• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2006년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.366-368
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• 2006

The conventional 3-Level LLC Converter using frequency-control has a disadvantage of designing magnetic components. To overcome this problem, a new constant frequency phase-shift controlled three-level LLC converter is proposed. Moreover, by employing voltage doubler type rectifier, an additional resonant capacitor is not needed. Therefore, this converter is promising for the high-power, high-voltage application with simple structure.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.1679-1685
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• 1989

In this paper, a new design of GaAs level converter is proposed, and anlyzed wth the variation of the threshold voltage of E/D MESFETs. The threshold voltage ranges analyzed are -0.05V to 0.35V for enhancement type MESFETs and -0.3V to -0.7V for depletion type MESFETs. In this range, the variation of the input characteristics of the conventional level converter designed to convert the level of DCFL using Vss of -0.8V to that of -0.2V, is greather than 600mV, but of the level converter proposed here is less than 100mV.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2018

Recent trends in high-power-density applications have highlighted the importance of designing power converters with high-frequency operation. However, conventional LLC resonant converters present limitations in terms of high-frequency driving due to switching losses during the turn-off period. Switching losses are caused by the overlap of the voltage and current during this period, and can be decreased by reducing the switch voltage. In turn, the switch voltage can be reduced through a series connection of four switches, and additional circuitry is essential for balancing the voltage of each switch. In this work, a three-level LLC resonant converter that can operate at high frequency is proposed by reducing switch losses and balancing the voltages of all switches with only one capacitor. The voltage-balancing principle of the proposed circuit can be extended to n-level converters, which further reduces the switch voltage stress. As a result, the proposed circuit is applicable to high-input applications. To confirm the validity of the proposed circuit, theoretical analysis and experimental verification results from a 350 W-rated prototype are presented.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2016년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.343-344
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• 2016

This paper is presents a design of high voltage level rectifier converter in SST(Solid state transformer). Also verify the converter through simulation and experiment.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.486-496
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• 2016

The voltage unbalance of an LVDC bipolar distribution system was controlled for high power quality. Voltage unbalance may occur in a bipolar distribution system depending on the operation of the converter and load usage. Voltage unbalance can damage sensitive load and lead to converter accidents. The conditions that may cause voltage unbalance in a bipolar distribution system are as follows. First, three-level AC/DC converters in bipolar distribution systems can lead to voltage unbalance. Second, bipolar distribution systems can be at risk for voltage unbalance because of load usage. In this paper, the output DC link of a three-level AC/DC converter was analyzed for voltage unbalance, and the bipolar voltage was controlled with algorithms. In the case of additional voltage unbalance according to load usage, the bipolar voltage was controlled using the proposed converter. The proposed converter is a dual half-bridge converter, which was improved from the secondary circuit of a dual half-bridge converter. A control algorithm for bipolar voltage control without additional converters was proposed. The balancing control of the bipolar distribution system with distributed power was verified through experiments.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.925-935
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• 2016

This paper proposes a new interleaved double-input three-level Boost (DITLB) converter, which is composed of two boost converters indirectly in series. Thus, a high voltage gain, together with a low component stress and a small input current ripple due to the interleaved control scheme, is achieved. The operating principle of the DITLB converter under the individual supplying power (ISP) and simultaneous supplying power (SSP) mode is analyzed. In addition, closed-loop control strategies composed of a voltage-current loop and a voltage-balance loop, have been researched to make the converter operate steadily and to alleviate the neutral-point imbalance issue. Experimental results verify correctness and feasibility of the proposed topology and control strategies.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.234-240
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 비대칭 컨버터에 비하여 전력소자의 수를 감소하면서도, 고속 운전에 적합한 새로운 멀티레벨 인버터를 제안한다. 제안된 인버터는 기존의 비대칭 컨버터에 비하여 전력소자의 수를 감소시킬 수 있는 특징이 있으며, SRM의 감자구간에서 휠링되는 에너지와 전원에서 공급되는 에너지를 교차적으로 활용하는 방식을 적용함으로써, C-dump 인버터에 비해 커패시터의 정격전압을 낮출 수 있는 장점이 있다. 또한, 제안된 멀티레벨 인버터의 동작 모드는 비대칭 컨버터에 비하여, 충전 레벨의 전원을 정역으로 활용하여 빠른 여자(Excitation)와 감자(Demagnetization) 모드를 가지게 되므로, 제어의 활용성이 매우 높다. 따라서, SRM의 고속 운전에 필요한 여자전류의 빠른 확립을 통하여 응답시간을 개선시키며, 토크 발생구간을 확장시킬 수 있다. 제안된 멀티레벨 인버터 구동형 SRM의 운전특성은 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통해 검증하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.396-402
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• 2009

A DC/DC converter generally needs to work under high switching frequency when used as an adjustable power supply to reduce the size of magnetic elements such as inductors, transformers and capacitors, but with the rising of the switch frequency, the switch losses will increase and the efficiency will reduce. Recently, to solve these problems, research is actively being done on a soft switching method that can be applied under high frequency and on a PWM converter that can be applied under low frequency such as a multi-level topology. In this paper a novel DC-DC conversion method for reducing the ripple of output voltage is proposed. In the proposed converter, buck converters are connected in series to generate the output voltage. By using this method, the ripple of output voltage can be reduced compared to a conventional buck converter. Particularly when output voltage is low, the number of acting switching elements is less and the result of ripple reduction is more obvious. It is expected that the converter proposed in this paper could be very useful in the case of wide-range output voltage.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and information Science
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.123-131
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• 1997

Design of single stage AC/DC converter with high power factor for low power level applications is proposed. The proposed converter gives the good power factor correction, low line current harmonic distortions, and tight output voltage regulations. This converter also has a high efficiency by employing an active clamp method and synchronous rectifiers. To verify the performances of the proposed converter, a 90W-converter has been designed. The modelling of this proposed converter is power formed using an averaging technique and based on this model a detailed analysis is carried out. This prototype meets the IEC555-2 requirements satisfactorily with nearly unity power factor and high efficiency.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2020

In this study, single-phase and three-level boost converters applied to the photovoltaic system were compared and analyzed in terms of efficiency and power density according to the input voltage and load conditions. For accurate analysis of efficiency, the losses in each device of the single-phase and three-level boost converters were derived using mathematical equations and simulations by using the PSIM thermal module. Then, the losses were compared with the efficiency confirmed through the actual experiments. Results confirmed that the efficiency and power density can be improved by applying the three-level boost converter to the system according to the selection of the switching frequency.