• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.423-429
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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 700W experimental prototype.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.627-637
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• 2011

본 논문은 새로운 형상을 가지는 평면 변압기를 적용한 200W급 공진컨버터에 대한 내용이다. 제안된 평면변압기는 기존 누설인덕턴스가 작은 평면변압기와 달리 누설인덕턴스가 조정이 가능하여 원하는 공진 특성을 얻을 수 있는 특징을 가지는 저가형 고집적화에 용이한 변압기이다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 평면변압기를 적용하여 200W급 전원장치에 적용하여 실험하였으며, 실험결과와 이론적인 해석에 대해 서술하였다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2007년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.424-427
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• 2007

The LLC series resonant converter with a LLT (Inductor-Inductor-Transformer) transformer for PDP power supply is presented. LLT transformer used to combine the inductor and transformer into one unit has the increased leakage inductance in the primary and secondary due to the winding method and the use of the gaped core. The increased leakage inductance in the primary and secondary of LLT transformer can be impacted on the DC voltage gain characteristics of LLC series resonant converter. In this paper, DC gain characteristics and the experimental results of the LLC series resonant converter with a LLT transformer are verified on the Math-CAD simulation based on the theoretical analysis and the 600W experimental prototype.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제30권1호
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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.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.142-151
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• 2020

This paper presents a DC/DC LLC resonant converter with wide input/output voltage gain characteristics and its control method for efficiency improvement. For a wide input/output voltage gain characteristics without designing small transformer magnetization inductance, the proposed converter changes the topology into three modes of operation according to the main switch switching pattern. In each operating mode, variable LINK voltage modulation and frequency modulation were performed to control output voltage and improve operating efficiency. A prototype of a 5-kW DC/DC LLC resonant converter was built and tested to verify the validity and applicability of the proposed converter.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2021

This study proposes a feedforward compensation control method to reduce 120 Hz output voltage ripple in a single-phase AC/DC rectifier system composed of PFC and LLC resonant converters. The proposed method compensates for the voltage ripple of the DC-link by using the AC input and DC output power difference, and then reduces the final output voltage ripple component of 120 Hz through feedforward compensation based on the linearized frequency gain curve of the LLC resonant converter. Through simulation and experimental results, the validity of the ripple reduction performance was verified by comparing the conventional PI controller and the proposed feedforward compensation method.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제60권7호
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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.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.409-416
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• 2006

LLT 변압기 적용 LLC 직렬공진컨버터의 동작특성에 대해 설명하였다. 본 논문에서는 1차측 권선과 2차측 권선을 분리하고, 변압기 중간에 공극(Air-Gap)을 삽입한 일체화된 LLT 변압기를 적용하였다. 이와 같이 적용된 LLT 변압기의 경우 1차측 누설인덕턴스만이 증가되는 것이 아니고 2차측 누설인덕턴스 또한 증가되게 된다. 이렇게 증가된 2차측 누설인덕턴스는 전압이득 특성곡선에 있어 LLC 직렬공진컨버터에 적용한 변압기를 사용한 경우보다 전체적으로 높은 전압이득 특성을 가지게 된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 2차측 누설인덕턴스를 고려한 일체화된 LLT 변압기적용 LLC 직렬공진컨버터에 대해 이론적으로 해석하고 시뮬레이션 하였으며, 400W급 시제품을 제작하여 실험한 결과에 대해 서술하였다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.71-79
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• 2010

본 논문은 LLC 공진 제어 IC(Integrated Circuit) 설계에 관한 것이다. LLC 공진 제어 IC는 DC/DC 변환하기 위해서 외부의 공진 회로에 입력되는 주파수를 조정하여 트랜스포머를 통해서 2차 측의 출력 전압을 조정한다. 공진회로에 펄스를 공급하기 위한 클럭 생성기가 내장되어 있고, 클럭 주파수는 외부 저항을 사용하여 튜닝이 가능하다. 또한 외부 피드백 입력되는 전압을 이용해 주파수 조정이 가능하도록 VCO(Voltage Controlled Oscillator) 기능을 내장하였다. 동작의 신뢰성을 높이고 회로를 보호하기 위해서 UVLO(Under Voltage Lock Out), brown out, fault detector의 보호회로를 내장하였고, 입력 커패시턴스가 큰 용량의 IGBT(Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor)를 구동하기 위해서 높은 전압, 전류의 제공이 가능한 HVG(High Side Driver), LVG(Low Side Driver) 드라이버 회로를 내장하였다. LLC 공진 제어 회로를 하나의 칩으로 구현하여 LLC 공진 회로를 제어하는데 있어 필요한 회로들을 설계하였다. 설계한 LLC 공진 제어 IC는 0.35 um 2P3M BCD 공정으로 제작하였다. 칩의 면적은 $1400um{\times}1450um$ 이고, 5V, 15V 두 가지의 전원 전압을 사용한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.215-223
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• 2009

A design methodology for transformers including integrated and center-tapped structures for LLC resonant converters is proposed. In the LLC resonant converter, the resonant inductor in the primary side can be merged in the transformer as a leakage inductance. And, the absence of the secondary filter inductor creates low voltage stress on the secondary rectifiers and is cost-effective. A center-tapped structure of the transformer secondary side is widely used in commercial applications because of its higher efficiency and lower cost than full-bridge structures in the rectifying stages. However, this transformer structure has problems of resonance imbalance and transformer inefficiency caused by leakage inductance imbalance in the secondary side and the position of the air-gap in the transformer, respectively. In this paper, gain curves and soft-switching conditions are derived by first harmonic approximation (FHA) and operating circuit simulation. In addition, the effects of the transformer including integrated and center-tapped structures are analyzed by new FHA models and simulations to obtain an optimal design. Finally, the effects of the air-gap position are analyzed by an electromagnetic field simulator. The proposed analysis and design are verified by experimental results with a 385W LLC resonant converter.