• ETRI Journal
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.885-891
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• 2012

This paper proposes a high-efficiency power amplifier (PA) with uneven bias. The proposed amplifier consists of a driver amplifier, power stages of the main amplifier with class AB bias, and an auxiliary amplifier with class C bias. Unlike other CMOS PAs, the amplifier adopts a current-mode transformer-based combiner to reduce the output stage loss and size. As a result, the amplifier can improve the efficiency and reduce the quiescent current. The fully integrated CMOS PA is implemented using the commercial Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 0.18-${\mu}m$ RF-CMOS process with a supply voltage of 3.3 V. The measured gain, $P_{1dB}$, and efficiency at $P_{1dB}$ are 29 dB, 28.1 dBm, and 37.9%, respectively. When the PA is tested with 54 Mbps of an 802.11g WLAN orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal, a 25-dB error vector magnitude compliant output power of 22 dBm and a 21.5% efficiency can be obtained.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.23-33
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• 2018

Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET belongs to the family of wide-band gap devices with inherit property of low switching and conduction losses. The stable operation of SiC MOSFET at higher operating temperatures has invoked the interest of researchers in terms of its application to high power density (HPD) power converters. This paper presents a performance study of SiC MOSFET based two-phase interleaved boost converter (IBC) for regulation of avionics bus voltage in more electric aircraft (MEA). A 450W HPD, IBC has been developed for study, which delivers 28V output voltage when supplied by 24V battery. A gate driver design for SiC MOSFET is presented which ensures the operation of converter at 250kHz switching frequency, reduces the miller current and gate signal ringing. The peak current mode control (PCMC) has been employed for load voltage regulation. The efficiency of SiC MOSFET based IBC converter is compared against Si counterpart. Experimentally obtained efficiency results are presented to show that SiC MOSFET is the device of choice under a heavy load and high switching frequency operation.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제50권8호
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• pp.392-401
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• 2001

This paper presents the single-stage high power factor AC to DC converter operated in active-clamp mode. The proposed converter is added active-clamping circuit to boost-flyback single-stage power factor corrected power supply. The active-clamping circuit limits voltage spikes, recycles the energy trapped in the leakage inductance, and provides a mechanism for achieving soft switching of the electronic switches to reduce the switching loss. The auxiliary switch of active-clamping circuit uses the same control and driver circuit as the main switch to reduce the additional cost and size. To verify the performance of the proposed converter, a 100W converter has been designed. The proposed converter gives good power factor correction, low line current harmonic distortions, and tight output voltage regulation, as used unity power factor.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제43권11호
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• pp.98-104
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• 2006

기존의 버스트 모드 자동전력제어 회로는 저 전력과 단일 칩화에 적합한 효율적인 구조인 반면에 데이터 율(data rate)이 높아짐에 따라 영의 밀도(zero density) 영향을 심하게 받아 에러를 야기하였다. 본 논문에서는 더블 게이트 MOS와 MOS다이오드를 이용하여 주입전류의 불균형을 보상하는 할 수 있는 새로운 구조의 첨두 비교기를 고안하고 이를 자동전력제어 회로에 적용하여 높은 데이터 율에서도 영의 밀도 변화에 강한 버스트 모드 자동전력제어 회로를 제안하였다. 제안한 자동전력제어 회로 내의 첨두 비교기는 높은 데이터 율에서 영의 밀도 변화에도 불구하고 정확한 전류비교 기준점을 견지하며 에러 없이 정상동작 하였다. 또한 제안한 첨두 비교기는 저전력 구조이고 대용량의 커패시터가 사용되지 않아 단일 칩화에도 적합하였다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.194-202
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• 2005

본 연구는 새로운 AC PDP(Plasma Display Panel)용 멀티레벨 에너지 회수회로에 관한 연구로서, 기존 멀티레벨 구동회로의 장점을 그대로 유지하면서 문제점을 해결한 새로운 멀티레벨 구동회로를 제안한다. 기존의 멀티레벨 구동회로는 Weber회로의 하드스위칭 문제를 개선하였지만 공진 인덕터에 기생공진전류가 존재하고 Vs/2유지구간이 존재한다. 제안한 회로는 기존 회로에 비해 인덕터의 수를 반으로 줄여 회로를 간단히 하고 공진 인덕터의 기생 공진전류와 Vs/2유지구간을 제거하였으며 CIM(Current Injection Method)을 사용하여 하드스위칭 문제를 해결하였다. 또한 풀브리지 구동회로에 직렬 연결된 스위칭 소자에 NPC(Neutral Point Clamping)기법을 적용하여 각 스위칭 소자에 전압이 균등하게 분배되도록 하였다. 그리고 제안회로의 동작을 모드별로 해석하였으며, PSpice 프로그램으로 시뮬레이션하고 회로를 구성하여 실험함으로써 제안한 회로의 유용성을 입증하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.1886-1900
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• 2018

This paper proposes a confronting feedback control structure and controllers for positive output elementary super lift Luo converters (POESLLCs) working in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). The POESLLC offers the merits like high voltage transfer gain, good efficiency, and minimized coil current and capacitor voltage ripples. The POESLLC working in DCM holds the value of not having right half pole zero (RHPZ) in their control to output transfer function unlike continuous conduction mode (CCM). Also the DCM bestows superlative dynamic response, eliminates the reverse recovery troubles of diode and retains the stability. The proposed control structure involves two controllers respectively to control the voltage (outer) loop and the current (inner) loop to confront the time-varying ON/OFF characteristics of variable structured systems (VSSs) like POESLLC. This study involves two different combination of feedback controllers viz. the proportional integral controller (PIC) plus sliding mode controller (SMC) and the fuzzy logic controller (FLC) plus SMC. The state space averaging modeling of POESLLC in DCM is reviewed first, then design of PIC, FLC and SMC are detailed. The performance of developed controller combinations is studied at different working states of the POESLLC system by MATLAB-Simulink implementation. Further the experimental corroboration is done through implementation of the developed controllers in PIC 16F877A processor. The prototype uses IRF250 MOSFET, IR2110 driver and UF5408 diodes. The results reassured the proficiency of designed FLC plus SMC combination over its counterpart PIC plus SMC.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1165-1175
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• 2015

This paper presents an advanced sensorless permanent magnet (PM) brushless motor controller integrated circuit (IC) employing an automatic lead-angle compensator. The proposed IC is composed of not only a sensorless sine-wave motor controller but also an isolated gate-driver and current self-sensing circuit. The fabricated IC operates in sensorless mode using a position estimator based on a sliding mode observer and an open-loop start-up. For high efficiency PM brushless motor driving, an automatic lead-angle control algorithm is employed, which improves the efficiency of a PM brushless motor system by tracking the minimum copper loss under various load and speed conditions. The fabricated IC is evaluated experimentally using a commercial 200 W PM brushless motor and power switches. The proposed IC is successfully operated without any additional sensors, and the proposed algorithm maintains the minimum current and maximum system efficiency under $0N{\cdot}m$ to $0.8N{\cdot}m$ load conditions. The proposed IC is a feasible sensorless speed controller for various applications with a wide range of load and speed conditions.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.407-412
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• 2022

We report on a diode-laser-pumped mode-locked Yb:KGW laser system, which delivers ultrashort pulses down to 89 fs at a repetition rate of 63 MHz, with an average power of up to 5.6 W. A fiber-coupled diode laser at 981 nm, operated with a compact driver, is used to optically pump the gain crystal via an off-axis parabolic mirror. A semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror is used to initiate the pulsed operation. Laser characteristics such as the pulse duration, spectrum bandwidth, and output power are investigated by varying the intracavity dispersions via changing the number of bounces between negative-dispersive mirrors within the cavity. Short pulses with a duration of 89 fs, a center wavelength of 1,027 nm, and 3.6 W of output power are produced at a group-velocity dispersion (GVD) of -3,300 fs². As the negative GVD increases, the pulse duration lengthens but the output power at the single-pulse condition can be enhanced, reaching 5.6 W at a GVD of -6,600 fs². Because of pulse broadening at high negative GVDs, the highest peak intensity is achievable at a moderate GVD with our system.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.312-320
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 110nm eFlash 셀을 사용한 512Kb eFlash IP를 설계하였다. eFlash 셀의 프로그램, 지우기와 읽기 동작을 만족시키는 row 구동회로(CG/SL 구동회로), write BL 구동회로( write BL 스위치 회로와 PBL 스위치 선택 회로), read BL 스위치 회로와 read BL S/A 회로와 같은 eFlash 코어회로(Core circuit)를 제안하였다. 그리고 프로그램 모드에서 9.5V와 erase 모드에서 11.5V의 VPP(Boosted Voltage) 전압을 공급하는 VPP 전압 발생기회로는 기존의 단위 전하펌프 회로로 cross-coupled NMOS 트랜지스터를 사용하는 대신 body 전압을 ground에 연결된 12V NMOS 소자인 NMOS 프리차징 트랜지스터의 게이트 노드 전압을 부스팅하는 회로를 새롭게 제안하여 VPP 단위 전하펌프의 프리차징 노드를 정상적으로 VIN(Input Voltage) 전압으로 프리차징 시켜서 VPP 전하펌프 회로의 펌핑 전류를 증가시켰다. 펌핑 커패시터로는 PMOS 펌핑 커패시터에 비해 펌핑전류가 크고 레이아웃 면적이 작은 12V native NMOS 펌핑 커패시터를 사용하였다. 한편 110nm eFlash 공정을 기반으로 설계된 512Kb eFlash 메모리 IP의 레이아웃 면적은 $933.22{\mu}m{\times}925{\mu}m(=0.8632mm^2)$이다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.2031-2039
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• 2015

In the LED lighting industry, the dimming function in the LED lamp is required by demands of many consumers. To drive this LED lighting, various types of power converters have been applied. Among them, an LLC resonant converter could be applied for high power LED lighting because of its high efficiency and high power density, etc. The function of power factor correction (PFC) might be added to it. In this paper, a dimmable single-stage asymmetrical LLC resonant converter is proposed. The proposed converter performs both input-current harmonics reduction and PFC using the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). Also, the lower voltage stress across switching devices as well as the zero voltage switching (ZVS) in switching devices is realized by the proposed topology. It can reduce cost and has high efficiency of the driver. In addition, the regulation of the output power by variable switching frequency can vary the brightness of a light. In the proposed converter, one of the attractive advantages doesn’t need any extra control circuits for the dimming function. To verify the performance of the proposed converter, simulation and experimental results from a 300W prototype are provided.