• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.547-555
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• 2013

This paper proposes the interleaved buck converter using a soft switching auxiliary circuit. In this scheme, an auxiliary circuit is added to the conventional interleaved buck converter and used to achieve soft-switching conditions for both the main switch and freewheeling diode. In addition, the switch in the auxiliary circuit operates under soft-switching conditions. Also, according to the input to output conditions, the main switch achieved zero-current-transition(ZCT) or zero-current & zero-voltage-transition(ZCZVT) at turn on. Thus, the proposed interleaved buck converter provides a higher efficiency. The basic operations, in this paper, are discussed and design guidelines are presented. The usefulness of the proposed converter is verified on a 200kHz, 180W prototype converter.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.122-129
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 소프트 스위칭 방식의 부스트 회로를 이용한 역률 개선 회로를 새롭게 제안하였다. 제안한 역률개선 회로를 구성하는 내부 회로는 기존 PWM 부스트 회로와 전반적인 동작은 동일하며 단지 스위칭 순간에만 영전압 혹은 영전류 스위칭 동작을 하게 된다. 따라서 기존의 PWM 회로와 같이 제어가 용이할 뿐만 아니라 소프트 스위칭에 의한 고효율 성능을 얻게 된다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 소프트 스위칭 회로를 이용하여 높은 효율을 가지는 역률 개선 회로를 체계적으로 설계하기 위한 방안을 제시하였다. 아울러 실험을 통하여 이러한 설계방법의 타당성과 제안한 역률 개선 회로의 우수성을 입증하였다.

• 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.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.298-305
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• 2012

This paper proposes a soft switching boost converter with an auxiliary resonant circuit. The auxiliary resonant circuit is added to a general boost converter and that is composed of one switch, one diode, one inductor and two capacitors. The resonant network helps the main switch to operate with a zero voltage switching(ZVS) and auxiliary switch also operates under the zero voltage and zero current conditions. The soft switching range is extended by the auxiliary switch and it is possible to control the proposed converter with a pulse width modulation(PWM). The ZVS and ZCS techniques make switching losses decreased and efficiency of the system improved. A theoretical analysis is verified through the simulation and experiment.