• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.35-50
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• 2008

A zero-voltage-transition (ZVT) pulse width modulated (PWM) converter is a PWM converter with a single main power switch that has an auxiliary circuit to help it turn on with zero-voltage switching (ZVS). There have been many ZVT-PWM converters proposed in the literature as they are the most popular type of ZVS-PWM converters. In this paper, the properties and characteristics of several types of ZVT-PWM converters are reviewed. A new type of ZVT-PWM converter is then introduced, and the operation of a sample converter of this type is explained and analyzed in detail. A procedure for the design of the converter is presented and demonstrated experimentally. The feasibility of the new converter is confirmed with results obtained from an experimental prototype. Conclusions on the performance of ZVT-PWM converters in general are made based on the efficiency results obtained from the experimental prototypes of various ZVT-PWM converters of different types.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.129-134
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• 2012

In this paper, a new simple PWM method for Vienna rectifier is proposed. The previous SVPWM method for Vienna rectifier is very complex and difficult to implement. To solve these problems, a new single-carrier comparison PWM method for voltage control of Vienna rectifier is proposed. Because of using the only single carrier, implementation of the proposed PWM is very simple. In the proposed PWM method, carrier comparison parts of the PWM block is only changed from the 2 level PWM control block. The usefulness of the proposed PWM method is verified by the simulation and experiment.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.89-97
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• 2003

High frequency common mode voltage produced by PWM inverter fed Induction motor is a major cause of conducted EMI, creation motor ground currents, bearing currents and other harmful products. The zero switching states of inverter control invoke large in comparison with the non-zero switching state of Inverter control. We proposed a common mode voltage reduction method based on sinusoidal PWM technique. PWM signal are generated by comparing respective sinusoidal reference signal with three triangular carrier wave displaced of 120$^{\circ}$. Simulation and experimenta1 result show that common mode voltages in the proposed PWM technique are reduced by approximate 66% more than conventional FWM technique.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.384-398
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• 1990

This paper compares and shows the characteristics of various PWM strategies used to generate pulse signals of voltage source inverter. We designed the inverter using PTR and constituted the variable speed drive (VSD) system. For each PWM strategy, acoustic noise level, line-to-line voltage and current waveform, and current harmonic spectrum are measured with respect to the VSD of induction motor. The Suboptimal PWM strategy showed the similar harmonic effects to those of the Optimal PWM strategy. In addition, the microprocessor application was available to the former. The TP PWM strategy was excellent in that it could reduce the CPU load and increase the output voltage since the strategy could control only two phase of the three.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.8-14
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• 1998

This paper describes a novel real-time based optimal Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) method suitable for microprocessor-based PWM inverters. Optimal switching patterns minimizing the performance index corresponding to the distortion between the reference and the controlled output voltages are decided by on-line calculation using the microprocessor-implemented control system. To show the effectiveness of the proposed PWM scheme, digital simulation studies and experiments using a 16-bit single-chip microcontroller (Intel 80C196KC) are performed. The results obtained from these simulation studies and experiments show that the proposed PWM scheme has better performance than the other methods such as the natural PWM and the direct PWM.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.675-679
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• 1999

A single-phase PWM current source rectifier with a neutral leg is presented and throughly analyzed in this paper. This novel topology is implemented by adding an extra leg a step-down single phase PWM space vector modulation method to reduce the dc output voltage harmonics is proposed. The PWM pattern generation need a digital system. As compared with a conventional single-phase PWM rectifier, over 20% improvement of the total harmonics distortion in the output voltage can be obtained. Different SVM techniques are analyzed for this PWM rectifier and simulation result are presented.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.373-376
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• 2008

본 논문은 퍼지 펄스 폭 변조 (Pulse-width-modulation: PWM) 시스템의 안정도에 대해 다루게 된다. 복잡성을 가진 비선형 시스템은 Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) 퍼지 모델에 의해 효율적으로 논의될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 LTI 시스템에서 논의 되었던 PWM 제어기 설계 문제를 퍼지 시스템으로 확장시킴으로써 PWM 제어기에 대한 논의의 저변을 확대시키고자 한다. 또한, 리아푸노프 (Lyapunov) 안정도에 기반 한 안정도 증명을 통해 퍼지 PWM 시스템의 안정도를 분석하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.135-140
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• 2013

In this paper, novel PWM generation method for cascaded H-bridge PWM converter is proposed. The proposed method can solve the unvalancing problem between H-bridges which consist cascade PWM converter without any injection of redundancy switching pattern for solving the load of switches forced from voltage reference of controller.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1996.10b
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• pp.1265-1268
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• 1996

This paper describes a new pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme suitable for microprocessor-based PWM inverters. Optimal switching patterns minimizing the performance index corresponding to the distortion factor are decided in real time by numerical calculation using the microprocessor-implemented control system. This PWM method is compared with conventional methods, such as the natural PWM and the direct PWM. Harmonic analysis using digital simulations shows that the proposed PWM scheme has much less low-order harmonics than the other methods. The validity of this method is verified in experiments using a microprocessor-based control system, where a 16-bit single-chip microcontroller, Intel 80c196kc is used.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.498-511
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• 2016

This paper presents a single-phase five-level inverter controlled by two novel pulse width modulation (PWM) switching techniques. The proposed PWM techniques are designed based on minimum switching power loss and minimum total harmonic distortion (THD). In a single-phase five-level inverter employing six switches, the first proposed PWM technique requires four switches to operate at switching frequency and two other switches to operate at line frequency. The second proposed PWM technique requires only two switches to operate at switching frequency and the rest of the switches to operate at line frequency. Compared with conventional PWM techniques for single-phase five-level inverters, the proposed PWM techniques offer high efficiency and low harmonic components in the output voltage. The validity of the proposed PWM switching techniques in controlling single-phase five-level inverters to regulate load voltage is verified experimentally using a 100 V, 500 W laboratory prototype controlled by dspace 1103.