• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.295-303
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• 2013

This paper reports an investigation of pulse width modulation (PWM) techniques for two-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motors fed by a two-phase eight-switch inverter in a fan application. The three-phase BLDC motor is widely applied in industry; however, a lower-cost two-phase BLDC motor and drive circuit has been greatly in demand in recent years. In this paper, we introduce a mathematical model of the two-phase BLDC motor with sinusoidal back electromotive forces (EMFs) based on traditional three-phase BLDC motors. To simplify the drive algorithm and speed up its application, we analyze the principle of block commutation for a two-phase BLDC motor drive in the 180-electrical-degree conduction mode, and we further propose five PWM schemes to improve the commutation performance of the two-phase BLDC drive. The effectiveness of the proposed PWM methods is verified through experiments.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.909-920
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• 1990

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.167-167
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.239-240
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• 2018

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.264-274
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• 2013

A new sensorless position estimation method for switched reluctance motor (SRM) drives is presented in this paper. This method uses the change of the slope of the phase inductance to detect the aligned position. Since the aligned positions for successive electrical cycle of each phase are apart by a fixed mechanical angle $45^{\circ}$ in the case of 12/8 SRM, the speed of the machine can be calculated to estimate the rotor position. Since no prior knowledge of motor parameters is required, the method is easy for implementation without adding any additional hardware or memory. In order to verify the validity of this technique, effects such as changes in the advanced angle and phase lacking faults are examined. In addition, an inductance threshold based sensorless starting scheme is also proposed. Experimental results demonstrate the validity of the proposed method.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.63 no.4
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• pp.575-582
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• 2014

In this paper, a simulation model for 7-phase BLDC motor drives for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) is proposed. A 7-phase BLDC motor is designed and the electrical characteristics are analyzed using FEA program and the power electronics drives for the 7-phase BLDC motor are theoretically analyzed and the actual implementation has been accomplished using Matlab Simulink. PI controller is used for verifying the validity of the proposed model and the informative results are described in detail.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.11c
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• pp.589-591
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• 2004

In this paper, we developed a laser distance measurement(LDM) system based on DSP. We applied PPD(Pulsed Phase Detection) algorithm to the LDM system. The PPD algorithm calculate the distance from the LDM system to the object by using phase detection. Reference waveform at a fixed frequency is sampled by both the inner-loop and outer-loop pulse signal. The LDM system detects the difference of phase between the sampled signals. We obtained an accuracy of ${\sigma}=25.5mm$ from the LDM system.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.07a
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• pp.415-419
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• 1996

This paper presents motor speed and phase angle detection method using a sinusoidal AC tachogenerator. The 2-phase or 3-phase output tacho-generator can be adopted, and its' output voltages must have sinusoidal waveforms. Because the detection algorithm is simple, the proposed method can be implemented with analog devices of microprocessor conveniently. And the proposed method has a very short detection delay time. Especially in the analog implementation, there is no delay time without the settling time of analog devices. With the Experimental results, it is verified that the proposed method can accurately detect the instantaneous motor speed and phase over the wide ranges.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.58 no.8
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• pp.1544-1550
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• 2009

In this paper, a new single phase voltage sag/swell compensator using direct power conversion is proposed. A new compensator consists of input/output filter, series transformer and direct ac-ac converter, which is a single-phase back-to-back PWM converter without dc-link capacitors. Advantages of the proposed compensator include: simple power circuit by eliminating dc link electrolytic capacitors and thereby, improved reliability and increased life time of the entire compensator; simple PWM strategy or compensating voltage sag/swell at the same time and reduced switching losses in the ac-ac converter. Further, the proposed scheme is able to adopt simple switch commutation method without requiring complex four-step commutation method that is commonly employed in the direct power conversion. Simulation and experimental results are shown to demonstrate the advantages of the new compensator and PWM strategy. A 220V, 3kVA single-phase compensator based on the digital signal processor controller is built and tested.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.57 no.5
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• pp.789-796
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• 2008

This paper describes a single-phase active power filter based on a newly developed digital controller. The developed controller utilizes FFT(Fast Fourier Transform) algorithm to extract the reference signal from the load current, considering the phase-angle delay of each order of harmonics. Optimized technique was applied for whole control algorithm to implement the real-time operation of developed controller. The performance of developed controller for a single-phase active power filter was verified through computer simulations with PSCAD/EMTDC. The feasibility of hardware implementation was confirmed by building and testing a prototype. The developed digital controller for a single-phase active power filter can compensate the harmonic current generated by the power supply for digital equipment.