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Fast Turn-Off of Pulse Current Using the Passive Clamping Circuit and Divided Loop in Low-Power Transient Electromagnetic Transmitter
Choljin Jang*1
Hyonchol Sin2
Kang-Sob Kim3
1Mirae Institute of Industrial Technology, Kim Chaek University of Technology, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 2Pyongsong University of Education, South Pyongan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 3Faculty of Earth Science and Technology, Kim Chaek University of Technology, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Published Online: September-October 2025
Pages: 138-143
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↗ https://www.doi.org/10.59256/ijrtmr.20250505022
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2. Wu X., Zhen Q. H., Chen W. Y., Teng F., Xue J. J., Wang Y. B. “New Technologies for transient electromagnetic measurement with high performance”, Journal of Applied Geophysics. Vol. 233, 2025.
3. J. E. Danielsen, E. Auken, F. Jorgensen, V. Sondergaard, and K. Sorensen, “The application of the transient electromagnetic method in hydrogeophysical surveys”, J. Appl. Geophys., vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 181–198, 2003.
4. D. V. Fitterman and W. L. Anderson, “Effect of transmitter fall time on transient soundings”, Geoexploration, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 131–146, 1987.
5. Z. H. Fu and L. W. Zhou, “Two novel quasi-resonant steep current impulse rectifying circuits”, Proc. CSEE, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 70–75, 2006.
6. Z. H. Fu, L. W. Zhou and H. M. Tai, “Current pulse generation for transient electromagnetic applications”, Elect. Power Compon. Syst., vol. 35, no. 11, pp. 1201–1218, 2007.
7. C. A. Gallo, F. Tofoli, L. Pinto and J. A. C., “A passive lossless snubber applied to the ACDC interleaved boost converter”, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 775–784, March 2010. doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2033063.
8. A. Leban and D. Voncina, “Pulse-current source with high dynamic”, Computer as a Tool (EUROCON 2003), Ljubljana, Slovenia, vol. 2, pp. 297-300. doi: 10.1109/EURCON.2003.1248203.
9. G. Rim, H. Lee and E. P. Pavlov, “Fast high-voltage pulse generation using nonlinear capacitors”, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., vol. 28, pp. 1362–1367, 2000.
10. G. Rim, E. P. Pavlov and H. Lee, “Pulse forming lines for square pulse generators”, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., vol. 31, pp. 196–200, 2003.
11. S. Sheard, T. J. Ritchie, K. R. Christopherson and E. Brand, “Mining, environmental, petroleum, and engineering industry applications of electromagnetic techniques in geophysics”, Surveys Geophys., vol. 26, pp. 653–669, 2005.
12. X. Shi and T. Fan, “Research on the detection of high-resistivity body by transient electromagnetic method”, Proceedings 2011 International Conference on Transportation, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering (TMEE), Changchun, China, pp. 1103-1106, 2011. doi: 10.1109/TMEE.2011.6199397.
13. P. Turoskey and S. Zach, “Deep earth detection by EM signals”, 21st IEEE Convention of the Electrical and Electronic Engineers in Israel. Proceedings (Cat. No.00EX377), Tel-Aviv, Israel, pp. 175-178, 2000. doi: 10.1109/EEEI.2000.924360.
14. H. A. Wheeler, “Inductance formulas for circular and square coils”, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 70, pp. 1449-1450, 1982.
15. C. Yu, Z. Fu, H. Zhang, H. M. Tai, and X. Zhu, “Transient process and optimal design of receiver coil for small-loop transient electromagnetic”, Geophys. Prospect., vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 377–384, 2014, 2014.
16. H. G. Zhang, Q. Wang, E. H. Chu, X. C. Liu, and L. M. Hou, “Analysis and implementation of a passive lossless soft-switching snubber for PWM inverters”, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 26, pp. 411–426, 2011.
17. H. T. Zhao, L. H. Liu, H. Wu, Y. Z. Qi and G. Y. Fang, “Constant voltage-clamping bipolar pulse current source for transient electromagnetic system”, Elect. Power Compon. Syst., vol. 41, pp. 960-971, 2013.
18. X. L. Zheng, “Fast turn-off mine transient electromagnetic transmitter system”, Sensors & Transducers, vol. 170, pp. 192-197, 2014.
19. X. G. Zhu, X. F. Su, H. M. Tai, Z. H. Fu and C. G. Yu, “Bipolar steep pulse current source for highly inductive load”, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 31, pp. 6169-6175, 2016.
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