• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2016년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.361-362
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• 2016

Presented in this paper is the design of a high voltage switch module made up of MOSFETs, pulse transformers and their gate driver circuits compactly fitted onto a single PCB module. The ease by which the switch modules can be configured (series stacking and/or parallel stacking) to meet future load variations allows for flexible operation of this design. In addition, the detailed implementation of the gate driver circuit for reliable and easier switch synchronization is also described in this paper. The stored energy in the capacitor bank of a 15kV, 4.5kJ/s peak power capacitor charger was discharged using the developed high voltage switch, and by experimental results, the operation of the proposed circuit was verified to be effectively used as a switch for pulse discharging.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1998년도 하계학술대회 논문집 F
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• pp.2112-2114
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• 1998

A gate driver suitable for forced switch-mode power converters such as UPS and motor drive system is presented. The proposed gate driver uses regenerated snubber power and requires no separate power supply. This does not impose any additional complexity on the main switch. Experimental results show that the proposed circuit is valid.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2012년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.230-231
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• 2012

This paper describes a gate driver that operates numerous semiconductor switch in the solide-state pulsed power modulator. the proposed gate driver is designed to receive both the isolated drive-power and the on/off pulse signals through the transformer. Moreover, the IGBT-switch can be quickly turned off by adding protection circuit. Therefore it protects the IGBT-switch from the arc condition that frequently occurs in high-voltage pulse application. To comprehend operating characteristic of each IGBT-switch in pulse output condition, the device consisting of a high efficiency soft-switching capacitor charger and two series stacking IGBT-switch is developed. Finally, the relability of the proposed gate driver and the device for its test are proved through PSpice simulation and experiments.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.364-371
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 와이브로 기지국 시스템을 위한 고전력 PIN 다이오드 스위치와 고속 스위치 구동회로에 대한 설계와 측정 결과를 제공한다. 일반적인 전력용 팩키지 다이오드의 기생 인덕턴스에 의한 격리도 열화를 막고 다이오드 스위치의 전력 능력을 향상시키기 위해 칩 형태의 다이오드를 사용하였으며, 본딩 와이어에 의한 직렬 인덕턴스는 전송선로의 임피던스에 쉽게 흡수될 수 있도록 회로를 구성하였다. 구현된 스위치 모듈은 사용된 다이오드의 개수를 최대한 줄이면서 최대의 성능을 얻을 수 있도록 설계되었으며 2.35 GHz에서 써큘레이터의 손실을 포함하여 약 0.84 dB의 삽입 손실과 80 dB 이상의 격리도 특성을 보였다. 또한 TTL 신호를 통한 스위치 모듈의 제어를 위해 스위치 구동회로를 설계, 제작하였으며 스위칭 속도는 200 nsec로 측정되었다. 스위치 모듈은 디지털 변조된 고전력 신호에 의해 전력능력이 시험되었으며 70 W의 전력이 인가되는 경우에도 정상적으로 동작하는 특성을 보여주었다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.954-959
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• 2012

A hybrid switch that uses a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switch as a gate driver of a MOSFET is applied to an energy harvesting system. The power management circuit adopting the hybrid switch provides ultralow leakage, self-referencing, and high current handling capability. Measurements show that solar energy harvester circuit utilizing the MEMS-MOSFET hybrid switch accumulates energy and charges a battery or drive a resistive load without any constant power supply and reference voltage. The leakage current during energy accumulation is less than 10 pA. The power management circuit adopting the proposed hybrid switch is believed to be an ideal solution to self-powered wireless sensor nodes in smart grid systems.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2005

직렬 PIN 다이오드 스위치의 격리도는 PIN 다이오드의 병렬 커패시턴스에 의해 제한을 받으며, 스위치 구동회로는 PIN 다이오드 스위치의 스위칭 속도를 제한한다. 이런 문제를 극복하기 위해, 병렬 공진 인턱턴스와 TTL 호환의 스위치 구동회로가 적용된 높은 격리도와 고속 스위칭의 PIN 다이오드 스위치를 제안하였다. 3 GHz PIN 다이오드 스위치의 측정 결과, 1 GHz의 주파수 대역폭, 1.5 dB 이내의 삽입 손실, 65 dB의 격리도, 15 dB 이상의 반사 손실 그리고 30 ns 이내의 스위칭 속도를 나타내었다. 특히, 병렬 공진 인덕턴스를 사용한 3 GHz스위치는 15 dB의 격리도 향상을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.786-797
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• 2016

This paper describes the design and development of a novel semiconductor-based solid-state switch for damped oscillating voltage test system. The proposed switch is configured as two identical series-connected switch stacks, each of which comprising 10 series-connected IGBT function units. Each unit consists of one IGBT, a gate driver, and an auxiliary voltage sharing circuit. A single switch stack can block 20 kV-rated high voltage, and two stacks in series are proven applicable to 30 kV-rated high voltage. The turn-on speed of the switch is approximately 250 ns. A flyback topology-based power supply system with a front-end power factor correction is built for the drive circuit by loosely inductively coupling each unit with a ferrite core to the primary side of a power generator to obtain the advantages of galvanic isolation and compact size. After the simulation, measurement, and estimation of the parasitic effect on the gate driver, a prototype is assembled and tested under different operating regimes. Experimental results are presented to demonstrate the performance of the developed prototype.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2004년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집(2)
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• pp.723-727
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• 2004

A new high-performance and low cost single switch energy recovery display driver for an AC plasma display panel (PDP) is proposed. Since it is composed of only one auxiliary power switch, two small inductors, and eight diodes compared with the conventional circuit consisting of four auxiliary power switches, two small inductors, eight power diodes, and two external capacitors, it features a much simpler structure and lower cost. Nevertheless, since the rootmean-square (RMS) value of the inductor current is very small, it also has very desirable advantages such as n low conduction loss and high efficiency. Furthermore, there are no serious voltage-drops caused by the large gas-discharge current with the aid of the discharge current compensation, which can also greatly reduce the current flowing through power switches and maintain the panel to light at n lower sustaining voltage. In addition, all main power switches are turned on under the zero-voltage switching (ZVS) and thus, the proposed circuit has a improved EMI, increased reliability, and high efficiency. Therefore, the proposed circuit will be well suited to the wall hanging PDP TV. To confirm the validity of the proposed circuit, circuit operations, features,and design considerations are presented and verified experimentally on a 6-inch PDP, 50kHz-switching frequency, and sustaining voltage 141V based prototype.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2003

현재 120kV/70A 고압 스위치가 KSTAR의 NBI 시스템에 사용되기 위하여 대전의 원자력 연구소에 설치되어 있다. NBI 시스템은 아크 발생시 이온 소스를 보호하기 위하여 전압의 빠른 차단 및 빔 전류의 유시를 위하여 전압의 빠른 턴온이 요구된다. 따라서 고압 스위치와 아크 검출회로는 NBI 시스템에서 중요한 부분을 차지하고 있다. 고압의 반도체 스위치는 NBI 시스템 뿐만 아니라 산업전반에서 요구되고 있다. NBI 시스템에 적용된 120kV/70A 고압 스위치는 100개의 MOSFET 소자를 직렬연결하였으며 본 논문에서 제안한 바이어스 전원이 없는 간단한 구동회고를 사용하였다. 실험식에서의 시험 및 현장에서 100kW의 모의 저항부하와 NBI 이온 소스에 적용한 실험결과를 제시하였다. 본 논문은 120kV/70A 고압 MOSFET 스위치와 간단한 게이트 구동회로의 설계를 제시하였으며, 제작 및 시험기간 동안의 문제점 및 해결방안에 대해서도 제시하였다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2017년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.138-139
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• 2017

This paper describes the design and implementation of a trigger circuit which can be series connected with main pulse circuit for a xenon flash lamp driver. For generating high voltage, the trigger circuit is designed as an inductive energy storage pulsed power modulator with 2 state step-up circuit consisting of a boost converter and a flyback circuit. In order to guarantee pulse width, a resonant capacitor on the output side of the flyback circuit is designed. This capacitor limits the output voltage to protect the flyback switch. In addition, to protect another power supply of xenon flash lamp driver from trigger pulse, the high voltage transformer which can carry the full current of main pulse is designed. To verify the proposed design, the trigger circuit is developed with the specification of maximum 23 kV, 0.6 J/pulse output and tested with a xenon flash lamp driver consisting of a main pulse circuit and a simmer circuit.