• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.387-390
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• 2006

This paper presents a novel soft-switching PWM utility frequency AC to high frequency AC power conversion circuit Incorporating boost-half-bridge inverter topology, which is more suitable and acceptable for cost effective consumer induction heating applications. The operating principle and the operation modes are presented using the switching mode and the operating voltage and current waveforms. The performances of this high-frequency inverter using the latest IGBTs are illustrated, which includes high frequency power regulation and actual efficiency characteristics based on zero voltage soft switching (ZVS) operation ranges and the power dissipation as compared with those of the previously developed high-frequency inverter. In addition, a dual mode control scheme of this high frequency inverter based on asymmetrical pulse width modulation (PWM) and pulse density modulation (PDM) control scheme is discussed in this paper in order to extend the soft switching operation ranges and to improve the power conversion efficiency at the low power settings. The power converter practical effectiveness is substantially proved based on experimental results from practical design example.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.101-102
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• 2013

본 논문은 dual half bridge converter와 full-bridge converter가 결합된 절연형 양방향 컨버터를 제안하였다. 기존의 전류원 컨버터는 스위치가 턴-오프 시 전압 스파이크 문제가 발생한다. 이와 같은 문제를 해결하기 위해 절연형 양방향 컨버터에 공진 커패시터와 공진 인덕터를 추가하였다. 추가된 공진 소자들에 의해 준공진이 발생하고 이를 이용하여 스위치의 zero voltage switching (ZVS)조건을 충족시킬 수 있다. 그 결과 제안된 컨버터의 모든 스위치는 소프트 스위칭을 달성하고 전압 스파이크 문제를 해결 할 수 있다. 이를 이론적인 분석과 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.406-410
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• 2019

Three-level (3L) DC-DC converters are appropriate for high-input-voltage applications. Although the voltage stress of TL converter switches can be reduced to half of the input voltage, the primary side has a large circulating current, which degrades efficiency. In this study, a dual half-bridge cascaded TL converter is presented to reduce this circulating current and thus decrease the conduction loss of the primary circuit. Moreover, the proposed converter can reduce the voltage stress of rectifier diodes, thereby reducing their conduction loss. Therefore, efficiency can be improved by reducing the conduction loss of the primary circuit and rectifier diodes.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.19-27
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• 2007

This paper presents a novel soft-switching PWM utility frequency AC to high frequency AC power conversion circuit incorporating boost H-bridge inverter topology, which is more suitable and acceptable for cost effective consumer induction heating applications. The operating principle and the operation modes are presented using the switch mode equivalent circuits and the operating voltage and current waveforms. The performances of this high-frequency inverter using the latest IGBTs are illustrated, which includes high frequency power regulation and actual efficiency characteristics based on zero voltage soft-switching(ZVS) operation ranges, and the power dissipation as compared with those of the conventional type high frequency inverter. In addition, a dual mode control scheme of this high frequency inverter based on asymmetrical pulse width modulation(PWM) and pulse density modulation(PDM) control scheme is discussed in this paper in order to extend the soft switching operation ranges and to improve the power conversion efficiency at the low power settings. The power converter practical effectiveness is substantially proved based on experimental results from practical design example.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.1288-1297
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• 2016

This study proposes a single-stage light-emitting diode (LED) tube lamp driver with input-current shaping for T8/T10-type fluorescent lamp replacements. The proposed AC-DC LED driver integrates a dual-boost converter with coupled inductors and a half-bridge series-resonant converter with a bridge rectifier into a single-stage power conversion topology. This paper presents the operational principles and design considerations for one T8-type 18 W-rated LED tube lamp with line input voltages ranging from 100 V rms to 120 V rms. Experimental results for the prototype driver show that the highest power factor (PF = 0.988), lowest input current total harmonic distortion (THD = 7.22%), and highest circuit efficiency (η = 92.42%) are obtained at an input voltage of 120 V. Hence, the proposed driver is feasible for use in energy-efficient indoor lighting applications.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.336-344
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• 2017

This paper presents the three-port DC-DC converter modeling and controller design procedure, which is part of the solid-state transformer (SST) to interface medium voltage AC grid to bipolar DC distribution network. Due to the high primary side DC link voltage, the proposed converter employs the three-level neutral point clamped (NPC) topology at the primary side and 2-two level half bridge circuits for each DC distribution network. For the proposed converter particular structure, this paper conducts modeling the three winding transformer and the power transfer between each port. A decoupling method is adopted to simplify the power transfer model. The voltage controller design procedure is presented. In addition, the output current sharing controller is employed for current balancing between the parallel-connected secondary output ports. The proposed circuit and controller performance are verified by experimental results using a 30 kW prototype SST system.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.21-23
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• 2007

In this paper a high efficiency bi-directional DC-DC converter for hybrid vehicles is proposed. The proposed converter a three-phase half-bridge interleaved ZVS converter, is designed to have high efficiency in the main operation range. The component ratings are calculated, the actual devices are selected, and the efficiency analysis has been performed to determine optimal ZVS range. The input and output current ripples are significantly reduced due to the interleaved operation. The dual loop control for the interleaved three-phase converter is also presented. To confirm the proposed convert ter, The simulation and experimental results are presented.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.95-97
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• 2019

이 논문은 넓은 출력 전압 범위를 조절할 수 있는 새로운 듀얼 하프 브리지 LLC 공진 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안된 컨버터는 전압 더블러 모드와 전압 쿼드러플러 모드 두 가지 작동모드를 사용함으로써 좁은 스위칭 주파수 변동 범위에서도 넓은 출력 전압 범위를 조절할 수 있다. 또한 새로운 정류기 구조를 제안함으로써 출력 커패시터의 출력 전류 리플을 감소시켜 출력 커패시터의 크기를 감소시킨다. 따라서 제안된 컨버터는 넓은 출력전압 범위를 조절할 수 있으면서 높은 전력 밀도를 달성할 수 있다.