• Composites Research
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.322-326
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• 2015

본 연구에서 고출력 LED를 개발하였고 등명기의 경량화 설계를 위한 복합재료의 적용에 대해 검토하였다. 복합재료의 적용을 통해 수직 변형량이 17% 감소하였고 전체중량은 알루미늄 소재 적용 대비 20% 감소에 해당하는 8.9 kg을 줄일 수 있었다. 방열 특성 측정 결과, 외기온도 $20^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 LED 패키지의 최고온도는 $63.5^{\circ}C$로 측정되었다. LED 패키지의 성능 및 수명을 고려할 때 적합한 온도 수준이다. 본 연구에서는 고출력 LED 등명기의 경량화를 위한 복합재료의 적용 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.243-250
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• 2009

본 논문은 조명용 LED 구동 장치를 위한 새로운 방식의 Two-stage LED 구동 회로를 제안한다. 제안된 회로는 PFC flyback 회로의 다중 출력을 이용하여 LED 양단에 전압을 인가하여 LED 구동 회로의 출력 전압을 획기적으로 낮출 수 있어 LED 구동 회로에 사용되는 반도체 소자의 전압 스트레스를 크게 줄일 수 있다. 제안된 회로는Universal input에서 25 [W] 이상 조명 장치에 적용되는 IEC 61000-3-2 class C 규제를 만족하고, PWM 디밍을 사용하여 넓은 범위의 휘도 조절이 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 제안 회로의 동작 원리를 설명하고, 시뮬레이션 및 LED에 실제 적용 실험하여 제안 회로의 유용성을 입증하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1137-1149
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• 2017

In order to reduce the cost, improve the efficiency and simplify the complicated control of existing isolated LED drivers, an improved boundary conduction mode (BCM) Buck ac-dc light emitting diode (LED) driver with extended output voltage and low total harmonic distortion is proposed. With a coupled inductor winding and a stacked output, its output voltage can be elevated to a much higher value when compared to that of the conventional Buck ac-dc converter, without sacrificing the input harmonics and power factor. Therefore, the proposed Buck LED driver can meet the IEC61000-3-2 (Class C) limitation and has a low THD. The operating principle of the topology and the design methodology of the ac-dc LED driver are presented. A 150 W ac-dc prototype was built in the laboratory and it shows that the input current harmonics meet the lighting standard. In addition, the THD is less than 16% at a typical ac input. The peak efficiency is higher than 96.5% at a full load and a normal input.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2011년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.427-428
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• 2011

조명용 LED 시스템은 크게 LED 광원과 이 광원을 구동하기 위한 Power부로 구성되며 LED를 이용한 조명용 광원을 구성할 경우 LED 자체가 점광원이므로 면광원 구성을 위해서는 많은 수의 LED Array 구성이 필요하다. LED Array 구성에 있어 직 병렬 구성 및 조합은 직류 공급 장치의 출력 사양을 결정하는 중요한 요인이 된다. 본 논문에서는 온도 변화에 따른 전류변동을 보상하기 위한 DC/DC 컨버터 구조를 제안한다. 컨버터의 Base 입력전압 최대치는 온도변화에 대한 전류변동의 최저치가 되며, 온도변화에 따른 전압 조정을 위한 컨버터는 0~6[V]만을 제어함으로서 낮은 전압으로 전류를 제어하고, 결과적으로 효율을 증대할 수 있을 거라 예상된다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.223-231
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• 2015

LEDs have been widely used in lighting displays, automobiles, and airplanes owing to their excellent light output characteristics and long lifespan. Though LEDs are manufactured under the same process, variations in impurity concentrations cause electrical deviation among LEDs. The resulting electrical deviation can not only reduce the life time of the LED but also cause non-uniform luminance of LEDs connected in parallel. LED driving circuit is required to solve these problems. In this paper, we propose a LED driving system using Y-type current balancing transformer to maximize the efficiency of the system by removing output stage Schottky diodes. Experimental results are presented to verify the performance of proposed LED driving system that is applied to 80 W LED modules.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제31권A호
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• pp.103-107
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• 2011

In this paper, a method is proposed to improve power factor and the input current THD in LED driver circuit. The researched circuit consists of a valley-fill circuit and boosting inductor and a Buck converter. Valley-fill circuit is a passive PFC and simplified structure, the buck converter is operated with current feedback. The switching frequency is 50KHz in LED driver circuit and LED forward current is constant. A valley-fill type PFC circuit for LED driver(15Watt) has been implemented, and the validity of proposed method is shown by is simulation and experimental result.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2021

This study presents a novel four-channel light-emitting diode (LED) current balancing topology using a current-fed hybrid quasi-Z-source converter. With the proposed structure, currents flowing through four LED strings are automatically balanced owing to the charge (amp-sec) balance condition on capacitors. Thus, automatic current balancing of the proposed driver is simple and precise. In addition, the proposed LED driver uses only one active switch and three diodes. The operating principle and characteristics of the proposed four-channel LED driver are analyzed in detail. To verify the operation of the proposed LED driver, a prototype is built and tested with different numbers of LEDs.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2021

In multi-string light-emitting diode (LED) driver system, current balancing is crucial because the brightness of LED is directly related to its forward current. This paper presents a novel LED current balancing topology using current-fed Z-source converter. With the proposed structure, currents flowing through two LED strings are automatically balanced owing to the charge-balance condition on capacitors. Operation of the proposed converter is simple and the proposed converter uses only one active switch and one diode. Moreover, low-side gate driving can be used to operate the active switch. To verify the operation of the proposed LED current balancing converter, a prototype is built and tested with different numbers of LEDs.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2014년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.431-432
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• 2014

Recently, the demand of LED(light-emitting diode) lighting is gradually enlarged by governmental saveenergy policy, which the LED lighting has been established compulsorily in new buildings, public institutions, and residential installations etc.. The LED lighting is driven by SMPS (switching mode power supply). The SMPS requires high efficiency because the SMPS changes a commercial ac power source to low voltage dc power source. Harmonic components that occur in the conversion process of SMPS decrease system power factor and deal great damage in electric power system. To improve such problems, this paper proposes a SMPS of high efficiency. The switching devices in the proposed SMPS are operated by soft switching technique using a new quasi-resonant circuit. The input ac current waveform in the proposed SMPS becomes a quasi-sinusoidal waveform proportional to the magnitude of input ac voltage under constant switching frequency. As a result, the proposed SMPS obtains low switching power loss and high efficiency, and its input power factor is nearly in unity.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.1203-1209
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• 2010

신성장 동력 산업으로 분류된 LED 조명제품은 고효율 에너지 제품으로 기존 광원보다 조도가 높고 수명이 길어 많은 주목을 받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 할로겐 MR16 조명등이나 다수의 LED를 사용한 MR16 조명등을 대체할 단일 LED를 사용하는 MR16 조명등을 개발하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 LED 패키지 MCPCB 장착 기초 실험, 3차원 방열 수치해석 및 시제품에 대한 방열 성능실험을 수행하여 성공적으로 고출력 단일 LED MR16 조명등을 개발하였다.