• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
• /
• 2017.07a
• /
• pp.429-430
• /
• 2017

본 논문은 Integrated Magnetics(IM)을 적용한 3-레벨 LLC 공진형 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안된 3-레벨 LLC 공진형 컨버터는 스위치 내압이 입력전압의 절반으로 보장되므로 스위칭 손실을 대폭 저감할 수 있어 고주파수 구동에 유리하다. 이에 따라 제안 회로는 리액티브 소자 저감에 유리하나, 회로 동작 상 2개의 공진 인덕터와 1개의 트랜스포머가 요구되는 단점이 있다. 이를 위해 본 논문에서는 자화 인덕터로 공진 인덕터를 대체하는 동시에 모든 자기 소자를 하나로 통합할 수 있는 새로운 IM을 제안하고 그 타당성 검증을 위해 인덕턴스 모델을 통한 이론적 분석과 350W-800kHz급 시작품 제작을 통한 실험결과를 제시한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
• /
• 2017.07a
• /
• pp.84-85
• /
• 2017

본 논문은 LLC 공진형 컨버터의 고전력밀도를 위한 IM(Integrated Magnetics)을 제안한다. 일반적으로 컨버터의 전력밀도는 사용되는 변압기, 인덕터와 같은 자기소자에 의해 결정되므로, 평판형 자기소자(Planar Magnetics)는 고 전력밀도화에 매우 적합하다. 하지만 LLC 공진형 컨버터에 평판형 자기소자를 적용할 경우 높은 자기 결합도에 의해 공진을 위한 충분한 누설 인덕턴스를 얻을 수 없다. 따라서 공진동작을 위한 추가적인 인덕터의 사용이 필수적이며, 전력밀도는 감소하게 된다. 반면, 제안방식은 자기소자 내부에 형성되는 두 개의 자화 인덕터를 공진 인덕터로 사용하기 때문에 공진동작에 필요한 누설 인덕터가 필요하지 않다. 또한, 이러한 두 개의 자화 인덕터는 하나의 자기소자에 집적화 할 수 있으므로 고 전력밀도에 유리한 구조를 갖는다. 더불어, 공진동작에 필요한 모든 파마리터가 설계자의 의도대로 설계가능하기 때문에 컨버터 최적설계가 매우 유리하다. 제안방식의 타당성을 확인하기 위하여 자기소자 모델을 통한 효율분석 및 350W-800kHz 시작품에 대한 실험결과를 제시한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
• /
• 2008.06a
• /
• pp.348-350
• /
• 2008

A link voltage adjustment converter employing load power estimator for notebook computer adaptor is proposed. It is consisted of the boost converter as a power factor correction stage and the LLC resonant converter as a DC/DC conversion stage with a newly introduced link voltage adjustment method employing load power estimator, which helps to reduce the transformer size and peak of output voltage ripple, maintaining high efficiency over all the load condition. Experimental results with 85W converter are given to verify the validity of the proposed circuit.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
• /
• v.58 no.12
• /
• pp.2410-2415
• /
• 2009

Studying for environmental friendly and efficient energy source is now actively under way on because problems like environmental pollution and exhaust of natural resources are in issue. Fuel Cell which is an alternative energy source has low voltage and high current characteristic, therefore boost up voltage converter and DC-AC converter is required to use as a common power source. In this paper, DC-DC converter which has high efficient and high power density is proposed and verified by experimental result.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
• /
• 2015.07a
• /
• pp.319-320
• /
• 2015

A hybrid converter for the on-board charger consisting of a soft switching full bridge (SSFB) and a half bridge (HB) LLC resonant converter is proposed. The proposed topology adopts an additional switch and a diode at the secondary side of SSFB converter to guarantee the wide ZVS range of primary side switches and to eliminate the circulating current. The output voltage is regulated by controlling the duty cycle of secondary side switch. The effectiveness of the proposed converter was experimentally verified using a 10-kW prototype circuit. The experimental results show 96.8% peak efficiency.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
• /
• v.23 no.6
• /
• pp.424-432
• /
• 2018

This study presents a single-phase single-stage three-level AC/DC converter with a wide controllable output voltage. The proposed AC/DC converter is designed to extend the application of e-mobility, such as electric vehicles. The single-stage converter integrates a PFC converter and a three-level DC/DC converter, operates at a fixed frequency, and provides a wide controllable output voltage (approximately 200-430Vdc) with high efficiencies over a wide load range. In addition, the input boost inductors operate in a discontinuous mode to improve the input power factor. The switching devices operate with ZVS, and the converter's THD is small, especially at full load. The feasibility of the proposed converter is verified by the experimental results of a 1.5 kW prototype.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
• /
• 2017.07a
• /
• pp.38-39
• /
• 2017

This paper proposes a new control method for an AC-DC Buck converter which is utilized as a front-end converter of a 2-stage high power density adapter. In the conventional adapter applications, 2-stage configuration shows higher power transfer efficiency and higher power density than those of the single stage flyback converter. In the 2-stage AC-DC converter, the boost converter is widely used as a front-end converter. However, an efficiency variation between high AC line and low AC line is large. On the other hand, the proposed conduction band control method for a buck front-end converter has an advantage of small efficiency variation. In the proposed control method, switching operation is determined by a band control voltage which represents output load condition, and an AC line voltage. If the output load increasesin low AC line, the switching operation range is expanded in half of line cycle. On the contrary, in light load and high line condition, the switching operation is narrowed. Thus, the proposed control method reduces switching loss under high AC line and light load condition. A 60W prototype which is configured the buck and LLC converter with the proposed control method is experimented on to verify the validity of the proposed system. The prototype shows 92.16% of AC-DC overall efficiency and 20.19 W/in 3 of power density.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
• /
• v.54 no.7
• /
• pp.343-350
• /
• 2005

Conventionally, for transferring the primary power to the secondary one, the high frequency series resonant converter has been widely used for the contactless power supply system. However, the high frequency series resonant converter has the disadvantages such as the low efficiency, the high voltage gain characteristics and deviation of the phase angle in the overall load range. To improve this disadvantages, In this paper, the characteristics of the high efficiency and unit voltage gain as well as in-phase are revealed in the proposed three-level LCLC (Inductor-Capacitor- Inductor-Capacitor) resonant converter. The results are verified on the simulation based on the theoretical analysis and the 4kW experimental Prototype.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
• /
• v.22 no.1
• /
• pp.36-43
• /
• 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.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
• /
• 2009.11a
• /
• pp.78-80
• /
• 2009

최근 화석에너지원의 고갈과 고유가 및 지구 온난화 방지를 위해 국가별로 이산화탄소 배출량을 규제하기 시작하면서 신재생 에너지의 사용에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 그 중 연료전지가 한 부분을 차지하고 있으며, 연료전지는 친환경적이고 효율적인 에너지원으로서 근 미래의 새로운 대체 에너지로서 각광 받으며 여러 분야의 전기장치로 사용될 수 있다. 연료전지는 낮은 출력전압과 높은 출력전류를 갖는 특징이 있으며, 부하에 따라 출력전압이 변화하는 특성이 있기 때문에 연료전지의 사용을 위해서는 다양한 부하조건에서 연료전지와 연동된 승압 또는 강압형 컨버터의 제작이 반드시 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 DSP를 이용하여 컨버터의 디지털 제어가 가능하며, 고정 시비율로 동작하는 LLC 공진형 컨버터를 이용한 2kW급 연료전지용 양방향 컨버터를 제안하였다. 제안한 컨버터는 양방향으로 동작하며, 에너지 저장 및 재사용을 목적으로 하고, 출력은 24V 배터리가 된다.