• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2020년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.136-138
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• 2020

본 논문은 일차측 순환전류를 제거할 수 있는 새로운 정류단을 갖는 위상천이 풀브리지 컨버터를 발표한다. 기존 센터탭 정류기를 갖는 위상천이 풀브리지 컨버터에서 출력 인덕터 대신 커플더 인덕터를 사용하고, 부품들을 재배치하여 기존 문제가 되었던 일차측 순환전류가 대폭 저감되는 효과를 달성하였다. 2차측 다이오드의 전압스트레스가 저감되는 것도 제안 위상천이 풀브리지 컨버터의 장점이다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 회로의 구조 및 동작원리를 설명하고, 입력 300-400V, 출력 50V, 1kW급 프로토타입 컨버터의 그 실험결과를 발표한다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2020년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.145-147
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• 2020

본 논문에서는, 결합 인덕터 정류단을 갖는 위상천이 풀브릿지 컨버터에 적용할 수 있는 새로운 동기정류기 제어 기법을 제안한다. 결합 인덕터 정류단을 활용하면 1차측 환류 전류를 감소 시켜 도통 손실을 줄일 수 있지만, 동시에 줄어든 전류로 인하여 레깅-레그 스위치의 영전압 스위칭을 달성하기 어려워진다. 이를 해결하기 위하여 변압기의 자화 전류를 이용할 수 있지만, 컨버터가 넓은 출력 전압 범위로 설계되는 경우 낮은 시비율을 기준으로 작게 설계된 자화 인덕턴스로 인하여, 높은 시비율로 구동 시 과도한 자화 전류로 인한 불필요한 도통 손실이 증가하는 문제점을 갖는다. 제안하는 제어 기법은 기존 동기정류기 제어와 달리 동기정류기를 기존보다 먼저 구동시켜 1차측에 환류 전류를 순간적으로 재생성할 수 있고, 이를 이용하여 레깅-레그 스위치의 영전압 스위칭을 달성할 수 있다. 따라서, 작은 자화 전류로 영전압 스위칭을 달성할 수 있으므로 1차측의 도통 손실을 줄여 높은 효율을 얻을 수 있다. 제안하는 동기정류기 제어 기법의 효용성을 증명하기 위하여, 400V 입력, 27-54V/13A 출력에서 실험 검증을 진행하였다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2020년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.112-114
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• 2020

기존 위상천이 풀브리지 컨버터는 입력전압 범위가 넓을 경우, 제어변수인 듀티의 변동이 크게 되어 큰 순환전류가 존재하고, 2차측 정류단 전압스트레스가 커지는 문제가 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 위상천이 방식을 적용한 3-레그 인버터 타입의 절연형 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안회로는 턴 비의 변화로 입력전압에 상관없이 항상 최대 듀티로 동작하며, 1차측 전류 및 2차측 정류단 전압스트레스를 감소시킬 수 있다. 제안 회로의 타당성을 검증하기 위해, 입력 311V_DC/622V_DC, 출력 50V 6kW급 사양의 프로토타입 컨버터를 설계·제작하였고, 그 실험 결과를 발표한다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2020년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.296-297
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• 2020

변압기의 크기와 누설 인덕턴스는 각각 위상천이 풀-브릿지 컨버터의 전력 밀도와 영전압 스위칭의 동작 범위에 영향을 준다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 컨버터의 전력 밀도 및 효율향상을 위한 변압기의 설계에 대해 이론적으로 분석하고, 이를 시작품으로 만들어 5.6kW급 컨버터를 통해 실험적으로 검증하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.2129-2138
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• 2016

The full-bridge inverter, widely used for single-phase photovoltaic grid-connected applications, presents a leakage current issue. Therefore, an AC bypass branch is introduced to overcome this challenge. Nevertheless, existing modulation strategies entail drawbacks that should be addressed. One is the zero-crossing distortion (ZCD) of the AC current caused by neglecting the AC filter inductor voltage. Another is that the system cannot deliver reactive power because the AC bypass branch switches at the power frequency. To address these problems, this work proposes an optimized hybrid modulation strategy. To reduce ZCD, the phase angle of the inverter output voltage reference is shifted, thereby compensating for the neglected leading angle. To generate the reactive power, the interval of the negative power output is calculated using the power factor. In addition, the freewheeling switch is kept on when power is flowing into the grid and commutates at a high frequency when power is fed back to the DC side. In this manner, the dead-time insertion in the high-frequency switching area is minimized. Finally, the performances of the proposed modulation strategy and traditional strategies are compared on a universal prototype inverter. Experimental results validate the theoretical analysis.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.407-417
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• 2018

A novel family of Buck mode three-level direct ac converters with a high frequency link is proposed. These converters can transfer an unsteady high ac voltage with distortion into a regulated sinusoidal voltage with a low THD at the same frequency. The circuit configuration is constituted of a three-level converter, high frequency transformer, cycloconverter, as well as input and output filters. The topological family includes forward, push-pull, half-bridge, and full-bridge modes. In order to achieve a reliable three-level ac-ac conversion, and to overcome the surge voltage and surge current of the cycloconverter, a phase-shifted control strategy is introduced in this paper. A prototype is presented with experimental results to demonstrate that the proposed converters have five advantages including high frequency electrical isolation, lower voltage stress of the power switches, bi-directional power flow, low THD of the output voltage, and a higher input power factor.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.490-500
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• 2017

Fuel cell (FC) is a promising power supply in electric vehicles (EV); however, it has poor dynamic performance and short service life. To address these shortcomings, a super capacitor (SC) is adopted as an auxiliary power supply. In this study, the frequency decoupling control method is used in electric vehicle energy system. High-frequency and low-frequency demand power is provided by SC and FC, respectively, which makes full use of two power supplies. Simultaneously, the energy system still has rapidity and reliability. The distributed power system (DPS) of EV requires DC-DC converters to achieve the desired voltage. The stability of cascaded converters must be assessed. Impedance-based methods are effective in the stability analysis of DPS. In this study, closed-loop impedances of interleaved half-bridge DC-DC converter and phase-shifted full-bridge DC-DC converter based on the frequency decoupling control method are derived. The closed-loop impedance of an inverter for permanent magnet synchronous motor based on space vector modulation control method is also derived. An improved Middlebrook criterion is used to assess and adjust the stability of the energy system. A theoretical analysis and simulation test are provided to demonstrate the feasibility of the energy management system and the control method.

• 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.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.72-83
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• 2013

The paper proposes a new multilevel variable output voltage AC/DC Converter for power supply of power amplifiers used in underwater acoustic sensors. The proposed multilevel variable output voltage AC/DC Converter is composed of two parts. One as the input section is the high efficiency phase-shifted PWM full bridge DC-DC converter to get multiport power sources. The other as the output section is composed of two flying-capacitor 3-level DC-DC converters and a diode bridge circuit to get fast-response and multilevel variable output voltage for an envelope amplifier. Also the paper suggests the detailed circuit topology and design guideline of multilevel variable output voltage AC/DC converter. It also proposes the power balanced control method between 3-level converters and the voltage balanced algorithm for flying capacitors. Its characteristics should be verified by the detailed simulation results. It is anticipated that the proposed converter will be used very well for power amplifiers used in underwater acoustic sensors.