High-efficiency zero current soft switching mode high-frequency inverter using normally off bipolar mode SIT for induction-heating

Author

Ogiwara, Hiroyuki ; Haq, Syed Mobin UL ; Nakaoka, Mutsuo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ashikaga Inst. of Technol., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

8-11 Jan 1996

Firstpage

801

Abstract

This paper is mainly concerned with a half-bridge voltage-clamped high frequency induction heating inverter circuit using a high-power bipolar-mode normally-off type static induction transistor, which efficiently operates in a zero current soft-switching (ZCS) mode. This proposed ZCS inverter is found to work safely with sufficiently high conversion efficiency. A new conceptional induction heating power supply is mentioned from a practical point of view

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; bipolar transistor switches; bridge circuits; induction heating; invertors; power bipolar transistors; power semiconductor switches; power supplies to apparatus; static induction transistors; switching circuits; HF invertor; ZCS; conversion efficiency; half-bridge circuit; induction heating power supply; normally-off bipolar mode SIT; soft switching; voltage-clamped circuit; zero current switching; Circuit topology; Frequency; Power generation; RLC circuits; Resonance; Resonant inverters; Switching circuits; Thyristors; Voltage; Zero current switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2795-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDES.1996.536376

Filename

536376