• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.211-212
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• 2018

스위칭 주파수의 대역 확산 기법(Spread Spectrum Technique; SST)은 전력 변환 장치에서 스위칭 시 발생하는 전자 방해 잡음(Electromagnetic Interference; EMI)을 추가 소자 없이 저감할 수 있는 기술이다. 하지만 공진형 컨버터의 경우 공진 네트워크의 전압 이득이 스위칭 주파수에 의해 결정되므로 SST를 적용하게 되면 출력 전압 리플이 크게 증가하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 전류원 LLC 공진형 컨버터에 SST를 적용하여 EMI를 줄이는 동시에 출력 전압 리플을 현저히 줄일 수 있는 공진 네트워크 디자인 방법을 제시하고자 한다. 제안하는 전류원 LLC 공진형 컨버터는 200 W의 시작품을 통해 성능을 검증하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.292-293
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• 2020

본 논문은 차세대 전력반도체 GaN HEMT (High Electron Mobility Transistor)를 적용한 통신전원 시스템용 LLC 컨버터의 설계에 대해 다룬다. GaN HEMT 소자의 노이즈를 저감하기 위해 3-level 게이트 드라이버를 설계하였다. 설계한 게이트 드라이버와 GaN HEMT를 적용한 3kW급 LLC 공진 네트워크를 설계하였고, 테스트 베드를 제작하여 실험을 통해 시스템의 성능을 검증하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.618-626
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• 2011

Solar cell is one of the most important new renewable energy for future energy generation. This paper presents a novel two stage DC/DC converter topology for PV PCSs. The proposed converter consists of an interleaved boost converter and a two-tank LLC resonant converter which is connected in parallel in primary and series in secondary. The main idea of this topology is that the system can achieve either unilateral or bilateral operations due to the input voltage level of the PV module, which leads to a better performance. The operating schemes on the proposed converter are analyzed and described. A 2.2kW prototype product is built, tested and verified.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.460-465
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• 2010

The interest is coming to be high, recently with depletion of the fossil fuel and with carbon dioxide exhaust limit about emittion, from a car of Internal combustion engine to Electric vehicle. AC-DC converter is necessary to battery charging which is an electric vehicle energy storage. Necessary conditions of the converter are necessary for wide output voltage range, high efficiency, high power factor etc. It is composed two stages for wide output voltage range and insulation. Preliminary stage uses LLC resonant converter and the after stage uses BOOST converter PFC circuit for being considered a power factor and confirmed experimentally.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.259-265
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• 2010

The proposed method offers an improved control method for high power density AC/DC adapter by using more energy efficient electrical equipments. Power factor corrector (PFC) topology is based on boost topology with boundary conduction mode (BCM) and DC/DC topology is based on LLC resonant converter, which helps to reduce size of the semiconductor and the magnetic devices. Test results with 85W AC/DC adapter (18.5V/4.6A) design shows that the measured efficiency is 90% at $90V_{rms}$ input voltage with power density of $36W/in^3$. It also shows low no load power consumption of about 0.5W.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.19-26
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• 2015

This paper presents design, fabrication, and performance evaluation of a high voltage power supply for Carbon Nano Tube-based planar light sources. The proposed power supply employs an LLC resonant half-bridge converter and a sixfold voltage-multiplying rectifier. Steady-state characteristics of the voltage-multiplying rectifier are analyzed and used to derive the input-to-output voltage conversion ratio of the power supply. The input-to-output frequency response characteristics of the LLC tank circuit are analyzed and utilized in designing a proto-type power supply which produces a 15 KV output using a 400 V input source. The high-voltage transformer is fabricated using a sectional bobbin structure with an epoxy impregnation, in order to provide sufficient insulation for high voltage operations. The performance of the proposed power supply is confirmed with stable and reliable operations at the 15 KV output from no load to nominal load conditions. The proposed power supply is well suited as an electric ballast required stable operations of Carbon Nano Tube-based planar light sources.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.143-145
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• 2009

The method for the current equalization of the rectifier diodes in LLC resonant converter is proposed. The method decreases the current difference between the rectifier diodes using the auxiliary winding of the transformer and asymmetrical pulse width modulation (APWM). The analytical reason of the current unbalance is investigated and the operation principle of the proposed method and APWM control loop are explained. The performance of the proposed method was verified on a 480-W, 400-V/24-V dc/dc converter.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.551-560
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• 2011

This paper proposes a grid-tied power conditioning system for the fuel cell power generation, which consists of a 2-stage DC-DC converter and a 3-phase PWM inverter. The 2-stage DC-DC converter boosts the fuel cell stack voltage of 26-48V up to 400V, using a hard-switching boost converter and a high-frequency unregulated LLC resonant converter. The operation of the proposed power conditioning system was verified through simulations with PSCAD/EMTDC software. Based on the simulation results, a laboratory experimental set-up was built with a 1.2kW PEM fuel-cell stack to verify the feasibility of hardware implementation. The developed power conditioning system shows a high efficiency of 91%, which is a very positive result for the commercialization.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.51-53
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• 2018

The Low Voltage DC-DC converters (LDCs) of the Electric Vehicles require high power density and high efficiency operation over the wide range of load and input voltage variations. This paper introduces a novel topology which combines three 1 MHz Half-Bridge (HB) LLC resonant converters and an Inverting Buck-Boost (IBB) converter to adjust the output voltage without frequency modulation. The switching frequency of the proposed converter is fixed at 1MHz to achieve a constant frequency operation for the resonant converter. In the proposed topology GaN FETs and planar transformers are employed to optimize the converter operation at high frequency. A 1 MHz/1.8 kW prototype converter is built to verify the feasibility and the validity of the proposed LDC topology.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.431-432
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• 2020

철도차량 하부에 부착되는 전장품 무게는 차량의 바퀴 및 베어링 등 철도차량 수명에 큰 영향을 주기 때문에 경량화는 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 철도 차량용 보조전원장치의 경량화를 위해 LLC 공진형 컨버터를 적용한 보조전원장치 시스템과 제어알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 고속스위칭을 위해 입력단 벅 컨버터를 이용하여 가선 전압을 감압시키고 이후 LLC 공진형 컨버터를 통해 인버터 입력단 전압을 제어한다. 또한, 공진형 컨버터 손실을 최소화하기 위해 ZVS(Zero Voltage Switching) 동작을 하며, 공진 탱크의 최적 설계도 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 알고리즘은 시뮬레이션 및 실험으로 검증한다.