• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1157-1165
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• 2014

The T-type topology is a three-level topology that has an advantage in terms of its number of switching device and its efficiency when compared to the neutral-point clamped (NPC)-type topology. With the recent increase in the usage of the T-type topology, the interest in its reliability has also increased. Therefore, a tolerance control for a T-type rectifier is necessary to improve the reliability of applications when an open-switch fault occurs. NPC-type rectifiers cannot eliminate input current distortion completely. However, the T-type rectifier is able to restore distorted current. In this paper, a tolerance control for the $S_{x2}$ and $S_{x3}$ open-switch faults of a T-type rectifier is proposed where it is advantageous in terms of efficiency when compared with other tolerance controls. The performance of the proposed tolerance control is verified through simulation and experimental results.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.822-828
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• 2018

AC-DC conversion is a necessary for the systems that require DC source. This conversion has been done via rectifiers based on controlled or uncontrolled semiconductor switches. Advances in the power electronics and microprocessor technologies allowed the use of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) rectifiers. In this paper, dq-axis current and DC link voltage of three-phase PWM rectifier are controlled by using type-2 fuzzy neural network (T2FNN) controller. For this aim, a simulation model is built by MATLAB/Simulink software. The model is tested under three different operating conditions. The parameters of T2FNN is updated online by using back-propagation algorithm. The results obtained from both T2FNN and Proportional + Integral + Derivate (PID) controller are given for three operating conditions. The results show that three-phase PWM rectifier using T2FNN provides a superior performance under all operating conditions when compared with PID controller.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.604-614
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• 2018

This paper proposes a synchronous switching technique for a Vienna rectifier that uses carrier-based pulse width modulation (CB-PWM). A three-phase Vienna rectifier, similar to a three-level T-type converter with three back-to-back switches, is used as a PWM rectifier. Conventional CB-PWM requires six independent gate signals to operate back-to-back switches. When internal switches are operated synchronously, only three independent gate signals are required, which simplifies the construction of gate driver circuits. However, with this method, total harmonic distortion of the input current is higher than that with conventional CB-PWM switching. A reactive current injection technique is proposed to improve current distortion. The performance of the proposed synchronous switching method and the effectiveness of the reactive current injection technique are verified using simulations and experiments performed with a set of Vienna rectifiers rated at 5 kW.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2015년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.199-200
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• 2015

The paper describes the development of Fast Charger by using Vienna Rectifier as AC/DC converter. The Vienna Rectifier is proven to have a high efficiency performance as well as a prominent power quality performance on AC side of the fast charger. The Vienna Rectifier is compared to other topology, especially T-type inverter, and analyzed carefully. Experimental results from a 10kW prototype are provided to validate the theoretical consideration.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.944-955
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• 2019

In this paper, the three-level T-type neutral-point-clamped indirect matrix converter topology and the relative space vector modulation methods are introduced to improve the voltage transfer ratio and output voltage performance. The presented converter topology is based on combinations of cascaded-rectifier and three-level T-type neutral-point-clamp inverter. It can overcome the limitation of voltage transfer ratio of the conventional matrix converter and the high voltage rating of power switches of conventional matrix converter. Two SVPWM strategies for proposed converter are described in this paper to achieve the advantages features such as: sinusoidal input/output currents and three-level output voltage waveforms. Results from Psim 9.0 software simulation are provided to confirm the theoretical analysis. Hence, a laboratory prototype was implemented, and the experimental results are shown to validate the simulation results and to verify the effectiveness of the proposed topology and modulation strategies.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년도 제37회 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.1031-1033
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• 2006

In this study, in order to solve these problems, a new type of electronic ballast, which is composed of rectifier, active power factor corrector, series resonant half bridge inverter and piezoelectric transformer, was proposed for driving T5 fluorescent lamp. Driving of piezoelectric transformer was carried out with input region for the ring electrode and output region for the dot electrode. A 35W (T5) fluorescent lamp was successfully driven by the fabricated ballast with piezoelectric transformer.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.457-465
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 3상 다이오드 정류기의 고장에 따른 해석 및 고장 판별 기법을 제안한다. 입력전원이나 다이오드소자에 고장이 발생하게 되면 출력 직류단 전압에 큰 맥동을 유발하며 이는 인버터 시스템의 제어 성능을 저하시킬 뿐만 아니라 커패시터의 수명 단축을 야기한다. 본 논문에서는 입력측의 지락 사고 및 다이오드 개방 사고 시의 직류단 전압 특성을 분석하고, 계통주파수의 6배에 주파수마다 측정된 직류단의 순시전압을 직류단 평균 전압과 비교함으로서 고장의 유무 및 종류를 판별하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 알고리즘은 직류단 전압 센서만을 이용하므로 구현이 간단하고 고장 진단을 위한 추가적인 하드웨어가 요구되지 않는다. 실험과 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안한 고장 진단 알고리즘의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.268-274
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• 1999

일반적으로 컨버터 장치로서 사용되고 있는 전력용 반도체 소자인 SCR이나 diode를 사용할 때 역률과 고조파의 문제를 야기 시킨다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 자기소호형 소자인 IGBT등을 사용하여 입력측 선전류를 입력 전원전압과 동상인 정현파 전류로 유지함으로써 역률과 고조파에 대한 문제를 해결 하였다. 본 논문에서는 컨버터 출력측 직류전압 제어기에 부하전류 전향보상기(feedforward compensator)를 부가하여 출력측에 다이오드 정류기가 부가된 단상 전압형 인버터를 부하로 사용하여 보상기 부가에 따른 과도상태특성을 개선하였으며 전압형 PWM 컨버터 제어에 의한 특성을 시뮬레이션 및 실험 결과를 통하여 확인 하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.247-256
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• 2005

In order to harvest power in an efficient manner from a micro piezoelectric (PZT) device for charging the battery of a remote system, a new AC/DC resonant pulse power converter is proposed. The proposed power converter has two stages in the power conversion process. The first stage includes N-type MOSFET full bridge rectifier. The second stage includes a boost converter having an N-type MOSFET and a P-type MOSFET. MOSFETs work in the $1^{st}$ or $3^{rd}$ quadrant region. A small inductor for the boost converter is assigned in order to make the size of the power converter as small as possible, which makes the on-interval of the MOSFET switch of the boost converter ultimately short. Due to this short on-interval, the parasitic junction capacitances of MOSFETs affect the performance of the power converter system. In this paper, the performance of the new converter is analytically and experimentally evaluated with consideration of the parasitic capacitance of switching devices.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1288-1297
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• 2016

This study proposes a single-stage light-emitting diode (LED) tube lamp driver with input-current shaping for T8/T10-type fluorescent lamp replacements. The proposed AC-DC LED driver integrates a dual-boost converter with coupled inductors and a half-bridge series-resonant converter with a bridge rectifier into a single-stage power conversion topology. This paper presents the operational principles and design considerations for one T8-type 18 W-rated LED tube lamp with line input voltages ranging from 100 V rms to 120 V rms. Experimental results for the prototype driver show that the highest power factor (PF = 0.988), lowest input current total harmonic distortion (THD = 7.22%), and highest circuit efficiency (η = 92.42%) are obtained at an input voltage of 120 V. Hence, the proposed driver is feasible for use in energy-efficient indoor lighting applications.