• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.432-440
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• 2010

In this paper, a LC series resonant boost converter using a single switch is proposed. The proposed topology contains additional passive elements in the conventional boost converter and performs Zero Voltage Switching(ZVS) without an additional auxiliary switch when a main switch turned on and off. The switch off time of the proposed system determined by LC series resonance, thus a on-time variable Pulse Frequency Modulation(PFM) method is adapted to control output voltage in the proposed converter. Operational modes of the proposed topology are divided with respected to the current conduction paths and then through the theoretical analysis and experimental results, operational modes and characteristics of the proposed converter are verified.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.78-80
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• 2018

본 논문은 용량성 결합 플라즈마 응용 시스템을 위한 전류형 토폴로지 기반의 전력 변환장치 구조를 제안한다. 제안된 시스템은 독립적으로 제어된 두 개의 고 정밀 펄스 전류를 부하로 출력하는 병렬 연결된 전류형 전력 변환장치로 구성된다. 전체 회로 토폴로지는 네 가지 세부 부분; 바이어스 전류 발생기, 바이어스 전류 모듈레이터, 슬롭 전류 발생기, 슬롭 전류 모듈레이터로 구성되어 있다. 제안된 시스템은 빠른 과도 특성을 위해 1200V/90A급 SiC MOSFET 스위치를 사용하였다. 제안된 전력 변환장치는 4.5kV의 출력전압, 40A급 출력전류와 100ns급 전류 상승/하강 특성을 충족시키도록 설계되었다. 본 연구는 펄스 전류형 전력 변환회로를 제안함으로써 전압형 전력 변환장치에 비해 전압 스파이크 및 전압 파형 왜곡을 줄여 보다 정확한 출력 전압을 발생시킴으로써 용량성 결합 플라즈마 시스템의 안정도 및 정밀도를 향상시킬 수 있다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.48-52
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• 2009

Micro-hole targets are studied to generate energetic protons from laser-thin foil targets by using 2-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. By using a small hole, the maximum energy of the accelerated proton is increased to 4 times higher than that from a simple planar target. The main proton acceleration mechanism of the hole-targets is the electrostatic field created between the fast electrons accelerated by the laser pulse ponderomotive force combined with the vacuum heating and the target rear surface. But in this case, the proton angular distribution shows double-peak shape, which means poor collimation and low current density. By using a small cone-shaped hole, the maximum proton energy is increased 3 times higher than that from a simple planar target. Furthermore, the angular distribution of the accelerated protons shows good collimation.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.394-400
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• 2002

In digital speech communications, the quality of service can be increased by speech coding scheme that is adaptive to the error rate of voice packet transmission. However, current communication protocol in cellular and internet communications does not provide the function that transmits the channel error information. To solute this problem, in this paper, new method for real-time transmission of channel error information is proposed, where channel error information is embedded in voice packet. The proposed method utilizes the pulse positions of codevector in ACELP speech codec, which results in little degradation in speech quality and low false alarm rate. The simulations with various speech data show that the proposed method meets the requirement in speech quality, detection rate, and false alarm rate.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.48 no.12
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• pp.691-700
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• 1999

This paper proposes a novel switching strategy of 1Mvar STATCON using cascade multilevel H-bridge inverter(HBI) for FACTS application. To control the reactive power instantaneously, the d-q dynamic system model is described and analyzed. A single pulse pattern based on the SHEM(Selective Harmonic Elimination Method) technique is determined from the look-up table to reduce the line current harmonics and a rotating fundamental frequency switching scheme is presented to adjust the DC voltage of each inverter capacitor at the same value. So the voltage unbalance problem between separately DC bus voltage is improved by using the proposed switching scheme. As a result, the presented inverter configuration not only reduces the system complexity by eliminating the isolation at the AC input side transformer but also improves the dynamic response to the step change of reactive power.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.25 no.8
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• pp.39-47
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• 2011

The motion of a conductive spherical particle under uniform electric field is investigated in order to find a suitable method for removing the conducting solid impurities contained in liquid plastic. When the positive dc voltage applied to the upper electrode, the vertical up-and-down motion of a charged particle by electrostatic force is observed by a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera or a high-speed video camera. The experimental data of the static threshold voltage by which the particle starts to move toward the counter electrode in air or silicone oil are in good agreement with theoretical value. When the applied voltage is larger than the static threshold voltage, the particle motion pattern in silicone oil consists of four stages: upward motion, stopping at the upper electrode, downward motion and stopping at the lower electrode. The stopping motion on the electrode is thought to be caused by the liquid flow accompanied by the particle motion. The particle charge calculated by integrating the pulse current, which is generated by the charge exchange between the electrode and the particle, is approximately 0.1~0.25 times of the theoretical value. This study is expected to help understand the electric properties of microparticles in oil circuit breaker (OCB) and oil transformer and improve their performance and longevity.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.163-172
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• 2016

The modular multilevel converter (MMC) has been receiving increased attentions in recent years. The new modular multilevel converter is a derivative topology from the traditional MMC in which the number of sub-modules (SMs) necessitated by each phase can be reduced by one. This paper presents a phase-shifted carrier pulse-width modulation (PSC-PWM) for the new MMC with an optimal phase-shifted angle to suppress the harmonics of the output voltage. Further, the harmonic features when the capacitor voltage of the middle SM is selected as two different values are also investigated. Moreover, in order to avoid introducing an unnecessary dc offset current at the ac terminals of the new MMC, a novel capacitor voltage balancing scheme is proposed by adjusting the amplitude of the reference signals rather than the offset. Finally, the validity and effectiveness of the proposed modulation and balancing schemes have been verified by experimental results based on a three-phase prototype of the new MMC.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.743-750
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• 2011

This article deals with the sensor-less control of a DC Motor via a SEPIC Converter-Full Bridge combination powered through solar panels. We simultaneously regulate, both, the output voltage of the SEPIC-converter to a value larger than the solar panel output voltage, and the shaft angular velocity, in any of the turning senses, so that it tracks a pre-specified constant reference. The main result of our proposed control scheme is an efficient linear controller obtained via Lyapunov. This controller is based on measurements of the converter currents and voltages, and the DC motor armature current. The control law is derived using an exact stabilization error dynamics model, from which a static linear passive feedback control law is derived. All values of the constant references are parameterized in terms of the equilibrium point of the multivariable system: the SEPIC converter desired output voltage, the solar panel output voltage at its Maximun Power Point (MPP), and the DC motor desired constant angular velocity. The switched control realization of the designed average continuous feedback control law is accomplished by means of a, discrete-valued, Pulse Width Modulation (PWM). Experimental results are presented demonstrating the viability of our proposal.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.120-122
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• 2004

평판 스위치 전극에 인가되는 전압 변화에 따라서 전극 앞에서의 플라즈마 전위의 변화를 측정하고, 이를 이용하여 형성된 전계의 변화를 관찰하였다. 대부분 스위치 전각에 인가되는 펄스는 펄스 인가시간, 플래토(plateau)시간, 펄스 회복시간으로 구성되어 이들 세 가지 시간 구간에 따라서 전위의 변화를 측정하여 형성되는 전계를 관찰하였다. 빠른 방전 스위치의 동작특성을 이해하기 위하여 스위치 전극인가 전압의 인가시간 변화와 이에 따른 전압 변화율 및 인가전압의 크기에 따른 플라즈마 쉬스의 거동을 관찰하고, 그 크기가 펄스 변화율과 크기에 따라 변화함을 찾았다. 펄스의 회복시간 동안에 돌아오는 플라즈마 쉬스의 거동은 펄스의 인가시간동안의 변화와 유사한 거동을 보였으며 이때에도 펄스 회복율이 중요한 인자임을 알 수 있었다. 만일 펄스 변화율이 커서, 전극 앞에서의 쉬스의 거동 속도가 플라즈마 이온의 음속보다 빠르게 변할 때는 이온 매트릭스 쉬스의 거동형태를 따르고, 변화율이 늦어서 쉬스의 거동 속도가 이온의 음속보다 느리게 변하는 경우에는 Child-Langmuir 쉬스의 형태가 시간에 따라 전개됨을 알 수 있었다. 펄스 특성을 정량적으로 관찰할 수 있도록 스위치 전극에 흐르는 전류의 크기를 계산하기 위해 필요한 모델을 개발하여 실험견과와의 비교를 통하여 펄스 시간동안 플라즈마의 거동이 스위치를 흐르는 전류에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1992.05a
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• pp.82-85
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• 1992

In this study, charge pumping method was used to investigate the Si-SiO$_2$interface characteristics of the nonvolatile SNOSFET memory devices, fabricated using the CMOS 1 Mbit processes (1.2$\mu\textrm{m}$ design rule), with thin oxide layer of 30${\AA}$ thick and nitride layer of 525${\AA}$ thick on the n-type silicon substrate (p-channel). Charge pumping current characteristics with the pulse base level were measured for various frequencies, falling times and rising times. By means of the charge dynamics in a non-steady state, the average Si-SiO$_2$interface state density and capture cross section were determined to be 3.565${\times}$10$\^$11/cm$\^$-2/eV$\^$-1/ and 4.834${\times}$10$\^$-16/$\textrm{cm}^2$, respectively. However Si-SiO$_2$ interface state densities were disributed 2.8${\times}$10$\^$-11/～5.6${\times}$10$\^$11/cm$\^$-2/～6${\times}$10$\^$11/cm$\^$-2/eV$\^$-1/ in the lover half of energy gap.