• ETRI Journal
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.105-116
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• 2022

In this study, a novel group-indexed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing index modulation (OFDM-IM) scheme is proposed to achieve a tradeoff between spectral efficiency (SE) and bit-error-rate (BER) performance. In the proposed scheme, the total subcarriers in a group are divided into subgroups, and additional bits are transmitted by subgroup indexing, unlike the conventional OFDM-IM scheme, which uses index bits to select active subcarriers. With the proposed scheme, the additional degree of freedom provided by the number of active subgroups selected provides a tradeoff between spectral efficiency and BER performance. Decoding is performed in steps to reduce computional complexity in the decoder design. Simulaton results show that the number of active subgroups selected influences the proposed scheme's performance in terms of energy efficiency, spectral efficiency, and BER performance.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.1471-1483
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• 2017

The low-frequency characteristics of four-switch three-phase (FSTP) inverter are investigated in this paper. Firstly, a general space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) directly involved the neutral point voltage of DC-link is proposed, where no sector identifications and trigonometric function calculations are needed. Subsequently, to suppress the DC offset in the neutral point voltage, the relationship between the neutral point voltage and the ${\beta}-axis$ component of the load current is derived, and then a new neutral point voltage control scheme is proposed where no low pass filter is adopted. Finally, the relationship between the load power factor and the maximum linear modulation index of the FSTP inverter is revealed. Since the operational region for the FSTP inverter in low frequency is reduced by the enlarged amplitude of the neutral point voltage, a linear modulation range enlargement scheme is proposed. A permanent magnet synchronous motor with preset rotary speed serves as the low-frequency load of the FSTP inverter. Experimental results verify that the new neutral point voltage control scheme is effective in the deviation suppression of the neutral point voltage, and the proposed scheme is able to provide a larger linear operational region in low frequency.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.531-540
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• 2014

A novel carrier-based PWM (CBPWM) strategy of a three-level NPC converter is proposed in this paper. The novel strategy can eliminate the low-frequency neutral point (NP) voltage oscillation under the entire modulation index and full power factor. The basic principle of the novel strategy is introduced. The internal modulation wave relationship between the novel CBPWM strategy and traditional SPWM strategy is also studied. All 64 modulation wave solutions of the CBPWM strategy are derived. Furthermore, the proposed CBPWM strategy is compared with traditional SPWM strategy regarding the output phase voltage THD characteristics, DC voltage utilization ratio, and device switching losses. Comparison results show that the proposed strategy does not cause NP voltage oscillation. As a result, no low-frequency harmonics occur on output line-to-line voltage and phase current. The novel strategy also has higher DC voltage utilization ratio (15.47% higher than that of SPWM strategy), whereas it causes larger device switching losses (4/3 times of SPWM strategy). The effectiveness of the proposed modulation strategy is verified by simulation and experiment results.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.439-445
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• 2016

In this paper, we consider subcarrier-index modulation (SIM) for precoded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with a few activated subcarriers per user and its generalization to multi-carrier multiple access systems. The resulting multiple access is called sparse index multiple access (SIMA). SIMA can be considered as a combination of multi-carrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) and SIM. Thus, SIMA is able to exploit a path diversity gain by (random) spreading over multiple carriers as MC-CDMA. To detect multiple users' signals, a low-complexity detection method is proposed by exploiting the notion of compressive sensing (CS). The derived low-complexity detection method is based on the orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP) algorithm, which is one of greedy algorithms used to estimate sparse signals in CS. From simulation results, we can observe that SIMA can perform better than MC-CDMA when the ratio of the number of users to the number of multi-carrier is low.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1186-1194
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• 2017

This paper proposes an improved low frequency Selective Harmonic Mitigation-PWM (SHM-PWM) technique. The proposed method mitigates the low order harmonics of the output voltage up to the $50^{th}$ harmonic well and satisfies the grid codes EN 50160 and CIGRE-WG 36-05. Using a modified criterion for the switching angles, the range of the modulation index for non-linear SHM equations is improved, without increasing the switching frequency of the CHB converter. Due to the low switching frequency of the CHB converter, mitigating the harmonics of the converter up to the $50^{th}$ order and finding a wider modulation index range, the size and cost of the passive filters can be significantly reduced with the proposed technique. Therefore, the proposed technique is more efficient than the conventional SHM-PWM. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, a 7-level Cascaded H-bridge (CHB) converter is utilized for the study. Simulation and experimental results confirm the validity of the above claims.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.471-476
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• 2005

We proposed an optical modulator of reflective type to compose the electric field sensor, and theoretically analyzed the performance and characteristics. For the high sensitivity of the sensor, a method to improve the modulation index of the modulator was presented. The electric field sensor using Ti:LiNbO$_{3}$ waveguide was fabricated and qualitatively investigated the characteristics by measuring the low frequency electric field. Even though the sensor showed relatively low modulation index, the electric filed strength of 10$^{-2}$V/m was measured. The experimental results revealed the utilities of this type electric field sensor.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.599-607
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• 2004

이 논문은 PLL주파수 합성기의 루프 대역폭보다 높은 주파수에서 낮은 주파수까지 변화하는 신호에 대한 주파수 변조가 일정한 최대 주파수 편이를 갖도록 하는 단순하면서도 저가의 새로운 주파수 변조회로를 소개하였다. 이 주파수 변조회로는 PLL 안에서의 주파수에 따른 루프 필터의 궤환량을 보상하도록 설계되었고 최대주파수 편이값 조절과 루프와의 상호 간섭을 제거할 수 있도록 설계되었다. 또한 기존의 스펙트럼 분석기로 $\Delta$f(최대 주파수 편이)또는 $\beta$(변조 지수)를 측정하는 방법은 협대역 주파수 변조에서만 유용하여 광대역 주파수에서 측정할 수 있도록 새로운 측정방법을 제안하고 변조 신호 발생기를 이용하여 정확성을 확인하였다. 이런 한 방법으로 설계하여 제작한 회로를 측정하여 기대한 일정한 최대 주파수 편이를 가지는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국조명전기설비학회지:조명전기설비
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.59-63
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• 1988

고정 AC 전력전원에서 PWN(Pulse Width Modulation) 기법은 전압과 기본파 주파수를 가변 시키는 데 이용되어 왔다. 종래의 PWN 기법은 전류수, 필터크기 등의 문제점 때문에 PWN 출력 전압파형을 모터 구동 등의 제어 대상에 응용하는 연구가 진행되었다. 그러나 본 논문에서는 출력단 고속 스윗칭 소자를 사용하여 캐리어 주파수를 10(KHz)-45(KHz)까지 정현 PWN 시키고, 인버터의 출력단 파형은 소용량LPF(Low Pass Filter)를 사용하여 PAM(Pulse Amplitude Modulation)을 얻어냈다. 정현 PWN 제어 회로는 속응성과 제어성을 고려하여 마이크로 프로세서와 아날로그 회로로 혼합구성 하였다. 그리고 실험 결과는 변조도 0.6-1.0까지 변할 때 전압 파형을 관찰했다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.333-340
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• 1999

전자계계측 센서를 구성하기에 편리한 반사간섭형 광변조기를 제안하고, 그 동작원리와 기본특성을 이론적으로 해석하였다. 센서의 고감도화를 위하여 반사간섭형광변조기의 변조도 개선방법을 제시하였으며, $LiNbO_3$ 기판으로 반사간섭형 광변조기를 제작하여 센서를 구성하고, 저주파 전자계 측정실험을 실시하여 센서의 정성적 특성을 평가하였다. 실험에서 5% 정도의 낮은 변조도에서도 5 V/cm 의 계측결과를 얻어 전계계측센서로서 활용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.1986-1995
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• 2018

In this paper, a novel neutral-point voltage balancing scheme for NPC three-level inverters using carrier-based sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) method is developed. The new modulation approach, based on the obtained expressions of zero sequence voltage in all six sectors, can significantly suppress the low-frequency voltage oscillation in the neutral point at high modulation index and achieve a fast voltage-balancing dynamic performance. The implementation of the proposed method is very simple. Another attractive feature is that the scheme can stably control any voltage difference between the two dc-link capacitors within a certain range without using any extra hardware. Furthermore, the presented scheme is also applicable to the single-phase NPC three-level inverter. It can maintain the neutral-point voltage balance at full modulation index and improve the voltage-balancing dynamic performance of the single-phase NPC three-level inverter. The performance of the proposed strategy and its benefits over other previous techniques are verified experimentally.