• 전기학회논문지
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• 제60권3호
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• pp.560-565
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• 2011

This paper proposes the design of micro energy harvesting system by using thermoplastic polyurethane(TPU), which harvests electric energy from the kinetic energy of pedestrian and drives the desired load, and applied it to the self-generating shoes. Also, we designed the buck-boost converter in discontinuous conduction mode(DCM) which functions as a resistor emulator(RE) such that converter's average input current is proportional to input voltage, and it results in transfer of maximum power to buck-boost converter according to control behavior that converter's input resistance is matched with TPU's internal resistance. Therefore, this paper confirms the validity of proposed control scheme and possibility of application for self-generating shoes, from the obtained characteristic of designed micro energy harvesting system by using a TPU and buck-boost converter in DCM.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.157-163
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• 2014

This paper proposes a two-stage step-down buck and a tapped-inductor boost cascaded converter for high efficiency photovoltaic micro-inverter applications. The proposed inverter is a new structure to inject a rectified sinusoidal current into a low-frequency switching inverter for single-phase grid with unity power factor. To build a rectified-waveform of the output current. the converter employs both of a high efficiency step-up and a step-down converter in cascade. In step-down mode, tapped inductor(TI) boost converter stops and the buck converter operates alone. In boost mode, the TI converter operates with the halt of buck operation. The converter provides a rectified current to low frequency inverter, then the inverter converts the current into a unity power-factor sinusoidal waveform. By applying a TI, the converter can decrease the turn-on ratios of the main switch in TI boost converter even with an extreme step-up operation. The performance validation of the proposed design is confirmed by an experimental results of a 120W hardware prototype.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2017

In the present industrial field, the demand for the development of the solar power source device and the charging device for the solar cell is gradually increasing. The solar charger is largely divided into a DC-DC converter that converts the voltage generated from the sunlight to a charging voltage, and a battery and a charger that are charged with an actual battery. The conventional charger topology is used either as a Buck converter or a Boost converter alone, which has the disadvantage that the battery can not always be charged to the desired maximum power as input and output conditions change. Although studies using a topology capable of boosting and stepping have been carried out, Buck-Boost converters or Sepic converters with relatively low efficiency have been used. In this paper, we propose a new Buck Boost combination power converter topology structure that can use Buck converter and Boost converter at the same time to improve inductor current ripple and power converter efficiency caused by wide voltage control range like solar charger.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.1069-1078
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• 2014

This study presents the design and implementation of a web-based remote laboratory for a multi-mode single-leg power converter, which is a topic in advanced power electronics course. The proposed laboratory includes an experimental test rig with a multi-mode single-leg power converter and its driver circuits, a measurement board, a control platform, and a LabVIEW-based user interface program that is operated in the server computer. Given that the proposed web-based remote laboratory is based on client/server architecture, the experimental test rig can be controlled by a client computer with Internet connection and a standard web browser. Although the multi-mode single-leg power converter can work at four different modes (main boost, buck-boost, boost-boost, and battery boost modes), only the buck-boost mode is used in the experiment because of page limit. Users can choose the control structure, control parameters, and reference values, as well as obtain graphical results from the user interface software. Consequently, the feedbacks received from students who conducted remote laboratory studies indicate that the proposed laboratory is a useful tool for both remote and traditional education.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.330-338
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 다중 스위치를 이용한 전류모드 벅-부스트 컨버터의 벅-부스트 컨버터를 제안하였다. 제안한 컨버터는 넓은 출력 전압 범위와 높은 전류 레벨에서 높은 전력 변환 효율을 갖기 위해 PWM 제어법을 이용하였다. 제안한 컨버터는 최대 출력전류 300mA, 입력 전압 3.3V, 출력 전압 700mV~12V, 1.5MHz의 스위칭 주파수, 최대효율 90% 갖는다. 또한, dc-dc 컨버터의 신뢰성과 성능을 향상시키기 위해 보호회로를 추가하였다. 그리고 Deep-submicron 공정 기술을 이용한 ESD 보호회로를 제안하였다. 제안된 보호회로는 게이트-기판 바이어싱 기술을 이용하여 낮은 트리거 전압을 구현하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 일반적인 ggnmos의 트리거 전압(8.2V) 에 비해 고안된 소자의 트리거 전압은 4.1V 으로 더 낮은 트리거 전압 특성을 나타냈다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.1046-1055
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• 2016

A controller to mitigate the destabilizing effect of constant power load (CPL) is proposed for a DC/DC buck-boost converter. The load profile has been considered to be predominantly of CPL type. The negative incremental resistance of the CPL tends to destabilize the feeder system, which may be an input filter or another DC/DC converter. The proposed sliding mode controller aims to ensure system stability under the dominance of CPL. The effectiveness of the controller has been validated through real-time simulation studies and experiments under various operating conditions. The controller has been demonstrated to be robust with respect to variations in supply voltage and load and capable of mitigating instabilities induced by CPL. Furthermore, the controller has been validated using all possible load profiles, which may arise in modern-day DC-distributed power systems.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 1998년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.39-42
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• 1998

This paper is presented the Partial Resonant Soft Switching Mode Power Converter which is adapted the power converter having the partial resonant soft switching mode, that makes switches operated when the resonant current or voltage becomes zero by making the resonant circuit partially at turning on and off of the switches with suitable layout of the resonant elements and switch elements in the converter. Also, this paper includes the analysis and simulation of the Partial Resonant type Buck-Boost Chopper.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2017년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.100-101
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• 2017

This paper presents the dynamics of the current-mode controlled buck and boost converters, which are both connected to an ill-conditioned source. This paper investigates the origin of potential instability and demonstrates internal/external dynamics of the converters under adverse interactions with the source.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2004년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집(2)
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• pp.610-614
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• 2004

Recently, an active-clamp, full-bridge boost converter has been actively studied for high-power applications such as power factor correction and battery discharger. However, DC and AC modeling for this converter has not conquered. In this paper, a DC and small-signal AC modeling for the active-clamp, full-bridge boost converter is described. Based on the operation principle, the ac part of the converter can be replaced by a do counterpart. Then, a conceptual equivalent circuit is derived by rearranging the switches. The equivalent circuit for this converter consists of CCM (Continuous conduction mode) boost and DCM (Discontinuous conduction mode) buck converter. The analyses for the equivalent CCM boost and DCM buck converter are done using the model of PWM switch. The theoretical modeling results are confirmed through experiment or SIMPLIS simulation.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.325-331
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• 1999

계통연계형 태양광발전시스템에서는 계통과 태양광시스템을 연계하기 위해 PWM 인버터가 이용된다. 인버터 시스템을 연속전류모드로 운전하면 맥동이 발생하게 되고, 직류전류의 맥동발생은 교류전류파형의 왜형을 가져온다. 본 연구에서는 직류입력전류의 맥동을 감소시키기 위하여 불연속모드 승강압초퍼로 인버터를 운전한다. 직류 전류에 포함된 고조파성분을 리플성분과 직류성분으로 분리하여 해석하고, 맥동이 없는 일정한 직류전류를 태양 전지로부터 인버터로 공급한다. 제안하는 인버터시스템은 단위 역률로 부하와 계통에 교류전류를 공급한다.