• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.584-589
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• 2022

For DC-AC power conversion from a high-voltage photovoltaic panel to a single-phase grid, the two-stage transformerless inverter with a buck-boost converter followed by a full-bridge inverter is widely used. To avoid an excessive leakage current due to the large parasitic capacitance of the photovoltaic panel, the full-bridge inverter can only adopt the bipolar PWM which results in much higher power loss compared to the unipolar PWM. In order to overcome such a poor efficiency, this paper proposes a new topology in which an IGBT and a diode for circuit isolation are added to the buck-boost converter. The proposed circuit isolation method allows the unipolar PWM in the full-bridge inverter without any increase in the leakage current so that the overall efficiency can be improved. The validity of the proposed solution is verified by computer simulation and power loss calculation.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.26-33
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• 2008

This paper presents a new full-bridge soft switching PWM DC-DC converter circuit topology that adding one switcher, one lossless snubber quasi-resonance capacity to power source for general welding machine This full-bridge soft switching DC-DC convoter· topology can applicable 600[V] switching device (IGBT)incase of AC 400[V] common power source because the voltage of active switcher is 1/2 of DC bus line voltage. And low voltage hight current out)ut that first coil current is smaller than second coil current in high frequency transformer can be obtained with decreasing path loss in conventional DC bus line switcher. As it operate ZCS/ZVS in full range, high frequency, high efficiency and high output are implemented at low voltage and high DC current switching power supplies. All of this items are got from simulation and the result of experiment. If make up for the weak points of this proposed circuit, it will be used more easily for next generation TIG, MIG and MAG type of arc-welding machine.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.307-314
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• 2009

In this paper, we proposes a multilevel inverter which can synthesize multi output voltage levels by adding DC voltage sources and switch components. In the proposed circuit topology, full-bride inverter determines the output polarity and the number of output voltage levels are defined by the operation of the additional switches. It can reduce the number of switch devices compared with the conventional approaches when they generate the same number of output voltage levels. To verify the validity of the proposed multilevel inverter, we present simulation and experimental results using a prototype.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.317-324
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• 2001

This paper proposes a SSSC based on 3-level half-bridge inverters. The dynamic characteristic of the proposed SSSC was analyzed by EMTP simulation and a scaled hardware model, assuming that the SSSC is inserted in the transmission line of the one-machine-infinite-but power system. The proposed SSC has six 3-level half-bridge inverters per phase, which operates in PWM mode. The proposed SSSC generates a quasi-sinusoidal output voltage by 90 degree phase shift to the line current. The proposed SSSC does not require the coupling transformer for voltage injection, and has a flexibility in operation voltage by increasing the number of series connection.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.563-569
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• 2002

This paper proposes an inverter for the grid-connected photovoltaic system based on the transformer-less inverter. This system consists of a high frequency DC-DC converter, high frequency transformer, diode bridge rectifiers, a DC filter, a low frequency inverter, and an AC filter. The 20kHz switched high frequency converter is used to generate bipolar PWM pulse, and the high frequency transformer transforms its voltage twice, which is subsequently rectified by diode bridge rectifiers for a full-wave rectified 60 Hz sine wave power output. Even though the high frequency link system needs more power semiconductors, a reduced size, light weight, and saved parts cost make this system more comparative than other power conditioning systems due to elimination of 60Hz transformer.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.219-221
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• 2009

태양전지 어레이(PV-array)로부터 발전되는 DC 전력을 AC로 변환시켜 계통으로 발전시키는 역할을 하는 태양광 발전 시스템용 PCS의 스위칭 회로 Topology로는 일반적으로 3상 풀브리지 회로가 사용된다. 이러한 3상 풀브리지 회로 시스템의 수명예측을 위해 DC link 단의 커패시터의 커패시턴스를 계산하여 커패시턴스의 감소정도를 이용하여 전체 시스템의 수명을 예측하게 된다. 이러한 커패시터의 상태를 추정하기 위해서는 시스템을 정지시킨 후 커패시터를 분리하여 커패시턴스를 측정하는 방법, 특정 주파수의 전류(일반적으로 저주파)를 주입하고 주입한 전류의 주파수에 해당하는 전류 및 전압을 검출하여 capacitance 연산하는 방식등이 이용된다. 시스템을 정지시킨 후 커패시터를 분리하여 커패시턴스를 측정하는 방법은 번거로우며, 전류 주입을 이용한 방식은 불필요한 고조파 전류가 계통으로 침투하는 단점을 가진다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 모듈타입 PCS 이용시 계통으로 고조파 침투가 없는 비침투 커패시턴스 계산 알고리즘을 제안한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.685-688
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• 2015

A phase-shift full-bridge converter is widely used conventional converter. If the input power change in the variation of the output voltage, there is a time interval freewheeling according to a duty change. This is a factor of reducing the efficiency. In this paper, we propose a method for improving the efficiency of the converter/inverter systems that require high efficiency in the ESS. The proposed method was used for the duty control for solving the fail problem ZVS(Zero Voltage Switching) in Freewheeling interval. The proposed method was verified by experiments.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.11a
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• pp.19-21
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 용접 전문의 전력단 스위치로 MOSEFT을 사용하는 ZVS-PWM 스위칭 방식의 풀브리지 회로에 대한 연구결과를 발표한다. 제안된 ZVS-PWM 풀브리지 컨버터는 스위칭 주파수를 60kHz로 사용하고 변압기를 병렬로 적용해 고전력밀도를 갖도록 설계되었다. 변압기 병렬 구동 시 발생하는 전력 불균형 현상은 공통모드 결합 인덕터(CMCI; Common Mode Coupled Inductor) 부착을 통해 개선되었다. 본 논문은 제안된 회로의 연구를 실험을 통해 검증하고 이에 대한 실험 결과 및 분석을 나타내고 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.19 no.8
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• pp.56-61
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• 2005

The induction heating is widely used not only in the industrial fields but also in the home appliances. But the conventional induction heating systems have shortcoming that it use only magnetic utensil, in this paper, heating of Aluminum sheet by full-bridge series resonant high-frequency inverter is proposed. Also, the principle of induction heating and operations of full-bridge inverter equivalent circuit are explained. The proposed inverter controls the output voltage using phase-shift irrespective of the switching frequency using phase-shift. As a result the proposed induction heating system by full-bridge resonant inverter shows the possibility that make up for the shortcoming of the conventional existing induction heating systems.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.9-17
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• 2017

The Wheatstone bridge is an important electrical circuit that is widely used to measure extremely small resistance changes in strain gages. The strain gages are attached to the structure or specimen whose deformation is to be detected. The Wheatstone bridge finds one of its major applications in the areas of static and dynamic strength tests for various engineering materials. In the split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system, for example, the bridge circuit is required to measure the dynamic strains of the incident and transmitted bars along which the stress wave propagates. In this article, the principles of the Wheatstone bridge circuit are in detail explained for easy reference during laboratory experiments associated with rock dynamics. Especially, the circuit arrangements of the quater, half, and full bridges are presented with their basic uses.