• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.399-400
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• 2012

The proposed battery charger presented in this paper is suitable for Lead-Acid Battery and the dc/dc buck converter topology is applied as a charger circuit. The technique adopted in this charger is constant current & constant voltage dual mode, which is decided by the value of voltage of proposed battery. Automatic mode change function is detected by the percentage value of level of battery charging. CC Mode (Constant Current Mode) is operated when charging level is below 80% of the total charging of Battery voltage and above 80% of battery voltage charging, CV Mode (Constant Voltage Mode) is automatically operated. As the charging level exceeds 120%, it automatically terminates charging. The feedback signal to the PWM generator for charging the battery is controlled by using the current and voltage measurement circuits simultaneously. This technique will degrade the damage of proposed type of battery and improve the power efficiency of charger. Finally, a prototype charger circuit designed for a 12-V 7-Ah lead acid battery is constructed and tested to confirm the theoretical predictions. Satisfactory performance is obtained from simulation and the experimental results.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.21-26
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• 2016

This paper presents a step-down DC-DC buck converter with a CCM/DCM dual-mode function for the internal power stage of portable electronic device. The proposed converter that is operated with a high frequency of 1 MHz consists of a power stage and a control block. The power stage has a power MOS transistor, inductor, capacitor, and feedback resistors for the control loop. The control part has a pulse width modulation (PWM) block, error amplifier, ramp generator, and oscillator. In this paper, an external capacitor for compensation has been replaced with a multiplier equivalent CMOS circuit for area reduction of integrated circuits. In addition, the circuit includes protection block, such as over voltage protection (OVP), under voltage lock out (UVLO), and thermal shutdown (TSD) block. The proposed circuit was designed and verified using a $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS process parameter by Cadence Spectra circuit design program. The SPICE simulation results showed a peak efficiency of 94.8 %, a ripple voltage of 3.29 mV ripple, and a 1.8 V output voltage with supply voltages ranging from 2.7 to 3.3 V.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1433-1444
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• 2017

A family of non-isolated DC-DC three-port converters (TPCs) that allows for a more flexible power flow among a renewable energy source, an energy storage device and a current-reversible DC bus is introduced. Most of the reported non-isolated topologies in this area consider only a power consuming load. However, for applications such as hybrid-electric vehicle braking systems and DC microgrids, the load power generating capability should also be considered. The proposed three-port family consists of one unidirectional port and two bi-directional ports. Hence, they are well-suited for photovoltaic (PV)-battery-DC bus systems from the power flow viewpoint. Three-port converters are derived by combining different commonly known power converters in an integrated manner while considering the voltage polarity, voltage levels among the ports and the overall voltage conversion ratio. The derived converter topologies are able to allow for seven different modes of operation among the sources and load. A three-port converter which integrates a boost converter with a buck converter is used as a design example. Extensions of these topologies by combining the soft-switching technique with the proposed design example are also presented. Experiment results are given to verify the proposed three-port converter family and its analysis.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.117-118
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• 2017

다단 듀얼 벅 AC-AC 컨버터는 암단락 사고가 없고 정류 문제가 없으며, MOSFET을 사용하여 효율을 향상시킬 수 있다. 해당 컨버터의 주된 단점은 기존의 다단 AC-AC 컨버터보다 인덕터가 많이 사용되고, 제한 인덕터의 50 % 만 사용한다는 것이다. 이러한 사실은 전력 밀도를 감소시키고 시스템 비용을 증가시킨다. 본 논문은 결합 인덕터를 사용하는 개선 된 컨버터를 제시한다. 제안 된 컨버터에서 각 셀 사이에 연결된 제한 인덕터는 하나의 코어에 결합되어있다. 따라서 전체 인덕턴스, 인덕터 풋프린트 및 자기소자부피 모두 줄일 수 있다. 제안 된 컨버터의 성능을 검증하기 위해 컨버터의 동작 및 실험 결과를 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.552-553
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• 2010

Dual Buck Inverter 구조를 갖는 35W 세라믹 MHL용 전자식 안정기의 제어회로를 설계하였다. 제어회로는 크게 2가지로 나눌 수 있는데 PFC IC를 이용하여 Inverter의 전압과 전류를 센싱하여 80kHz로 Inverter를 구동하기 위한 제어부분과 시간의 경과에 따른 PFC의 출력 전압 제어, Ignition Pulse 제어 및 무부하 보호, 램프의 점등 상태에 따른 Inverter 구동 주파수 제어부분으로 구성되어 있다. 본 논문은 마이크로 컨트롤러(ATmega8)를 이용하여 시간의 경과에 따른 안정기의 제어부분에 대해 설명하고 이를 실험을 통해 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.544-545
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• 2010

전자식 안정기의 초기구동 시, 발생되는 입력단의 높은 돌입전류는 전자식 안정기 내의 전파정류다이오드 및 능동 역률보상회로의 파손원인이 되며, 제품의 신뢰성을 감소시키는 큰 요인으로 지목된다. 따라서 안정기의 입력에서 발생되는 돌입전류를 분석하고 제한하는 방법이 필요하다. 본 논문은 250W CDM(Ceramic Discharge Metal-halide) 램프용 DBI(Dual Buck Inverter) 구조의 전자식 안정기에서 초기 구동 시 높은 돌입전류가 발생되는 원인을 분석하고, 해결책을 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.198-199
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• 2013

본 논문은 군용 UPS 시스템에서 Dual Active Bridge(DAB) 컨버터를 이용한 절연형 양방향 배터리 충전기를 제안한다. 일반적인 군용 UPS 시스템은 AC-DC 정류기, DC-AC 인버터, 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터, 배터리 충전기, 배터리로 구성되며, 여러 부하상태들에 대한 지속적인 전력공급을 위하여 안정적인 에너지 저장 시스템이 요구된다. 다양한 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터들 중, DAB 컨버터는 buck, boost 동작이 가능한 고효율 절연형 양방향 컨버터이다. 본 논문에서는 6kW(입력 380Vdc, 출력 32/21Vdc) DAB 컨버터에 대한 토폴로지 분석하고, 파라미터 및 제어 알고리즘 설계를 제안하고 시제품을 통해 이를 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.260-261
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 결합 인덕터를 이용한 새로운 다단 듀얼 벅 인버터를 제안한다. 제안한 인버터는 기존 다단 듀얼 벅 인버터의 장점인 암단락 방지, MOSFET 이용, 고주파 동작, 스위칭 손실감소 등을 그대로 갖고 있고, 기존과 다른 점은 제한 인덕터들을 출력전류 극성에 따라 결합시켜서 총 2개의 코어로 구성된다. 이로 인해 셀 수가 많이 필요한 대용량 시스템에서 기존 인버터에 비해 제한 인덕터의 셀프 인덕턴스 양을 획기적으로 줄일 수 있고 결과적으로 총 자기소자 부피가 감소하게 된다. 따라서 전체 효율면에서 향상된다. 제안한 인버터의 성능 검증을 위해 2 셀 구조로 된 인버터를 구축하여 실험을 통해 성능을 검증하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.82-91
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• 2017

This paper is a study on the bi-directional DC-DC converter, one of the key elements of 48V-12V dual systems in mild hybrid electric vehicles. Mild hybrid electric vehicles require a bi-directional DC-DC converter that can efficiently transmit power in two directions between a 48V battery and a 12V battery. To develop a bi-directional DC-DC converter with better price competitiveness, upgraded fuel economy, excellent performance and smaller size, this study designed, produced and presented a circuit that improved on the existing one. In the proposed 8-phase bi-directional DC-DC converter, the size of the passive element was reduced through the 8-phase interleaved topology, whereas downscaling had previously posed a difficulty. This study also designed and produced a 2.5kW class prototype. Based on the proposed 8-phase interleaved topology, a size of 227.5 (W) * 172 (L) * 64.35 (H) was achieved. In the boost mode operation and buck operation modes, the maximum efficiency was recorded at 94.04 % and 95.78 %, respectively.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.451-460
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• 2010

This paper presents a new kind of digital control metal halide lamp electronic ballast. A zero-voltage-switch quasi-square-wave (ZVS-QSW) dual Buck converter is adopted here. In this paper, a digital control method is proposed to achieve ZVS for the converter. This ZVS can be realized during the whole working condition. Single-cycle-peak-current control is proposed to solve the problem of excessive inductor current during a low-frequency reversal transient. Power loop control is also realized and its consistency for different lamps is good. An AVR special microcontroller for a HID ballast is used to raise the control performance, and the low-frequency square-wave control method is adopted to avoid acoustic resonance. A 70W prototype was built in the laboratory. Experimental results show that the electronic ballast works reliably. Furthermore, the efficiency of the ballast can be higher than 92%.