• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.315-316
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• 2019

This paper proposes the operation scheme and control method for a four-level hybrid half-bridge flying-capacitor inverter (4L-HHBFCI). With in-phase disposition level-shifted modulation (IPD), the flying capacitor voltage ripple is less than 1% of the reference value, while the line-to-line voltage total harmonic distortion is 23.27% at unity modulation index. The performance and effectiveness of the proposed inverter operation have been verified by simulation results.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.448-451
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• 2000

This paper proposed a snubber circuit for flying capacitor multilevel inverter and converter. The proposed snubber circuit makes use of Undeland snubber as basic snubber as basic snubber unit and has such an advantage of Undeland snubber used in the two-level inverter. Comparing conventional RCD/RLD snubber for multilevel in verter and converter the proposed snubber keeps such a good features as fewer number of components improved efficiency of system due to low loss snubber and reduction of voltage stress of main switching devices due to low overvoltage. Furthermore the proposed concept of constructing a snubber circuit for flying capacitor 3-level inverter and converter can apply to any level of them. In this paper the proposed snubber applies to three-level flying capacitor inverter and demonstrates its feature by computer simulation and experimental result.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.50 no.9
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• pp.459-466
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• 2001

This paper proposes a snubber circuit for flying capacitor multilevel inverter and converter. The proposed snubber circuit makes use of Undeland snubber as basic snubber unit. It has such an advantage of Undeland snubber used in the two-level inverter. Compared with conventional RCD/RLD snubber for multileve1 inverter and converter, the proposed snubber keeps such good features as fewer number of components, reduction of voltage stress of main switching devices due to low overvoltage, and improved efficiency of system due to low loss snubber. In this paper, the proposed snubber is applied to three-level flying capacitor inverter and this feature is demonstrated by computer simulation and experimental result.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.189-191
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 작은 필터인덕턴스를 갖는 새로운 소프트스위칭 3레벨 Flying Capacitor 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안한 컨버터는 보조 인덕터 La와 보조 커패시터 Ca로 인해 모든 스위치의 ZVS 턴 온을 성취하여 높은 효율을 달성할 수 있고, Flying capacitor로 인해 필터 인덕터에 걸리는 전압이 감소하며 스위치간의 위상차로 인해 동작주파수가 2배가 되어 필터 인덕턴스를 줄일 수 있다. 또한 3레벨 구조로써 800V~1000V의 고전압 응용에서 600V의 Si-MOSFET을 사용할 수 있어 도통손실을 줄일 수 있다. 제안하는 컨버터의 동작원리, 비교분석, 인터리빙 효과를 제시하고 시작품을 통해 본 논문의 타당성 및 성능을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.77-80
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• 2003

Switching Mode Power Supply(SMPS) is widely used in many industrial fields. Power factor improvement and harmonic reduction technique are very important in SMPS. In this paper, we propose the circuit applied Flying Capacitor Snubber for improving power factor of boost converter on fast switching state. Snubber circuit consists of a inductor, two diodes and a capacitor. The losses of switching are reduced by inserting a snubber inductor in the series path of the boost switch and the rectifier diode to control the di/dt rate of the rectifier during it's turn-off. Prior to actual experiment, the circuit analysis Is implemented by PSPICE simulation.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.1006-1011
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• 2018

This paper proposes a three level buck converter utilizing multi-bit flying capacitor voltage control. The conventional three-level buck converter can not control the flying capacitor voltage, so that the operation is unstable or the circuit for controlling the flying capacitor voltage can not be applied to the PWM mode. Also when the load current is increased, an error occurs in the inductor voltage. The proposed structure can control the flying capacitor voltage in PWM mode by using differential difference amplifier and common mode feedback circuit. In addition, this paper proposes a 3bit flying capacitor voltage control circuit to optimize the operation of the three level buck converter depending on the load current, and a triangular wave generation circuit using the schmitt trigger circuit. The proposed 3-level buck converter is designed in $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS process and has an input voltage range of 2.7V~3.6V and an output voltage range of 0.7V~2.4V. The operating frequency is 2MHz, the load current range is 30mA to 500mA, and the output voltage ripple is measured up to 32.5mV. The measurement results show a maximum power conversion efficiency of 85% at a load current of 130 mA.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.746-755
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• 2001

This paper proposes a snubber circuit for flying capacitor 3-level inverter and converter. The proposed snubber circuit makes use of Undeland snubber as basic snubber unit. It has such an advantage of Undeland snubber used in the two-level inverter. Compared with conventional RLD/RCD snubber for 3-level inverter and converter, the proposed snubber keeps such good features as fewer number of components, reduction of voltage stress of main switching devices due to low overvoltage, and improved efficiency of system due to low snubber loss. In this paper, the proposed snubber is applied to multilevel flying capacitor inverter and its feature is demonstrated by computer simulation and experimental result.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.281-285
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• 2001

This paper proposes a snubber circuit for flying capacitor multilevel inverter and converter. The proposed snubber circuit makes use of Undeland snubber as basic snubber unit. It has such an advantage of Undeland snubber used in the two-level inverter. Compared with conventional RLD/RCD snubber for multilevel inverter and converter, the proposed snubber keeps such good features as fewer number of components, reduction of voltage stress of main switching devices due to low overvoltage, and improved efficiency of system due to low snubber loss. In this paper. the proposed snubber is applied to three-level flying capacitor inverter and its feature is demonstrated by computer simulation and experimental result.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.258-260
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• 2018

본 논문은 Cascaded Flying Capacitor Bridge 멀티-레벨 컨버터를 위한 모델 예측 제어 알고리즘을 제안한다. 모델 예측 제어 방법은 스위치 수가 늘어날수록 예측 값을 도출하기 위한 연산이 많아지기 때문에 전압 레벨이 높은 멀티-레벨 토폴로지에 적용하는데 한계가 있다. 제안된 제어 알고리즘은 전류, 출력 전압 균형, 플라잉 커패시터 전압 균형에 대한 비용 함수를 구분하여 단계별로 제어하는 방법으로 제어에 필요한 연산을 줄일 수 있는 장점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안된 알고리즘의 제어 성능을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.288-289
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• 2018

In this paper, the coupled inductor scheme instead of noncoupled inductors is suggested to reduce the dimension, weight and cost of the magnetic core. The simulation results have verified the effectiveness of the flying-capacitor MMC with coupled inductors and its control method for medium-voltage induction motor drives at low-speed operation.