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3.7-V Single Battery-Cell High-Efficiency Power Management Circuit and System for UAV-Drones

무인항공기를 위한 3.7V 단일 배터리 셀 고효율 전력관리 회로시스템

  • Kang, Woonsung (Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Dankook University) ;
  • Hwang, Sunnam (Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Dankook University) ;
  • Chang, Ho Jung (Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Dankook University) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-Sik (Department of Display Engineering, Dankook University)
  • 강운성 (단국대학교 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 황선남 (단국대학교 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 장호정 (단국대학교 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 김현식 (단국대학교 디스플레이공학과)
  • Received : 2017.09.18
  • Accepted : 2017.09.26
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

This paper presents a highly efficient power management system for UAV-drones. For free from the battery cell-balancing issue, the proposed system allows the drone to utilize a single-cell Li-Po battery. To realize low-voltage input of 3.7V, the switch-mode step-up DC-DC converter is optimally designed with high power efficiency. The prototype DC-DC converter was implemented with an output voltage of 5V, which will be provided to digital parts of the drone. The power efficiency was measured to be max. 91.3% with low surface temperature. The measured line and load regulations were 0.02V/V and 0.15V/A, respectively. Thanks to the proposed power management system, the available time-to-fly of the drone is expected to be significantly extended in virtue of the enhanced power efficiency.

본 논문은 드론의 체공시간 증대를 위해 고효율 전력관리 회로 및 시스템을 제안한다. 종래의 드론은 다수개의 직렬 배터리와 낮은 효율의 선형 레귤레이터 사용으로 무겁고 발열이 크며 이로 인한 전력누수 문제가 있었다. 본 논문에서는 3.7V 단일 Li-Po 배터리 셀을 사용할 수 있는 스위칭 방식의 승압형 DC-DC 전력변환 회로에 대한 연구를 다룬다. 본 연구를 통해 시제품 개발 결과 3.7V 입력, 5V 출력의 step-up regulation을 실현하였다. 또한 종래 선형 레귤레이터의 50% 수준이었던 전력효율 대비 최대 91.3% 효율과 $50^{\circ}C$ 이하의 표면온도를 달성하였으며, 0.02V/V 및 0.15V/A의 line/load regulation 성능을 측정으로 검증하였다. 본 연구결과를 통해 3.7V 단일 셀 배터리 사용으로 충방전을 위한 별도의 cell-balancing 회로가 필요하지 않게 되며, 높은 전력관리 효율로 드론의 체공시간을 획기적으로 개선시킬 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.

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