• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.357-361
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• 1998

A new current controlled PWM technique for a 3-level inverter has been proposed and described in the paper. The proposed current control has the simple structure without needing to calculate the switching angles of the voltage vectors. The output in the proposed inverter contains less harmonic content than that of a conventional current controlled PWM controller, since the current control can be applied to the 3-level inverter. In addition, the proposed current controlled PWM technique has lower switching frequency than that of a conventional current controlled PWM technique at the same current limit. The control method and the performance for a proposed 3-level inverter has been discussed and investigated by the computer simulation.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.188-194
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• 2000

This paper presents new Zero-Voltage-/Zero-Current-Switching (ZVZCS) PWM DC-DC converters. The proposed soft-switching technique achieves ZVS and ZCS simultaneously at both turn-on and turn-off of the main switch and diode by using only one auxiliary switch. Also, the proposed soft-switching technique is suitable for not only minority but also majority carrier semiconductor devices. The auxiliary circuit of the proposed topology is placed out the main power path and therefore, there are no voltage/current stresses on the main switch and diode. The operating principle of the proposed topology is illustrated by a detailed study with a boost converter as an example. Theoretical analysis, simulation and experimental results are presented to explain the proposed schemes.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.397-402
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• 2003

This paper concerns a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) controller design technique using digital redesign. Digital redesign is to convert a well-designed analog controller into an equivalent pulse-amplitude-modulation (PAM) controller maintaining the original analog control system in the sense of state-matching. In similar line of conversion concept, the redesigned PAM controller is converted into a PWM controller using the equivalent area principle. To convincingly visualize the proposed technique, an computer simulation example-attitude control of artificial satellite system is included.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.1524-1532
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• 2015

Conventional space vector pulse width modulation based asymmetrical dual inverter configuration produces high common mode voltage (CMV) variations. This CMV causes the flow of common mode current, which adversely affects the motor bearings and electromagnetic interference of nearby electronic systems. In this study, a simple and generalized carrier based pulse width modulation (PWM) technique is proposed for dual inverter configuration. This simple approach generates various continuous and discontinuous modulating signals based PWM algorithms. With the application of the discontinuous modulating signal based PWM algorithm to the asymmetrical dual inverter configuration, the CMV can be reduced with a slightly improved quality of output voltage. The performance of the continuous and discontinuous modulating signals based PWM algorithms is explored through both theoretical and experimental studies. Results show that the discontinuous modulating signal based PWM algorithm efficiently reduces the CMV and switching losses.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.726-731
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• 2004

This paper proposes a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) controller design technique using intelligent digital redesign. Intelligent digital redesign is to convert a well-designed analog fuzzy-model-based controller into an equivalent pulse-amplitude-modulation (PAM) digital controller maintaining the original analog control system in the sense of state-matching. In similar line of conversion concept, the redesigned PAM intelligent digital controller is converted into a PWM controller using the equivalent area principle. To convincingly visualize the proposed technique, an computer simulation example-attitude control of nonlinear artificial satellite system is included.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.212-213
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 옵셋 전압을 이용한 Random PWM 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 Random PWM은 일정 스위칭 주파수 하에서 유효벡터를 랜덤하게 위치시켜 고조파 스펙트럼(Spectrum)을 확산한다. 제안된 기법과 일반적인 PWM 기법의 고조파 스펙트럼 분포, Harmonic Spread Factor(HSF), Total Harmonic Distortion(THD)를 통해 제안된 Random PWM의 유효성을 확인하였다. 3.7kW 유도 전동기에 대한 실험을 통해 제안된 기법의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.1037-1050
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• 2018

This paper presents a novel reconfigurable selective harmonic elimination technique to control harmonics over a wide range of Modulation Indexes (MI) in Multi-Level Inverter (MLI). In the proposed method, the region of the MI is divided into various sectors and expressions are formulated with different switching patterns for each of the sectors. A memetic BBO-MAS (Biogeography Based Optimization - Mesh Adaptive direct Search) optimization algorithm is proposed for solving the Selective Harmonic Elimination - Pulse Width Modulation (SHE-PWM) technique. An experimental prototype is developed using a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and their FFT spectrums are analyzed over a wide range of MI using a fluke power logger. Simulation and experimental results have validated the performance of the proposed optimization algorithms and the reconfigurable SHE-PWM technique. Further, the sensitivity of the harmonics has been analyzed considering non-integer variations in the magnitude of the input DC sources.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.340-350
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• 2016

A cascaded hybrid multilevel inverter including a reconfiguration technique for low voltage dc distribution applications is proposed in this paper. A PWM generation fault detection and reconfiguration paradigm after an inverter cell fault are developed by using only a single-chip controller. The proposed PWM technique is also modified to reduce switching losses. In addition, the proposed topology can reduce the number of required power switches compared to the conventional cascaded multilevel inverter. The proposed technique is validated by using a 3-kVA prototype. The switching losses of the proposed multilevel inverter are also investigated. The experimental results show that the proposed hybrid inverter can improve system efficiency, reliability and cost effectiveness. The efficiency of proposed system is 97.45% under the tested conditions. The proposed hybrid inverter topology is a promising method for low voltage dc distribution and can be applied for the multiple loads which are required in a data center or telecommunication building.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 1990.10a
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• pp.68-72
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• 1990

In this paper, the technique of particul-ar harmonics elimination in three-phase PWM Inverter is discussed. And voltage control technique is derived whereby harmonics eli-mination is possible in variable voltage variable frequency three-phase I.M. The results show that experiments are in a good agreement with simulation based on the theory.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1992.07b
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• pp.1071-1073
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• 1992

PWM technique is widely applied to the control of AC machines. In this paper a new PWM technique for real-time implementation of variable-frequency sinusoidal PWM is introduced. In the proposed algorithm, a low pass filter is used and the switching state is so determined as to minimize the difference between the reference wave and the output of the filter.