• 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 the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.79-86
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose a current-driven synchronous rectifier driver circuit for LLC resonant half-bridge converters. The proposed driver circuit detects a relatively low current in the primary side of the transformer although a large current is flowing in the secondary side. Due to this feature, the driver circuit has a simple circuit structure and stabilizes the switching operation with a logic-level switching voltages for the synchronous rectifier. The operation and performance of the proposed driver circuit are confirmed with a prototype of 1kW class LLC resonant half-bridge converter. The experimental results proved that the proposed synchronous rectifier driver method improves the power conversion efficiency by around 1% and reduces the internal power loss by 17W.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.95-96
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 조명용 LED 구동 장치를 위한 새로운 방식의 단일전력단을 갖는 LED 구동회로를 제안한다. 제안 회로는 임계모드에서 동작하는 부스트 컨버터를 역률 개선 회로로 사용하였고, LED 구동회로로 LLC 고주파 공진 회로를 채택하였다. 또한, 기존의 역률 개선 회로와 LED 구동회로의 2단 회로를 단일전력단을 갖는 회로로 구성함으로 고역률, 고효율, 경량 및 소형의 LED 구동회로를 구성하였다. 본 논문에서는 제안한 회로의 동작 원리를 설명하였고, 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통하여 제안 회로의 타당성을 입증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.277-280
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• 2006

Recently, the high frequency isolated boost DC/DC converter has been widely used for the PCS (Power Conditioning System) system because of its small size and low cost. However, the high frequency isolated boost DC/DC converters applied the conventional voltage-fed converter and current-fed converter have the problems such as the high conduction losses and the surge voltage due to the high circulating current and the leakage inductance, respectively. To overcome this problems, in this paper the secondary LLC resonant converter is proposed, and the experimental results of the secondary LLC series resonant converter for boost DC/DC converter are verified on the simulation based on the theoretical analysis and the 1kW experimental prototype.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.60 no.7
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• pp.1366-1371
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• 2011

The resonant converter cause the high voltage stress according to the input voltage, which increases the conduction loss in converter power switches. The topology of LLC half bridge resonant converter provides ZVS characteristic and also the stress of voltage and current is smaller than that of the general resonant converters. So we can expect the higher efficiency. In this paper, the analysis of the characteristics of the converter efficiency and the best conditions for highest efficiency were investigated. As a result, the efficiency of utilizing up to 93% is achieved.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.365-366
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• 2017

LLC resonant DC-DC converter is widely used in many kinds of applications such as battery energy storage systems, wireless power transfer and high voltage power supply. It is because of characteristics like high efficiency, power density, isolation, wide power level and stability enhancement at high switching frequency. Small signal modeling helps to design controller of the converter by approximating the behavior of nonlinear system with linear state equations. This paper presents comparison between small signal modeling analysis and experimental results of LLC resonant converter.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.522-523
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• 2012

In this paper, we present an experimental results of 15kV class high-volatge power supply using the LLC resonant half-bridge converter for CNT lamp. The resonant current of the LLC resonant half-bridge converter prototype in the steady state was stable. The output voltage of prototype converter was maintained at about 15kV in the steady state.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.9-10
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• 2014

최근 신재생에너지 및 전기자동차, 통신 IT 서버 전원 및 가전기기 등의 발전에 따라 고 전력밀도(High Power Density), 고 응답(Fast Transient Response) 및 고정밀(Tight Regulation) 출력제어를 위한 다 출력 절연형 DC/DC 컨버터가 개발 및 연구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 개별적인 정밀제어를 요구하는 다 출력 DC-DC 컨버터에 대한 내용으로 위상천이(Phase-shift) DC-DC 컨버터와 LLC 공진컨버터 제어개념을 하나의 주회로를 사용하여 위상천이제어(Phase-shifted Modulation, PM)와 가변주파수제어(Variable Frequency Modulation, FM)를 통해서 개별적으로 정밀 제어할 수 있는 하이브리드 다 출력 3레벨 DC-DC 컨버터에 관한 내용이다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.419-420
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 넓은 입력 범위와 높은 강압비를 갖는 700W급 DC-DC 컨버터의 구조에 대해 분석한다. 높은 강압비를 위해 2-stage로 구성되는 시스템에 강압을 위한 Buck 컨버터와 Bus 컨버터로 동작하는 Half-bridge LLC 공진형 컨버터 직렬 구성 방법에 따라 달리 설계된 각각의 컨버터에서 발생하는 손실과 출력전압 레귤레이션 특성에 대해 시뮬레이션 툴과 수학적 분석을 통해 분석하였다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.64 no.6
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• pp.885-890
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• 2015

LLC resonant converter has been widely used because of its high efficiency and high energy density. In this paper, we designed a LLC resonant converter as the main power supply of the Nd:YAG pulse laser. First harmonic approximation (FHA) is used to model the LLC resonant converter. FHA equivalent circuit model and the transfer function of the LLC resonant converter is proposed. Soft start technology is also used to suppress the surge current. The laser output simulation test result is identical with the practical test, the laser energy of every pulse can reach up to 2.5J, and the pulse per second (PPS) can be adjusted from 6 to 18. The power system is verified stable and reliable by both of the simulation and experiment results.