter.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.477-486
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• 2010

Recently, Power Conditioning System (PCS) tends to become more compact, and tends to require higher efficiency, and higher power density with better performance. To meet these requirements, a novel topology consisted of LLC resonant inverter with two resonant tanks for low power losses and Low Frequency (LF) cyclo-converter for sine wave filtering is proposed. The operating schemes are analyzed and described. A 400W proto product is built, tested and verified the performances by connecting the 110Vac 60Hz utility line.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.466-476
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• 2010

In this paper, for the notebook adapter with power level below approximately 60W, a novel LLC resonant converter preceded by diode rectifier with a capacitor filter is presented. Due to the switching operation of the auxiliary switching device, the proposed LLC resonant converter can deliver power with the high efficiency characteristics from the universal line(110VAC/220VAC) and load conditions. The operating schemes on the proposed converter are analyzed and described. A 60W prototype product is built, tested and verified.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.406-414
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• 2009

To cope with the high power density and low cost in switching power supply, LLC resonant converters with the two resonant tank circuits composed of resonance capacitors and two transformers are proposed in this paper. Each transformers used for the proposed resonant circuits are parallel connected in the primary and series connected in the secondary to reduce the current unbalance. The proposed LLC resonant converters are described and verified on 300W experimental prototype.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.121-128
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• 2012

In this paper, a new planar transformer with a novel core configuration that can regulate the leakage inductance is proposed and described in detail. In order to design the slim size power system for flat panel TV, Two planar transformers applied to LLC resonant converter are connected in series at primary and in parallel by the center-tap winding at secondary. In this paper, a 300W low profile LLC resonant converter was built and tested to verify the proposed planar transformer.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.283-286
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.491-492
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• 2010

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.625-626
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• 2012

A coupled magnetic resonance system (CMRS) using compact coil sets with core driven by a class-E inverter was proposed. The source and load coils of conventional CMRS were replaced with two coils containing core so that the system can be quite compact in size and easy to design due to a resonance frequency for all resonant tanks regardless of coupling factor. Experiments for 500 kHz switching frequency show 40% system efficiency.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.382-395
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• 2011

In this paper, for adapter with power level below approximately 60W, a novel LLC resonant converter preceded by diode rectifier with a capacitor filter is presented. Due to the switching operation of the auxiliary switching device, the proposed LLC resonant converter can deliver power with the high efficiency characteristics from the universal line($110V_{AC}$/ $220V_{AC}$) and load conditions. The operating schemes on the proposed converter are analyzed and described. A 60W prototype product is built, tested and verified.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.10-12
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 전원장치의 슬림화 및 저 가격을 위해 독립된 공진 탱크로 구성된 LLC 공진 컨버터를 제안하였다. 적용된 변압기는 슬림화를 위하여 두 개로 나누었으며 각 변압기에 독립된 공진 탱크를 구성하였다. 또한 두 개의 변압기의 2차 측 권선을 각각 교차하여 직렬로 연결하였고 부하변동에 대해서 상호 커플링 되어 있어서 12V출력 단 및 24V 출력 단 전압변동을 최소화 할 수 있는 250W 시제품을 제작하여 실험한 결과내용이다.