• KIPE Magazine
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.31-37
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• 2022

20세기 디스플레이의 중심에 서 있던 브라운관이 1990년대 이후 PDP나 LCD 등 박형 평판디스플레이로 대체되면서 현재까지 스크린 사이즈의 중대형화, 고해상도화, 저소비전력화, 저가격화 등 다양한 노력들이 지속적으로 이루어져 왔다. 특히 TV와 디스플레이 산업에 있어 우리나라는 2004년 이후 세계 점유율 1위의 위치를 꾸준히 유지해 오고 있으나 2020년에 들어서면서 중국과의 격차가 1%대로 좁혀지고 있는 등 TV 시장에 대한 후발주자의 공세가 점차 거세지고 있다. 이에 따라 LCD에서 OLED나 마이크로 LED 등 차세대 디스플레이로의 사업구조 전환을 서두르고 있으며 후발주자의 추격 또한 만만치 않은 상황에 있다. 이러한 가운데 코로나 19를 계기로 비대면 문화가 확산되면서 IT 제품 수요가 지속적인 강세를 보이고 있으며 TV와 디스플레이도 대형 및 프리미엄 TV를 중심으로 그 수요가 빠르게 확대 개선되고 있는 추세로서 100인치대 내외의 대화면, 8K UHD와 같은 초고해상도, 5-10mm 수준의 초슬림에 대한 요구가 절정을 이루고 있다. 이를 위해 TV와 디스플레이를 구성하는 핵심 요소인 전원장치 또한 고전력밀도와 초솔림화를 위한 많은 연구 개발이 이루어지고 있으며 특히 최근 EU의 에코디자인 규정에 따라 디스플레이의 소비전력과 효율 또한 매우 중요한 이슈로 부각되고 있다. 한편, 최근까지 주류를 이루고 있는 LCD TV와 디스플레이용 전원장치의 경우 역률 개선을 위한 PFC(Power Factor Correction) 단과 LED 백라이트 및 영상보드의 전원공급을 위한 절연형 DC/DC 단으로 구성되며, OLED와 같은 저전압 대전류 디스플레이 소자의 경우 전반적인 전원장치의 구성은 유사하나 비절연형 DC/DC컨버터가 추가적으로 요구되기도 한다. 본고에서는 상기한 바와 같은 최근 추세에 따라 TV 및 디스플레이용 전원장치의 각 구성요소별로 고효율, 고밀도, 초슬림을 위한 전원회로 기술에 대해 간략히 소개한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.249-258
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• 2003

This paper presents a high-efficient and cost effective three-phase AC/DC-DC/AC power conversion system with a single two-switch type active Auxiliary Resonant DC Link (ARDCL) snubber circuit, which can minimize the total power dissipation. The active ARDCL snubber circuit is proposed in this paper and its unique features are described. Its operation principle in steady-state is discussed for the three phase AC/DC-DC/AC converter, which is composed of PWM rectifier as power factor correction (PFC) converter, sinewave PWM inverter. In the presented power converter system not only three-phase AC/DC PWM rectifier but also three-phase DC/AC inverter can achieve the stable ZVS commutation for all the power semiconductor devices. It is proved that the proposed three-phase AC/DC-DC/AC converter system is more effective and acceptable than the previous from the cost viewpoint and high efficient consideration. In addition, the proposed two-switch type active auxiliary ARDCL snubber circuit can reduce the peak value of the resonant inductor injection current in order to maximize total system actual efficiency by using the improved DSP based control scheme. Moreover the proposed active auxiliary two-switch ARDCL snubber circuit has the merit so that there is no need to use any sensing devices to detect the voltage and current in the ARDCL sunbber circuit for realizing soft-switching operation. This three-phase AC/DC-DC/AC converter system developed for UPS can achieve the 1.8% higher efficiency and 20dB lower conduction noise than those of the conventional three-phase hard-switching PWM AC/DC-DC/AC converter system. It is proved that actual efficiency of the proposed three-phase AC/DC-DC/AC converter system operating under a condition of soft switching is 88.7% under 10kw output power.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.9-15
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• 2004

The most shortcoming of metalhalide lamps is what the instant restarting cannot be realized when the arc tube is in the hot condition. The discharge starting voltage of arc tube in the hot condition is much higher than in the cold condition. Therefore it takes about five minutes to restart the metalhalide lamps, that is to say, it is possible to start when the pressure and the temperature are decreased. But, if the lamp is restarted in the hot condition, we must supply the high voltage pulse with 20[kV] at the both electrode of lamp. The proposed electronic ballast is consist of a electromagnetic interference(EMI) filter, a power factor correction(PFC) circuit, a flyback converter, a half-bridge inverter, and a high voltage igniter circuit. By this composition we can start/restart the lamp with the voltage 20[kV], even if the lamp is in the hot condition.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.23 no.12
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• pp.127-135
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• 2009

In this paper, the Interleaved AC/DC boost converter using two inductor with voltage-doubler characteristic when it operates with a duty cycle greater than 0.5 is proposed. Generally, the low-line(Input AC 110[V]) operation of the AC/DC boost converter is much less efficient than high-line (Input AC 220[V]) operation. The proposed Interleaved AC/DC boost converter operates as a voltage doubler at low-line. Its low-line range have higher power factor and improved efficiency compared with that of conventional converter. This research proposed the Interleaved AC/DC boost converter for voltage-doubler characteristic. The principle of operation, feature and design considerations is illustrated and the validity of verified through the experiment with a 300[W] based experimental circuit.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.62 no.6
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• pp.798-802
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• 2013

In a conventional DC power supply used for CO2 laser, the circuit elements such as a rectifier bridge, a current-limiting resistor, a high voltage switch, energy storage capacitors ans a high-voltage isolation transformer using high turn ratio are necessary. Consequently, those supplies are expensive and require a large space. Thus, laser resonator and power supply should be optimally designed. In this paper, we propose a new power supply using high frequency resonance phenomena for CW(Continuous wave) CO2 laser (maximum output of 23W with discharge length of 450mm). It consists of a transformer including leakage inductance, magnetizing inductance and half-bridge converter, a three-stage Cockcroft-Walton and PFC(Power factor correction) circuit. The output ripple voltage can be controlled the minimum of 0.24% under the high frequency switching of 231kHz. Furthermore, the output efficiency was improved to 16.4% and the laser output stability of about 5.6% was obtained in this laser system.