• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.340-350
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• 2016

A cascaded hybrid multilevel inverter including a reconfiguration technique for low voltage dc distribution applications is proposed in this paper. A PWM generation fault detection and reconfiguration paradigm after an inverter cell fault are developed by using only a single-chip controller. The proposed PWM technique is also modified to reduce switching losses. In addition, the proposed topology can reduce the number of required power switches compared to the conventional cascaded multilevel inverter. The proposed technique is validated by using a 3-kVA prototype. The switching losses of the proposed multilevel inverter are also investigated. The experimental results show that the proposed hybrid inverter can improve system efficiency, reliability and cost effectiveness. The efficiency of proposed system is 97.45% under the tested conditions. The proposed hybrid inverter topology is a promising method for low voltage dc distribution and can be applied for the multiple loads which are required in a data center or telecommunication building.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 수용가의 에너지 절감과 최대수요전력 제어를 위하여 마이크로프로세서를 이용한 자동 전압 조정기(AVR)를 제안한다. 제안한 자동 전압 조정기(HS-AVR : Hybrid Switching Automatic Voltage Regulator)는 토로이달 코어에 1개의 직렬 권선과 분리된 4개의 분로 권선으로 구성되어 있는 단권변압기를 사용한다. 변압기의 전압 조정은 직렬 권선과 분로 권선의 연결 방법에 따라 감압/승압이 가능하다. 스위치는 릴레이와 트라이악을 병행하여 사용한다. 스위치의 조작 시 발생하는 권선의 여자돌입전류를 제어하기 위하여 트라이악을 이용하여 연결 상태를 변경하고, 연결 상태 유지 시에는 릴레이를 이용함으로써 스위치 소비 전력을 최소화 한다. 제어 신호는 여자 돌입 전류를 줄이기 위하여 전압 파형에 동기화 하여 제어되며 이를 위하여 소프트웨어 PLL을 사용한다. 소프트웨어 PLL은 전압 파형의 제로크로스, 전압 최고점 등의 동기화에 사용함으로써 스위치와 시스템을 최소화한다. 기존 전압 조절 스위치나 자동 전압 조정기 구조는 여자 돌입 전류로 인한 스위치 접점 손상을 막기 위하여 최대전류를 수용할 수있는 용량으로 구성함으로써 장치 크기가 매우 커지는 문제점이 있었다. 본 논문은 이런 문제를 해결하여 자동 전압 조정기의 크기를 줄이고 효율을 높이는 방법을 제안하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.557-562
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• 2014

It is well known that solar tracking systems can increase the efficiency of exiting solar panels significantly. In this paper, a hybrid solar tracking system has been developed by using both astronomical estimates from a GPS and the image processing results of a camera vision system. A decision making process is also proposed to distinguish current weather conditions using camera images. Based on the decision making results, the proposed hybrid tracking system switches two tracking control methods. The one control method is based on astronomical estimates of the current solar position. And the other control method is based on the solar image processing result. The developed hybrid solar tracking system is implemented on an experimental platform and the performance of the developed control methods are verified.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.421-426
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• 2002

Hybrid cascade multilevel PWM inverter has advantages of hybrid structure which enhances the better utilization of power semiconductor switches, that is, both hi호 power-low frequency switch, GTO and low power-high frequency switch, IGBT can be used in the same circuit. In this paper, a static var compensator using hybrid cascade 5-level PWM inverter is presented for high voltage/high power applications. The proposed system is modelled by circuit DQ transformation, and thus an equivalent circuit is obtained which reveals the important characteristics of the system and lead to the related equations. Finally, circuit structure and characteristics is presented and the validity of the characteristics analysis is shown through PSIM simulation.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2015년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.319-320
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• 2015

A hybrid converter for the on-board charger consisting of a soft switching full bridge (SSFB) and a half bridge (HB) LLC resonant converter is proposed. The proposed topology adopts an additional switch and a diode at the secondary side of SSFB converter to guarantee the wide ZVS range of primary side switches and to eliminate the circulating current. The output voltage is regulated by controlling the duty cycle of secondary side switch. The effectiveness of the proposed converter was experimentally verified using a 10-kW prototype circuit. The experimental results show 96.8% peak efficiency.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.52-53
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• 2015

This paper introduces a novel hybrid converter combining a full-bridge soft switching converter and a full-bridge LLC converter. In this topology all the primary switches can achieve ZVS and ZCS all over the operation range. An additional switch and a diode are added in the secondary side of full-bridge converter to eliminate the circulating current and to provide a separate freewheeling path. The hybrid structure makes it possible to deliver the power to the secondary all the time of operation, thereby improving the efficiency. The proposed topology is suitable for the applications such as on-board chargers for electric vehicles and high power dc-dc converters. A 6.6-kW prototype converter was implemented and 97.5% efficiency was obtained through the experiments.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.1519-1528
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• 2017

The paper proposes a well structured, component count waned single phase multilevel inverter (MLI) topology, which drives three different modules viz. Stipulation Based Sources Insertion (SBSI) module, Level Count Increasing (LCI) module and Inter-Linking H-Bridge (ILHB) module. The SBSI module confronts the number of basic sources needed in series/parallel to achieve required magnitude for any particular level. The LCI possesses an offsetting dc source and opuses to increase the number of levels and the ILHB module links the SBSI and LCI modules. A developed Hybrid Pulse Width Modulation (HPWM) strategy has PWM pulses for the switches of LCI module while the switches of the remaining two modules function at fundamental switching frequency. A fifteen level version of the proposed stipulation based sources insertion MLI (SBSIMLI) topology is simulated in MATLAB R2010a and a prototype of the similar specifications is constructed to validate the performance by experimental results. The comparison between the developed SBSIMLI topology and the competent topologies shows many interesting facts.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.170-175
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• 2010

본 논문은 UHF RFID 시스템을 위해 편파를 선택할 수 있는 리더 안테나를 설계 및 구현하였다. 제안된 리더 안테나는 두 개의 급전부를 가지는 마이크로 스트립 패치 안테나와 두 개의 SPDT 스위치와 하나의 SP4T 스위치와 3dB hybrid coupler로 구성되어 있다. 각각의 스위치 전압을 조절하여 수직 방향의 선형 편파와 수평방향의 선형 편파, 좌수 원형 편파와 우수 원형 편파를 선택할 수 있다. 제안된 안테나는 902MHz ~ 928MHz 대역에서 VSWR 2:1을 만족하고 원형 편파로 선택되었을 때 AR (Axial Ratio)은 3dB 이하로 측정되었다. 또한 사용 환경 및 태그의 편파 방향에 적합한 편파를 선택할 수 있기 때문에 PLF (Polarization Loss Factor)를 최소화 할 수 있고 태그의 인식거리를 확장 시킬 수 있다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.199-204
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• 2013

Recently, the demand for fuel efficient electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) has been growing globally. Due to the increased number of switching devices in the electrified vehicles, the probability of the semiconductor device failure is much higher than in other application areas. A sudden failure in one of the power switches and insufficient power management ability in the systems not only decreases system performance, but also leads to critical safety problems. In this paper, novel switch open circuit fault detection method is proposed, and the proposed approach is verified by experiments.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.424-429
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• 2011

In this paper, the simulator of an on-line monitoring system for the range extender electric vehicle has been developed. The messages from the four control modules, the air pressure and fuel level sensors data, and the on/off switching states of 31 indicator lamps can be received through the control area network (CAN), and displayed on the graphic panel. The simulator was designed using the four DSP boards, variable resistors, and toggle switches instead of the four control modules, sensors, and switching state of indicator lamps on an actual series hybrid electric vehicle (SHEV) bus, respectively. The performance of the monitoring technologies was verified with the simulator at the laboratory, and then it was tested on an actual SHEV bus. The simulator is very useful at the initial development of the monitoring system at the hybrid-type or electrical vehicles.