• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.859-866
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• 2020

This paper proposes a 2-ch DC-DC converter with a wide-input voltage range from 2.9V~5.6V for wearable AMOLED displays. For positive voltage V_POS, a boost converter is designed using an over-charged voltage permissible circuit (OPC) which generates a normal output voltage even if over-input voltage is applied, and a SPWM-PWM dual mode with 3-segmented power transistors to improve efficiency at light load. For negative voltage V_NEG, a 0.5x regulated inverting charge pump is designed to increase power efficiency. The proposed DC-DC converter was designed using a 0.18-㎛ BCDMOS process. Simulation results show that the proposed DC-DC converter generates V_POS voltages of 4.6 V and V_NEG voltage of -0.6V~-2.3V for input voltage of 2.9V to 5.6V. In addition, it has power efficiency of 49%~92%, output ripple voltage has less than 20 mV for load current range of 1 mA~70 mA.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.275-276
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• 2013

In this paper, we proposed the Z-source four-switch three-phase rectifier. As we know, the conventional Four-Switch Three-Phase Rectifier(FSTPR) has advantages of the lower cost and less complex switching control. However, The conventional FSTPR can only either perform buck or boost operation, it can only attain the buck-boost operation by adding another DC-DC converter. In addition, besides its narrow output voltage region, distortion of the input current is serious either. Thus, we proposed the Z-source FSTPR which has buck-boost function and better input current waveform by applying the Z-impedance network to the conventional FSTPR. The validity of the proposed system was confirmed by experiments.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.436-437
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• 2011

오늘날 산업이 발전 할수록 고효율의 전력변환 시스템이 요구되고, 이를 구현하기 위해서는 스위칭 주파수를 높여야 하지만 스위칭 주파수를 높이면 비례적으로 스위칭 손실은 증가하게 되는 문제점이 있다. 때문에 고효율 전력변환 시스템을 구현하기 위해 스위칭 시 손실저감을 위해 소프트 스위칭 기법이 많이 사용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 스위칭 손실 저감을 위해 보조스위치를 설치하여 소프트 스위칭이 가능한 부스트 컨버터를 제안하였으며, PSIM을 이용한 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.173-175
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• 2009

A dc/dc converter for low voltage of battery application and fuel cell system is required to step up and regulate the low and widely variable voltage. In this paper, we have proposed a soft switching boost converter with high voltage gain using a single switch. Through the theoretical analysis and experimental result, operation modes and characteristics of the proposed topology is verified.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.961_962
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• 2009

A novel, two-inductor, interleaved power-factor-corrected (PFC) boost converter that exhibits voltage-doubler characteristic when it operates with a duty cycle greater than 0.5 is introduced. The voltage-doubler characteristic of the proposed converter makes it quite suitable for universal-line (90~265VRMS) PFC applications. Because the proposed PFC boost rectifier operates as a voltage doubler at low line, its low-line range efficiency is greatly improved compared to that of its conventional counterpart. The performance of the proposed PFC rectifier was evaluated on an experimental 300W PFC prototype.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07b
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• pp.946-949
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• 2001

This paper proposes a new zero-current switching (ZCS) pulse-width modulation (PWM) switch cell that has no additional conduction loss of the main switch. In this cell, the main switch and the auxiliary switch turn on and turn off under zero current condition. The diodes commutate softly and the reverse recovery problems are alleviated. The conduction loss and the current stress of the main switch are minimized, since the resonating current for the soft switching does not flow through the main switch. Based on the proposed ZCS PWM switch cell, a new family of dc to dc PWM converters is derived. The new family of ZCS PWM converters is suitable for the high power applications employing IGBTs. Among the new family of dc to dc PWM converters, a boost converter was taken as an example and has been analyzed. Design guidelines with a design example are described and verified by experimental results from the 2.5 kW prototype boost converter operating at 40kHz.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.564-571
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• 2014

A single-stage current-balancing multi-channel light-emitting diode (LED) driver is proposed in this study. The conventional LED driver system consists of two cascaded power conversion stages, i.e., an isolation DC/DC converter and LED driver. LED driver is usually implemented with the same number of expensive boost converters as those of LED channels to tightly control the current through each LED channel. Therefore, its overall system size is not only bulky, but the cost is rather high. By contrast, the proposed LED driver system is composed of a single power stage with the DC/DC converter and LED driver merged. Although the current balancing circuit of the proposed LED driver requires only passive devices instead of expensive boost converters, all currents through multi-channel LEDs can be well balanced. Therefore, the proposed LED driver features a small system size, improved efficiency, and low cost. To confirm the validity of the proposed driver, its operation and performance are verified on a prototype for a 46" LED TV.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1422-1432
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• 2017

This paper presents a buck-boost converter-based bipolar pulse generator, which is able to generate bipolar exponential pulses across a resistive load. The concept of the proposed approach depends on operating the involved buck-boost converters in discontinuous current conduction mode with high-voltage gain and enhanced efficiency. A full design of the pulse generator and its passive components is presented to ensure generating the pulses with the desired specifications (rise time, pulse width, and pulse magnitude) for a given load resistance and input dc voltage. In case of moderate pulsed output voltages (i.e. few of kV), one module of the presented bipolar generator can be employed. While in case of high-voltage pulsed output, multi-module version can be employed, where each module is fed from an isolated dc source and their outputs are connected in series. Simulation models for the proposed approach are built to elucidate their performance in case of one-module as well as multi-module based generator. Finally, a scaled-down prototype for one-module of buck-boost converter-based bipolar pulse generator is implemented to validate the proposed concept.

• 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 KIEE Conference
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• 1989.11a
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• pp.235-239
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• 1989

This paper investigated the effect of right half plane zero on the transient response in the buck-boost DC-DC converter. And it is clarified that the damping ratio decreases gradually by increases of the feedback loop gain and the regulation system of the converter becomes unstable. From the result, we obtained the stability region about the duty ratio and the output current by evaluating the feedback loop gain.