• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.360-368
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• 2017

This paper proposes the 80-kW high-efficiency bidirectional hybrid SiC boost/buck converter using droop control for DC nano-grid. The proposed converter consists of four 20-kW modules to achieve fault tolerance, ease of thermal management, and reduced component stress. Each module is constructed as a cascaded structure of the two basic bi-directional converters, namely, interleaved boost and buck converters. A six-pack hybrid SiC intelligent power module (IPM) suitable for the proposed cascaded structure is adopted for high-efficiency and compactness. The proposed converter with hybrid switching method reduces the switching loss by minimizing switching of insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT). Each module control achieves smooth transfer from buck to boost operation and vice versa, since current controller switchover is not necessary. Furthermore, the proposed parallel control using DC droop with secondary control, enhances the current sharing accuracy while well regulating the DC bus voltage. A 20-kW prototype of the proposed converter has been developed and verified with experiments and indicates a 99.3% maximum efficiency and 98.8% rated efficiency.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.343-352
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• 2007

This paper proposes a modularized charge equalization converter for hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) lithium-ion battery cells, in which the intra-module and the inter-module equalizer are Implemented. Considering the high voltage HEV battery pack, over approximately 300V, the proposed equalization circuit modularizes the entire $M^*N$ cells; in other words, M modules in the string and N cells in each module. With this modularization, low voltage stress on all the electronic devices, below roughly 64V, can be obtained. In the intra-module equalization, a current-fed DC/DC converter with cell selection switches is employed. By conducting these selection switches, concentrated charging of the specific under charged cells can be performed. On the other hand, the inter-module equalizer makes use of a voltage-fed DC/DC converter for bi-directional equalization. In the proposed circuit, these two converters can share the MOSFET switch so that low cost and small size can be achieved. In addition, the absence of any additional reset circuitry in the inter-module equalizer allows for further size reduction, concurrently conducting the multiple cell selection switches allows for shorter equalization time, and employing the optimal power rating design rule allows fur high power density to be obtained. Experimental results of an implemented prototype show that the proposed equalization scheme has the promised cell balancing performance for the 7Ah HEV lithium-ion battery string while maintaining low voltage stress, low cost, small size, and short equalization time.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.115-117
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• 2007

This paper is analyzed for DC-DC chopper performance of high efficiency added in electric isolation. The general converters of high efficiency are made that the power loss of the used switching devices is minimized. To achieve high efficiency system, the proposed chopper is constructed by using a partial resonant circuit. The control switches using in the chopper are operated with soft switching for a partial resonant method. The control switches are operated without increasing their voltage and current stresses by the soft switching technology. The result is that the switching loss is very low and the efficiency of chopper is high. And the proposed chopper is added in a electric isolation. When the power conversion system is required to electric isolation, the proposed chopper is adopted with system development of high efficiency. The soft switching operation and the system efficiency of the proposed chopper is verified by digital simulation and experimental results.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.345-352
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• 2017

In this paper, a non-dissipative snubber for reducing the switching losses in the step down converter is proposed. The conventional step down converter, e.g., buck converter, suffers from serious switching losses and consequentially heat generation because of its hard switching. Thus, it is unsuitable for high switching frequency operation. Reduction of the reactive components' size, such as an output inductor and capacitor, is difficult. The proposed snubber can slow down the increasing current slopes and switch voltage at turn-on and turn-off transients, thereby significantly reducing the switching loses. Additionally, the slowly increasing current during switch turn-on transition, can effectively solve the output rectifier diode reverse recovery problem. Therefore, the proposed non-dissipative snubber not only leads to the efficiency of converter operation at high switching frequency but also reduces the reactive components size in proportion to the switching frequency. To confirm the validity of the proposed circuit, theoretical analysis and experimental results from a 150 W, 1 MHz prototype are presented.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 DSP(TMS320F2812)를 사용하여 단상 역률개선을 디지털로 설계하였다. 이러한 승압형 역률개선 컨버터를 디지털로 구현하기 위하여 DSP는 컨버터의 입력전압과 인덕터전류, 컨버터의 출력전압이 필요하며 이를 DSP 내부에 있는 12비트 A/D변환기로 구현하였다. 승압을 위한 스위칭소자인 FET가 ON/OFF 될 때 심한 고주파 노이즈와 스위칭 리플이 발생한다. DSP에 의해 구현시 어느 시점에서 A/D 변환을 시작할지 결정하는 것은 대단히 중요하며 스위칭 노이즈가 발생하지 않는 곳에서 A/D 변환을 할 필요가 있다. PWM의 시비율(duty ratio)은 약 5 %에서 95 %까지 가변적이기 때문에 A/D 변환의 고정된 시작점을 찾을 수는 없다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 25 us 마다 PWM의 ON/OFF 폭을 미리 예측한 후 타이머를 이용하여 A/D 변환을 하도록 하였다. 실험 결과들로부터 광범위한 입력전압에 대하여 약 0.99의 역률과 80 Vdc 출력 전압에 대한 리플이 약 5 Vpp임을 확인하였다. 또한 윈도우즈 Xp 환경 하에서 수행되는 응용프로그램을 작성하여 원격에서 단상 PFC 컨버터의 각종 파라미터들과 전압 및 전류 제어기의 이득들을 모니터링하며 원격제어가 가능함을 보여 상용화의 가능성과 유용성을 제시하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.56-63
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• 2000

Buck 컨버터는 간단한 회로구조와 뛰어난 안정성으로 인하여 DC-DC 컨버터 중에서 가장 많이 이용되는 Topology이다. 그러나 박막 인버터를 기존의 buck 컨버터에 이용하는 경우 박막 인덕터의 인덕턴스가 기본적으로 작은 값이 되므로 최적의 리플전압을 얻기 위해서는 필요이상으로 주파수를 높일 필요가 있으며 이 경우 스위칭손실에 의한 컨버터의 효율저하를 초래하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 박막 인버터의 낮은 인덕턴스 값을 이용하여 스위치에 있어서 영전압 스위칭동작을 구현함으로써 컨버터의 효율을 상승시킬 수 있는 1W급 ZVS-CV Buck 컨버터를 제안하였으며, 실험과 손실해석을 통하여 박막 인덕터를 이용한 ZVS-CV Buck 컨버터의 정상동작을 확인하였고 기존의 Buck 컨버터 보다 효율이 약 4% 향상됨을 입증하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2002

다이오드 정류회로의 전류 파형을 향상시키기 위해서 배전압 다이오드 정류회로에 대한 새로운 동작원리를 제안하였다. 기존의 배전압 정류회로는 대용량 캐패시터를 이용하여 출력전압을 높였으나 제안한 회로는 소용량의 캐패시터와 리액터를 이용하기 때문에 출력전압은 높아지지 않지만 입력전류의 파형을 개선할 수 있다. 그리고 역률과 효율이 각각 97[%], 98[%]을 얻을 수 있다. 제안한 정류기는 고조파 규제값과 스위치가 서로 영향을 미치지 않고 다이오드와 인덕터 그리고 콘덴서로 구성된 비선형 임피턴스 회로이다. 또한 일반적인 펄스 폭 변조 인버터와 하프 펄스 폭 변조 인버터를 비교하여 설명하였으며 제안된 하프 펄스 폭 변조 인버터에 의해서 낮은 스위칭 손실과 오버슈팅을 제어할 수 있다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제51권10호
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• pp.581-586
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• 2002

To improve the current waveform of diode rectifiers, we propose a new operating principle for the voltage-doubler diode rectifiers. In the conventional voltage-doubler rectifier circuit, relatively large capacitors are used to boost the output voltage, while the proposed circuit uses smaller ones and a small reactor not to boost the output voltage but improve the input current waveform. A circuit design method is shown by experimentation and confirmed simulation. The experimental results of the proposed diode rectifier satisfies the harmonic guide lines. A high input power factor of 97(%) and an efficiency of 98[%] are also obtained. The new rectifier with no controlled switches meet the harmonic guide lines, resulting in a simple, reliable and low-cost at-to dc converters in comparison with the boost-type current-improving circuits. This paper proposes a nonlinear impedance circuit composed by diodes and inductors or capacitors. This circuit needs no control circuits and switches, and the impedance value is changed by the polarity of current or voltage. And this paper presents one of these applications to improve the input current of capacitor input diode rectifiers. The rectifier using the nonlinear impedance circuit is constructed with four diodes and four capacitors in addition to the conventional rectifiers, that is, it has eight diodes and five capacitors, including a DC link capacitor. It makes harmonic components of the input current reduction and the power factor improvement. Half pulse-width modulated (HPWM) inverter was explained compared with conventional pulse width modulated(PWM) inverter. Proposed HPWM inverter eliminated dead-time by lowering switching loss and holding over-shooting.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2018

In battery-operated systems, an isolated converter is used to interface the utility grid with the system to increase stability when charging and discharging batteries. Systems such as vehicle-to-grids (V2Gs), on-board chargers, and energy storage systems (ESSs) have recently become popular, and the roles of isolated converters have become important considerations in fabricating such devices. A fixed-frequency LLC converter, which is a type of isolated converter, presents the advantages of high efficiency and high power density by performing zero-voltage switching (ZVS) over wide frequency ranges. However, the magnetizing inductance of the LLC converter should be designed to enable ZVS in all switching devices. Therefore, in this study, the operating characteristics of the LLC circuit are analyzed, and an optimal design method for ZVS operation is established. Moreover, an 8 kW LLC high-efficiency and high-power-density resonant converter is designed and tested for ESS application. The LLC converter achieves 98% efficiency at rated power.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2010년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.15-16
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• 2010

This paper is study on a high efficiency DC-DC converter of discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) added electric isolation. The converters of high efficiency are generally made that the power losses of the used semiconductor switching devices is minimized. To achieve high efficiency system, the proposed converter is constructed by using a quasi resonant circuit. The control switches using in the converter are operated with soft switching by quasi resonant method. The control switches are operated without increasing their voltage and current stresses by the soft switching technology. The result is that the switching loss is very low and the efficiency of the system is high. The proposed converter is also added electric isolation which is used a pulse transformer. When the power conversion system is required electric isolation, the proposed converter is adopted with the converter system development of high efficiency. The soft switching operation and the system efficiency of the proposed converter are verified by digital simulation and experimental results.