• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2001

This paper proposes a new zero-current switching (ZCS) pulse-width modulation (PWM) switch cell that has no additional conduction loss of the main switch. In this cell, the main switch and the auxiliary switch turn on and turn off under zero current condition. The diodes commutate softly and the reverse recovery problems are alleviated. The conduction loss and the current stress of the main switch are minimized, since the resonating current stress of the main switch are minimized, since the resonating current for the soft switching does not flow through the main switch. Based on the proposed ZCS PWM switch cell, a new family of DC to DC PWM converters is derived. The new family of ZCS PWM converters is suitable for the high power applications employing IGBTs. Among the new family of DC to DB PWM converters, a boost converter was taken as an example and has been analyzed. Design guidelines with a design example are described and verified by experimental results from the 2.5 kW prototype converter operating at 40 kHz.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2002년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.525-528
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• 2002

A Novel Zero Current Switching(ZCS) Pulse Width Modulation(PWM) boost converter for reducing two rectifiers reverse recovery related losses Is proposed. The switches of the proposed converter are operating to work alternatively turn-on and turn-off with soft switching(ZVS, ZCS) condition. The reverse recovery related switching losses and EMI problems of the proposed converter eliminates the reverse recovery current of the freewheeling diode(D, Dl) by adding the resonant inductor Lr, in series with the switch S2. The voltage and current stresses of the components are similar to those in its conventional hard switching counterpats. As mentioned above, the characteristics are verified through experimental results.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.346-352
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 정류용 다이오드의 역 회복시 발생하는 손실을 줄이기 위한 새로운 듀얼 모드로 동작하는 ZCS-PWM 승압형 컨버터를 제안한다 제안된 회로에서 각각의 스위치는 소프트 스위칭 조건에서 매 사이클마다 교번으로 스위칭 동작을 하고 스위치 $S_2$에 직렬로 공진형 인덕터 Lr을 달아서 스위칭 손실과 EMI 노이즈와 관련된 정류용 다이오드$(D, D_1)$의 역 회복 전류를 감소시켰다. 제안된 컨버터는 기존의 ZVT-PWM 컨버터$^{[2]}$에 수동 및 능동 소자를 더 이상 추가하지 않기 때문에 각 소자들이 받는 전류/전압 스트레스는 기존의 하드 스위칭 컨버터 같다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 회로의 동작을 분석하고 이를 바탕으로 제작 및 실험을 통해서 타당성을 입증하였다.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• 제12B권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2002

This paper proposes a new zero-current switching (ZCS) pulse-width modulation (PWM) switch cell that has no additional conduction loss of the main switch. In this cell, the main switch and the auxiliary switch turn on and turn off under zero current condition. The diodes commutate softly and the reverse recovery problems are alleviated. The conduction loss and the current stress of the main switch are minimized, since the resonating current for the soft switching does not flow through the main switch. Based on the proposed ZCS PWM switch cell, a new family of dc to dc PWM converters is derived. The new family of ZCS PWM converters is suitable for the high power applications employing IGBTs. Among the new family of dc to dc PWM converters, a boost converter was taken as an example and has been analyzed. Design guidelines with a design example are described and verified by experimental results from the 2.5㎾ prototype boost converter operating at 40KHz.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.353-358
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• 2002

이 논문에서는 개선된 영전류 부스트 컨버터를 제안한다. 이 컨버터는 공진으로 인한 순환 전류를 보조 스위치와 인덕터를 이용해 보조 회로에만 흐르도록 하여 주스위치의 부가적인 도통 손실을 제거한다. 제한된 컨버터의 동작모드에 대해 설명하겠다. 또한 공진 파라미터의 설계를 설명하겠다. 제안된 컨버터를 5kw, 40kHz로 제작하여 실험결과를 토대로 확인하겠다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2002년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.382-385
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• 2002

In this paper, an improved ZCS-PWM boost converter is proposed to minimize conduction loss by flowing resonant current only through the auxiliary circuit. The operation principle of the proposed converter is explained and design procedure is established. Experimental results are presented to verify the theoretical analysis.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제50권9호
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• pp.467-472
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• 2001

In conventional zero-current-switching(ZCS) PWM converters, zero-current turn-off for main switch without increasing voltage/current stresses is achieved at a fixed frequency. The switching loss, stress, and noise, however, can\`t be minimized because they adopt auxiliary switches turned off and main switches turned on under hard-switching condition. In this paper, new ZCS-PWM converters of which all switches are always operating with soft-switching condition are proposed. Therefore, the proposed ZCS-PWM converters are most suitable for systems requiring high-power density Breadboarded ZCS-PWM boost converters using power MOSFET are constructed to verify theoretical analysis.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.708-714
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• 2012

This paper presents a new interleaved pulse-width modulation (PWM) boost-flyback converter to achieve power factor correction (PFC) and regulate DC bus voltage. The adopted boost-flyback converter has a high voltage conversion ratio to overcome the limit of conventional boost or buck-boost converter with narrow turn-off period. The proposed converter has wide turn-off period compared with a conventional boost converter. Thus, the higher output voltage can be achieved in the proposed converter. The interleaved PWM can further reduce the input and output ripple currents such that the sizes of inductor and capacitor are reduced. Since boundary conduction mode (BCM) is adopted to achieve power factor correction, power switches are turned on at zero current switching (ZCS) and switching losses are reduced. The circuit configuration, principle operation, system analysis, and design consideration of the proposed converter are presented in detail. Finally, experiments conducted on a laboratory prototype rated at 500W were presented to verify the effectiveness of the converter.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.946-949
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• 2001

This paper proposes a new zero-current switching (ZCS) pulse-width modulation (PWM) switch cell that has no additional conduction loss of the main switch. In this cell, the main switch and the auxiliary switch turn on and turn off under zero current condition. The diodes commutate softly and the reverse recovery problems are alleviated. The conduction loss and the current stress of the main switch are minimized, since the resonating current for the soft switching does not flow through the main switch. Based on the proposed ZCS PWM switch cell, a new family of dc to dc PWM converters is derived. The new family of ZCS PWM converters is suitable for the high power applications employing IGBTs. Among the new family of dc to dc PWM converters, a boost converter was taken as an example and has been analyzed. Design guidelines with a design example are described and verified by experimental results from the 2.5 kW prototype boost converter operating at 40kHz.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.256-262
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• 2018

This study introduces a novel Soft Switching (SS) Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) AC-DC boost converter. In the proposed converter, the main switch is turned on with Zero Voltage Transition (ZVT) and turned off with Zero Current Transition (ZCT). The main diode is turned on with Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) and turned off with Zero Current Switching (ZCS). The auxiliary switch is turned on and off with ZCS. All auxiliary semiconductor devices are turned on and off with SS. There is no extra current or voltage stress on the main semiconductor devices. The majority of switching energies are transferred to the output by auxiliary transformer. Thus, the current stress of auxiliary switch is significantly reduced. Besides, the proposed converter has simple structure and ease of control due to common ground. The theoretical analysis of the proposed converter is verified by a prototype with 100 kHz switching frequency and 500 W output power. Furthermore, the efficiency of the proposed converter is 98.9% at nominal output power.