Resonant Inverter Operating Research Articles

Simple Lossless Inductive Snubbers-Assisted Series Load Resonant Inverter Operating under ZCS-PDM Scheme for High-Frequency Induction Heating Fixed Roller

This paper presents a high-frequency pulse-density-modulated (PDM) soft-switching series load resonant inverter for use in induction heating (IH) fixed roller applications, which is used in copy and printing machines. The proposed simple high-frequency resonant inverter uses an asymmetrical pulse pattern PDM control scheme to achieve complete zero-current soft-switching commutations over a wide output range of input power regulation. Additionally, when the printer toner requires operation in very light load conditions, this causes difficulty in achieving zero-voltage or zero-current soft-switching operations in the IH high-frequency resonant inverters with pulse frequency modulation or pulse width modulation control schemes. The proposed resonant inverter demonstrates the capability to accomplish highly efficient power conversions. In this work, a fixed roller for printing machines is developed for doing experiments to verify the efficiency of the proposed circuit topology and its PDM control schemes. The inverter’s steady-state and transient operating principles are analyzed based on the proposed control strategy at a high-frequency PDM. Operating conditions such as power loss analysis, power conversion efficiency and temperature rise characteristics of the proposed inverter are presented and analyzed through experimental results. Finally, from a practical viewpoint, a comparative study of a conventional halogen lamp heater and the proposed IH fixed roller is deliberated.

A Dimming Method for Hot Cathode Fluorescent Lamp Using a Resonant Inverter Operating at Fixed Switching Frequency

This paper describes a dimming method for hot cathode fluorescent lamp (HCFL) using a resonant inverter operating at fixed switching frequency. The proposed method is based on burst dimming and decreases the inverter output voltage during the burst-off period by changing the switching pattern of the inverter. Consequently, the lamp can be turned OFF, while the filaments of lamp are kept preheated without adding an inverter for preheating. Once the lamp is turned OFF, N-times resonant mode (where N means a natural number) occurs because the characteristic of the resonant circuit (which depends on lamp impedance) changes drastically. This mode keeps the root mean square of filament currents large enough to ensure long lamp life. Moreover, the inverter operates in zero-voltage-switching resonant mode during both the burst-on and burst-off periods. Experimental results showed that stable burst dimming and preheating characteristics were attained. The proposed method thus contributes to achieving long lifetime, small size, and low cost of lighting system for HCFLs.

Converter With Four Quadrant Switches for EDM Applications

This paper presents a high-frequency rectifier stage using four quadrant switches as synchronous rectifiers for an electrical discharge machining (EDM) power supply. The EDM impulse generator is a series-parallel resonant inverter operating in current-mode. The device specifications and drive requirements of the converter are studied with the objective of generating unipolar and bipolar current waveforms suitable for different types of EDM operations.