• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.309-313
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• 2001

In this paper, a multifunctional three-phase electronic step-down transformer with output voltage stabilization characteristics is presented for custom power applications. The proposed electronic transformer has some advantages and features as follows: 1) It has 40 % weights lighter than that of commercial magnetic transformer, 2) It has output voltage stabilization characteristic with regulated output voltage over input variations, 3) It cab be operated as circuit breaker in the case of emergency, 4) It can be operated with so called soft starting function. Moreover, the electronic transformer may have stand-by power cutoff function and act as distortion compensator. This paper show the circuit diagram and present its features through various PSPICE simulations.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.16-23
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose an efficient bias circuit of discrete BJT component for hearing aid. The collector feedback bias circuit, widely used for the hearing aid, has a resistor for negative feedback. As the resistor affects AC and DC simultaneously, it is quite difficult to adjust amplifier gain without changing DC bias point. The previous bias circuit also has weak point to be oscillated by the positive feedback of power noise if gain of hearing aid is high. In the proposed circuit, we can reduce the two weak points of the previous circuit by adding a resistor to the collector feedback bias circuit between base and power supply which is $\beta$ times target than the collector resistor. Thus. we can change amplifier gain without changing DC bias point, and reduce power noise gain about 18.5% compare to that of tile previous circuit in the simulation.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.2176-2182
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• 2014

In this paper, a phase locked loop with suppressed power supply noise has been proposed. The added negative feedback loop of voltage controlled oscillator(VCO) and power noise detector suppresses the power noise induced jitter variation of VCO down to 1/3. The power noise detector is the modified circuit of frequency voltage converter. The proposed PLL has been designed based on a 1.8V 0.18um CMOS process and proved by HSPICE simulation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.297-303
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• 2016

This paper introduces auxiliary power supply systems (APS) for railroad applications and proposes a new power conversion structure for highly-efficient and lightweight APS systems. The proposed structure focuses on an improvement of the power density in APS. It eliminates unnecessary power conversion stages in the conventional APS structure by modulating the dc/dc converter circuit and the structure of the system. The dc/dc converter circuit used in the proposed structure is based on a multi-level half-bridge converter, a widely used topology in railroad APS applications; a flying capacitor is newly added to the conventional circuit. The added capacitor is used not only to enhance the soft switching condition of the switches, but also so that the new pantograph will have a side voltage source of a battery charger in the APS structure. Since the battery charger uses the pantograph side voltage source in the proposed structure, rather than using the output of the main dc/dc converter in the conventional structure, the size and efficiency of the main dc/dc converter are reduced and increased, respectively. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed structure, simulation results will be presented with metropolitan transit APS specifications.

• Journal of Software Assessment and Valuation
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.109-115
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• 2020

In this paper, the problem that occurs when negative voltage is generated using an inexpensive buck device in an IT device that is supplied with a single power by an adapter or battery is analyzed. For the cause analysis, the principle of operation of the buck device and the principle of the inverter circuit were examined, and the circuit characteristics of the inverter circuit were analyzed using the buck device. As a result of the analysis, it was confirmed that the inverter circuit using the buck device initially needs a large starting current, and in particular, in the case of a current capacity that is less than the starting current in the circuit that supplies power, it was confirmed that it could fall into a state similar to the latch-up phenomenon. In order to confirm the analysis result, an experimental circuit was constructed and the input current was checked. If the supply current is sufficient, it is confirmed that over-current flows and starts. If the supply current is insufficient, the circuit cannot start and a latch-up phenomenon occurs.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.9-14
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• 2009

This paper describes measurement of an on-ship power supply noise in mixed-signal integrated circuits. To measure the on-chip power supply noise, we can check the effects of analog circuits and compensate it. This circuit consists of two independent measurement channels, each consisting of a sample and hold circuit and a frequency to digital converter which has a buffer and voltage controlled oscillator(VCO). The time-based voltage information and frequency-based power spectrum density(PSD) can be achieved by a simple analog to digital conversion scheme. The buffer works like a unit-gain buffer with a wide bandwidth and VCO has a high gain to improve resolution. This circuit was fabricated in a 0.18um CMOS technology and has 2.06mV/count. The noise measurement circuit consumes 15mW and occupies $0.768mm^2$.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.11-18
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• 2018

A pulse detonation engine (PDE) requires high operating frequency greater than 100 Hz to get meaning thrust as a propulsion devise. Thus a PDE needs an ignition circuit operating precisely at high operating frequencies. In this paper AC(alternating current) and DC(direct current) types of ignition circuits were designed and compared. Each circuit was tested at operating frequencies from 16.66 to 100.00 Hz by measuring the input signal of each circuit and the voltage change in the primary coil of the transformer. Results show that the DC power circuit can attain a maximum error rate of 5.15% at higher operating frequencies, whereas the AC power circuit displays a negligible agreement with the operating signal at frequencies greater than 33.33 Hz. Therefore it is confirmed that DC-powered ignition circuit is preferable for the PDE operating at high frequencies.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.69-70
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 공진형 DC/DC Converter와 Single-Switch Boost Converter 구조를 적용한 철도차량용 보조전원장치를 제안한다. 제안하는 회로는 기존 대비 반도체 소자의 개수 저감 및 반도체 소자의 전압 스트레스를 해당 회로부 입력전압의 1/2 이하로 저감 가능하여 낮은 내압의 반도체 소자를 적용할 수 있다. 150kW급 철도차량용 보조전원장치 회로를 컴퓨터 기반 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.477-480
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• 2017

전기이중층 Capacitor는 대전력을 쉽게 충방전할 수 있는 전력저장장치로 순간전압강하 보상장치, 정전대책장치, 회생전력 흡수장치 등 적용하는 범위가 광범위하게 확대되고 있다. 전기이중층 Capacitor의 산업용 응용분야로서 제어회로 전원에 많이 사용되고 있는 ATX 전원의 Backup소자로서 전기이중층 Capacitor를 적용하고 있다. 본고에서는 ATX 전원에 전기이중층 Capacitor M-CAP을 응용한 사례를 소개하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.1884-1885
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• 2007

DC 80[V]의 주 전원에서의 방전 가공은 가공 시 서보계의 헌팅상태가 자주 발생되기 때문에 방전상태가 불안정 하였다. 본 연구에서는 DC 300[V]의 보조 전원을 주 전원과 중첩한 결과, 방전 개시 전압이 높게 됨으로써 서보계의 헌팅상태가 감소하여 방전이 매우 안정하게 되어 가공 능률을 향상하였다.