• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.19-25
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• 1999

To achieve high efficiency in high power and high frequency applications, reduction of switching losses and noise is very important. In this paper, an improved zero voltage switching forward dc/dc converter is proposed. The proposed converter is constructed by using energy recovery snubbers in parallel with the main switches and output diodes of the conventional forward dc/dc converter. Due to the use of the energy recovery snubbers in the primary and secondary side, the proposed converter achieves zero-voltage-switching turn-off without switching losses for switching devices and output rectification diodes. The complete operating principles and experimental results will be presented.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.360-362
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• 2006

기존 플라이백 컨버터의 출력 정류 다이오드는 변압기 누설 인덕터와의 공진으로 소자의 전압 스트레스 부담이 크며 스너버의 부가가 필수적이다. 반면 제안된 다이오드 클램프 정류기를 채용한 플라이백 컨버터는 출력 다이오드가 출력전압의 절반 또는 출력전압으로 클램프 되어 전압 내압을 대폭 줄일 수 있고, 손실이 큰 스너버가 필요 없으며 저가형 및 고효율의 장점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 컨버터를 소개하고 동작원리 및 동작모드 해석과 시뮬레이션 및 실험을 통한 검증결과를 제시 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.1335-1340
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• 2003

In this paper, a single balanced diode Mixer for the homodyne FMCW radar to detect distance and velocity of a vehicle target is designed and implemented using a microstrip line and two schottky barrier beam lead diodes. This mixer is optimally designed to have less a conversion loss within the 100 MHz bandwidth with a little LO injection power and a higher LO isolation as soon as possible through the embedded electrical length of microsrtrip line placed between the coupler and diode matching, considering together LO matching condition. The measured results show 6 dB of conversion loss, 23 dB LO/RF isolation and 3 dBm of input 1l dB, respectively.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.304-309
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• 1999

In this paper, a new 24longleftarrowpulse diode rectifier system based upon the conventional series-connected 12-pulse rectifier is p proposed with the least number of switching devices and low VA rating of the additional passive components. The p proposed approach does not employ any active switching devices. Therefore, the system is rugged and simple to i implement. Detailed analysis with VA rating calculation of the components is presented and experimental results from a a 220V, 3kV A rectifier system verify the proposed concept.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.81-83
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• 2009

가정용 연료전지의 상용화를 위해서는 시스템의 신뢰성과 경제성 향상이 중요한 문제이며, 경제성 향상은 시스템의 가격 절감과 컨버터의 효율 향상을 통해서 달성될 수 있다. 본 논문은 1kW급 가정용 연료전지 시스템을 위한 새로운 고효율 푸쉬풀 컨버터의 토폴로지를 제안한다. 제안된 컨버터는 2차측을 낮은 정격 전압을 가진 정류 다이오드를 사용한 2단 정류구조로 구성하여 다이오드의 손실을 저감시키고, 다이오드의 접합 커패시턴스와 변압기의 누설 인덕턴스의 상호작용에 의해 발생하는 공진 전압의 크기를 저감시킴으로써 스너버에서 소모되는 전력을 줄여 효율을 향상시켰다. 실험에서는 일반적인 형태의 푸쉬풀 컨버터 1차측 회로와 고주파 변압기는 공유하고, 2차측회로만 변경하는 방법으로 효율을 측정하여 비교함으로써 제안된 방식의 우수함을 증명하였다. 제안된 방식의 푸쉬풀 컨버터는 기존방식에 비해 특히 경부하에서 높은 효율을 나타내었으며, 전 부하 구간에서 효율의 변화가 크지 않아 부하가변 방식의 운전에 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.348-361
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• 2001

The three-phase diode rectifier with capacitive filter is highly sensitive to line voltage unbalance. Because of its inherent nonlinear characteristics, small line voltage unbalance may cause highly unbalanced line current, causing detrimental effects on power quality. This paper presents a theoretical basis on this 'unbalance amplification effect' and derives an analytical model of line current characteristics under unbalanced line voltage condition for various modes of operation. The results provide a basic guideline for optimal design of a three-phase diode rectifier with capacitive filter that is most commonly used for interfacing various power conversion equipments to power lines.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.23 no.9
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• pp.1065-1072
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• 2012

In this paper, the method of design of the waveguide band-pass filter and limiter in radar system is proposed. First, we design a self-resonant iris, which can behave as a band-pass filter by mounting the PIN diode on the iris. When low power microwave is incident on the proposed element, the element behaves as a band-pass filter. Under a high power microwave condition, however, the element behaves as a limiter having wide band stop characteristics. The fabricated element has a pass band with -0.7 dB insertion loss at 10 GHz under the low power condition and isolation about 25 dB under the high power condition.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.16 no.1 s.92
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• pp.92-101
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• 2005

In this paper, the Gunn diode mount is experimentally designed for use in a W-band waveguide voltage controlled oscillator(VCO). The role of the Gunn diode mount is to match the low impedance of the Gunn diode to the high impedance of waveguide. Computer simulations of VCO characteristics such as center frequency, frequency tuning range, and output power are carried out for various values of disc diameter, disc height, post diameter, and utilized in the experimental optimization of the Gunn diode mount. The designed VCO shows excellent characteristics; 93.9 GHz center fiequency, 600 MHz frequency tuning range with $2{\%}$ linearity, 16 dBm output power.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.63-67
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• 2015

White light-emitting diode (WLED) is growing interest in using both illumination and communications. This paper reports visible light communication (VLC) composed of a super bright white light-emitting diode, low cost commercial photo-diode and a Fresnel lens. LED driver is consisted of the power MOSFET and MOSFET driver that switches the LED on and off. The modulation bandwidth of the LED used was determined to be 8 MHz. However, it was possible to communicate up to 1 Mbps under illumination of 500 lx because of the weak signal power and a low spectral sensitivity of the SHF213 as a PIN photodiode. In order to enhance the system bandwidth, the LED light was focused on the PIN photodiode by use of the Fresnel lens. As a result of that, visible light link was operated up to modulation bandwidth of the LED. The signal to noise ratio can be improved by 40 dB using an optical concentration at the receiver.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.222-230
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• 2019

In this paper, the power of the energy harvesting circuit using the PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride) piezoelectric sensor transformed by vortex was analyzed. For power analysis, a general bridge diode rectifier circuit and a P-SSHI (Parallel Synchronized Switch Harvesting on Inductor) rectifier circuit with a switching circuit were used. The P-SSHI circuit is a circuit that incorporates a parallel synchronous switch circuit at the input of a general rectifier circuit to improve energy conversion efficiency. In this paper, the output power of general rectifier circuit and P-SSHI rectifier circuit is analyzed and verified through theory and experiment. It was confirmed that the efficiency was increased by 69 % through the experiment using the wind. In addition, a circuit for storing the harvested energy in the supercapacitor was implemented to confirm its applicability as a secondary battery.