• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.358-359
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• 2013

LED는 우수한 특성으로 인하여 차세대 조명으로 각광받고 있지만, 높은 비용에 따른 시장 활성화가 더딘 상태로서 저가격화 노력이 꾸준히 이루어지고 있다. 현재는 LED조명을 구동하기 위한 정전류 Driver, AC-DC컨버터를 배제시킬 수 있도록 AC 입력으로 LED를 구동하는 기술이 선보이고 있지만, AC성분 특성상 낮은 효율과 역률, 높은 THD의 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 직렬 콘덴서를 통해 AC 입력전압으로 LED를 구동하는 방식에서 입출력변동에 따른 정전류 제어와 높은 THD를 개선하기 위한 스위칭 기법을 제안하였고, 이러한 회로의 용량성 역률을 보상하기 위하여 유도성 부하인 방전램프(고압나트륨램프)와 결합을 통한 역률을 보상하는 하이브리드 조명회로를 제안하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.446-449
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• 2001

This paper presents the results of the power system analysis and power loss breakdown peformed on a 40-inch ac plasma display panel (PDP) TV set. The architecture and function of power system is reviewed. The power flow inside the PDP TV set is presented, and the distribution of the power loss is analyzed. It was found that the sustain driver circuit and power factor correction (PFC) circuit are the two major sources of the power loss. The results of this paper can be used as a preliminary guideline to improve the architecture and efficiency of power systems for ac PDP application systems.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.42-48
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• 2016

Light-emitting diode (LED) drivers are recently replacing fluorescent lamps; these drivers can operate adaptively with various ballasts without modifying and removing such ballasts. To satisfy these trends, a LED driver that is compatible with both electronic and magnetic ballasts is proposed in this study. Unlike conventional LED drivers, the proposed driver has a ballast recognition circuit and a mode selection circuit to operate ballasts at optimal conditions. Therefore, it features low voltage stress, high efficiency, and good compatibility with both electronic and magnetic ballasts. Moreover, it can be compatible with a wide selection of ballasts from various manufacturers. To confirm the validity of the proposed LED driver, results of the theoretical analysis and experimental verification performed on a 15 W-rated prototype are presented.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.1271-1274
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• 2006

Integrated a-Si:H gate driver with high reliability has been designed and simulated. The proposed a-S:H gate driver has only one reset transistor under AC driving for P and output node. These reset transistors show much less degradation than those under DC driving. The simulation results show that the lifetime and response time are improved significantly compared with those of the prior circuit.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.878-885
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• 2012

A new sustainer with primary-side integration of DC/DC converters and energy recovery(SPIDER) circuits is proposed. The proposed circuit operates as a DC-DC converter during address period and energy recovery circuit during sustain period. Therefore, the conventional three electronic circuits composed of the power supply, X-driver, and Y-driver can be reduced to one circuit. As a result, it has desirable advantages such as a simple structure, less mass, fewer devices and cost reduction. Moreover, since the Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) of all power switches can be guaranteed, a switching loss can be considerably decreased. To confirm the operation, validity, and features of the proposed circuit, experimental results from a prototype for 42-inch PDP are presented.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.07b
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• pp.1304-1306
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• 1996

A regenerative signal amplifying gate driver of self-excited electronic ballast is presented. It can be used for high pressure sodium (HPS) lamp without auxiliary external ignitor. Since the HPS lamp requires very high ignition voltage at start up, the resonant frequency of the circuit must be increased to obtain high voltage oscillations in spite of relatively small resonant current. The presented gate driver amplifies the current of gate drive transformer and raises the gate-source voltage Quickly to turn on the MOSFET switches. Hence, the resonant frequency can be increased more than 100kHz. The HPS lamp used in the simulation and experiment has the rating of 400W input power at 220V input ac voltage source. The experiments show that the resonant frequency is above 150kHz at start up.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.363-364
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• 2010

Most LED drivers uses current control method to adjust LED current. Using AC power grid such as off-line converter, Buck topology is popular because input voltage of LED driver is much higher than LED output voltage. Normally DCM current control is more popular than CCM current mode control in the range of below 50W, But DCM characteristics are dependent on the input voltage variation. This paper deals with what should be considered in DCM for LED driver with valley fill circuit.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.348-352
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• 2016

This paper addresses the efficient improvement of the Switched Reluctance Motor(SRM) by the proper voltage excitation. In the case of loads with large operational motor-speed differences such as washing machine, an SRM system driven by a constant DC-link voltage is not useful for improving the efficiency. To reduce the effect of the excess DC-link voltage, AC-DC control converter that uses a silicon controlled rectifier instead of diode rectifier is employed in the SRM driver system. AC-DC control converter supplies a proper link voltage for low-speed operation. The experimental results demonstrated that the efficiency of the system was improved at low speeds.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.494-501
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• 2006

In this paper, a novel energy recovery circuit for AC PDPs(Plasma Display Panels) with reduced sustain voltage is proposed to improve the performance of conventional circuits such as TERES(TEchnology of REciprocal Sustainer). In the TERES circuit, the sustain voltage is the half of general sustaining driver for AC PDPs, however, there is no energy recovery circuit. In the proposed circuit, the efficiency is heightened by installing in energy recovery circuit and the loss of switching device is reduced by performing the zero voltage switching or zero current switching. Although the energy recovery circuit is added, the number of active switching elements of the proposed circuit is the same as that of the TERES circuit. The operations of the proposed circuit are analyzed for each mode and its validity is verified by the simulations and experimentation.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.135-138
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 교류 전원인 220V 전원을 간단한 다이오드 및 커패시터만으로 정류한 후 BLDC 모터를 구동할 수 있는 드라이버를 개발하였다. 구동단은 저렴한 전력용 트랜지스터와 FET를 사용함으로써 비용을 줄일 수 있게 하였으며, 실험 결과 잘 동작함을 확인하였다.