• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• v.15
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• pp.93-100
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• 1997

Plants are exposed to wide range of different stresses. As plants have only limited mechanism for stress avoidance, they require flexible means for adaption to changing environmental conditions. This study was carried out to reasearch the changes of antioxidant enzymes activities as caused by water stress in four lettuceUactuca sativa) lines. Four lettuce lines exposed to water stress showed premature senescence as evidenced by the consistenent reduction in the content of total soluble protein and total lipid. Water stress also caused decreased activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, but decrease rates were different. Catalase activity was decreased much more than that of ascorbate peroxidase that suggest catalase reacted with hydrogenyperoxide directly not with ascorbate peroxidase.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2013

This paper presents a resonant non-inverting buck-boost converter in which all switches operate under ZCS conditions. In a symmetric configuration, a CLL resonant tank along with an inverter arm and a rectifying diode are employed. The diode is turned off at ZCS and hence the problem of its reverse recovery is obviated also. As a result switching losses and EMI are reduced and switching frequency can be increased. The converter can work at DCM and CCM depend on the switching frequency and the load-current. Experimental results from a 200W/200KHz laboratory prototype verify operation of the proposed converter and the presented theoretical analysis.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.319-328
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• 2010

In this paper, an optimal selection methodology for the number of phases will be proposed for an interleaved boost converter (IBC). Also, the analysis of the input current ripple according to CCM and DCM is carried out. The proposed design methodology will be theoretically analyzed, and its validity verified by simulation as well as with experimental results. Moreover, a comparison of cost and efficiency based on a 600W laboratory prototype using the Ballard NEXA 1.2kW PEMFC system is demonstrated.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.1035-1046
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• 2015

This study presents a practical implementation of a multi-mode two-phase interleaved boost converter for fuel cell electric vehicle application. The main operating modes, which include two continuous conducting modes and four discontinuous conducting modes, are discussed. The boundaries and transitions among these modes are analyzed with consideration of the inductor parasitic resistance. The safe operational area is analyzed through a comparison of the different operating modes. The output voltage and power characteristics with open-loop or closed-loop operation are also discussed. Key performance parameters, including the DC voltage gain, input ripple current, output ripple voltage, and switch stresses, are presented and supported by simulation and experimental results.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.11d
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• pp.200-203
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• 2002

This paper presents Continuous-current mode of $S^4$-PFC(Single-Stage Single-switch Power Factor Correction) converter. Proposed converter operates in the continueous current mode(CCM) at full load and discontinuous current mode(DCM) at light load. So, characteristic of proposed converter is no bus voltage stress and Zero Voltage Switching(ZVS) using resonant auxiliary circuit. And. This paper presents characteristic of $S^4$-PFC converter and effect of circuit parameter of proposed converter through the input inductor, PFC capacitor's variation. All of these theory and characteristic verified through the experiment with a 72W(12V, 6A), $90^{kHz}$ prototype converter.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.1861-1868
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• 2016

In this paper, a three-phase AC-DC high step-up converter is developed for application to microscale wind-power generation systems. Such an AC-DC boost converter prossessess the property of the single-switch high step-up DC-DC structure. For power factor correction, the advanced half-stage converter is operated under the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). Simulatanously, to achieve a high step-up voltage gain, the back half-stage functions in the continuous conduction mode (CCM). A high voltage gain can be obtained by use of an output-capacitor mass and a coupled inductor. Compared to the output voltage, the voltage stress is decreased on the switch. To lessen the conducting losses, a low rated voltage and small conductive resistance MOSFETs are adopted. In addition, the coupled inductor retrieves the leakage-inductor energy. The operation principle and steady-state behavior are analyzed, and a prototype hardware circuit is realized to verify the performance of the proposed converter.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.317-318
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 동기정류형 벅 컨버터의 넓은 부하 범위에서 고효율을 달성하기 위한 디지털 제어 전략을 제안한다. 동기 정류 컨버터는 다이오드에서 발생하는 도통손실을 줄이고자 하는 방법으로 고전류 응용범위에서 유리하다. 하지만 낮은 부하에서 이러한 방법은 비효율적일 수 있다. 따라서 디지털 제어의 장점을 이용하여 넓은 부하 조건에서 높은 효율을 이루기 위해 모드 변환 전력을 제시한다. 제어 방법은 3단계로 이루어져 있으며 부하가 줄어듦에 따라 CCM 모드에서 DCM 모드 그리고 pulse skipping 모드로 전환한다. 제안한 방법은 TI사의 TMS320F28335를 통해 구현되었으며 실험을 통해 타당성 및 효용성을 검증하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.330-337
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• 1998

A duty cycle average model is mathematically developed for an average model of buck converter employing hysteresis c control. The derived model is able to simultaneously deal with both the continuous conduction mode (CCM) and the d discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) in the time domain. Also. taking advantage of the MAST language of SABER. a t template of the proposed duty cycle average model is built for the time and frequency domain analyses. The accuracy of t this template is verified through the computer simulations.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.261-263
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 다수의 고주파 단상 변압기를 사용하여 다수의 독립된 직류 전압원을 만들 수 있는, 여러 다이오드 정류기와 연결된 풀 브릿지 DC-DC 컨버터에 대한 분석 및 제어 기법을 제안한다. 본 토폴로지의 경우 제어 대상인 2차단 직류단이 다수이지만 1차단 스위칭 회로가 하나의 풀 브릿지 회로이기 때문에 2차단 전압의 개별 제어를 위한 자유도가 부족하다. 이에 따라 다수 직류단 전압의 평균 값을 제어하는 방식이 사용된다. 이때, 각 직류단에 다른 용량의 부하가 연결되어 있는 상황에 대하여 상세한 분석이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 제시된 토폴로지(Topology)를 하드 스위칭 기반의 DCM(Discontinuous Conduction Mode) 및 CCM(Continuous Conduction Mode) 동작의 경우에 대해 분석한다. 이를 바탕으로, 직류단 전압 제어를 위한 전향 보상 및 안티 와인드업을 포함하는 Integral and Proportional (IP) 제어기를 구성하고, 제어기 이득 및 전향 보상을 수식화 한다. 최종적으로 구해지는 제어기의 전달 함수를 통해, 제어기가 정확하게 설계되었는지 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션으로 검증한다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.207-214
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• 2019

In this study, discrete-time domain analysis is proposed to investigate the input current of a buck AC/DC light-emitting diode (LED) driver. The buck power factor correction converter can operate in both discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) and continuous conduction mode (CCM). Two discontinuous and two continuous conduction operating modes are possible depending on which event terminates the conduction of the main switch in a switching cycle. All four operating modes are considered in the discrete-time domain analysis. The peak current-mode control with slope compensation is used to design a low-cost AC/DC LED driver. A slope compensation design of the buck AC/DC LED driver is described on the basis of a discrete-time domain analysis. Experimental results are presented to confirm the usefulness of the proposed analysis.