• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.1166-1168
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• 2003

In most power electronic applications, the AC power input provided by the electronic utility needs to first converted to a DC voltage. Such conversion is accomplished by a diode rectifier due to its circuit simplicity and low cost. However, since diode rectifiers have some intrinsic problems such as low power factor and high harmonic distortion, a wide use of such rectifiers may cause noises, malfunction and heat damage in both electrical power systems and electrical machinery systems. This paper proposes soft switched three-phase single switch boost-type converter. The proposed circuit can perform Zero Voltage Switched(ZVS) without using any current and voltage sensors. For this circuit, both simulation and experiments have been performed. The results not only confirmed the ZVS but also indicated that, compared to the conventional hard switched converter, the prosed circuit can improve the efficiency as much as 1.7 to 4.7[%] while keeping the same high power factor and small harmonic distortion in their AC input.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.25-28
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• 2008

본연구는 부스트형 대기압 플라즈마 전원장치에 대한 연구로서 부스트형 전원장치는 플라즈마의 발생을 원활하게 하기위해 커패시터로 모델링되는 부하단에 인가되는 전압을 직접 제어하는 방식을 의미한다. 기존의 정현파 공진형 전원장치는 PWM기법을 이용하여 펄스의 폭을 증감하는 방식으로 전압의 크기를 제어하지만 이 방식은 별도의 공진회로를 이용하여 공진을 일으킨 다음 이를 부하에 인가하는 방식으로 구성되기 때문에 속응성이 떨어지고 균일한 플라즈마를 발생시키기 어렵다. 부스트형 전원장치는 별도의 부스트 컨버터로 직류전압을 제어하여 부하단에 입력되는 전압을 직접 제어하므로 매우 균일한 플라즈마를 발생시킬 수 있는 이점이 있으나 별도의 부스트용 스위치가 필요하고 이로 인한 효율의 감소 및 사이즈의 증가가 되는 문제점이 생긴다. 본 연구에서는 커패시터로 모델링되는 부하를 이용하여 직접 공진을 일으키고 공진된 부하 전압을 직접 부스트 스위치에 인가시키는 방식으로 부스트용 스위치의 소프트 스위칭이 가능한 새로운 방식을 개발하였다. 개발된 방식에서는 부스트용 스위치가 ZCS형태로 켜지고 ZVS형태로 꺼지는 특성을 갖게 되므로 별도의 추가 회로 없이도 획기적인 효율 증가와 방열판 사이즈의 감소로 인한 제품의 경량화가 가능한 장점이 있다. 또한, DC링크 커패시터의 최소화로 인하여 부하단의 아크 문제가 자동적으로 해결되는 장점도 있다. 제안된 제어 방식은 시뮬레이션과 실험으로 그 타당성을 입증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.379-380
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• 2012

A bidirectional full-bridge CLLC resonant converter using a digital control method is proposed for a LVDC power distribution system. This converter can operate under high power conversion efficiency since the CLLC resonant network has soft switching capability for primary switches and output rectifiers. In addition, the power conversion efficiency of any directions is exactly the same as each other because of the symmetric structure of the converter. Intelligent digital control methods are proposed to regulate output voltage under any power flow directions. A 5kW prototype converter was designed for a high-frequency galvanic isolation of 380V dc buses using a digital signal processor to verify the performance of the proposed topology and algorithms.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.1632-1633
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• 2007

This paper presents a new method of designing digital controller based on closed-loop identification of a pulse width modulation (PWM) converter system. We consider the control system structure which is composed of both current control loop and voltage control loop. The current controller can be designed independently of voltage loop. Whereas voltage controller can not do easily due to the PWM switching component which is nonlinear in nature. Furthermore, the control objective of inner loop is to track the sine wave of 60 Hz, but the outer loop shall maintain the constant DC voltage irrespective to load change. To systematically design outer loop controller, we propose a method finding linear approximate model of the nonlinear inner loop part including current controller by closed loop identification. Based on the identified model, we show that a simple digital voltage controller can be directly designed and it has good performance.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.11c
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• pp.987-990
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• 2003

산업현장에서의 인터넷환경 및 원격 제어를 위한 시스템 개발에서 신뢰성이 있고 경제적이며 지능적인 Power Supply가 요구되고 있다. 최근 통신시스템의 Power Supply는 수 kA이상의 출력전류를 가지고 있으며 최소 10개 이상의 모듈로 이루어져 있다. High-End 서버 시스템과 같이 수백 개의 마이크로프로세서를 내장한 시스템은 수십 kW의 전력을 소모한다. 이들이 사용하는 Power Supply는 별도의 시스템 제어기와의 통신으로 시스템에서 발생하는 발열, 소모전력, Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)에 대한 정보를 바탕으로 시스템이 갖는 각각의 Module에 대해 효과적이고 신뢰성 있는 전력공급을 하여야 만다. Distributed Power System (DPS)에서 가장 중요만 역할을 담당하는 Power Factor Correction (PFC) AC-DC Converter의 디지털 제어는 시스템 제어기와의 통신능력을 충분히 고려하면서 DPS를 위한 적합한 솔루션을 제공할 것이다. 본 논문에서는 Digital Signal Processor (DSP)를 사용하여 PFC 제어에 필요한 전파정류전압, 입력전류, 출력전압을 계측하여 역률개선과 THD의 저감을 위한 전류의 추종을 제어하면서 이들 제어기에서의 파라미터를 PC를 통해 모니터하여 최근의 추세를 만족시킬 수 있는 시스템을 구현할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.190-191
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• 2016

국제 핵융합실험로인 ITER 장치의 초전도자석 전원장치용 CCU/L(Correction Coil Upper/Lower), CCS(Correction Coil Side) 그리고 VS1($1^{st}$ Vertical Stabilization) 형식 등 각 변압기 초도품의 제작을 완료하고 공장시험(FAT, Factory Acceptance Test)을 실시하였다. 이 변압기들은 각 형식별로 2대에서 6대를 제작하지만 각 형식별 초도품 1대에 대해서는 Type Test를 실시하고 나머지 후속물량에 대해서는 Routine Test로 공장시험을 실시하도록 계획되어 있다. 따라서 이 초도품 변압기들에 대해서는 Type Test로 공장시험으로 실시하였고, 그 대표적인 시험항목으로는 단락시험, %임피던스 시험, 뇌임펄스 시험, 정격전류 온도상승시험, 상용주파수 내전압시험 등이 있다. 이들 중 CCU/L, CCS 각 형식의 초도품에 대해서는 2015년도 공장시험을 실시하여 요건에 부합됨을 확인하였고, 본 논문에서는 VS1 컨버터 변압기 초도품에 대하여 Type Test로 실시한 공장시험 내용과 그 결과를 보여준다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.23 no.6_2
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• pp.989-998
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• 2020

Recently, demands for large-capacity electronic loads are increasing in various industries such as a reliability test for the performance of a DC power supply device or a dummy-load for improving the stability of an independent microgrid to be actively built in the future. The electronic load required in these various fields requires an operation such as a continuously variable resistance load while minimizing the switching harmonic component generated in the electric load current in order to reduce the influence of interference from the load peripheral device. Electronic loads require a system that minimizes switching current ripple for load control. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a three-level module converter structure to reduce the current ripple of an electronic load, and a multilevel interleaved power converter topology to reduce the current ripple. The validity of the proposed electronic load, 3-level 6 interleaver converter, was verified by simulation and experiment. In addition, the user's convenience was provided by applying the emotional command curve interface method.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.53-58
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• 2021

Operation of the interleaved Boost PFC converter in Critical Conduction Mode (CrM) shows the advantages of high efficiency and good EMI characteristics owing to the valley switching of FET. However, when it is designed for a highly pulsating load, operation at a relatively high frequency is inevitable at non-pulsating typical load condition, resulting in efficiency degradation. Moreover, the physical size of the inductor becomes problematic because of the nature of the CrM operation, where the inductor peak current is about two times the inductor average current, thereby requiring high DC-bias characteristics, which is worse when the output power is high. In this study, a new parallel driving method of two sets of interleaved boost PFC converters for highly pulsating high-power application is proposed. The proposed method does not require any additional load-sharing controller, resulting in high efficiency and smaller inductor size.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.491-499
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• 2019

Recently, there has been increasing demand for power quality in power supply devices. The IEC 61000-3-2 standard requires that the AC / DC power supply for lighting meet the specifications for the power factor (PF) and total waveform distortion (THD). In addition, advanced countries in Europe are regulating the ripple rate as 15 ~ 30% for the flicker phenomenon caused by the change in the amount of foot energy due to the change in current of the output terminal. Therefore, domestic standards and regulations are being updated. This study adopted the Flyback converter to satisfy the PFC standard, and has the circuit first and second insulation function. To reduce the low frequency ripple of the LED current, Flyback, Coupled Inductor, LC parallel resonance filter, LLC resonance filter, and Cuk were simulated by PSIM to mimic each LED driving circuit. A coupled LC resonant circuit with a coupled inductor on the primary side and LC resonance on the secondary side was also proposed for output side ripple reduction.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1994.07a
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• pp.535-538
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• 1994

In this paper, an isolated ZVS-PWM boost converter is proposed for single stage line conversion. For power factor correction, we used the half bridge topology at the primary side of isolation transformer permitting switching devices to operate under ZVS by using circuit parastics and operating at a fixed duty ratio near 50%. Thus the relatively continuous input current distortion and small size input filter are also achievable. The ZVS-PWM boost operation of the proposed converter can be achieved by using the boost inductor $L_f$, main switch $Q_3$, and simple auxiliary circuit at the secondary side of isolation transformer. The secondary side circuit differ from a conventional PWM boost converter by introduction a simple auxiliary circuit. The auxiliary circuit is actived only during a short switching transition time to create the ZVS condition for the main switch as that of the ZVT-PWM boost converter. With a single stage, it is possible to achieve a sinusoidal line current at unity power factor as well as the isolated 48V DC output. Comparing to the two stage schemes, overall effiency of the proposed converter is highly improved due to the effective ZVS of all devices as well as single stage power conversion. Thus, it can be operated at high switching frequency allowing use of small size input filter. Minimum voltage and current stress make it high power application possible.