• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.390-396
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• 2015

This paper proposes a method to reduce flicker when running an AC-power direct-drive type multiple string LED driver IC. The proposed method greatly decreases flicker using one capacitor and P-type MOSFET transistor (PMOS). The flicker index (FI) was reduced by over 40% through experiments, and less than half of the conventional external components are used in the passive valley fill circuit, which gives an advantage in the cost and utilization in the design of LED lighting modules. The 0.35 um 700 V BCD process was used to manufacture this LED driver.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2017.10a
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• pp.510-511
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• 2017

In this paper, we have studied to minimize the lifetime and fault occurrence of LED fixtures, which have a short lifetime and frequent faults. In the current LED chip, the lifetime is semi-permanent, but compared to the lifetime of the LED chip, Drivers do not last long. In recent years, low-priced LED illuminators such as those from China have entered the market, and many consumers are perceiving LED illuminators. In order to solve these problems, we designed an LED illuminator of 25W class by using AC Direct IC, which has a longer lifetime than the conventional driver, by removing the electrolytic capacitor in the LED driving driver which is the cause of the failure.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.142-149
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• 2012

The independently regulated dual-output LLC resonant converter using only one power stage and one control IC is proposed in this paper. The conventional dual-output LLC resonant converter requires the extra non-isolated DC/DC converter to obtain the tightly regulated slave output voltage, which results in the low power conversion efficiency and high production costs. On the other hand, since the proposed converter controls the master and slave output voltages by pulse width modulation(PWM) and pulse frequency modulation(PFM), it can achieve tightly regulated dual output voltages without the additional non-isolated DC/DC converter. Therefore, it features a high efficiency and low cost. To confirm the validity of the proposed converter, theoretical analysis and experimental results from a 40W LED driver prototype are presented.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.32 no.A
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• pp.103-107
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• 2012

Due to improvement of the semiconductor technology, the LED replaces the conventional lighting source and LED drivers have been studied and developed. The LED is driven by the constant current control method according to its characteristics. For the constant current control method, the linear regulator and the switching regulator is used. The switching regulator is usually used to LED drivers because it has specific characteristics as the wide input dynamic range and the high efficiency. In this paper, we have described the principle and the implement of the switching regulator, using the drive IC and the low cost DSP chip. Also, both methods have been implemented and its electrical characteristics had almost same experimental results in the steady state and the transient state.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.8
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• pp.128-135
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• 2013

This paper presents a high dimming ratio Power-LED driver IC with high power which is capable of controlling LEDs. In order to accomplish a high dimming ratio LED driver, the preloading inductor current methodology is proposed for the power stage of the proposed method to achieve the fast transient response time during the Power-LED load switching. The information containing the current flowing on the LEDs can be utilized to predict the amount of the current on the inductor. The minimum LED current rising time of existing high dimming ratio Power-LED driver is limited by $3{\mu}s$, however that of the proposed high dimming ratio Power-LED driver is reduced about 1/10. The LED driver is implemented with 0.35um 60V BCDMOS 2-poly 4-metal process. The measurement results show that the proposed LED driver system features the minimum rising time as small as 240ns at the dimming frequency of 1KHz with a 12V of input voltage, nine white LEDs and 353mA of LED current. The LED rising time and power conversion efficiency of the chip are measured to be 240ns and 93.72%, respectively.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.224-225
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• 2011

본 논문은 하나의 제어 IC로 이중출력 각각 독립 제어가 가능한 LLC 공진형 컨버터를 제안한다. 기존의 이중출력 LLC 공진형 컨버터의 경우 master 출력전압만 제어가 가능하므로, slave 출력의 정밀제어를 위해 별도의 DC/DC 컨버터가 필요하며, 이는 시스템의 전력 변환 효율을 떨어뜨리고 제작단가를 증가시키는 단점이 있다. 반면, 제안된 회로는 LLC 공진형 컨버터의 이중출력을 하나의 제어 IC로 주파수 및 시비율 각각 가변하는 방식으로 개별적 제어가 가능하므로 부하 및 입력전압 조건과 무관하게 모든 출력 전압의 제어를 정밀하게 할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 따라서 별도의 DC/DC 컨버터 사용이 불필요하므로 고효율 및 저가격의 특징을 가질 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 회로의 타당성 검증을 위해 이론적 분석결과를 제시하고 40W급 LED 조명회로에 적용한 실험 결과를 바탕으로 그 우수성을 확인한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.861-875
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• 2015

This paper presents a wide frequency range LLC resonant controller IC for LED backlight units. In this paper a new phase-domain resonance deviation prevention circuit (RDPC), which covers a wide frequency and input voltage range, is proposed. In addition, a wide range gate clock generator and an automatic dead time generator are proposed. The chip is fabricated using 0.35 μm BCD technology. The die size is 2 x 2 mm2. The frequency of the clock generator ranges from 38 kHz to 400 kHz, and the dead time ranges from 300 ns to 2 μs. The current consumption of the LLC resonant controller IC is 4 mA for a 100 kHz operation frequency using a supply voltage of 15 V.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.9
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• pp.4177-4185
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• 2012

LEDs are becoming the most suitable candidate replacing traditional fluorescent lamps because of its eco-friendly characteristics. LEDs are also actively used to design green building system and to make outdoor billboard as a back-light system due to its high energy efficiency. In this paper, we have developed AC direct driver for $12{\times}12$ FLB(flexible LED board) and LED flat light without SMPS. It has LID-PC-R101B driver IC that can support the high power factor and be composed of LED switching circuit in group. Also, an elaborate system designs can guarantee a high luminous efficiency, a high reliability and a low power consumption. The proposed FLB has the ultra slim shape of $450{\times}450$ mm, width of 4 mm and weight of 280 g. In the end, we have developed a prototype of FLB for billboard and flat light for room lighting with AC direct driver iposrder to verify the performance of the proposed system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.121-124
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• 2009

전 세계적인 에너지 절약 정책에 대응하여 새로운 고효율 LED 및 드라이버 IC의 출시가 활발하다. 단색 또는 칼라 LED를 사용하여 경관조명, 무대조명, 음악분수 등에 많이 활용되는데 다양한 전압 및 LED 구동 방식 등에 따라 LED의 수명과 비용이 달라질 수 있다. 또한 LED의 밝기 및 색상 등을 조절하여 멋진 연출을 위해 마이크로컨트롤러의 사용이 필수적이고, 다수의 장치를 함께 연동하는 경우에는 이들을 통신으로 연결하여 사용하는데, 본 논문에서 조명 장치에 표준으로 많이 사용하는 DMX512 통신 프로토콜, 몇 가지 정전류 구동 방식에 대해서 살펴보고, 저가격의 마이크로컨트롤러를 사용하여 DMX512 수신 장치를 구현해 보았다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.382-383
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 출력 LED 전류의 120Hz 저주파 리플 저감을 위한 새로운 방식의 역률개선 LED 구동 회로를 제안한다. 제안된 회로는 역률개선용 플라이백 컨버터의 출력이 LED 구동을 위한 부스트 컨버터의 입력이 되는 구조로 높은 역률 보상과 출력 LED 전류의 120Hz 리플 저감이 가능하고, 기존에 비해 저 내압 및 저 용량의 부피가 작은 링크 캐패시터를 사용 할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 또한 제안 회로는 전력평형 만족을 위해 하나의 PWM IC 만으로 플라이백 컨버터와 부스트 컨버터를 각각 DCM 및 BCM모드로 제어하여 스위치 및 다이오드의 전류 스트레스 저감이 가능한 장점이 있다. 최종적으로 시작품을 제작하여 고찰된 실험결과를 제시하여, 제안 회로의 우수성과 이론적 분석의 타당성을 검증한다.