• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.350-357
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• 2020

This study presents the design of an 18 kW two-phase interleaved buck converter that uses a coupled inductor for an electric vehicle rapid charger. The designs of a two-phase coupled inductor for current ripple and physical size reduction and a two-phase interleaved buck converter based on silicon carbide metal - oxide - semiconductor field-effect transistor for high efficiency were described in detail. The operating principle of the two-phase interleaved buck converter was analyzed, and the coupled inductor was investigated using a magnetized equivalent circuit. Simulation and experiments were conducted to verify the validity of the proposed two-phase interleaved buck converter, and the theoretical design method and experimental results were confirmed.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.481-487
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• 2014

This study proposes a two-phase non-inverting buck-boost converter that uses a coupled inductor. The multi-phase converter has many advantages over single-phase counterparts, such as reduced output current ripple and conduction loss in switching devices and passive elements. Although the output current ripple of the multi-phase converter is reduced significantly because of the interleaved effect, the inductor current ripple is not reduced in multi-phase converters. One of the solutions to this problem is to use a coupled inductor. A 4 kW prototype converter is built and tested to verify the performance of the proposed converter.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2017

Inductor in high power converter system increases production cost, volume and core loss proportional to the power. To decrease these disadvantages, this paper analyzed the characteristic of parallel-inductor and coupled-inductor in interleaved system with simulation. As a result, it is confirmed that two-phase interleaved non-coupled buck-converter has the best characteristic among three types converter.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.298-308
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 DC-DC Converter에서의 고조파로 인한 전자기적 잡음을 줄이기 위해 Random PWM을 적용한 Interleaved Buck Converter(IBC) 시스템을 제안한다. PWM 직류전원장치에서 스위칭 방식을 사용하는 경우 스위칭 손실 및 EMI 문제가 발생하기 때문에 많은 고조파를 포함하고 있어 선간 전압의 왜곡 등을 유발한다. 따라서 이에 대한 해결방법으로 PRBS를 이용한 IBC를 최초로 제안한다. 이 방식의 회로 구조는 2개의 능동형 스위치를 가지며 180도의 위상차를 갖는 2개의 PWM 신호를 이용하여 회로를 제어한다. IBC는 1세트의 스위치를 추가하기 때문에, 비용 측면 등에서는 불리 할 수 있으나 전력분배, 출력전류 리플 감소, 빠른 회로 반응속도, 수동소자크기 감소의 이점을 가진다. 본연구의 타당성을 확인하기 위하여 PSIM 시뮬레이터를 이용하였고 Random PWM을 적용한 IBC 회로를 설계하여 기존의 PWM과 RPWM 방식만을 사용하는 Buck-converter 회로를 PSIM 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 결과를 확인하고 분석하였다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.417-424
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• 2022

This study proposes a current-balancing technique for an interleaved buck converter using a variable inductor and a snubber capacitor. The proposed scheme balances the inductor current by using the variable inductor and enables zero voltage switching under all load ranges. With the variable inductor, the ripple of inductor current changes according to load variation. In addition, a 1.6 kW prototype is built to verify the validity of the proposed scheme, and the experimental results are successfully obtained.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2014

Recently, parallel operation of dc-dc converters has been widely used in distributed power systems. In this paper, a control method to achieve parallel operation of three-phase bi-directional isolated interleaved dc-dc converters is discussed for the battery charging and discharging system which consists of the 32 battery charger/dischargers and two three-phase bi-directional isolated interleaved dc-dc converters. In the boost mode, the battery energy is delivered to the grid, whereas the grid energy is transferred to the battery in the buck mode operation. The average current sharing control method is employed to obtain an equal conducting of each phase current in the three-phase dc-dc converter. By using the proposed method, the imbalance factor is gratefully reduced from 8 percent to 1 percent. Two 2.5kW three-phase bi-directional dc-dc converter prototype have been built and the proposed method has been verified through experiments.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.431-439
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• 2014

The two-phase interleaved bidirectional DC-DC converter (TIBDC) is a very attractive solution to problems related to battery energy storage systems. However, the hard-switching TIBDC increases the switching loss and electromagnetic interference noise when the switching frequency increases. Hence, a soft-switching technique is required to overcome these disadvantages. In this study, a novel TIBDC with zero-voltage transition (TIBDC-ZVT) is proposed. Soft switching in the boost and buck main switches is achieved through a resonant cell that consists of a single resonant inductor and four auxiliary switches. Given its single resonant inductor, the proposed TIBDC-ZVT has a reduced size and can easily be implemented. The validity of the proposed TIBDC-ZVT is verified through experimental results.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.879-891
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• 2018

A bidirectional dc-dc converter is used in battery energy storage systems owing to the growing requirements of a charging and discharging mode of battery. The magnetic coupling of output or input inductors in parallel-connected multi modules of a bidirectional dc-dc converter is often utilized to reduce the peak-to-peak ripple size of the inductor current. This study proposes a novel design guideline to achieve minimal ripple size of the inductor current under bidirectional power flow. The newly proposed design guideline of optimized coupling factor is applicable to the buck and boost operation modes of a bidirectional dc-dc converter. Therefore, the coupling factor value of the coupled inductor does not have to be optimized separately for buck and boost operation modes. This new observation is explained using the theoretical model of coupled inductor and confirmed through simulation and experimental test.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.82-91
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• 2017

This paper is a study on the bi-directional DC-DC converter, one of the key elements of 48V-12V dual systems in mild hybrid electric vehicles. Mild hybrid electric vehicles require a bi-directional DC-DC converter that can efficiently transmit power in two directions between a 48V battery and a 12V battery. To develop a bi-directional DC-DC converter with better price competitiveness, upgraded fuel economy, excellent performance and smaller size, this study designed, produced and presented a circuit that improved on the existing one. In the proposed 8-phase bi-directional DC-DC converter, the size of the passive element was reduced through the 8-phase interleaved topology, whereas downscaling had previously posed a difficulty. This study also designed and produced a 2.5kW class prototype. Based on the proposed 8-phase interleaved topology, a size of 227.5 (W) * 172 (L) * 64.35 (H) was achieved. In the boost mode operation and buck operation modes, the maximum efficiency was recorded at 94.04 % and 95.78 %, respectively.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2019년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.25-27
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• 2019

본 논문은 전기 자동차 급속 충전기 구현을 위한 커플드 인덕터 기반 18kW급 2상 인터리브드 벅 컨버터 설계에 관하여 설명한다. 전류 리플 및 물리적인 크기 감소를 위한 2상 커플드 인덕터와 고효율 달성을 위한 Silicon Carbide(SiC) MOSEFT 기반 2상 인터리브드 벅 컨버터의 설계에 관하여 상세히 기술한다. 제안하는 2상 인터리브드 벅 컨버터의 동작을 위하여 모의 실험과 실험을 진행하였고 이론적인 설계 방법과 실제 실험 결과가 일치하는 것을 확인하였다.