• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.551-560
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• 2011

This paper proposes a grid-tied power conditioning system for the fuel cell power generation, which consists of a 2-stage DC-DC converter and a 3-phase PWM inverter. The 2-stage DC-DC converter boosts the fuel cell stack voltage of 26-48V up to 400V, using a hard-switching boost converter and a high-frequency unregulated LLC resonant converter. The operation of the proposed power conditioning system was verified through simulations with PSCAD/EMTDC software. Based on the simulation results, a laboratory experimental set-up was built with a 1.2kW PEM fuel-cell stack to verify the feasibility of hardware implementation. The developed power conditioning system shows a high efficiency of 91%, which is a very positive result for the commercialization.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.27-35
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• 2017

In this study, an integrated 2-in-1 transformer for a low-weight and low-cost light-emitting diode lighting power supply is proposed. In the transformer, a power factor correction (PFC) inductor and an LLC resonant transformer are placed and integrated on a single magnetic core. The amount of mutual interference, represented by the coupling coefficient, between magnetic fluxes generated from each magnetic source is minimized by using the new shape core of an integrated 2-in-1 transformer. The design consideration on critical conduction mode PFC converter and LLC resonant converter using the proposed 2-in-1 integrated transformer is described, and the overall performance of the 150 W LED PSU shown through the experiment.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.159-160
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• 2015

Recently, it is increased to use the portable device with small size. It is also increasing for demand of a small size adapter. To reduce the size of components, switching frequency has to be increased. But it causes higher switching loss and temperature of components. Especially, the temperature of adapter must be limited because adapter can be easily touched when portable device is being charged. To reduce temperature of adapter, high efficiency is essential. To solve this problem, this paper proposes design of resonance frequency optimization for LLC converter with high efficiency and low temperature of passive components.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.56-64
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• 2007

Recently, the high frequency link boost DC/DC converter has been used widely for PCS (Power Conditioning System) because of the requirements of small size and low cost. However, the high frequency link boost DC/DC converters applied the conventional voltage-fed converter and current-fed converter have some problems like high conduction losses and high surge voltage due to high circulating current and leakage inductance, respectively. To improve these problems, a novel secondary LLC (called SLLC) series resonant converter is proposed in this paper and its theoretical analysis, its operating waveforms, simulation and experimental results for a boost DC/DC converter using SLLC series resonant topology verifies the proposed topology. 800W experimental prototype is tested.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.63 no.8
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• pp.1055-1063
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• 2014

Power losses of a 1-stage DC-DC converter and 2-stage DC-DC converter are compared in this paper. A phase-shift full-bridge DC-DC converter is considered as 1-stage topology. This topology has disadvantages in the stress of rectifier diodes because of the resonance between the leakage inductor of the transformer and the junction capacitor of the rectifier diode. 2-stage topology is composed of an LLC resonant full-bridge DC-DC converter and buck converter. The LLC resonant full-bridge DC-DC converter does not need an RC snubber circuit of the rectifier diode. However, there is the drawback that the switching loss of the buck converter is large due to the hard switching operation. To reduce the switching loss of the buck converter, SiC MOSFET is used. This paper analyzes and compares power losses of two topologies considering temperature condition. The validity of the power loss analysis and calculation is verified by a PSIM simulation model.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.333-344
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• 2018

This proposed paper aims for the high efficiency contactless power transfer in household dc power distribution. A 300 W five-level diode clamped multi-level converter with 300 Vdc input dc link bus is employed for the power transferring task and the output voltage range is controlled at 48 Vdc. The inner and outer solenoid coils are used for inductive power transfer (IPT) transformer with the 200 kHz switching frequency for designed power density. Therefore, to achieve the converter efficiency above 95%, the LLC series resonant with fundamental harmonic analysis (FHA) and the calculated switching angles are used as an optimized tool for designing the system resonant tank. The validations of this approached topology are illustrated in both MATLAB/Simulink simulation and implementation.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.431-437
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• 2022

This study proposes a converter that makes battery charging, discharging, and zero voltage control possible. The proposed topology consists of an LLC converter and a half-bridge inverter, and all power semiconductor devices are applied Si-MOSFETs. The topology is designed with an LLC switching frequency of 100 kHz, a half-bridge inverter switching frequency of 50 kHz, and a battery voltage of 5 V. The advantages of the charging/discharging operation of the 5 V battery voltage and the zero voltage control of the battery are verified. In addition, by using a two-stage topology, the battery can be charged, discharged through current control, and discharged to zero voltage. With the proposed topology, the current can be maintained even when the battery voltage drops to zero.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.915-924
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• 2016

A digital self-sustained phase shift modulation (DSSPSM) strategy that allows for good soft switching and dynamic response performance in the presence of step variations is presented in this paper. The working principle, soft switching characteristics, and voltage gain formulae of a LLC converter with DSSPSM have been provided separately. Furthermore, the method for realizing DSSPSM is proposed. Specifically, some key components of the proposed DSSPSM are carefully investigated, including a parameter variation analysis, the start-up process, and the zero-crossing capture of the resonant current. The simulation and experiment results verify the feasibility of the proposed control method. It is observed that the zero voltage switching of the switches and the zero current switching of the rectifier diodes can be easily realized in presence of step load variations.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.143-144
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• 2017

최근 높은 효율을 달성할 수 있는 LLC 공진 컨버터가 다양한 산업분야에 적용되고 있다. 응용분야에 따라 플라즈마 공정과 같이 특수전원장치를 필요로 하는 분야에서는 LLC 공진 컨버터의 무부하 동작을 요구하기도 한다. LLC 공진 컨버터는 부하 조건과 달리 무부하 조건에서 비선형적인 동작 특성을 보이는 것을 확인할 수 있었고, 그에 따른 제어가 필요하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이에 본 논문에서는 무부하 조건의 LLC 공진 컨버터 제어에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. 분석을 통해 동작 특성을 확인하고 컨버터를 무부하 조건에서 제어하기 위한 방법에 대하여 설명한다. 분석내용 및 제어방법은 시뮬레이션 및 실험을 통하여 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.176-177
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• 2017

LLC 공진 컨버터는 고효율과 높은 전력밀도를 달성할 수 있다는 장점으로 인하여 다양한 분야에 적용되어지고 있다. 최근 플라즈마 공정 분야에도 LLC 공진 컨버터가 적용되고 있는데, 공정의 특성상 컨버터는 아크 방지를 위하여 출력 필터 Capacitor를 작은 값으로 사용하고, 초기 무부하 동작에 대한 제어를 필요로 한다. 하지만 기존의 LLC 공진 컨버터의 분석을 통한 특성은 실제 컨버터의 무부하 동작과 상이하다. 이에 본 논문에서는 작은 필터 Capacitor를 갖는 LLC 공진 컨버터의 무부하 특성 분석에 관한 연구로, 무부하 동작 특성을 분석하고 이를 해석하게 된다. 이렇게 분석된 무부하 특성은 시뮬레이션을 통하여 확인 하였다.