• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.363-379
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• 2019

Resonant converters have attracted a lot of attention because of their high efficiency due to the soft-switching performance. An isolated high step-up converter with secondary-side resonant loops is proposed and analyzed in this paper. By placing the resonant loops on the secondary side, the current stress for the resonant capacitors is greatly reduced. The power loss caused by the equivalent series resistance of the resonant capacitor is also decreased. Clamp diodes in parallel with the resonant capacitors ensure a unique discontinuous current mode in the converter. Under this mode, the active switches can realize soft-switching during both turn-on and turn-off transitions. Meanwhile, the reverse-recovery problems of diodes are also alleviated by the leakage inductor. The converter is essentially a step-up converter. Therefore, it is helpful for decreasing the transformer turn-ratio when it is applied as a high step-up converter. The steady-state operation principle is analyzed in detail and design considerations are presented in this paper. Theoretical conclusions are verified by experimental results obtained from a 500W prototype with a 35V-42V input and a 400V output.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.372-375
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• 2021

A three-leg inverter-type isolated DC-DC Converter that can use 220 and 440 V grid input voltages is introduced. The secondary circuit structure of the proposed topology is center-tap, which is the same as the conventional phase-shifted full-bridge converter. However, the primary circuit structure is composed of a three-leg inverter structure and a transformer, in which two primary windings are connected in series. The proposed circuit structure has a wider input voltage range than the conventional phase-shifted full-bridge converter, and the circulating-current on the primary-side is reduced. In addition, the voltage stress at the secondary rectifier is greatly improved, and high efficiency can be achieved at a high input voltage by removing the snubber circuit added to the conventional converter. Prototype converters with input DC of 311 V, output of 622 V, and 50 V and 6 kW class specifications were designed and manufactured to verify the validity of the proposed topology; the experimental results are presented.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.456-465
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• 2019

PHEV(Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle)와 BEV(Battery Electric Vehicle)는 모터 및 차량 전장 시스템의 구동을 위하여 고전압 배터리를 사용하며 이를 충전시켜주는 OBC(On-Board Charger)와 고전압에서 저전압으로 전력변환을 해주는 LDC(Low DC/DC Converter)가 반드시 필요하다. OBC와 LDC는 차량에 독립적인 시스템으로 동작 하며 개별 공간을 사용하기 때문에 이를 통합한 시스템을 활용하여 무게 및 사용 공간 확보에 대한 필요성이 대두 되고 있다. 본 논문은 LDC 트랜스포머의 설계를 단순화하여 절연형 전류원 컨버터를 사용한 OBC에 통합이 가능한 1.5kW급 LDC컨버터에 대하여 제안하였다. 제안된 LDC는 양방향 벅-부스트 컨버터의 고정된 임의의 출력 전압을 사용하여 LDC의 최종 출력 전압의 제어가 가능하기 때문에 기존의 OBC-LDC 통합 시스템과 비교하여 배터리 전압 사용 범위, 컨버터의 Duty Ratio 및 OBC의 출력 턴 비를 고려한 트랜스포머 설계에 대한 부분을 단순화 할 수 있는 장점을 가지고 있다. 제안된 LDC의 시제품을 제작하여 200V ~ 400V의 입력 전압에서 정상 동작을 확인 하였으며 정격 부하 조건에서 최대 효율 91.885%를 달성 하였다. 또한 OBC-LDC통합 시스템 구축을 통해 약 6.51L의 부피를 달성 하였으며 기존 독립적인 시스템에 비해 15.6% 저감되어 공간 확보에 대한 이점을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• 제11B권3호
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• pp.112-118
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• 2001

In the near future, the voltage of power system for passenger vehicle will be changed to 42V from existing 14V./ Because of increasing power and voltage ratings used in the vehicle the motor drive system has high switching dv/dt and it generates electromagnetic interference (EMI) To solve these problems multi-level inverter system may be used The feature of multi-level inverter is the output voltage to be synthesized from several levels of voltage Because of this feature high switching dv/dt and EMI can be reduced in the multi-level inverter system But as the number of level is increased manufacturing cost is getting expensive and system size is getting large. Because of these disadvantages the application of multi-level inverter has been restricted only to high power drives. The method to reduce manufacturing cost and system size is to integrate circuit of multi-level inverter into a few chips But isolated power supply and signal isolation circuit using transformer or opto-coupler for drive circuit are obstacles to implement the integrated circuit (IC) In this paper a drive circuit of 4-level inverter suitable for integration to hybrid or one chip is proposed In the proposed drive circuit DC link voltage is used directly as the power source of each gate drive circuit NPN transistors and PNP transistors are used to isolate to transfer the control signals. So the proposed drive circuit needs no transformers and opto-couplers for electrical isolation of drive circuit and is constructed only using components to be implemented on a silicon wafer With th e proposed drive circuit 4- level inverter system will be possible to be implemented through integrated circuit technology Using the proposed drive circuit 4- level inverter system is constructed and the validity and characteristics of the proposed drive circuit are proved through the experiments.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.439-446
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• 2008

다양한 기능을 동시에 구현하는 최근의 전자제품을 위한 전력 시스템은 다양한 종류의 전원을 구비해야 하며, 고효율 저가격 특성이 필수적이다. 이를 위해 본 논문은 단일 변압기를 이용한 중용량급의 고효율 저가격형 다중출력 LLC 공진형 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안된 컨버터는 단일 변압기를 이용하고, 요구되는 출력 당 고가의 DC/DC 컨버터의 추가 없이 1 개의 보조 스위치만으로 구현되므로 구조가 간단하고 저가격화 및 효율 개선에 유리하다. 또한 제안된 회로의 모든 전력 스위치들은 ZVS 또는 ZCS가 가능하므로 EMI 특성이 우수하며 스위칭 손실을 최소화 할 수 있다. 최종적으로 제안된 컨버터 및 전원시스템의 우수성과 이론적 분석의 타당성 검증을 위해 42" FHD급 PDP용 전원회로를 위한 시작품을 제작하여 고찰된 실험결과를 제시한다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.437-445
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• 2021

This paper proposes an operating frequency design method that limits the voltage applied to aload-side converter during the initial operation of a loosely coupled resonant dual-active bridge (LCR-DAB) converter and an initial operating strategy that applies it. The LCR-DAB converter uses two wireless power transfer coils instead of the high-frequency transformer of the general DAB converter. The wireless power coil has a physical distance of several tens of millimeter or more between the two coils; thus, the LCR-DAB converter is a bidirectional isolated power conversion system that can easily achieve high insulation performance. However, for the initial operation of the LCR-DAB, if the power-side converter is operated at the resonance frequency while the load-side converter is not operating, then a very high voltage due to resonance is applied to the load-side converter, thereby causing damage to the converter. Therefore, a method that can stably charge the DC link voltage of the secondary-side converter during the initial operation is needed. This paper proposes a method to initially charge the secondary-side DC link by operating the primary-side converter at a frequency with limited voltage gain rather than at a steady-state operating frequency. The validity of the proposed frequency design method and initial operating sequence is verified through simulation and experimentation of the 1 KW LCR-DAB converter.