2142 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS, VOL. 25, NO.

8, AUGUST 2010
Analysis and Design of a Soft-Switching Boost
Converter With an HI-Bridge Auxiliary
Resonant Circuit
Sang-Hoon Park, So-Ri Park, Jae-Sung Yu, Yong-Chae Jung, and Chung-Yuen Won, Senior Member, IEEE
AbstractA new soft-switching boost converter is proposed in
this paper. The conventional boost converter generates switching
losses at turn ON and OFF, and this causes a reduction in the whole
systems efciency. The proposed boost converter utilizes a soft-
switching method using an auxiliary circuit with a resonant in-
ductor and capacitor, auxiliary switch, and diodes. Therefore, the
proposed soft-switching boost converter reduces switching losses
more than the conventional hard-switching converter. The ef-
ciency, which is about 91% in hard switching, increases to about
96% in the proposed soft-switching converter. In this paper, the
performance of the proposed soft-switching boost converter is ver-
ied through the theoretical analysis, simulation, and experimental
results.
Index TermsAuxiliary resonant circuit, boost converter,
soft-switching boost converter, zero-current switching (ZCS),
zero-voltage switching (ZVS).
I. INTRODUCTION
R
ECENTLY, switch-mode power supplies have become
smaller and lighter due to higher switching frequency.
However, higher switching frequency causes lots of periodic
losses at turn ON and turn OFF, resulting in increasing losses of
the whole system. Therefore, many converters have been pre-
sented that use resonance to reduce switching losses [1][7],
[11][14]. Many researches using resonance have presented
a zero-voltage and zero-current switching (ZVZCS) converter
that performs zero-voltage switching (ZVS) and zero-current
switching (ZCS) simultaneously [1][11], [13], [14]. However,
the auxiliary circuit for resonance increases the complexity
of the circuit, as well as its cost. For some resonant convert-
ers with an auxiliary switch, the main switch enables soft
switching, while the auxiliary switch performs hard switch-
ing [4], [12], [13]. These converters cannot improve the whole
Manuscript received October 27, 2009; revised January 17, 2010. Date of
current version July 16, 2010. This work was supported by the Ministry of
Knowledge and Economy under a Manpower Development Program for En-
ergy and Resources. Recommended for publication by Associate Editor F. L.
Luo.
S.-H. Park and C.-Y. Won are with the School of Information and Communi-
cation Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea (e-mail:
marohachi@skku.edu; won@yurim.skku.ac.kr).
S.-R. Park is with the LG Innotek Ansan R&D Center, Ansan 426-791, Korea
(e-mail: srpark@lginnotek.com).
J.-S. Yu is with the Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Hwasung 445-973,
Korea (e-mail: jaesung75@skku.edu).
Y.-C. Jung is with the Department of Electronic Engineering, Namseoul Uni-
versity, Cheonan 331-707, Korea (e-mail: ychjung@nsu.ac.kr).
Color versions of one or more of the gures in this paper are available online
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systems efciency owing to the switching losses of the auxiliary
switch [1], [6], [11].
Anewsoft-switching boost converter with an auxiliary switch
and resonant circuit is proposed in this paper. The resonant cir-
cuit consists of a resonant inductor, two resonant capacitors,
two diodes, and an auxiliary switch. The resonant capacitor is
discharged before the main switch is turned ON and the cur-
rent ows through the body diode. These resonant components
make a partial resonant path for the main switch to perform
soft switching under the zero-voltage condition using the res-
onant circuit. Compared with other soft-switching converters,
the proposed converter improves the whole systems efciency
by reducing switching losses better than other converters at the
same frequency [11]. In this paper, some simulation results are
presented for a 600-W, 30-kHz prototype boost converter using
insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT). Then, experimental re-
sults are presented to verify the steady-state operational prin-
ciple of the proposed circuit. Additionally, theoretical analyses
are presented.
II. LOW-LOSS SOFT-SWITCHING BOOST CONVERTER
A. Conguration of the Proposed Soft-Switching
Boost Converter
The proposed converter is shown in Fig. 1. The main switch
(S
1
) and the auxiliary switch (S
2
) of the proposed circuit enable
soft switching through an auxiliary switching block, consist-
ing of an auxiliary switch, two resonant capacitors (C
r
and
C
r2
), a resonant inductor (L
r
), and two diodes (D
1
and D
2
)
(see Table I).
B. Operational Analysis of the Proposed Converter
The operational principle of the proposed converter can be
divided into nine modes. For simple analysis of each mode of
the proposed converter, the following assumptions are made [1].
1) All switching devices and passive elements are ideal.
2) The input voltage (V
in
) is constant.
3) The output voltage (V
o
) is constant. (Output capacitor C
o
is large enough.)
4) The recovery time of all diodes is ignored.
Fig. 2 shows Equivalent circuit schemes of the operation
modes in the proposed converter. And Fig. 3 shows the key
waveforms of operation modes.
Mode 1 (t
0
t < t
1
): All of the switches are turned OFF. The
accumulated energy of the main inductor (L) transfers the load
through the main diode (D
o
). In this mode, the main inductor
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Fig. 1. Schematic of the proposed soft-switching boost converter.
TABLE I
NOMINAL VALUES OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USED IN THE
PROPOSED CONVERTER
voltage and current are represented by (1) and (2), and using
these equations, the inductor current can be expressed as (3).
During this time, the resonant inductor current is zero, and the
resonant capacitor (C
r
) has been charged to the output voltage
and the resonant
v
L
(t) = V
in
V
o
(1)
i
L
(t) =
1
L

v
L
dt (2)
i
L
(t) =
V
in
V
o
L
(t t
o
) +I(t
9
) = I(t
9
)
V
o
V
in
L
(t t
o
)
(3)
i
L
r
(t) = 0, v
C
r
(t) = V
o
, v
C
r 2
(t) = 0. (4)
Mode 2 (t
1
t < t
2
): When the auxiliary switch turns ON,
mode 2 begins. After turning ON the auxiliary switch, the res-
onant inductor current begins to increase linearly from zero.
When the resonant inductor current (i
L
r
) is equal to the main
inductor current at t
2
, mode 2 completes and the resonant in-
ductor voltage equals the output voltage. Thus, the resonant
inductor current is expressed by (5). The main inductor current
decreases and, at the end of this mode, the main inductor current
is equal to the minimum, as dened by (6)
i
L
r
(t) =
V
o
L
r
(t t
1
) (5)
i
L
(t
2
) I
min
. (6)
Mode 3 (t
2
t < t
3
): Immediately after the resonant induc-
tor current and main inductor current have equalized, the main
diode is turned OFF. The resonant capacitor C
r
and the resonant
inductor start their resonance, then the resonant capacitor C
r
is
discharged through resonant path C
r
and L
r
. After nishing the
resonance, the resonant capacitor voltage is equal to zero. Mode
3 completes at t
3
.
At t
2
, the resonant inductor voltage is equal to the output
voltage. Thus, the time interval for the two currents to equalize
after t
1
is determined by (7). The resonant inductor current
is the sum of the main inductor and resonant current, and is
expressed by (8). The resonant capacitor C
r
voltage is charged,
as expressed by (9). During this mode, the resonant impedance
and angular frequency are given by Z
r
and
r
t
1
=
I
L
(V
o
/L
r
)
(7)
i
L
r
(t) = i
min
(t) +
V
o
Z
r
sin
r
(t t
2
) (8)
v
C
r
(t) = V
o
cos
r
(t t
2
) (9)
Z
r
=

L
r
C
r
,
r
=
1

L
r
C
r
. (10)
Mode 4 (t
3
t < t
4
): As soon as the resonant capacitor (C
r
)
voltage has reached zero, the body diode of main switch is turned
ON naturally. In this case, the main switch voltage is equal to
zero and the turn-ON signal is given to the main switch under the
zero-voltage condition. In this mode, the main inductor voltage
is equal to the input voltage. Thus, the main inductor current is
expressed by (11).
After the resonance in mode 3, the resonant inductor current is
constant. The resonant capacitor (C
r
) voltage has been strongly
discharged in mode 3. Therefore, the resonant capacitor voltage
is zero
i
L
(t) = i
min
+
V
in
L
(t t
3
) (11)
v
C
r
(t) = 0, v
C
r 2
(t) = 0. (12)
Mode 5 (t
4
t < t
5
): In mode 4, the main switch turns ON
under the zero-voltage condition. When the auxiliary switch
is turned OFF for the same condition, mode 5 begins. In this
stage, the resonant inductor and resonant capacitor (C
r2
) start
the resonance. After the quarter-wave resonance of L
r
and C
r2
,
the current of L
r
is zero. Mode 5 is complete and C
r2
has been
fully charged by the resonance.
In this mode, the resonant inductor current can be expressed as
(13). In addition, the resonant impedance and angular frequency
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Fig. 2. Equivalent circuit schemes of the operation modes in the proposed converter.
Fig. 3. Key waveforms of the operation modes in the proposed converter.
are given by Z
a
and
a
i
L
r
(t) = i
L
r
(t
3
) cos
a
(t t
4
) (13)

a
=
1

L
r
C
r2
, Z
a
=

L
r
C
r2
. (14)
Mode 6 (t
5
t < t
6
): After mode 5 completes, the current
ow of the resonant inductor L
r
reverses and the next stage
starts. In mode 6, a reverse resonance of L and C
r2
through the
main switch and D
2
occurs. When the C
r2
voltage has reached
zero by resonance, the resonance of L
r
and C
r2
is complete and
the C
r2
voltage is zero.
During modes 5 and 6, the resonant capacitor voltage is
charged and discharged, according to (15). Thus, the resonant
capacitor voltage (v
C
r 2
) for each point of time is expressed
by (16)
v
C
r 2
(t) = Z
a
i
L
r
(t
3
) sin
a
(t t
4
) (15)
v
C
r 2
(t
5
) = Z
a
i
L
r
, v
C
r 2
(t
6
) = 0. (16)
Mode 7 (t
6
t < t
7
): After the C
r2
voltage has reached zero,
the body diode of the auxiliary switch is turned ON. The cur-
rent ows through the freewheeling path of the body diodethe
resonant inductorthe main switch. By the pulsewidth modu-
lation (PWM) algorithm, when the main switch is turned OFF,
this mode is complete. In this interval, the magnitude of the
resonant inductor current is equal at t
3
. However, the current
ow is reversed. In this mode, the main and auxiliary inductor
currents are as follows:
i
L
(t) = I
min
+
V
in
L
(t t
3
) (17)
i
L
r
(t
7
) = i
L
r
(t
3
). (18)
Mode 8 (t
7
t < t
8
): When the main switch is turned OFF
under the zero-voltage condition, mode 8 starts. The sum of the
two inductor currents is the charging current of the resonant
capacitor C
r
in this mode. When the resonant capacitor (C
r
)
voltage is equal to the output voltage, this mode is completed.
Because the two inductor currents charge the resonant capacitor
C
r
, the resonant inductor current is expressed by (19), and (20)
represents the zero-voltage condition
i
L
r
(t) = i
L
(t
7
) {i
L
(t
7
) +i
L
r
(t
3
)} cos
r
t (19)
Z
r
{i
L
(t
7
) +i
L
r
(t
3
)} > V
o
. (20)
Mode 9 (t
8
t < t
9
): At t
8
, the resonant capacitor C
r
has
been charged and the main diode voltage is zero. Therefore, the
main diode turns ON under the zero-voltage condition and the
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Fig. 4. PWM signals of the main and auxiliary switch.
resonant inductor current decreases linearly toward zero. After
the current has reached zero, mode 9 completes and the next
switching cycle starts. In this mode, the main inductor current
and resonant inductor current are given by the following:
i
L
(t) = i
L
(t
7
)
V
o
V
in
L
t (21)
i
L
r
(t) = i
L
r
(t
3
) +
V
o
L
r
t. (22)
C. Output Characteristics
To achieve zero-voltage switching, a delay time (T
Delay
) is
required in the main switch PWM. The minimum delay time
must satisfy the following equation:
T
Delay

I
in
L
r
V
o
+

2

L
r
C
r
. (23)
The time consisted of the resonant time between L
r
and C
r
,
and the time that the resonant inductor current takes to become
equal to the input current. During the delay time, the auxiliary
switch is turned ON. The PWMsignals of the main and auxiliary
switch are shown in the Fig. 4.
In a steady-state operation, the main inductor voltage v
L
(t)
is given by the following equation:
v
L
(t) = V
in

D
aux

T
r
T

+V
in

D
main
+
T
r
T

+ (V
in
V
o
)(1 D
aux
D
main
). (24)
where T
r
is the resonant time between the resonant inductor
(L
r
) and resonant capacitor (C
r
). D
main
is the main-switch
duty ratio and D
aux
is the auxiliary-switch duty ratio.
After the delay time, the energy has accumulated in the main
inductor. The switch is turned ON like a conventional boost
converter. Thus, when the auxiliary switch is turned ON, the
effect on the total duty is larger. From the voltsecond balance
for the main inductor, the voltage-conversion ratio is dened by
the following equation:
V
o
V
in

1
1 (D
aux
+D
main
)
. (25)
Fig. 5 shows the voltage-conversion ratio according to the
main-switch duty ratio of the two converters. The left bar is the
Fig. 5. Output voltage conversion characteristics of the conventional and pro-
posed converter.
conventional boost converter, and the right one is the proposed
converter in this paper.
The last one has a duty margin because the auxiliary switch
is turned ON. Thus, it can be established that there is a higher
voltage under the same duty ratio.
III. DESIGN PROCEDURE
The following design procedure is based on the soft-switching
turn-ON and turn-OFF requirements of the main switch, the main
diode, and the auxiliary switch.
A. Resonant Capacitor (C
r
)
The resonant capacitor (C
r
) is selected to allow ZVS of the
main switch. In mode 8, the charging time of the resonant ca-
pacitor (C
r
) must be longer for ZVS of the main switch. Thus,
for the resonant capacitor (C
r
), it is more than ten times the
output capacitance of the main switch.
Assume that the maximum current of the resonant inductor is
I
Lmax
, and the sum of the two inductor currents is the charging
current of the resonant capacitor (C
r
). In this case, the mini-
mum resonant capacitor (C
r
) is equal to 20 times the output
capacitance of the main switch.
When mode 8 is longer than mode 3, the defective duty ra-
tio is lower. Thus, the time is chosen as 0.1T
s
. In mode 3, the
resonant time of the resonant capacitor (C
r
) and resonant in-
ductor is given by (26). Furthermore, the charging time of the
resonant capacitor for the output capacitor is expressed by (27).
Therefore, (28) must be satised
T
r
=

2

L
r
C
r
(26)
t
ct C
r
= C
r
V
o
2I
o,max
(27)

L
r
C
r
+C
r
V
o
2I
o,max
0.1T
s
. (28)
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TABLE II
PARAMETERS OF THE PROPOSED SOFT-SWITCHING BOOST CONVERTER
B. Resonant Inductor (L
r
) and Resonant Capacitor (C
r2
)
The resonant time for mode 5 is chosen as 0.2 of DT
s
. Addi-
tionally, the resonant current of the resonant inductor (L
r
) and
the resonant capacitor (C
r2
) charges this capacitor. If the charg-
ing voltage of this capacitor is higher, the voltage stress of the
switch is also higher. Consequently, this voltage must be lower
than the output voltage. These conditions are satised by (29)
and (30). Finally, (31) follows.
Equation (32) is also satised. Therefore, the resonant induc-
tor and the capacitor used in this paper are given by (33)
Z
a
I
in,max
V
o
(29)

L
r
C
r2
0.1T
s
(30)

a
942477.8, Z
a
71.8 (31)
L
r

Z
a

a
, C
r2

1
Z
a

a
(32)
L
r
= 20 H, C
r2
= 30 nF. (33)
IV. SIMULATION RESULTS
The simulation parameters are shown in Table II. This paper
simulated the proposed converter by POWERSIM Inc. PSim6.0
software. The simulation was performed under a 30-kHz switch-
ing frequency and a 130170-V input voltage.
Figs. 6 and 7 show the simulation waveforms of the main
and auxiliary switch voltage and current, respectively. Before
the main switch is turned ON, the body diode is turned ON. As a
result, the main switch enables zero-voltage switching and the
auxiliary switch performs soft switching.
Fig. 8 shows the two resonant capacitor voltage waveforms.
By resonance with the resonant inductor, the resonant capacitor
(C
r2
) is charged and discharged in the manner of a sine wave-
form. At an input voltage of 130170 V, the output voltage is
adjusted to 400 V.
V. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
Fig. 9 shows the proposed converter and control block dia-
gram.
Fig. 10 shows a photograph of the experimental setup. There
are inductors, switches, diodes, and capacitors. The control stage
consists of a TL494 PWM controller and EPM7128 EPLD. The
Erasable Programmable Logic Device (EPLD) is used for the
delay of the main switch PWM, which is controlled by TL494.
Fig. 6. Simulation waveforms of the main switch.
Fig. 7. Simulation waveforms of the auxiliary switch.
Fig. 8. Simulation waveforms of the output diode.
The delay time is dened by (23). In this equation, L
r
is 20 H,
and C
r
is 3.3 nF. Thus, the minimum delay time is 0.5 s.
Figs. 1113 show the experimental waveforms of the two
switches and the main diode.
Fig. 11 shows the voltage and current waveform of the main
switch; Fig. 11(b) is a close up of Fig. 11(a). Before the main
switch is turned ON, the body diode offers a freewheeling path.
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Fig. 9. System block diagram of the proposed converter.
Fig. 10. Experimental setup.
Thus, it is conrmed that the main switch is turned ON under
the zero-voltage condition, as shown in Fig. 11(b).
Fig. 12 is the auxiliary switch waveform. The auxiliary switch
turns ON and OFF under the zero-voltage condition as well. Be-
cause of the resonance between C
r2
and L
r
, the resonant ca-
pacitor C
r2
is discharged. Thus, the voltage of the auxiliary
switch is equal to zero and the body diode is turned ON. The
waveform shown in Fig. 12(b) is a close up of Fig. 12(a) at the
zero-voltage switching point. In the circle interval of Fig. 12(a),
there is resonance between the resonant inductor L
r
and capac-
itor C
r2
, and the partial current charges the parasitic capacitor
of the switch after it is turned OFF. Before the body diode is
turned ON, this current discharges the parasitic capacitor. How-
ever, during this interval, the switch is turned OFF. Therefore,
this current is not related to any losses.
Fig. 13 is the waveform of auxiliary diode D
1
at turn ON
and OFF. At mode 4, capacitor C
r1
was discharged to zero, and
the body diode of main switch turned ON. Because of this D
1
voltage is also zero, and the resonant current ow through it.
Fig. 11. Experimental waveforms of the main switch voltage and current.
(a) Y -axis: voltage = 200 V/div. and current = 10 A/div.; X-axis: 10 s/div.
(b) Y -axis: voltage = 200 V/div. and current = 10 A/div.; X-axis: 2 s/div.
Thus, this diode is turning ON and OFF under zero voltage in the
circle of the waveform.
Fig. 14 shows the auxiliary diode D
2
at switching. Because
of resonance in mode 5, capacitor C
r2
has been charged and
this voltage is seen in the auxiliary switch. Thus, the voltage of
diode D
2
is zero. At mode 6, the reverse resonant current ows
to this diode. Therefore, auxiliary diode D
2
achieves ZVS.
Fig. 15 shows the output diode at turn ON and OFF. Fig. 15(b)
shows a close up at turn ON, and Fig. 15(c) shows the turn OFF.
Because of the charging and discharging of the resonant capac-
itor C
r1
, the output diode D
o
performs soft switching. Thus,
the switching loss is reduced more than with the conventional
hard-switching converter.
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Fig. 12. Experimental waveforms of the auxiliary switch voltage and current.
(a) Y -axis: voltage = 200 V/div. and current = 10 A/div.; X-axis: 10 s/div.
(b) Y -axis: voltage = 200 V/div. and current = 10 A/div.; X-axis: 2 s/div.
Fig. 13. Experimental waveforms of the auxiliary diode D
1
voltage and cur-
rent. (Y -axis: voltage = 200 V/div. and current = 10 A/div.; X-axis: 2 s/div.)
Fig. 14. Experimental waveforms of the auxiliary diode D
2
voltage and cur-
rent. (Y -axis: voltage = 200 V/div. and current = 10 A/div.; X-axis: 2 s/div.)
The efciency measurements are given in Table III. The power
supply (KJP-18 K) is connected to the input of the converter,
and the electric load (EL-3000P) is connected to the output.
The converter is tested by varying the load, while the ef-
ciency is measured by the power analyzer PM 3000 A. The
proposed converter is compared with the conventional hard-
switching converter under the same switching frequency and
power conditions.
Fig. 15. Experimental waveforms of the output diode voltage and current.
(a) Y -axis: voltage = 200 V/div. and current = 10 A/div.; X-axis: 10 s/div.
(b) Y -axis: voltage = 200 V/div. and current = 10 A/div.; X-axis: 2 s/div.
(c) Y -axis: voltage = 200 V/div. and current = 10 A/div.; X-axis: 2 s/div.
TABLE III
TOTAL EFFICIENCY OF CIRCUITS IN THE HARD-SWITCHING AND PROPOSED
SOFT-SWITCHING CONVERTER
For the hard-switching and proposed soft-switching boost
converters, the total efciencies are measured for various load
currents, as shown in Table III. The table shows that the ef-
ciency of the proposed converter is higher than that of the
conventional hard-switching converter.
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VI. CONCLUSION
In this paper, a new soft-switching boost converter has been
proposed that uses an auxiliary switch and resonant circuit. The
main switch performs soft switching under the zero-voltage
condition by using a resonant capacitor and inductor, as does
the auxiliary switch.
The proposed converter has been analyzed in detail. The op-
eration principles and theoretical analysis of the proposed con-
verter have been conrmed by simulation and a prototype of
600 W and 30 kHz. The proposed converter is suitable for
applications such as high-efciency converters, photovoltaic
dc/dc converters, a power-factor-correction circuit, and battery
chargers.
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Sang-Hoon Park was born in Korea, in 1979. He re-
ceived the M.S. degree in information and communi-
cation engineering from Sungkyunkwan University,
Suwon, Korea, in 2007, where he is currently working
toward the Ph.D. degree in information and commu-
nication engineering.
His research interests include analysis and control
of electrical drives, particularly in hybrid and electri-
cal vehicle application.
So-Ri Park was born in Korea, in 1984. She received
the B.S. degree in electrical electronics engineering
fromUniversity of In-cheon, Incheon, Korea, in 2007,
and the M.S. degree in photovoltaic system engineer-
ing from Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea,
in 2009.
Since 2009, she has been with LG Innotek (LGIT)
Ansan R&D Center, Ansan, Korea. Her research in-
terests include inverter and converter.
Jae-Sung Yu was born in Korea, in 1975. He re-
ceived the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from
the Seoul National University of Technology, Seoul,
Korea, in 2002, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
in energy system engineering from Sungkyunkwan
University, Suwon, Korea, in 2004 and 2008,
respectively.
From 2008 to 2009, he was in the Department of
the Power Conversion System, Hyosung Heavy In-
dustries Ltd., Korea, where he was involved in wind
turbines. From 2009 to 2010, he was in the Research
Institute Center, PACTECH, Korea. He is currently the Manager of Samsung
Heavy Industries Digital Business Division, Hwasung, Korea. His research in-
terests include high-performance electric machine drives and power electronics.
Yong-Chae Jung was born in Korea, in 1965. He
received the B.S. degree from Hanyang University,
Seoul, Korea, in 1989, and the M.S. and Ph.D. de-
grees in electrical engineering from Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea,
in 1991 and 1995, respectively.
He is currently an Associate Professor in the De-
partment of Electronic Engineering, Namseoul Uni-
versity, Cheonan, Korea. His research interests in-
clude the design and control of power converters,
soft-switching power converters, resonant power cir-
cuits, photovoltaic systems, power factor correction, switched-mode power sup-
ply, induction heating circuits, and electromagnetic-interference suppression.
Dr. Jung is a member of the Korea Institute of Power Electronics and the
Korea Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Chung-Yuen Won (SM05) was born in Korea, in
1955. He received the B.S. degrees in electrical en-
gineering from Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon,
Korea, in 1978, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
electrical engineering from Seoul National Univer-
sity, Seoul, Korea, in 1980 and 1988, respectively.
From 1990 to 1991, he was a Visiting Professor in
the Department of Electrical Engineering, University
of Tennessee, Knoxville. Since 1988, he has been a
Faculty Member at Sungkyunkwan University, where
he is currently a Professor in the School of Informa-
tion and Communication Engineering. His research interests include dcdc
converters for fuel cells, electromagnetics modeling and prediction for motor
drives, and control systems for rail power delivery applications.
Dr. Won is also currently the President of the Korean Institute of Power
Electronics.