• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.549-551
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• 2005

Bidirectional DC/DC converters allows transfer of power between two dc sources, in either direction. Due to their ability to reverse the direction of flow of power, they are being increasingly used in many applications such as battery charger/dischargers, dc uninterruptible power supplies, electrical vehicle motor drives, aerospace power systems, telecom power supplies, etc. This paper proposes a new bidirectional Sepic/zeta converter. It has low swicthing loss and low conduction loss due to auxiliary communicated circuit and synchronous rectifier operation, respectively. Because of positive and buck/boost-like DC voltage transfer function(M=D/1-D), the proposed converter is very desirable for use in distributed power system . The proposed converter also has both transformerless version and transformer one.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.220-233
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• 2019

This work aims to study and analyze the various operating modes of universal power converter which is powered by solar and thermoelectric generators. The proposed converter is operated in a DC-DC (buck or boost mode) and DC-AC (single phase) inverter with high efficiency. DC power sources, such as solar photovoltaic (SPV) panels, thermoelectric generators (TEGs), and Li-ion battery, are selected as input to the proposed converter according to the nominal output voltage available/generated by these sources. The mode of selection and output power regulation are achieved via control of the metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) switches in the converter through the modified stepped perturb and observe (MSPO) algorithm. The MSPO duty cycle control algorithm effectively converts the unregulated DC power from the SPV/TEG into regulated DC for storing energy in a Li-ion battery or directly driving a DC load. In this work, the proposed power sources and converter are mathematically modelled using the Scilab-Xcos Simulink tool. The hardware prototype is designed for 200 W rating with a dsPIC30F4011 digital controller. The various output parameters, such as voltage ripple, current ripple, switching losses, and converter efficiency, are analyzed, and the proposed converter with a control circuit operates the converter closely at 97% efficiency.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.295-296
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 저 전압 스트레스 및 다채널 전류평형을 위한 Floating 전압 스택형 단일스위치 LED(Light Emitting Diode) 구동회로를 제안한다. 기존의 다채널 LED 구동회로는 LED 채널 수 만큼 boost converter가 필요하지만, 제안된 LED 구동회로는 단 하나의 buck converter와 n-1개의 balancing capacitor만을 필요로 한다. 기존 boost converter의 경우 모든 구성 요소는 LED 전압만큼의 높은 전압 스트레스를 갖지만 제안 회로의 경우 모든 구성 요소들은 기존 대비 절반 정도의 전압 스트레스를 갖는다. 또한 제안 LED 구동회로는 다채널의 LED 전류의 평형을 위하여 balancing capacitor만을 사용하기 때문에 높은 신뢰성과 비용의 효율성을 제공한다. 최종적으로 제안된 구동회로의 우수성과 이론적 분석의 타당성 검증을 위하여 46" 2채널 LED 구동회로를 위한 시작품을 제작하여 고찰된 실험결과를 제시한다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.415-429
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• 2011

In this study, a single-phase quasi Z-source AC-AC converters with a series connection of the output terminals is proposed. The proposed system has configuration that the input terminals of two quasi Z-source AC-AC converters are connected in parallel and its output terminals are connected in series. The out of phase mode and in phase mode of the proposed system are presented. To verify the validity of the proposed converter, a DSP controlled hardware was made and PSIM simulation was executed. As a result, controlling the duty ratio of the converter, the desired buck-boost output voltages could be generated. For each modes, as compared with the single converter operation, the proposed converter could enhance the efficiency and input power factor according to different loads. Also, in case of the out of phase mode under the constant load, the efficiency and input power factor of the proposed system are increased 10[%], 35[%] respectively in compared with the single converter. And, the output voltage is constantly controlled in dynamic state in case while the load is suddenly changed.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.131-133
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• 2004

본 연구는 출력단에 패캐시터를 갖고 있는 AC 전류원으로부터, 밧데리 충전을 위한 새로운 AC/DC 컨버터 회로를 제안한다. 영전압과 영전류 스위칭을 사용하여 컨버터의 소형화 및 고효율화를 추구하였고, 풀브리지 MOSFET 정류기와 Buck-boost 컨버터가 결합된 새로운 토폴로지의 회로를 구성하였다. 제안된 컨버터의 동작원리 및 동작모드를 해석하고, PSpicc 시뮬레이션을 통해 해석결과를 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.259-260
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• 2011

본 논문은 벅-부스트 컨버터의 듀티비 제어를 통해 풍력발전시스템이 최대 효율을 갖도록 MPPT (Maximum power point tracking) 알고리즘을 구현하고, 발전된 전력을 계통으로 전달하기 위한 인버터 제어방법 및 시스템 구성을 제안한다. 특히 풍속정보와 발전기 속도를 제거하여 센서로 인한 단점들을 배제하였고, 제안한 풍력발전시스템과 알고리즘의 유용성을 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.25-26
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• 2010

본 논문은 전기자동차용 인버터의 DC-Link 전압 가변을 위한 2상 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터의 제어 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 DC-DC 컨버터는 2-스위치 Buck-Boost 컨버터를 병렬구성 하여 전기자동차의 높은 출력에 대응하였으며 출력단 다이오드를 스위치로 교체하여 회생동작을 가능하게 하였다. 이를 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제어알고리즘의 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.172-173
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• 2017

본 논문은 벅 차동전력조절 회로가 적용 된 다출력 스위치드-커패시터 부스트 컨버터의 소신호 모델 분석에 대한 논문이다. 제안하는 회로는 각 태양광 모듈의 최대전력점을 추정하기 위해서 제어된다. 제안하는 회로는 상태 공간 평균화 기법과 시그널 플로우 그래프를 통해서 해석하였으며 PSIM과 MATLAB을 통해서 증명하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.569-575
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• 2020

Recently, research on renewable energy technologies has come into the spotlight due to rising concerns over the depletion of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions. Demand for portable electronic and wearable devices is increasing, and electronic devices are becoming smaller. Energy harvesting is a technology for overcoming limitations such as battery size and usage time. In this paper, the V-I characteristic curve and internal resistance of thermal electric devices were analyzed, and MPPT control methods were compared. The Perturbation and Observation (P&O) control method is economically inefficient because two sensors are required to measure the voltage and current of a Thermoelectric Generator(TEG). Therefore, this paper proposes a new MPPT control method that tracks MPP using only one sensor for the regulation of the output voltage. The proposed MPPT control method uses the relationship between the output voltage of the load and the duty ratio. Control is done by periodically sampling the output voltage of the DC-DC converter to increase or decrease the duty ratio to find the optimal duty ratio and maintain the MPP. A DC-DC converter was designed using a cascaded boost-buck converter, which has a two-switch topology. The proposed MPPT control method was verified by simulations using PSIM, and the results show that a voltage, current, and power of V=4.2 V, I=2.5 A, and P=10.5 W were obtained at the MPP from the V-I characteristic curve of the TEG.

• Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.67-76
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• 2012

Due to the increasing amount of applications of power electronic ac-dc converters, it is necessary to design a single-stage converter that can reliably perform both buck and boost operations. Traditionally, this can be achieved by double-stage conversion (ac/dc-dc/dc) which ultimately leads to less efficiency and a more complex control system. This paper discusses two types of modern ac-dc converters. First, the novel impedance-source ac-dc converter, abbreviated as custom Z-source rectifier, is analyzed; and then, switched inductor (SL) Z-source ac-dc converter is proposed. This paper describes the Z-source rectifiers' operating principles, the concepts behind them, and their superiorities. Analysis and simulation results show that the proposed custom Z-source rectifier can step up and step down voltage; and the main advantage of the SL Z-source ac-dc converter is its high step-up capability. Low ripple of the output dc voltage is the other advantage of the proposed converters. Finally, the SL Z-source ac-dc converter is compared with the custom Z-source ac-dc converter.