• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.344-356
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• 2012

In recent years, multilevel technology has become an effective and practical solution in the field of moderate and high voltage applications. This paper discusses an APF with a three-level NPC inverter. Obviously, the application of such converter to APFs is hindered by the problem of the voltage unbalance of DC capacitors, which leads to system instability. This paper comprehensively analyzes the theoretical limitations of the neutral-point voltage balancing problem for tracking different harmonic currents utilizing current switching functions from the space vector PWM (SVPWM) point of view. The fluctuation of the neutral point caused by the load currents of certain order harmonic frequency is reported and quantified. Furthermore, this paper presents a close-loop digital control algorithm of the DC voltage for this APF. A PI controller regulates the DC voltage in the outer-loop controller. In the current-loop controller, this paper proposes a simple neutral-point voltage control method. The neutral-point voltage imbalance is restrained by selecting small vectors that will move the neutral-point voltage in the direction opposite the direction of the unbalance. The experiment results illustrate that the performance of the proposed approach is satisfactory.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.91-105
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• 2016

Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors (CNTFETs) have been studied as candidates for post Si CMOS owing to the better electrostatic control and high mobility. To enhance the immunity against short - channel effects (SCEs), the novel channel and gate engineered architectures have been proposed to improve CNTFETs performance. This work presents a comprehensive study of the influence of channel and gate engineering on the CNTFET switching, high frequency and circuit level performance of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNTFETs). At device level, the effects of channel and gate engineering on the switching and high frequency characteristics for CNTFET have been theoretically investigated by using a quantum kinetic model. This model is based on two-dimensional non-equilibrium Green's functions (NEGF) solved self - consistently with Poisson's equations. It is revealed that hetero - material - gate and lightly doped drain and source CNTFET (HMG - LDDS - CNTFET) structure can significantly reduce leakage current, enhance control ability of the gate on channel, improve the switching speed, and is more suitable for use in low power, high frequency circuits. At circuit level, using the HSPICE with look - up table(LUT) based Verilog - A models, the impact of the channel and gate engineering on basic digital circuits (inverter, static random access memory cell) have been investigated systematically. The performance parameters of circuits have been calculated and the optimum metal gate workfunction combinations of ${\Phi}_{M1}/{\Phi}_{M2}$ have been concluded in terms of power consumption, average delay, stability, energy consumption and power - delay product (PDP). In addition, we discuss and compare the CNTFET-based circuit designs of various logic gates, including ternary and binary logic. Simulation results indicate that LDDS - HMG - CNTFET circuits with ternary logic gate design have significantly better performance in comparison with other structures.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.354-355
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• 2011

그 동안 스위칭 손실 저감을 위해 Si 다이오드를 SiC 다이오드로 대체한 인버터들이 많이 소개되었다. NPC 인버터에서도 마찬가지로 클램프 다이오드 소자를 SiC 다이오드로 대체함으로써 스위칭 손실을 저감시킬 수 있다. 하지만 IGBT의 스위칭 손실이 매우 크기 때문에 단지 클램프 다이오드 소자를 바꿈으로써 줄일 수 있는 스위칭 손실은 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 논문은 낮은 변조지수를 갖는 NPC 인버터에서 역회복 손실을 포함한 스위칭 손실을 최소화 시킬 수 있는 새로운 PWM 방법을 제시한다. 제안한 방법에 의해 역회복 현상은 거의 발생하지 않으며 스위칭 손실은 상당히 저감된다. 그러므로 전체 시스템 효율을 증가시킬 수 있고 인버터를 더 높은 스위칭 주파수에서 동작시킬 수 있다. 제안한 방법의 타당성은 각 소자의 성능평가와 수치해석적 방법을 적용해 검증하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.72-81
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• 2009

This paper presents quasi-resonant type high power factor ac power supply for atmospheric pressure plasma cleaning system adopting three phase PFC boost converter and it's control method. The presented ac power supply consists of single phase H-bridge inverter, step-up transformer for generating high voltage and three phase PFC boost converter for high power factor on source utility. Unlikely to the traditional LC resonant converter, the propose one has an inductor inside only. A single resonant takes place through the inside inductor and the capacitor from the plasma load modeled into two series capacitor and one resistance. The quasi-resonant can be achieved by cutting the switching signal when the load current decrease to zero. To obtain power control ability, the propose converter controlled by two control schemes. One is the changing output pulse period scheme in the manner of PFM(Pulse Frequency Modulation) control. On the other, to provide more higher power to load, the DC rail voltage is directly controlled by the 3-phase PFC boost converter. The significant merits of the proposed converter are the uniform power providing capability for high quality plasma generation and low reactive power in AC and DC side. The proposed work is verified through digital simulation and experimental implementation.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.57 no.3
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• pp.403-408
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• 2008

The gyroscope is the sensor for detecting the rotation in inertial reference frame and constitute the navigation system together an accelerometer. As the inertial reference equipment for attitude determination and control in the satellite, the mechanical gyroscope has been used but it bring the disturbance for mass unbalance so the disturbance give a bad influence to the observation satellite mission because the mechanical gyroscope has the rotation parts. During the launch. The mechanical gyroscope is weak in vibration, shock and has the defect of narrow operating temperature range so it need the special design in integration. Recently the low orbit observation satellite for seeking the high pointing accuracy of image camera payload accept the FOG(Fiber Optic Gyro) or RLG(Ring Laser Gyro) for the attitude determination and control. The Ring Laser Gyro makes use of the Sanac effect within a resonant ring cavity of a He-Ne laser and has more accuracy than the other gyros. It need the 1000V DC to create the He-Ne plasma in discharge tube. In this paper, the design process of the High Voltage Power Supply for RLG(Ring Laser Gyroscope) is described. The specification for High Voltage Power Supply (HVPS) is proposed. Also, The analysis of flyback converter topology is explained. The Design for the HVPS is composed of the inverter circuit, feedback control circuit, high frequency switching transformer design and voltage doubler circuit.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.161-162
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• 2016

일반적으로 사용되는 전력 스위치 소자에는 IGBT, MOSFET 등이 있다. 그 중 IGBT 소자는 용량 특성이 우수하여 고 용량 인버터에서 사용가능하다는 장점이 있으나 턴 오프 동작 시 손실 특성과 다이오드 역 회복 특성으로 인해 고속 스위칭 동작에는 부적합하다는 단점이 있다. 최근에는 SiC를 사용한 MOSFET의 개발이 진행되어 MOSFET의 대용량화 및 스위칭 손실저감이 이루어졌고 이에 따라, 본 논문에서는 SiC MOSFET을 이용한 고속 스위칭 인버터를 제안하였으며 그 특성을 기존의 IGBT 소자를 이용한 인버터와 비교분석하고 이를 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.55 no.5
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• pp.265-270
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• 2006

In this paper EMI problems with induction motor drive system using multi-level inverters are investigated. The high power multi-level inverter usually operates with low switching frequency and produces large noises. Generally, EMI consists of the conduction component through source lines and emission component emitted to the space. This conduction component can be classified to the common-mode between source line and ground, and the normal-mode between lines. The EMI filters for the induction motor drive system are designed and implemented to reduce EMI noise. Finally the designed system is verified by the experiment. The experimental results show that both the normal mode and common mode noises are greatly reduced compared to the system without filters.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.551-554
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• 2002

This paper describes a new interactive inverter between a photovoltaic(PV) array and single-phase utility that avoid the bulky input (60Hz) transformer on the AC side. The interface employs a pwm boost converter on the DC side followed by a pwm current-forced single-phase rectifier for injecting the power from the PV array into the mains. The current waveform at the AC side remains sinusoidal and exactly in phase at all time. The circuit also has the advantage of requiring fewer switching device than high-frequency link system. This paper describes modeling of PV array and new system topology. Simulation results on the performance of the connection are also presented.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.508-509
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• 2010

계통 연계형 태양광 시스템을 구성하고 있는 전력변환 장치인 전력 조절기는 일반적으로 DC-DC 컨버터와 DC-AC 인버터인 Two-Stage로 구성되어 있다. 본 논문에서는 인덕턴스의 값을 변화하면서 태양광 발전용 전력 조절기의 풀 브리지 고주파 스위칭 인버터에 대한 효율을 3KW급 Prototype을 구성하여 이론 분석과 비교하여 검증 하였다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.217-220
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 고주파 전류형 인버터를 제안하고 인버터의 출력방법에 대해 논하고 있다. 인버터의 출력제어 방법은 스위칭 소자에 인가되는 구동신호의 위상천이를 부여하여 위상천이에 따라 출력을 제어하고 있으며, 제한회로의 동작원리와 특성평가는 정규화 파라메타를 도입하여 기술하였다. 또한 회로설계에 필요한 출력특성은 수치해석에 의해 평가 자료를 도출하고 실험 장치를 제작하여 이론결과와 비교 검토하여 특성평가의 정당성을 입증하였다.