• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.1716-1724
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• 2016

This paper proposes both an active-switched quasi-Z-source inverter (AS-qZSI) and an extended active-switched qZSI (EAS-qZSI), which are based on the classic qZSI. The proposed AS-qZSI adds only one active switch and one diode to the classic qZSI for increasing the voltage boost capability. Compared with other topologies based on the switched-inductor/capacitor qZSI, the proposed AS-qZSI requires fewer passive components in the impedance network under the same boost capability. Additionally, the proposed EAS-qZSI is designed by adding one inductor and three diodes to the AS-qZSI, which offers enhanced boost capability and lower voltage stress across the switches. The performances of the two proposed topologies are verified by simulation and experimental results obtained from a prototype with a 32-bit DSP built in a laboratory.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.199-205
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• 2002

This paper compares three kinds of soft-switching circuits from viewpoints of surge suppression, load characteristic, and power efficiency for a tapped-inductor buck converter with low voltage and high current. As a result, these soft-switching techniques have achieved much higher efficiency of 80 % when compared with a hard-switching buck converter for the output condition of 1V and 20A.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.86-95
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• 2015

An active clamp high step-up boost converter with a coupled inductor is proposed in this paper. In the proposed strategy, a coupled inductor is adopted to achieve a high voltage gain. The clamp circuit is included to achieve the zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) condition for both the main and clamp switches. A rectifier composed of a capacitor and a diode is added to reduce the voltage stress of the output rectifier diode. As a result, diodes with a low reverse-recovery time and forward voltage-drop can be utilized. Since the voltage stresses of the main and clamp switches are far below the output voltage, low-voltage-rated MOSFETs can be adopted to reduce conduction losses. Moreover, the reverse-recovery losses of the diodes are reduced due to the inherent leakage inductance of the coupled inductor. Therefore, high efficiency can be expected. Firstly, the derivation of the proposed converter is given and the operation analysis is described. Then, a steady-state performance analysis of the proposed converter is analyzed in detail. Finally, a 250 W prototype is built to verify the analysis. The measured maximum efficiency of the prototype is 95%.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.201-209
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• 2011

This paper presents a wide-band fine-resolution digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) with an active inductor using an automatic three-step coarse and gain tuning loop. To control the frequency of the DCO, the transconductance of the active inductor is tuned digitally. To cover the wide tuning range, a three-step coarse tuning scheme is used. In addition, the DCO gain needs to be calibrated digitally to compensate for gain variations. The DCO tuning range is 58% at 2.4 GHz, and the power consumption is 6.6 mW from a 1.2 V supply voltage. An effective frequency resolution is 0.14 kHz. The phase noise of the DCO output at 2.4 GHz is -120.67 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.834-841
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• 2014

This paper proposes new active switched-capacitor and switched-inductor Z-source inverter (ASC/SL-ZSI) topologies, which can provide a higher boost ability with a small shoot-through time. The proposed ASC/SL-ZSIs inherit all of the advantages of the classical ZSI, and have a stronger voltage boost inversion ability when compared with the classical ZSI. Thus, the output ac voltage quality is significantly improved. In addition, more cells can be cascaded in the impedance network in order to obtain a very high boost ability. The proposed topologies can be applied to photovoltaic or fuel-cell generation systems with low-voltage renewal sources due to their wide range of obtainable voltages. Both simulations and the experimental results are carried out in order to verify performance of the proposed topologies.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.465-471
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• 2015

An LC-tuned sinusoidal voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using temperature-stable linear operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs) is presented. Its architecture is based on Hartley oscillator configuration, where the inductor is active one realized with two OTAs and a grounded capacitor. Two diode limiters are used for limiting amplitude. A prototype oscillator built with discrete components exhibits less than 3.1% nonlinearity in its current-to-frequency transfer characteristic from 1.99 MHz to 39.14 MHz and $220ppm/^{\circ}C$ frequency stability to the temperature drift over 0 to $75^{\circ}C$. The total harmonic distortion (THD) is as low as 4.4 % for a specified frequency-tuning range. The simulated phase noise of the VCO is about -108.9 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset frequency in frequency range of 0.4 - 46.97 MHz and property of phase noise of VCO is better than colpitts-VCO.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.16-20
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• 2011

This paper presents a zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) boost converter using a coupled inductor. It utilizes an additional winding to the boost inductor and an auxiliary diode. The ZVS characteristic of the proposed converter reduces the switching losses of the active power switches and raises the power conversion efficiency. The principle of operation and a system analysis are presented. The theoretical analysis and performance of the proposed converter were verified with a 100W experimental prototype operating at a 107 kHz switching frequency.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.445-453
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 MMlC 설계에서 필요한 능동 인덕터의 설계 방법을 제시하였다. 제안된 가변 능동 인덕터는 궤환 커패시터와 궤환 저항을 가진 종속접속된 2개의 FET로 구성을 하였다. 제안된 가변 능동 인덕터는 낮은 직렬 저항을 가져서 상대적으로 높은 Q 값을 얻을 수 있고 높은 주파수대에서 사용이 가능한 우수한 동작 특성 을 가진다. 인덕턴스 값은 궤환 커패시터와 궤환 저항 및 바이어스 전압에 의하여 변화되어지며 궤환 저항과 회 로내 병렬 저항을 가변하였을 때 1 GHz에서 15 GHz까지 범위에서 인덕턴스 값이 0.2nH에서 L7nH까지 변화하 였다. 또한 제안된 능동 인덕터를 사용하여 대역통과 필터를 설계하였을 때 삽입손실은 약 0.4 dB이고 반사 손실은 20dB 이상의 우수한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.3425-3430
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• 2013

최근 이동통신 시장의 급속한 증가에 따라 단말기 설계는 다표준 방식으로 발전하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 다표준 이동통신 시스템에 적용할 수 있는 주파수 가변형 능동 RC 대역통과 필터를 능동 인덕터를 사용하여 설계하였다. 기존의 대역통과 필터 설계법에서는 저지대역의 감쇠 특성과 통과대역의 주파수 선택도를 향상시키기 위하여 필터의 차수를 높게 하거나 극점 Q를 증가시키는 설계법을 사용한다. 본 논문에서는 극점 Q가 높은 능동 인덕터로 대역통과 필터를 설계하여 주파수 특성이 향상되었다. 또한 설계된 대역통과 필터는 튜닝 회로를 이용하여 필터의 중심주파수와 이득을 간단히 조절할 수 있도록 제안하였다. 설계된 능동 RC 대역통과 필터 특성은 TSMC $0.18{\mu}m$ 공정 파라미터를 이용하여 해석하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, Q=20.5를 갖는 능동 인덕터를 이용한 필터는 1.86GHz 중심주파수에서 90MHz의 대역폭을 갖고, 튜닝 회로의 커패시터 값으로 중심주파수를 1.86~2.38GHz 범위까지 튜닝이 가능하여 다표준 무선통신 시스템에 적용할 수 있다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.185-194
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• 2018

Interaction among multiple grid-connected inverters has a negative impact on the stable operations and power quality of a power grid. The interrelated influences of inverter inductor-capacitor-inductor filters constitute a high-order power network, and consequently, excite complex resonances at various frequencies. This study first establishes a micro-grid admittance matrix, in which inverters use deadbeat control. Multiple resonances can then be evaluated via modal analysis. For the active damping method applied to deadbeat control, the sampling frequency and the stable domain of the virtual damping ratio are also presented by analyzing system stability in the discrete domain. Simulation and experimental results confirm the efficiency of modal analysis and stable domain calculation in multi-inverter grid-connected systems.