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Starting Current Application for Magnetic Stimulation
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 16, Number 1, 31 Mar 2011, Pages 51-57
Sun-Seob Choi (Department of Radiology/Neuro Radiology Section, Dong-A University Medical Center), Gak Hwang Bo (Department Physical Therapy,College of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu University), Whi-Young Kim * (Department of Radiology/Neuro Radiology Section, Dong-A University Medical Center)
Abstract

A power supply for magnetic-stimulation devices was designed via a control algorithm that involved a start current application based on a resonant converter. In this study, a new power supply for magnetic-stimulation devices was designed by controlling the pulse repetition frequency and pulse width. The power density could be controlled using the start-current-compensation and ZCS (zero-current switching) resonant converter. The results revealed a high-repetition-frequency, high-power magnetic-stimulation device. It was found that the stimulation coil current pulse width and that pulse repetition frequency could be controlled within the range of 200-450 μS and 200-900 pps, respectively. The magnetic-stimulation device in this study consisted of a stimulation coil device and a power supply system. The maximum power of the stimulation coil from one discharge was 130 W, which was increased to 260 W using an additional reciprocating discharge. The output voltage was kept stable in a sinusoidal waveform regardless of the load fluctuations by forming voltage and current control using a deadbeat controller without increasing the current rating at the starting time. This paper describes this magnetic-stimulation device to which the start current was applied.


 

Keywords: magnetic stimulation; half bridge; resonant converter; start current compensation
DOI: 10.4283/JMAG.2011.16.1.051
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