• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1235-1243
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• 2015

This paper presents a modified Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation Technique (SVPWM), which solves the well-known problem of voltage imbalance in the capacitors of a single-phase multilevel inverter. The proposed solution is based on the measurement of DC voltage levels at each capacitor of the inverter DC bus. The measurements are then used to adjust the size of the active vectors within the SVPWM algorithm to keep the voltage waveform sinusoidal regardless of any voltage imbalance on the DC link capacitors. When a voltage deviation exceeds a predetermined hysteresis band, the correspondent voltage vector is restricted to restore the voltage level to an acceptable threshold. Hence, the need for external voltage regulators for the voltage capacitors is eliminated. The functionality of the proposed algorithm is successfully demonstrated through simulations and experiments on a grid tied application.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2017년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.216-218
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• 2017

The imbalance at the 3-phase side at the railway power supply substation has been a well-known issue. Due to the difference in status of loads at each phase at any given moment, it is difficult to maintain the balance in the 2-phase side of the transformer. Consequently, the 3-phase side also presents a certain level of imbalance as well. A co-phase power supply was proposed as a solution. The real application of such system is gradually expanding, proving the effectiveness of the system. In this paper, the application of the single phase D-Q rotating frame theory was applied to the control of the co-phase power supply system. In addition, the power stack of the system was composed of MMC valves, which offers superior operational characteristics. The effectiveness of the system was verified with a real-time simulation, and the results are presented.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.25-33
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• 2021

Energy-harvesting wireless sensor networks(EH-WSNs) can collect energy from the environment and overcome the technical limitations of existing power. Since the transmission distance in a wireless sensor network is limited, the data are delivered to the destination node through multi-hop routing. In EH-WSNs, the routing protocol should consider the power situations of nodes, which is determined by the remaining power and energy-harvesting rate. In addition, in applications such as environmental monitoring, when there are urgent data, the routing protocol should be able to transmit it stably and quickly. This paper proposes an adaptive routing protocol that satisfies different requirements of normal and urgent data. To extend network lifetime, the proposed routing protocol reduces power imbalance for normal data and also minimizes transmission latency by controlling the transmission power for urgent data. Simulation results show that the proposed adaptive routing can improve network lifetime by mitigating the power imbalance and greatly reduce the transmission delay of urgent data.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.422-431
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• 2017

The equivalent circuit of a three-leg, four-wire voltage source converter (VSC) is derived using switching functions. Simulations and experiments are conducted (i) to investigate the effects of the zero sequence on VSCs when a three-phase imbalance exists and (ii) to use the consistency of simulations and laboratory experiments to validate the equivalent circuit. The impact of a three-phase imbalance on the VSC has yet to be fully investigated because of the lack of an equivalent circuit to show rigorously how the zero sequence currents flow through the VSC.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.757-765
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• 2007

OFDM(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) 시스템은 이동성이 있는 고속 데이터 전송에 적합한 전송 방법으로 널리 알려져 있지만, 위상 잡음과 직교 불균형(IQ imbalance)에 매우 민감한 특성을 보이는 단점이 있다. 그러므로, 본 논문에서는 위상 잡음 특성에 따른 위상 잡음 분산을 계산한 다음, 직교 불균형이 있는 OFDM 시스템의 통신 성능을 분석하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, 위상 잡음의 분산과 직교 불균형의 크기 변화에 따라 통신 성능이 변화하는 것을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 진폭 불균형이 ${\varepsilon}$=0.2; 0.3; 0.4이고, 위상 불균형이 ${\phi}=10^0$이고, 위상 잡음의 분산 ${\sigma}^2=0.012$일 때, BER은 $10^{-5}$에서 각각 2.88 dB, 3.61 dB, 4.69 dB의 SNR penalty가 존재한다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2009

DFT(Discrete Fourier Transform) 확산 방식의 OFDM(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) 통신 시스템은 PAPR(Peak-to-Average Power Ratio) 저감에 매우 효과적인 시스템이며, 3GPP LTE($3^{rd}$ Generation Partnership Project Long Term Evolution)의 상향 링크에 SC-FDMA(Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access)에 사용된다. SC-FDMA는 일반적으로 OFDM 시스템보다 위상잡음과 직교 불균형으로 인한 ICI(Inter-Carrier Interference)에서 더 성능 열화가 발생하며, 등화기에 심각한 영향을 미친다. 그러므로 본 논문에서는 상향 링크에서 신호 전송 시 발생하는 위상잡음과 직교 불균형(IQ Imbalance: In-phase/Quadrature Imbalance), 그리고 전력 증폭기(HPA: High Power Amplifier)의 백-오프 특성에 따른 영향을 분석하고, ICI 성분을 제거할 수 있는 효과적인 등화 알고리듬을 제시한다. 제안된 등화기는 FDE(Frequency Domain Equalizer) 방식을 기반으로 설계하였으며, 기존의 PNS(Phase Noise Suppression) 알고리듬을 FDE에 사용될 수 있도록 수정하고 개선하여 위상 잡음과 직교 불균형으로 인한 ICI를 보상한다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 통하여 back-off 5.5 dB 상태에서 위상 잡음 $0.06\;rad^2$, 위상 에러 5도, 진폭 에러 0.005인 경우, 위상 잡음과 직교 불균형을 보상하여 SNR=14 dB 정도에서 $BER=10^{-4}$의 성능을 만족할 수 있다.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.227-247
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• 2012

This paper investigates the source of bilateral trade imbalance at industry level. We build a simple model based on gravity theory and derive the prediction that the bilateral trade balance in an industry is increasing in the difference between trading partners in the output share of the industry. We test this prediction and find that the difference in industry share is highly significant in predicting both the sign and the magnitude of trade balance at industry level. We also find that FTAs tend to enlarge trade imbalance at industry level. However, the overall predictive power of the model is rather limited, suggesting that factors other than production specialization are important in determining trade balance at industry level. Another finding of the paper is that the influence of the difference in industry share on trade balance increases as we move to industries that produce more homogeneous products. This finding calls into question monopolistic competition as the main driver of gravity in international trade.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.348-355
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• 2022

A bipolar DC distribution system suffers from an imbalance in voltages when asymmetric loads are connected at the outputs. Dedicated voltage balancers are required to address the imbalance in bipolar voltage levels. However, additional components eventually increase the cost and decrease the efficiency and power density of the system. Therefore, to deal with the imbalance in output voltages without adding any extra components, this study presents a coupled inductor-based voltage balancing technique with a dual-output CLL resonant converter. The proposed coupled inductor does not require extra magnetic components to balance the output voltages because it is the result of resonant inductors of the CLL tank circuit. It can also avoid complex control schemes applied to voltage balancing. Moreover, with the proposed coupled inductor, the CLL converter acquires good features including zero voltage and zero current switching. Detailed analysis of the proposed coupled inductor is presented with different load conditions. A 3.6-kW hardware prototype was built and tested to validate the performance of the proposed coupled inductor-based voltage balancing technique.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.505-513
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• 2006

A linear power amplifier is particularly emphasized on the system using a linear modulations, such as 16QAM and QPSK with pulse shaping. because intermodulation distortion which causes adjacent channel interference and co-channel interference is mostly generated in a nonlinear power amplifier. In this paper, parameters of a linearization loop, such as an amplitude imbalance a phase imbalance and a delay mismatch, are briefly analyzed to get a specific cancellation performance and linearization bandwidth. Experimental results are presented for IMT-2000 frequency band. The center frequency of the feedforward amplifier is 2140 MHz with 60 MHz bandwidth. When the average output power of feedforward amplifier is 20 Watt. the intermodulation cancellation performance is more than 21 dB. In this case, the output power of feedforward amplifier reduced 3.5 dB because of extra delay line loss and coupling loss. The feedforward amplifier efficiency is more than 7.2 % for multicarrier signals, 59 dBc for ACPR.

• 한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2005년도 전기학술대회논문집
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• pp.1176-1185
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• 2005

A linear power amplifier is particularly emphasized on the system using a linear modulations, such as 16QAM and QPSK with pulse shaping, because intermodulation distortion which causes adjacent channel interference and co-channel interference is mostly generated in a nonlinear power amplifier. In this paper, parameters of a linearization loop, such as an amplitude imbalance, a phase imbalance and a delay mismatch, are briefly analyzed to get a specific cancellation performance and linearization bandwidth. Experimental results are presented for IMT-2000 frequency band. The center frequency of the feedforward amplifier is 2140 MHz with 60 MHz bandwidth. When the average output power of feedforward amplifier is 20 Watt, the intermodulation cancellation performance is more than 21 dB. In this case, the output power of feedforward amplifier reduced 3.5 dB because of extra delay line loss and coupling loss. The feedforward amplifier efficiency is more than 7.2 % for multicarrier signals, 59 dBc for ACPR.