• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.65 no.1
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• pp.73-80
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• 2016

The preliminary test for the dual mode plasma torch system was carried out to explore the operation properties in advance. The dual mode plasma torch system that is able to operate in transferred, non-transferred, or dual mode is very adequate for melting the mixed wastes including nonconductive materials such as concrete, asbestos, etc. since it exploits both the high efficiency of heat transfer to the melt in transferred mode and stable operation in non-transferred mode. Also, system operation including restarting is reliable and very easy. A stationary melter with a refractory structure was designed and manufactured considering the melting behavior of slags to minimize the refractory erosion. The power supply for the dual mode plasma torch system built with high power insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) modules has functions for both current control and voltage control and is sufficient to suppress the harmonics during the operation of the plasma torch. The power supply provides two different voltages for transferred operation and non-transferred. It is confirmed that the operation voltage in transferred is always higher than non-transferred. The dual mode plasma torch system was successfully developed and is under operation for a melting experiment to optimize operation data.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.234-240
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• 2005

In this study, ion nitriding of a EHA pump part made of AISI 4340 steel was performed under different applied power conditions to study the relationship between dimensional changes of specimens and the type of applied power source. Microstructures and micohardness distribution at different processing conditions were also examined. Duplex surface treatment of ion nitriding with the optimum process conditions to produce the minimum dimensional variation in a EHA pump part and a TiN thin film coating by unbalanced magnetron sputtering was performed and the specimens with a duplex surface treatment were subjected to a high speed wear test to evaluate the wear performance of EHA hydraulic pump parts with various surface treatment conditions. Results indicated that uniform and continuous surface layer with a minimum dimensional variation could be obtained by ion nitriding with bipolar mode power source and much enhanced wear characteristics with a duplex surface treatment could be obtained, compared with results from ion nitriding or single-layerd TiN coating specimens.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.205-212
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• 1999

When we want to observe and record a patient's EEG in an operating room, the operation of electrosurgical unit(ESU) causes undesirable artifacts with high frequency and high voltage. These artifacts make the amplifiers of the conventional EEG system saturated and prevent the system from measuring the EEG signal. This paper describes a high-performance bipolar EEG amplifier for a CSA (compressed spectral array ) system with reduced ESU artifacts. The designed EEG amplifier uses a balanced filter to reduce the ESU artifacts, and isolates the power supply and the signal source of the preamplifier from the ground to cut off the current from the ESU to the amplifier ground. To cancel the common mode noise in high frequency, a high CMRR(common mode rejection ratio) diffferential amplifier is used. Since the developed bipolar EEG amplifier shows high gain, low noise, high CMRR, high input impedance, and low thermal drift, it is possible to observe and record more clean EEG signals in spite of ESU operation. Therefore the amplifier may be applicable to a high-fidelity CSA system.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.886-894
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• 2012

This paper presents a secondary-side, dual-mode feedback LLC resonant controller IC with dynamic PWM dimming for LED backlight units. In order to reduce the cost, master and slave outputs can be generated simultaneously with a single LLC resonant core based on dual-mode feedback topologies. Pulse Frequency Modulation (PFM) and Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) schemes are used for the master stage and slave stage, respectively. In order to guarantee the correct dual feedback operation, Phased-Locked Loop (PLL)-based automatic duty control circuit is proposed in this paper. The chip is fabricated using $0.35{\mu}m$ Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) technology, and the die size is $2.5mm{\times}2.5mm$. The frequency of the gate driver (GDA/GDB) in the clock generator ranges from 50 to 425 kHz. The current consumption of the LLC resonant controller IC is 40 mA for a 100 kHz operation frequency using a 15 V supply. The duty ratio of the slave stage can be controlled from 40% to 60% independent of the frequency of the master stage.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.267-274
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• 2013

This paper presents a design of LLC resonant converter IC for LED backlight unit based on PFM/PWM dual-mode feedback. Dual output LLC resonant architecture with a single inductor is proposed, where the master output is controlled by the PFM and slave output is controlled by the PWM. To regulate the master output PFM is used as feedback to control the frequency of the power switch. On the other hand, PWM feedback is used to control the pulse width of the power switch and to regulate the slave output. This chip is fabricated in 0.35um 2P3M BC(Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) Process and the die area is $2.3mm{\times}2.2mm$. Current consumptions is 26mA from 5V supply.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.48-50
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• 2018

본 논문은 광물 탐사용 25kW 양극성 펄스전원장치에 대해 기술한다. 고효율 LCC 공진형 컨버터와 풀 브리지 기반 바이폴라 펄스 스위칭부로 구성된 500V, 12.5A 단위 모듈을 설계한다. LCC 공진형 컨버터는 도전 손실을 줄이기 위해 사다리꼴 모양의 공진 전류를 갖도록 하고, 높은 전력 밀도를 달성하기 위해 변압기의 누설 인덕턴스를 공진 인덕턴스로 활용한다. 또한, 반복적인 짧은 펄스 기반으로 설계된 게이트 구동 회로는 DC에서 8kHz의 주파수 범위를 동작시키고 게이트 변압기의 사이즈를 줄이기 위해 제안된다. 개발된 양극성 펄스전원장치는 4개의 모듈이 직병렬로 결선되어 부하 조건에 따라 Grounded dipole mode (2kV, 12.5A) 또는 Loop mode (500V, 50A)로 동작한다. 네 모듈의 출력 전압 밸런싱을 충족시키기 위해 LCC 공진형 컨버터의 변압기에 보상권선이 감긴다. 본 논문에서는 양극성 펄스전원 장치의 상세설계에 대해 기술하고, 시뮬레이션 및 실험 결과를 통해 이를 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.07b
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• pp.615-618
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• 2000

A number of studies have recently been made on hardware for a biological neuron f3r application with information processing functions of neural networks. We have been trying to produce hardware from the viewpoint that development of a new hardware neuron model is one of the important problems in the study of neural networks. In this paper, we first discuss the circuit structure of a pulse-type hardware neuron model with the enhancement-mode MOSFETs (E-MOSFETs). And we construct a pulse-type hardware neuron model using I-MOSFETs. As a result, it is shown that our proposed new model can exhibit firing phenomena even if the power supply voltage becomes less than 1.5[V]. So it is verified that our model is profitable for IC.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.48 no.11
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• pp.48-56
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• 2011

Novel class-A bipolar current conveyor($CCII{\pm}$) with differential current output and its application to output current controllable CCII+ for electronic tuning systems are designed. The $CCII{\pm}$ is consists of conventional CCII+ and complementary cross current sources. The CCII+ with controllable the output current consists of the $CCII{\pm}$ and a current gain amplifier with single-ended current output. The simulation result shows that the $CCII{\pm}$ has current input impedance of $1.9{\Omega}$ and a good linearity for voltage and current follower. The proposed CCII+ has 3-dB cutoff frequency of 10MHz for the range over bias control current $100{\mu}A$ to 10mA. The range of output current control is four decade. The power dissipation of the CCII+ is 4.5mW at supply voltage of ${\pm}2.5V$.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.257-259
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• 2019

본 논문은 광물 탐사를 위한 25kW급 양극성 펄스전원장치에 대해 기술한다. 소프트스위칭 기반의 고효율 LCC 공진형 컨버터와 풀 브리지 기반 양극성 펄스 스위칭부로 구성된 단위 모듈(500V, 12.5A)을 기반으로 설계한다. LCC 공진형 컨버터는 전류의 rms값을 줄이기 위해 공진 전류모양을 사다리꼴 형태로 설계하여 도전 손실측면에서 크게 개선되었고, 높은 전력밀도를 달성하기 위해 변압기의 누설 인덕턴스를 공진 파라메터로 활용한다. 추가적으로, 짧은 펄스폭을 가지도록 설계된 게이트 구동 회로는 출력을 DC에서 8kHz의 넓은 주파수 범위에서 동작시킬 뿐만 아니라 게이트 신호를 전달하기 위한 변압기의 사이즈를 줄이기 위해 제안된다. 단위모듈 형태로 개발된 양극성 펄스전원장치는 4개의 모듈이 직병렬로 결선되어 부하조건에 따라 Grounded dipole mode (2kV, 12.5A) 또는 Loop mode (500V, 50A)로 동작한다. 4모듈 직병렬 운전 시 발생하는 모듈 간 전압 불균형 문제를 해결하기 위해 메인 변압기에 보상권선이 감긴다. 본 논문에서는 개발된 양극성 펄스전원 장치의 설계를 저항부하 실험 및 태백산 탐사시험 결과를 바탕으로 검증한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.10-17
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• 2021

This paper presents the robust design of each component used in the development of an induction bolt heating system for dismantling the high-temperature high-pressure casing heating bolts of turbines in power plants. The induction bolt heating system comprises seven assemblies, namely AC breaker, AC filter, inverter, transformer, work coil, cable, and CT/PT. For each of these assemblies, the various failure modes are identified by the failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) method, and the causes and effects of these failure modes are presented. In addition, the risk priority numbers are deduced for the individual parts. To ensure robust design, the insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), switched-mode power supply (SMPS), C/T (adjusting current), capacitor, and coupling are selected. The IGBT is changed to a field-effect transistor (FET) to enhance the voltage applied to the induction heating system, and a dual-safety device is added to the SMPS. For C/T (adjusting current), the turns ratio is adjusted to ensure an appropriate amount of induced current. The capacitor is replaced by a product with heat resistance and durability; further, coupling with a water-resistant structure is improved such that the connecting parts are not easily destroyed. The ground connection is chosen for management priority.