• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.489-500
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• 2014

This paper presents a simple modified unipolar carrier-based pulsewidth modulation (CB-PWM) strategy for the three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) voltage source inverter (VSI). Analytical expressions for the relationship between modulation reference signals and output voltages are derived. The proposed modulation technique for the three-level NPC VSI includes the maximum and minimum of the three-phase sinusoidal reference voltages with zero-sequence voltage injection concept. The proposed modified CB-PWM strategy incorporates a novel method that requires only of one triangular carrier wave for generate the gating pulses in three-level NPC VSI. It has the advantages of being simplifying the algorithm with no need of complex two/multi-carrier pulsewidth modulation or space vector modulation (SVM) and it's also simple to implement. The possibility of the proposed CB-PWM technique has been verified though computer simulation and experimental results.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.374-381
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• 2010

Typical power electronic converters employ only pulse width modulation (PWM) to generate specific switching patterns. In this paper, a novel control strategy combining both pulse-width and amplitude modulation strategies (PWAM) has been proposed for power converters. The Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM), used in communication systems, has been applied to power electronic converters. This increases the degrees of freedom in eliminating or mitigating harmonics when compared to the conventional PWM strategies. The role of PAM in the novel PWAM strategy is based on the control of the converter's dc sources values. Software implementation of the conventional PWM and the PWAM control strategies has been applied to a five-level inverter for mitigating selective harmonics. Results show the superiority of the proposed strategy from the THD point of view along with a reduction in the inverter power dissipation.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.413-430
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• 2019

This paper presents an optimum hybrid SVPWM technique for three-level voltage source inverters (VSIs). The proposed hybrid SVPWM technique aims to minimize total harmonic distortion (THD). A new parameter is introduced to incorporate the heterogeneous nature of switching sequences of SVPWM technique. The proposed hybrid SVPWM technique is implemented on a low-cost PIC microcontroller (PIC18F452) and verified experimentally with a 2 KVA three-phase three-level insulated gate bipolar transistor-based VSI. Optimum switching sequence results in the three-level inverter configuration are demonstrated. The proposed hybrid SVPWM technique improves the THD performance by 17.3% compared with the best available three-level SVPWM technique.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.296-303
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• 2013

This paper proposes a high efficiency three-phase cascaded phase shifted H-bridge multi-level inverter without DC/DC converters for grid-tied multi string photovoltaic (PV) applications. The cascaded H-bridge topology is suitable for PV applications since each PV module can act as a separate DC source for each cascaded H-bridge module. The proposed phase shifted H-bridge multi-level topology offers advantages such as operation at a lower switching frequency and a lower current ripple when compared to conventional two level topologies. It is also shown that low ripple sinusoidal current waveforms are generated with a unity power factor. The control algorithm permits the independent control of each DC link voltage with a maximum power point for each string of PV modules. The use of the controller area network (CAN) communication protocol for H-bridge multi-level inverters, along with localized PWM generation and PV voltage regulation are implemented. It is also shown that the expansion and modularization capabilities of the H-bridge modules are improved since the individual inverter modules operate more independently. The proposed topology is implemented for a three phase 240kW multi-level PV power conditioning system (PCS) which has 40kW H-bridge modules. The experimental results show that the proposed topology has good performance.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.344-356
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• 2012

In recent years, multilevel technology has become an effective and practical solution in the field of moderate and high voltage applications. This paper discusses an APF with a three-level NPC inverter. Obviously, the application of such converter to APFs is hindered by the problem of the voltage unbalance of DC capacitors, which leads to system instability. This paper comprehensively analyzes the theoretical limitations of the neutral-point voltage balancing problem for tracking different harmonic currents utilizing current switching functions from the space vector PWM (SVPWM) point of view. The fluctuation of the neutral point caused by the load currents of certain order harmonic frequency is reported and quantified. Furthermore, this paper presents a close-loop digital control algorithm of the DC voltage for this APF. A PI controller regulates the DC voltage in the outer-loop controller. In the current-loop controller, this paper proposes a simple neutral-point voltage control method. The neutral-point voltage imbalance is restrained by selecting small vectors that will move the neutral-point voltage in the direction opposite the direction of the unbalance. The experiment results illustrate that the performance of the proposed approach is satisfactory.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.288-295
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• 2010

멀티레벨 인버터는 대용량 전력변환 분야의 요구를 만족하면서 파형왜곡을 감소시켜 전력품질 향상시킬 수 있으므로 근래에 상당히 주목받고 있다. 그런데 전압레벨이 증가함에 따라 복잡한 PWM 알고리즘을 구현하는데 FPGA가 적합하다. 본 논문에서는 FPGA로 5-레벨 다이오드 클램핑형 멀티레벨 인버터의 PWM 신호발생 기법을 제시한다. 유도전동기 제어용 DSP와 FPGA사이에 3상 기준전압 값을 안정되게 전송하는 기법을 제시한다. 32-비트 DSP와 cyclone-III FPGA를 사용한 실험 및 시뮬레이션을 통하여 반송신호 발생 방법으로 PWM 신호를 발생시키는 기법의 타당성을 검증한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.56-69
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• 2018

In this paper, an improved Space Vector Modulation (SVM) based fault tolerant operation on a nine-level Cascaded H-Bridge (CHB) inverter with an additional backup circuit is proposed. Any type of fault in a power converter may result in a power interruption and productivity loss. Three different faults on H-bridge modules in all three phases based on the SVM approach are investigated with diagrams. Any fault in an inverter phase creates an unbalanced output voltage, which can lead to instability in the system. An additional auxiliary unit is connected in series to the three phase cascaded H-bridge circuit. With the help of this and the redundant switching states in SVM, the CHB inverter produces a balanced output with low harmonic distortion. This ensures high DC bus utilization under numerous fault conditions in three phases, which improves the system reliability. Simulation results are presented on three phase nine-level inverter with the automatic fault detection algorithm in the MATLAB/SIMULINK software tool, and experimental results are presented with DSP on five-level inverter to validate the practicality of the proposed SVM fault tolerance strategy on a CHB inverter with an auxiliary circuit.

• 에너지공학
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2005

연료 전지 시스템은 아주 유용한 에너지원 중의 하나이다. 시스템은 재사용이 가능하고 환경 친화적인 에너지원이라는 장점을 갖는다. 연료 전지로부터 교류 성분을 얻기 위해서는 인버터가 필요하다. 멀티 레벨 컨버터는 고 전력 연료 전지 시스템에 대한 인버터로서 사용된다. 고조파 분석을 통하여 멀티 레벨컨버터에서 연료 전지의 전압 강하가 증가할 때 기본파 성분은 감소하는 반면 고조파 성분과 왜형률이 증가하는 것을 알 수 있다. 전압 강하 문제를 해결하기 위해서 연료 전지 출력단에 부스트 컨버터 사용, 펄스폭 제어, 울트라커패시터 사용 등 세 가지 서로 다른 해결 방법을 이 논문에서 제안하였다. 제안된 세 가지 해결 방법을 분석하였고 시뮬레이션 결과를 사용하여 비교 분석하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.401-417
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• 1994

본 논문에서는 논리 모니터링 방식에 의해 stuck-at(s-at)고장, stuck-open(s-op)고장 및 stuck on(s-on) 고장을 검출하기 위한 Domino CMOS회로의 테스트용이화 셀계기법을 제안한다. Domino CMOS게이트내 nMOS트랜지스터들의 s-op고장과 s-on고장을 검출하기 위하여 한개의 pMOS 트랜지스터를 부가하고 단일 게이트 및 다단 Domino CMOS회로내 인버어터의 pMOS트랜지스터 s-on 고장을 검출하기 위해서 한개의 nMOS트랜지스터를 부가한가. 부가된 트랜지스터는 Domino CMOS를 테스트 모드에서 pseudo nMOS회로로 동작하도록 만든다. 따라서 일반 domino CMOS회로의 테스트 시 회로지연에 의한 오동작을 방지하는 선충전(precharge phase)과 논리결정(evaluation phase)의 이상(two-phase)동작을 필요로 하지 않아 테스트 시간과 테스트 생성의 복잡도를 줄일 수 있게 된다. 제안된 회로에서는 대부분의 고장들이 단일 테스트 패턴에 의해 검출되는데 이에따라 경로지연이나 타임스큐, 전하재분배 및 그리치 등에 의해 테스트가 무효화되는 것을 피할 수 있으며 테스트 패턴 생성을 위하여 기존의 자동 테스트패턴생성기(ATPG)를 이용할 수 있는 장점을 갖는다.