• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2003년도 춘계전력전자학술대회 논문집(1)
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• pp.317-322
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• 2003

A novel three-level DC/DC converter (TLC)for high power applications operating from high input voltage Is proposed. Its switch voltage stress can be ensured to be only one-half of the Input voltage. Nevertheless, since all input voltage is applied to the transformer primary side, it has good turns ratio. The driving method of each module is same as those of the conventional phase-shifted ZVS full bridge PWM converter (PSFB) and the zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) of the leading leg are achieved exactly in the same manner as that of the PSFB. Moreover, its three-level operation can considerably reduce the current ripple through the output inductor and it has no problems of the DC-link voltage unbalance. Therefore, it features a low voltage stress, high efficiency, low EMI, high power density, and small sized filter. To confirm the operation, validity, and features of the proposed circuit, experimental results from a 200W, 600V/DC-48V/DC prototype are presented.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제45권12호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 전력증폭기의 입력신호의 크기에 따라 CMOS class-E 전력증폭기의 게이트와 드레인의 바이어스 전압을 조절함으로써 낮은 출력전력에서도 80% 이상의 고효율 특성을 갖는 CMOS class-E 전력증폭기를 설계하였다. 입력신호의 포락선을 검파하여 전력증폭기의 바이어스 전압을 조절하는 방법을 이용하였고, 동작주파수는 2.14GHz, 출력전력은 22dBm에서 25dBm, 전력부가효율은 모든 입력전력레벨에서 80.15%에서 82.96%의 특성을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.143-145
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• 2015

One of the many problems besetting the converter designer is being able to design a switching power supply that can operate in the range of very wide input voltage. Specially, in an emergency diesel generator system, the AVR(Automatic Voltage Regulator) is a regulator which regulates the output voltage of the generator at a nominal constant voltage level. In addition, the AVR must be operated in very wide input voltage. Therefore, a power supply for the AVR must be operated at the very wide input voltage range. In this paper, a quasi-resonant flyback power supply with very wide input voltage range is proposed. Also, the performance of the proposed power supply is demonstrated through experiments.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.90.2-90.2
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• 2011

This paper describes performance enhancement of a fuel cell's blower by controlling flow path. Different duct diameter at the inlet and outlet of the blower is selected for reducing blower noise level and input power. Hole diameter and the number of hole at the check valve are tested to reduce the input power of the blower. Two types of blower, fuel pressurized blower and cathode blower, are considered in the present study. Throughout experimental measurements of the test blowers, it is found that duct diameter is effective to reduce noise level and input power in the fuel cell blower. Noise reduction due to the optimal duct diameter at the outlet is more effective when flow rate is relatively large. That is, cathode blower has larger noise reduction compared to fuel pressurized blower because of larger flower rate. Input power of the blower can be reduced by controlling the hole diameter and the number of hole at the check valve.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.21-23
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• 2010

A new level shifter using low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) thin-film transistors (TFTs) for low-power applications is proposed. The proposed level shifter uses a capacitive-coupling effect and can reduce the power consumption owing to its no-short-circuit current. Its power saving over the conventional level shifter is 72% for a 3.3 V input and a 10 V output.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.177-185
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• 2013

This paper studies a soft switching DC/DC converter to achieve zero voltage switching (ZVS) for all switches under a wide range of load condition and input voltage. Two three-level PWM circuits with the same power switches are adopted to reduce the voltage stress of MOSFETs at $V_{in}/2$ and achieve load current sharing. Thus, the current stress and power rating of power semiconductors at the secondary side are reduced. The series-connected transformers are adopted in each three-level circuit. Each transformer can be operated as an inductor to smooth the output current or a transformer to achieve the electric isolation and power transfer from the input side to the output side. Therefore, no output inductor is needed at the secondary side. Two center-tapped rectifiers connected in parallel are used at the secondary side to achieve load current sharing. Due to the resonant behavior by the resonant inductance and resonant capacitance at the transition interval, all switches are turned on at ZVS. Experiments based on a 1kW prototype are provided to verify the performance of proposed converter.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.36-43
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• 2017

This paper describes a hybrid multi-output three-level DC/DC converter suitable for a wide, high-input voltage range of an auxiliary power supply for a high-power photovoltaic generating system. In a high-power photovoltaic generating system, the solar panel output voltage depends on solar radiation quantity and varies from 450Vdc to 1100Vdc. The proposed hybrid multi-output three-level DC/DC converter, which is an auxiliary power supply, would be used as power source for control printed circuit boards and relay and cooling fans in a high-power photovoltaic generating system. The proposed multi-output ($24V_{DC}/30A$, $230V_{DC}/5A$) hybrid three-level boost converter, which uses an energy recovery snubber, is controlled by variable-frequency and phase-shifted modulations and can achieve zero-voltage switching with all operating conditions of input voltage and load range. Experimental results of a 2kW prototype are evaluated and implemented to verify the performance of the proposed converter.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1037-1047
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• 2017

The Differential Power Processing (DPP) converter is a promising multi-module photovoltaic inverter architecture recently proposed for photovoltaic systems. In this paper, a DPP converter architecture, in which each PV-panel has its own DPP converter in shunt, performs distributed maximum power point tracking (DMPPT) control. It maintains a high energy conversion efficiency, even under partial shading conditions. The system architecture only deals with the power differences among the PV panels, which reduces the power capacity of the converters. Therefore, the DPP systems can easily overcome the conventional disadvantages of PCS such as centralized, string, and module integrated converter (MIC) topologies. Among the various types of the DPP systems, the feed-forward method has been selected for both its voltage balancing and power transfer to a modified H-bridge inverter that needs charge balancing of the input capacitors. The modified H-bridge multi-level inverter had some advantages such as a low part count and cost competitiveness when compared to conventional multi-level inverters. Therefore, it is frequently used in photovoltaic (PV) power conditioning system (PCS). However, its simplified switching network draws input current asymmetrically. Therefore, input capacitors in series suffer from a problem due to a charge imbalance. This paper validates the operating principle and feasibility of the proposed topology through the simulation and experimental results. They show that the input-capacitor voltages maintain the voltage balance with the PV MPPT control operating with a 140-W hardware prototype.

• 전자공학회논문지C
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• 제36C권5호
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• pp.38-47
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• 1999

저전력을 실현하기 위하여 구조, 논리 및 트랜지스터레벨에서 16비트 덧셈기를 설계하였다. 기존의 ELM덧셈기는 입력 비트 패턴에 의해 계산되는 블록캐리발생신호 (block carry generation signal) 때문에 특정 입력 비트 패턴이 인가되었을 때에는 G셀에서 글리치(glitch)가 발생하는 단점이 있다. 따라서 구조레벨에서는 특정 입력 비트 패턴에 대해서 글리치를 피하기 위해 자동적으로 각각의 블록캐리발생신호를 마지막 레벨의 G셀에 전달하는 저전력 덧셈기 구조를 제안하였다. 또한, 논리레벨에서는 정적 CMOS(static CMOS)논리형태와 저전력 XOR게이트로 구성된 저전력 소모에 적합한 조합형 논리형태(combination of logic style)를 사용하였다. 게다가 저전력을 위하여 트랜지스터레벨에서는 각 비트 전파의 논리깊이(logic depth)에 따라서 가변 크기 셀들(variable-sized cells)을 사용하였다. 0.6㎛ 단일폴리 삼중금속 LG CMOS 표준 공정변수를 가지고 16비트 덧셈기를 HSPICE로 모의 실험한 결과, 고정 크기 셀(fixed-sized cell)과 정적 CMOS 논리형태만으로 구성된 기존의 ELM 덧셈기에 비해 본 논문에서 제안된 덧셈기가 전력소모면에서는 23.6%, power-delay-product면에서는 22.6%의 향상을 보였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.102-110
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• 2001

In this work, the model predictive control method was applied to a linear model and a nonlinear model of steam generators. The parameters of a linear model for steam generators are very different according to the power levels. The model predictive controller was designed for the linear steam generator model at a fixed power level. The proposed controller at the fixed power level showed good performance for any other power levels by designed changing only the input-weighting factor. As the input-weighting factor usually increases, its relative stability does so. The steam generator has some nonlinear characteristics. Therefore, the proposed algorithm has been implemented for a nonlinear model of the nuclear steam generator to verify its real performance and also, showed good performance.