• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.38-39
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• 2017

This paper proposes a new control method for an AC-DC Buck converter which is utilized as a front-end converter of a 2-stage high power density adapter. In the conventional adapter applications, 2-stage configuration shows higher power transfer efficiency and higher power density than those of the single stage flyback converter. In the 2-stage AC-DC converter, the boost converter is widely used as a front-end converter. However, an efficiency variation between high AC line and low AC line is large. On the other hand, the proposed conduction band control method for a buck front-end converter has an advantage of small efficiency variation. In the proposed control method, switching operation is determined by a band control voltage which represents output load condition, and an AC line voltage. If the output load increasesin low AC line, the switching operation range is expanded in half of line cycle. On the contrary, in light load and high line condition, the switching operation is narrowed. Thus, the proposed control method reduces switching loss under high AC line and light load condition. A 60W prototype which is configured the buck and LLC converter with the proposed control method is experimented on to verify the validity of the proposed system. The prototype shows 92.16% of AC-DC overall efficiency and 20.19 W/in 3 of power density.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.138-139
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• 2017

This paper describes the design and implementation of a trigger circuit which can be series connected with main pulse circuit for a xenon flash lamp driver. For generating high voltage, the trigger circuit is designed as an inductive energy storage pulsed power modulator with 2 state step-up circuit consisting of a boost converter and a flyback circuit. In order to guarantee pulse width, a resonant capacitor on the output side of the flyback circuit is designed. This capacitor limits the output voltage to protect the flyback switch. In addition, to protect another power supply of xenon flash lamp driver from trigger pulse, the high voltage transformer which can carry the full current of main pulse is designed. To verify the proposed design, the trigger circuit is developed with the specification of maximum 23 kV, 0.6 J/pulse output and tested with a xenon flash lamp driver consisting of a main pulse circuit and a simmer circuit.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.91-98
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• 1999

An integrated ZCS quasi-resonant converter(QRC) for the power factor correction with a single switch is presented in this paper. The power factor correction can be achieved by the discontinuous conduction mode(DCM) operation of the input current. The proposed converter gives the good power factor, low line current harmonics, and tight output regulation. The input current waveform of the prototype designed using design equations shows about 15% of total harmonic distortion at rated condition. Also, the efficiency and power factor can be obtained about 86% and 0.985, respectively, at rated condition. The proposed converter is suitable for a low power level converter with a tightly regulated low output voltage and switching frequency of more than several hundreds kHz.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.166-168
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• 2004

Conventional Switched Mode Power Supplies(SMPS) with diode-capacitor rectifier have distorted input current waveform with high harmonic order contents. Typically, these SMPS have a power factor lower than 0,7. To improve with this problem the power factor correction(PFC) circuit of power supplies has to be introduced. Specially, to the reduce size and manufacture cost of power conversion device, the single-stage PFC converter is increased to demand as necessary of study. In this paper, comparative analysis of Valley-fill, boost and feedforward type single stage power factor correction circuit based on the flyback converter is given. Also, the validity of designed three type of single stage PFC circuit are confirmed by simulation and experimental results.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.135-136
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• 2016

본 논문은 무손실 스너버를 갖는 부스트-플라이백 역률보상 컨버터 기반의 단일 스위치 AC-DC LED(Light Emitting Diode) 드라이버를 제안한다. 제안된 LED 드라이버는 높은 역률을 얻기 위한 부스트 역률 개선 회로와 전기적 절연을 위한 무손실 스너버를 갖는 DC-DC 플라이백 모듈로 구성된다. 무손실 스너버에 의해 스위치의 서지 전압 스트레스는 감소하며 누설 인덕터의 에너지가 DC 링크 커패시터에 저장되어 재사용된다. 또한 낮은 정격 전압의 DC 링크 커패시터를 사용할 수 있다. 제안된 컨버터는 이론적 해석과 100[W]급 하드웨어 시작품을 제작하여 검증하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.323-331
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• 2018

Buck power factor correction (PFC) converters, compared with conventional boost PFC converters, exhibit high efficiency performance in the entire range of universal line voltage. This feature has gotten more attention for eliminating the zero crossing dead angle of buck PFC rectifiers. Furthermore, bridgeless structures for the reduction of conduction losses have been proposed. The aim of this paper is to introduce a single-phase buck rectifier that simultaneously has unity power factor (PF) and bridgeless structure while operating in the continuous conduction mode (CCM). For this purpose, two auxiliary flyback converters without any active switches are applied to a bridgeless buck rectifier to eliminate the zero crossing dead angle and achieve unity power factor, low total harmonic distortion (THD) and high efficiency. The operation and design considerations of the proposed rectifier are verified on a 150W, 48V prototype using a conventional peak-current-mode control. The measurement results show that the proposed rectifier has nearly unity power factor, THD less than 7% and high efficiency.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.5-6
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• 2014

이 논문에서 고효율, 고 승 강압 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안된 컨버터는 고 승 강압을 저비용으로 동작시키기 위해 플라이백 컨버터와 탭 부스트 컨버터로 구성되어있다. 높은 승압을 얻기 위해 플라이백 컨버터와 탭 인덕터 컨버터의 출력부분은 직렬로 연결되어있다. 또한, 역방향에서 제안된 컨버터는 매우 큰 강압을 할 수 있다. 이 제안된 컨버터는 100W급으로 설계하였으며, PSIM시뮬레이션과 실험을 통해 순방향과 역방향의 특성과 효율을 측정하여 고효율 고 승 강압 양방향 DC-DC컨버터임을 증명하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.307-308
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• 2013

기존 LED(Light Emitting Diode) 백라이트 LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) TV 용 전원 장치는 다중출력 플라이백 컨버터를 사용하여 로직 보드, 영상 보드, LED 백라이트 등의 구동에 필요한 다양한 전원들을 생성, 공급한다. 특히, 기존에는 LED 백라이트의 구동을 위한 출력단에는 부스트 컨버터를 추가하여 LED 전류를 제어하였다. 따라서, 부스트 컨버터에 의한 부피 및 원가가 증가하는 단점이 있었다. 본 논문에서는 부스트 컨버터 없이 보조 스위치 하나만을 사용한 LED 구동회로를 이용하여 LED의 정전류 제어가 가능한 저 가격형 LED 구동회로의 비동기식 제어방법을 제안한다. 최종적으로 제안 회로를 32인치 LCD TV 용 LED 백라이트에 적용하여 그 실험 결과를 바탕으로 제안 회로의 타당성을 검증하였다.