• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1494-1503
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• 2016

Power quality promotion has received increasing attention because of the wide use of semiconductor devices in recent decades. Reactive power regulation is crucial to ensuring the stable operation of power systems. In this study, a continuous reactive power controller, which is referred to as a parallel-connected magnetic energy recovery switch (MERS), is developed to regulate voltage or power factor in power grids. First, the operating principle is introduced, and a mathematical model is built. Second, a new control method for restraining current harmonics and the peak voltages of capacitors is presented. Using the proposed method, the MERS shows a wide range in terms of reactive power compensation. Finally, the performance of the proposed controller is demonstrated through computer simulations and experiments. Unlike STATCOMs, the proposed controller entails low losses, adopts a small dc capacitor, and offers ease of use.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2014

This paper proposes a high-efficiency supercapacitor charger. Conventional two-switch forward converter can be used for charging supercapacitors. However, the efficiency of conventional converters is low because of their switching losses. This study presents a high-efficiency two-switch forward converter for supercapacitor chargers. The proposed converter improves power efficiency by 4 %, from 89 % to 93 %. The proposed converter has the advantages of reduced switch voltage stresses and minimized circulating current when compared to other converter topologies. The performance of the proposed converter is evaluated by experimental results using a 300 W prototype circuit for a 54-V, 35-F supercapacitor bank.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권4호
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• pp.549-553
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• 2018

The applications of the pulse power technology are expanding and the necessity of a large current switch as a core component of pulsed power is increasing. A trigger gap switch composed of three electrodes was fabricated and the discharge characteristics were studied according to the change of the pressure, the shape of the main electrode, and the gap distance when the trigger pulse was applied. As a main result, the stable operation range was confirmed through the discharge inception voltage according to the gap distance and electric field analysis was performed in the same structure to confirm the electric field value of the discharge inception voltage.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권5호
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• pp.626-634
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• 2018

These days, widespread use of sensitive loads and distributed generators makes static transfer switch (STS) an essential component in power circuits to achieve a good power quality for AC Grids. In case of a short-circuit fault, previous STS cannot break the fault current. However, the proposed STS has the capability of breaking it quickly as a circuit breaker. Also if there are power quality problems such as Sag/Swell, the proposed STS can quickly transfers the load to the good quality source. Furthermore it is proved that the transfer time of the proposed STS is within one half of period of 3-phase source frequency regardless of the type of load. It is anticipated that the proposed STS may be utilized to realize many stable and reliable AC grid systems.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 전파형 ZVT-PWM 승압형 컨버터를 제안한다. 보조 스위치를 전파형 모드에서 동작을 시킴으로써, 기존의 컨버터에서 보조 스위치가 턴-오프 순간에 하드 스위칭(hard switching)을 하는 반면에 제안된 컨버터는 수동 및 능동 소자를 추가하지 않고 보조 스위치의 턴-오프 손실과 스위칭 잡음(noise)을 줄였고 그리고 고전력 밀도 시스템을 구현할 수 있다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.36-47
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• 2001

The carrier-based space vector pulse width modulation(SVPWM), which is considered as highly simple and efficient PWM technology, can be also used in multilevel inverters. The method was originally designed for the two-level inverter and developed to the diode clamped multilevel inverter structure. however it may be noted that it also cause bad switch utilization in cascaded multilevel inverter. This paper introduces an improved carrier-based SVPWM scheme, which is fully suitable for cascaded multilevel inverter topologies because it can achieve the optimized switch utilization through the redistribution of the triangular carrier waves considering leg voltage redundancies while having the advantages of the conventional carrier-based SVPWM. Using simulation and experimental results, the superior performance of new PWM method is shown.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2008

A Boost Power Factor Correction (PFC) Converter employing Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) based Compound Active Clamping (CAC) technique is presented in this paper. An Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) Filer is connected at the line side of the proposed converter to suppress Electro Magnetic Interference. The proposed converter can effectively reduce the losses caused by diode reverse recovery. Both the main switch and the auxiliary switch can achieve soft switching i.e. ZVS under certain condition. The parasitic oscillation caused by the parasitic capacitance of the boost diode is eliminated. The voltage on the main switch, the auxiliary switch and the boost diode are clamped. The principle of operation, design and simulation results are presented here. A prototype of the proposed converter is built and tested for low input voltage i.e. 15V AC supply and the experimental results are obtained. The power factor at the line side of the converter and the converter efficiency are improved using the proposed technique.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.1567-1570
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• 2022

This paper, we presents a RF protection technique of antenna switch by improving the power handling capability in worst case environment mode for mobile phone applications without critical payment of circuit performances such as insertion loss, isolation and ACBV (AC breakdown voltage). By applying a additional capacitive path located in front of the antenna in cell-phone, it performs the effective reduction of input power in high voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) condition. Under the all-path off condition which causes a high VSWR, it achieved 37.7dBm power handling level as high as 5.7dB compared to that of conventional one at 2GHz. In addition, insertion loss and isolation performances were 0.31dB and 42.72dB at 2 GHz, respectively which were almost similar to that of the conventional circuit. The proposed antenna switch was fabricated in 130nm CMOS SOI technology.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.180-184
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• 2013

이 논문에서는 (SOI) CMOS 공정을 이용한 저전력 안테나 스위치 컨트롤러 IC가 설계되었다. 제안 된 컨트롤러는 전력 수용능력과 고조파 왜곡 성능을 향상시키기 위하여 입력 신호에 따라 안테나 스위치를 구성하는 FET소자의 게이트 단자와 바디 단자에 +VDD, GND 그리고 -VDD에 해당하는 3 가지 상태의 로직 레벨을 제공한다. 또한, 입력-결합 전류제한 링 발진기와 하드웨어 효율적인 레벨 시프터를 적용함으로서 전력소모와 하드웨어 복잡도를 크게 감소시켰다. 제안 된 회로는 +2.5 V 전원을 공급받으며 송신 모드에서 135 ${\mu}A$를 소모하며 10 ${\mu}s$의 빠른 start-up 시간을 달성하였고, 전체 면적은 $1.3mm{\times}0.5mm$로 설계되었다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 기계식 스위치를 이용한 1.5 GHz 대역 고출력 Cavity 기반 튜너블 필터를 설계하고 제작하였다. 불요파를 제거하기 위해 저역통과필터를 삽입하고, 출력을 추출하기 위해 Coupler를 내장하였으며, 고출력에 적합한 기계식 스위치를 사용하여 튜너블 필터의 시스템을 구성하였다. 저역통과필터는 4~12.75 GHz까지 40 dB 이상의 감쇄 특성을 얻었고, Coupler는 40 dB의 Coupling Value와 55 dB 이상의 Coupling Isolation을 얻었다. 제작된 기계식 스위치를 사용한 튜너블 필터 시스템은 1,495.9~1,510.9 MHz Bypass Mode에서 0.88 dB, 1,495.9~1,500.9 MHz Fil Mode에서 3.29 dB의 삽입손실 특성 및 중심주파수 1,498.4 MHz에서 132 W의 출력전력과 10 ms 이하의 스위칭 절환속도를 얻었다.