• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.391-396
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• 2022

In this study, a new voltage-balancing dual-active bridge converter that integrates a DAB converter with a voltage balancer is proposed for a bipolar DC distribution system. The proposed converter is configured to connect two loads to the transformer secondary center tap of the DAB converter, and no additional components are added. The proposed converter has the same operation as the conventional DAB converter, and it makes both output voltages similar. Moreover, the imbalanced current offset between the two loads is bypassed only on the secondary side of the transformer. Consequently, the proposed converter integrates a voltage balancer without any additional components, and no additional loss occurs in the corresponding components. Thus, high efficiency and high power density can be achieved. The feasibility of the proposed converter is verified using 3 kW prototypes under 380 V input and 190/190 V output conditions.

• 턱관절균형의학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2017

Functional neurology is a function-oriented clinical neurology with a focus on the viability, functionality, and balance of the neurologic system, which may be considered as a form of yin-yang balance medicine like Korean medicine. While it incorporates knowledge systems such as developmental neurology, neuropsychology, comparative neuroanatomy, and others, it views the neurologic system and the body as an individually different, self-regulating mechanism with the help of the active balancing mechanism within the nervous system and between the individual and the environment, which view is at the core of its effort to improve and serve the human dignity based on the best possible functioning nervous system. This article reviews core concepts of the functional neurology, discusses yin-yang balance medicine perspectives and clinical applications of it.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.319-326
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• 2015

In this paper, a cost-effective single switch multi-channel LED (light emitting diode) driver is proposed. While conventional LED drivers require as many non-isolated DC/DC converters as the number of LED channels, the proposed LED driver needs only one power switch and several balancing capacitors instead of expensive non-isolated DC/DC converters. Therefore, the proposed driver features a simpler structure, with a lower cost and a higher efficiency. Because its power switch can be turned off under the zero current switching condition, it has very desirable advantages such as improved electromagnetic interference characteristics and high efficiency. Moreover, it uses only a small number of DC blocking capacitors with no additional active devices for the current balancing of multi-channel LEDs. As a result, the proposed driver exhibits high reliability and is cost effective. To confirm the validity of the proposed driver, a theoretical analysis is performed, and design considerations and experimental results obtained from a prototype that is applicable to a 46" LED-TV are presented.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.194-201
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• 2014

To increase the capacity of secondary cells, an appropriate serial composition of the battery modules is essential. The unbalance that may occur due to the series connection in such a serial composition is the main cause for declines in the efficiency and performance of batteries. Various studies have been conducted on the use of a passive or active topology to eliminate the unbalance from the series circuit of battery modules. Most topologies consist of a complex structure in which the Battery Management System (BMS) detects the voltage of each module and establishes the voltage balancing in the independent electrical power converters installed on each module by comparing the module voltage. This study proposes a new magnetic flux sharing type DC/DC converter topology in order to remove voltage unbalances from batteries. The proposed topology is characterized by a design in which all of the DC/DC convertor outputs connected to the modules converge into a single transformer. In this structure, by taking a form in which all of the battery balancing type converters share magnetic flux through a single harmonic wave transformer, all of the converter voltages automatically converge to the same voltage. This paper attempts to analyze the dynamic properties of the proposed circuit by using a Programmable Synthesizer Interface Module (PSIM), which is useful for power electronics analysis, while also attempting to demonstrate the validity of the proposed circuit through experimental results.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.707-714
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• 2010

When problems such as line fault, breakdown of a substation or a generator, etc. arise on the grid, the Microgrid is designed to be separated or isolated from the grid. Most existing DGs(Distributed Generators) in distribution system use rotating machine. However, new DGs such as micro gas turbine, fuel cell, photo voltaic, wind turbine, etc. will be interfaced with the Microgrid through an inverter. So the Microgrid may have very lower inertia than the conventional distribution system. By the way, the rate of change of frequency depends on the inertia of the power system. Moreover, frequency has a strong coupling with active power in power system. Because the frequency of the Microgrid may change rapidly and largely during transient, appropriate and fast control strategy is needed for stable operation of the Microgrid. Therefore, this paper presents a power balancing strategy in Microgrid during transient. Despite of strong power or frequency excursions, power balancing in the Microgrid can be maintained.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.122-129
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• 2015

In this study, we propose a low voltage stress and cost-effective light emitting diode (LED) driver capable of multi-channel current balancing. Conventional LED drivers require as many boost converters as the number of LED channels, whereas the proposed LED driver requires only one buck converter and several balancing capacitors instead of several expensive boost converters. Additionally, while the components of the boost converter have high voltage stress and depend on the LED driving voltage, components of the proposed driver have about one-half of the voltage stress across all components. The proposed driver exhibits high reliability and cost effectiveness because it only uses few DC blocking capacitors with no additional active devices to balance the current of multi-channel LEDs. The proposed driver exhibits high reliability and cost effectiveness. The validity of the proposed driver is confirmed through a theoretical analysis. An explanation of the design considerations and experimental results were obtained using a prototype applicable to a 46" LED-TV.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.652-658
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• 2019

본 논문은 반도체 변압기용 모듈형 멀티레벨 DC-DC 컨버터의 서브모듈 커패시터 전압 균형 제어 기법을 제안한다. 일반적으로 서브모듈 커패시터 전압은 개별적인 피드백 제어기에 의해 균등하게 제어할 수 있으나 모듈 개수에 따라 연산 시간이 증가한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 전압 균형 제어 기법은 순시적으로 최대/최소 전압 값의 서브모듈만을 선택 및 제어하여 연산 시간을 저감할 수 있다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안하는 방법의 성능 및 타당성에 대한 검증을 진행한다.

• 정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.145-154
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• 2018

다양한 분산 소프트웨어 컴포넌트들의 정보 교환을 위해 비동기, 다대다 메시지 교환이 가능한 브로커 구조가 보편적으로 사용되고 있다. 특별히 많은 사용자 및 메시지를 지원하기 위해 높은 확장성의 분산 메시지 브로커가 제안되었다. 브로커의 가용성 및 장애 극복 능력을 향상시키기 위해 메시지 레플리카를 사용하여 액티브-스탠바이 혹은 액티브-액티브 구조를 사용하게 된다. 그러나, 액티브-스탠바이의 경우 낮은 가용성의 문제, 그리고 액티브-액티브의 경우 동기화 오버헤드가 전체 성능을 낮추는 문제를 가진다. 본 논문에서는 장애 상황의 극복이 가능하면서도 분산 메시지 브로커의 가용성을 향상시키기 위해 메시지 레플리카를 액티브-액티브 구조로 구성하여 분산 브로커의 요청 부하를 분산시키는 기법을 제안하였다. 스탠바이 레플리카들이 액티브 레플리카로부터 요청을 전달받아 나누어 처리함으로써 브로커를 구성하는 노드 수의 증가 없이 요청 부하를 분산시킬 수 있었다. 이때 메시지 동기화 과정은 분산 코디네이터를 이용, 분산 락을 구현함으로써 모든 액티브 레플리카들이 한 때에 동기화를 진행하도록 하였고 각 액티브 레플리가 동기화를 할 때보다 추가적인 오버헤드를 적게 하였다. 본 제안의 성능을 평가하기 위해 제안 기법과 기존의 액티브-스탠바이 기법을 기반으로 브로커 프로토타입을 구현하고 메시지의 생산, 소비 및 전체 생산-소비 구간 처리 성능을 측정 비교하였고, 분산 락으로 인한 오버헤드 수식을 제시하였다. 실험 결과에서 본 제안 기법이 더 높은 확장성과 메시지 처리성능을 보임을 확인하였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 1998년도 춘계학술대회논문집; 용평리조트 타워콘도, 21-22 May 1998
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• pp.261-266
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• 1998

In this study, the in-situ parameter identification method for active magnetic bearing (AMB) actuator based on an open-loop balancing scheme is proposed. The scheme utilizes the relation between the compensating voltage and the known unbalance force. Main advantage of this method is that it is easy to use, yet it gives the actuator dynamics on the actual operating condition of an AMB system. The experimental results show that the proposed scheme compensates the known unbalance accurately and consequently identifies the actuator dynamics effectively.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.3171-3191
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• 2016

Due to growing demand on wireless data traffic, a large number of different types of base stations (BSs) have been installed. However, space-time dependent wireless data traffic densities can result in a significant number of idle BSs, which implies the waste of power resources. To deal with this problem, we propose an active state control algorithm based on semi-Markov decision process (SMDP) for a heterogeneous network. A MDP in discrete time domain is formulated from continuous domain with some approximation. Suboptimal on-line learning algorithm with a random policy is proposed to solve the problem. We explicitly include coverage constraint so that active cells can provide the same signal to noise ratio (SNR) coverage with a targeted outage rate. Simulation results verify that the proposed algorithm properly controls the active state depending on traffic densities without increasing the number of handovers excessively while providing average user perceived rate (UPR) in a more power efficient way than a conventional algorithm.