• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.859-866
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• 2023

This paper focuses on configuring a user-friendly system of LED systems by applying improvement measures such as gamma correction, non-flicker, and driving noise removal using MCUs and LED drivers. As a result of the experiment, the 22kHz PWM mode of the LED driver generated noise outside the audible frequency range, making it practically imperceptible to users. The appropriate pull-up resistor values within the normal operating delay ratio of 5% were found to be 1kΩ to 10kΩ for the 3kHz PWM mode and 1kΩ to 2kΩ for the 22kHz PWM mode. In addition, gamma correction can be optimized for nonlinear human visual systems to express accurate contrast and as a result, it is expected to develop an LED system that can be expressed more naturally and accurately than conventional LED systems and improve users' visual experience.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.29-36
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• 2015

This paper presents an LED backlight driver IC consisting of three linear current regulators and an output-voltage regulation loop with a self-adjustable reference voltage. In the proposed LED driver, the output voltage is controlled by dual feedback loops. The first loop senses and controls the output voltage, and the second loop senses the voltage drop of the linear current regulator and adjusts the reference voltage. With these feedback loops, the voltage drop of the linear current regulator is maintained at a minimum value, at which the driver efficiency is maximized. The output of the driver is a three-channel LED setup with four LEDs in each channel. The luminance is adjusted by the PWM dimming signal. The proposed driver is designed by a $0.35-{\mu}m$ 60-V high-voltage process, resulting in an experimental maximum efficiency of approximately 85%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.05a
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• pp.152-155
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• 2014

This paper describes a design of digital PWM controller for automotive brake solenoid valve which is used in ABS/ESC SoC. The PWM controller which consists of 12 channels supports both direct control and PI control. Six channels in direct control mode make consistent PWM signals according to duty ratio setting, and the others in PI control mode make PWM signals with constant current depending on current setting. The PWM controller also has functions including solenoid valve open detection, Dither and PWM phase shift. The PWM controller having 44,779 gates is fabricated using a 0.18um CMOS process, and test results show that all the functions are correct.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.966-967
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• 2015

본 논문은 BLDC 팬모터의 속도제어 선형성(linearity)에 관한 것이다. PWM으로 모터의 속도를 제어할 때에 입력 duty cycle이 증가함에 따라 모터 속도가 선형적으로 증가하지 않는 문제가 발생한다. 모터를 구동하는 드라이브 IC의 출력 PWM duty cycle을 속도제어의 입력값에 해당하는 입력 PWM duty cycle과 비선형적으로 출력함으로써, 모터 속도의 입력 PWM duty cycle에 대해 선형성을 향상시켰다. 또한, 비휘발성 메모리에 설정값을 저장하여 선형성 정도를 조절가능하도록 하였다. 0.35um CMOS 공정으로 단상 BLDC 모터 드라이브 IC를 설계 및 제작하고, 모터 샘플을 이용하여 PWM 입력 duty cycle과 모터 속도와의 선형성 정도를 측정하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.147-152
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• 2016

Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) undergo changes in shape and hardness when heated or cooled, and do so with great force. Since wire-type SMAs contract in length when heated and pull with a surprisingly large force and move silently, they can be used as actuactors which replace motors. These SMA actuators can be heated directly with electricity and can be used to create a wide range of motions. This paper presents the mechanical design and control for a three fingered, six degree-of-freedom robotic hand actuated by SMA actuators. Each finger has two joints and each joint is actuated with two tendons in the antagonistic manner. In order to create the sufficient force to make the smooth motion, the tendon is composed of two SMA actuators in parallel. For controlling the current to heat the SMA actuators, PWM drivers are used. In experiments, the antagonistic interaction of fingers are evaluated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.440-443
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• 2011

This paper aims to compose a new LED lighting control board in the LED lighting environment This LED lighting control board is designed to adjust the brightness of LED lighting depending on the change of surrounding brightness, and it is also designed to control the brightness by using ATmega128, which is an 8bit micro-controller, The PWM wave form likely to output into the LED driver is determined by the ADC value input through ADC.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2014.04a
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• pp.928-931
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• 2014

사용자와의 인터페이스가 많은 모바일 기기에서 TFT LCD는 현재 가장 많이 사용되는 디스플레이로 백라이트(backlight)로 인한 전력 소모가 많아 배터리 수명이 짧아지는 것이 큰 문제이다. 전력 절감을 위해 사용되는 backlight dimming 기법은 명암비 조정에 따른 이미지 왜곡의 보완 기법과 함께 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 PWM 구동에 의한 LED backlight 제어가 가능한 TFT LCD 보드 구현을 소개하고 이 보드를 대상으로 framebuffer와 LED 제어용 리눅스 장치 드라이버를 사용한 객체 기반의 저전력 인간 시각 만족의 화질 보상 dimming 알고리즘의 구현 연구 내용을 기술한다.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.24 no.A
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• pp.91-97
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• 2004

This paper describes the design of a 2-phase stepping motor driver using CPLD(Complex Programmable Logic Device). The driver IC such as L297(SGS-Thomson Microelectronics), which is mostly used has some difficulties in PWM control because of the switching noise of power MOSFETs. It causes current ripple and acoustic noise. To improve theses characteristics, we proposed a new current control method that the output PWM frequency is almost constant using a digital filter. Also we proposed constant current method for 1-2 phase(half step) excitation. The proposed method is implemented with CPLD(Xilinx, XC9572-PC44). Experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.53 no.9
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• pp.615-621
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• 2004

This paper describes the design of a 2-phase stepping motor driver using CPLD. The driver IC such as L297, which is mostly used has some difficulties in PWM current control because of the switching noise of power MOSFETs. The switching noise causes current ripple and acoustic noise. To reduce the switching noise, we designed a digital filter using VHDL. Also we designed constant current method for 1-2 phase(half step) excitation to reduce the torque ripple. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed method. It is enabling further enhancements of stepping motor drive technology broadening the range of applications for the stepping motors.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.11c
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• pp.910-915
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• 2003

This paper describes the design of a 2-phase stepping motor driver using CPLD(Complex Programmable Logic Device). The driver IC such as L297 (SGS-Thomson Microelectronics), which is mostly used has some problems in PWM control because of the switching noise of power MOSFETs. It causes current ripple and acoustic noise. To improve theses characteristics, we proposed a new current control method that the output PWM frequency is almost constant using a digital filter. Also we proposed constant current method for 1-2 phase(half step) excitation. The proposed method is implemented with CPLD(Xilinx, XC9572-PC44). Experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed method.