• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.419-427
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 저면적 64bit MTP IP를 설계하였다. 저면적 설계기술로는 MTP cell의 inhibit voltage를 기존의 VPP/3과 VNN/3 전압 대신 모두 0V를 사용하므로 VPPL(=VPP/3) regulator 회로와 VNNL(VNN/3) charge pump 회로를 제거하였다. 그리고 external pad를 이용하여 VPP program voltage를 forcing하므로 VPP charge pump 회로를 제거하였다. 또한 VNN charge pump는 VPP 전압을 이용하여 1-stage negative charge pump 회로로 pumping해서 -VPP의 전압을 공급하도록 설계를 하였다. 설계된 64bit MTP IP size는 $377.585{\mu}m{\times}328.265{\mu}m$(=0.124mm2)이며, DC-DC converter관련 layout size는 기존의 회로 대비 76.4%를 줄였다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.612-616
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• 2012

This paper presents an active current regulator for LED driver IC. The proposed driver circuit is consists of DC-DC converter for supplying constant DC voltage to LED, active current regulator for compensating channel-to-channel current error from LED strings and feedback circuit for controlling duty ratio of the converter. The proposed active current regulator senses current of LED channels by equalizing both $V_{DS}$ and $V_{GS}$ at LED current control transistor. Because the proposed circuit directly measures the LED channel current without a sensing resistor and regulates all channel with same regulation loop, the power consumption and the current error are much small compared with previous works. The measured maximum efficiency of overall LED driver IC is approximately 94% and current error of LED channel-to-channel is under ${\pm}1.3%$. The proposed LED driver IC is fabricated Dongbu 0.35um BCD process.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2007년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.421-423
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• 2007

In this paper, The authors apply a state feedback control using an optimal control theory to improve the stability of the control and the dynamic response of the DC-DC converter system with a number of different loads. To execute a this state feedback control, The authors present the pole placement technique using Linear Quadratic Regulator(LQR) to optimally control the system. An integrator can also be included in the open-loop path in order to minimize the steady-state error of the output voltage. To confirm the superiority of the controller, The simulation results are presented.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.103-115
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• 2010

This paper discusses a DC distribution system which has been supplied by external AC systems as well as local microturbine distributed generation system in order to demonstrate an overall solution to power quality issue. Based on the dynamic model of the converter, a design procedure has been presented. In this paper, the power flow control in DC distribution system has been achieved by network converters. A suitable control strategy for these converters has been proposed, too. They have DC voltage droop regulator and novel instantaneous power regulation scheme. Also, a novel control system has been proposed for MT converter. Several case studies have been studied and the simulation results show that DC distribution system including microturbine unit can provide the premium power quality using proposed methods.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2012년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.193-194
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• 2012

The bidirectional boost-buck chopper type AC voltage regulator is presented in this paper. The main characteristic of the AC chopper is the fact that it generates an output AC voltage larger or lower than the input AC one, depending of the instantaneous duty-cycle. Boost-buck chopper type AC voltage regulator, derived from the DC chopper modulated method, is a kind of direct AC-AC voltage converter and has many advantages: such as fast response speed, low harmonics and high power factor. It adopts high switching frequency AC chopper technique and can do wide range step less AC voltage regulation.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 4bit SAR-ADC(Successive Approximation ADC) 기반의 LDO(Low Drop-Out Regulator)와 파워 트랜지스터의 사이즈 선택을 통하여 DC-DC 벅 컨버터의 효율을 개선하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 회로는 부하 전류에 따라서 파워 트랜지스터 사이즈를 선택하여 DC-DC 벅 컨버터의 효율을 개선한다. 이를 위해, 우리는 스위칭 손실과 전도 손실이 교차하는 지점을 파워 트랜지스터의 적절한 사이즈로 선택하였다. 또한, standby mode 또는 sleep mode로 동작 시에는 효율을 개선하기 위해 LDO로 동작하도록 하였다. 제안하는 회로는 4bit로 파워 트랜지스터 사이즈(X1, X2, X4, X8)를 선택하였고, 저부하에서 단일 사이즈를 이용한 기존의 방식보다 최대 25%의 효율 개선을 얻을 수 있었다. 입력 전압은 5V, 출력 전압은 3.3V, 최대 부하 전류는 500mA이다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.197-204
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• 2004

Two-stage Power-Factor-Correction (PFC) converters are the most common circuits for drawing sinusoidal and in phase current waveforms from an ac source with a good regulated output voltage. The first stage is a boost PFC converter with average-current-mode control for achieving the near-unity power factor and the second stage is a forward converter with voltage-mode control to regulate the output voltage. Stability analysis and design methods of two-stage PFC converters have previously been discussed using linear models. Recently, new nonlinear phenomena have been detected in pre-regulator boost PFC circuits and a new nonlinear model has been proposed for pre-regulated PFC converters. Therefore, investigation of two-stage PFC converters from the nonlinear viewpoint becomes important because the second stage DC/DC converter adds more complexity to the circuit. So, this paper introduces a study of the stability of two-stage PFC converters. A novel nonlinear model of two-stage PFC converters is proposed. Then, a stability analysis is made based upon this nonlinear model. The high correspondence between the simulated and experimental results confirms our analysis.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1999년도 하계학술대회 논문집 F
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• pp.2804-2806
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• 1999

This paper presents a voltage regulator for an AC power supply. It is designed to have the band Pass filter characteristic for the system to be free from DC-offset or sub-frequency fluctuation in the output voltage wave

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.806-818
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• 2015

Based on the inherent relationship between dc-bus voltage and grid feeding active power, two dc-bus voltage regulators with different references are adopted for a grid-connected PV inverter operating in both normal grid voltage mode and low grid voltage mode. In the proposed scheme, an additional dc-bus voltage regulator paralleled with maximum power point tracking controller is used to guarantee the reliability of the low voltage ride-through (LVRT) of the inverter. Unlike conventional LVRT strategies, the proposed strategy does not require detecting grid voltage sag fault in terms of realizing LVRT. Moreover, the developed method does not have switching operations. The proposed technique can also enhance the stability of a power system in case of varying environmental conditions during a low grid voltage period. The operation principle of the presented LVRT control strategy is presented in detail, together with the design guidelines for the key parameters. Finally, a 3 kW prototype is built to validate the feasibility of the proposed LVRT strategy.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.34-43
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• 2019

An improved half-bridge LLC converter with a magamp auxiliary post-regulator is proposed in this paper. The function of the magamp is bypassed when the converter works within the low input-voltage range. Meanwhile, it operates as an auxiliary post-regulator when the input voltage is high. By changing the blocking time of the magamp, the dc gain of the converter can be extended. Hence, the input voltage range of the converter is extended. The realization of proposed topology does not require a complicated circuit. The controller of the magamp can be easily implemented using only passive components, transistors and an OP amp. The generalized operational principle is analyzed and the design criterion for the magamp is presented. Finally, a 25V output, 400W experimental prototype was built and tested for a 160-300V input-voltage range to verify the feasibility of the proposed method.