• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1086-1095
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• 2013

The main issue of parallel three-phase boost converters is reduction of the low- and high frequency circulating currents. Most present technologies concentrate on low frequency circulating current because the circulating current controller cannot mitigate the high frequency circulating current. In this paper, analytical approach of three-phase coupled inductor applied to parallel system becomes an important objective to effectively reduce the low- and high frequency circulating currents. The characteristics of three-phase coupled inductor based on a structure and voltage equations are mathematically derived. The modified voltage equations are then applied to parallel three-phase boost converters to develop averaged models in stationary coordinates and rotating coordinates. Based on the averaged modeling approach, design of the circulating current controller is presented. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the analysis and modeling for the parallel three-phase boost converters using three-phase coupled inductor.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.350-357
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• 2020

This study presents the design of an 18 kW two-phase interleaved buck converter that uses a coupled inductor for an electric vehicle rapid charger. The designs of a two-phase coupled inductor for current ripple and physical size reduction and a two-phase interleaved buck converter based on silicon carbide metal - oxide - semiconductor field-effect transistor for high efficiency were described in detail. The operating principle of the two-phase interleaved buck converter was analyzed, and the coupled inductor was investigated using a magnetized equivalent circuit. Simulation and experiments were conducted to verify the validity of the proposed two-phase interleaved buck converter, and the theoretical design method and experimental results were confirmed.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.250-257
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• 2011

본 논문은 병렬 삼상 부스트 컨버터에서 Interleaved PWM에 의해 발생하는 고 주파수 순환전류를 효과적으로 저감시키기 위해서, AC 입력단에 연결되는 삼상 결합 인덕터의 특성을 분석하였다. 제시된 삼상 결합 인덕터 분석은 삼상 결합 인덕터의 구조와 전압 방정식의 해석을 통하여 이루어졌다. 그리고 이것을 바탕으로 기존의 저 주파수 평균화 모델에 삼상 결합 인덕터를 추가하여, 고 주파수 순환전류와 저 주파수 순환전류를 동시에 저감시킬 수 있는 새로운 형태의 평균화 모델을 제안하였다. 새로운 평균화 모델의 영상성분을 이용하면, 삼상 결합 인덕터와 라인 인덕터의 순환전류에 대한 총 인덕턴스를 각각 구해 비교 할 수 있다. 시뮬레이션과 실험결과를 토대로 병렬 삼상 부스트 컨버터에서 사용되는 삼상 결합 인덕터의 유용성을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.16-20
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• 2011

This paper presents a zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) boost converter using a coupled inductor. It utilizes an additional winding to the boost inductor and an auxiliary diode. The ZVS characteristic of the proposed converter reduces the switching losses of the active power switches and raises the power conversion efficiency. The principle of operation and a system analysis are presented. The theoretical analysis and performance of the proposed converter were verified with a 100W experimental prototype operating at a 107 kHz switching frequency.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.327-337
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• 2015

This study discusses the design of a parallel-operated DC-DC single-ended primary-inductor converter (SEPIC) for low-voltage application and current sharing with a constant output voltage. A coupled inductor is used for parallel-connected SEPIC topology. Generally, two separate inductors require different ripple currents, but a coupled inductor has the advantage of using the same ripple current. Furthermore, tightly coupled inductors require only half of the ripple current that separate inductors use. In this proposed work, tightly coupled inductors are used. These produce an output that is more efficient than that from separate inductors. Two SEPICs are also connected in parallel using the coupled inductors with a single common controller. An analog control circuit is designed to generate pulse width modulation (PWM) signals and to fulfill the closed-loop control function. A stable output current-sharing strategy is proposed in this system. An experimental setup is developed for a 18.5 V, 60 W parallel SEPIC (PSEPIC) converter, and the results are verified. Results indicate that the PSEPIC provides good response for the variation of input voltage and sudden change in load.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.481-487
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• 2014

This study proposes a two-phase non-inverting buck-boost converter that uses a coupled inductor. The multi-phase converter has many advantages over single-phase counterparts, such as reduced output current ripple and conduction loss in switching devices and passive elements. Although the output current ripple of the multi-phase converter is reduced significantly because of the interleaved effect, the inductor current ripple is not reduced in multi-phase converters. One of the solutions to this problem is to use a coupled inductor. A 4 kW prototype converter is built and tested to verify the performance of the proposed converter.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2020

This study proposes a 7kW low-voltage DC-DC converter (LDC) using a coupled inductor (CI) for heavy hydrogen electric transport vehicles. The LDC uses a phase-shift manner for soft switching. SiC-MOSFET is used to reduce the loss of reverse recovery current through the use of a high switching frequency. LDC is require large transformer and inductor because of large output current. The size of transformer and inductor can be reduced by deviding the transformer and inductor into two pieces each. This work presents the experimental results of the proposed circuit.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2014년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.335-336
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• 2014

This paper investigates the design of coupled inductor for minimum inductor current ripple in rapid traction battery charger systems. Based on the general circuit model of coupled inductor together with the operating principles of dc-dc converter, the relationship between the ripple size of inductor current and the coupling factor is derived under the different duty ratio. The optimal coupling factor which corresponds to a minimum inductor ripple current becomes -1, i.e. a complete inverse coupling without leakage inductance, as the steady-state duty ratio operating point approaches 0.5. In an opposite manner, the optimal coupling factor value of zero, i.e. zero mutual inductance, is required when the steady-state duty ratio operating point approaches either zero or one. Coupled inductors having optimal coupling factor can minimize the ripple current of inductor and battery current resulting in a reliable and efficient operation of battery chargers.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2019

벅 컨버터는 전압 직류 계통(LVDC), 가전 분야 및 전기차 충방전 분야에서 다양하게 적용되고 있는 전력변환장치이며, 일반적으로 벅 컨버터는 부하측에 단락 등 고장 발생시 반도체 스위칭 소자를 개방시켜 벅 컨버터의 운전을 중지시킨다. 그러나 벅 컨버터의 출력단에 인덕터와 캐패시터에 저장된 에너지로 인해 고장 전류가 지속적으로 부하로 전달되는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 벅 컨버터의 출력측 저역통과 필터에 일반적인 인덕터 대신 커플드 인덕터(Coupled-inductor)를 사용하여 인덕터에 저장된 전기에너지를 부하단에 공급되지 않도록 소모시키는 구성을 포함하는 벅 컨버터의 새로운 고장전류 고속차단 방식을 제안하며, 제안된 방식은 시뮬레이션을 통해 성능을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.436-446
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• 2016

A novel step-up DC-DC converter with a switched-coupled-inductor-capacitor (SCIC) which successfully integrates three-winding coupled inductors and switched-capacitor techniques is proposed in this paper. The primary side of the coupled inductors for the SCIC is charged by the input source, and the capacitors are charged in parallel and discharged in series by the secondary windings of the coupled inductor to achieve a high step-up voltage gain with an appropriate duty ratio. In addition, the passive lossless clamped circuits recycle the leakage energy and reduce the voltage stress on the main switch effectively, and the reverse-recovery problem of the diodes is alleviated by the leakage inductor. Thus, the efficiency can be improved. The operating principle and steady-state analyses of the converter are discussed in detail. Finally, a prototype circuit at a 50 kHz switching frequency with a 20-V input voltage, a 200-V output voltage, and a 200-W output power is built in the laboratory to verify the performance of the proposed converter.