• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.974-981
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• 2012

A FPGA based delta modulated single phase matrix converter has been developed that may be used in both cyclo-converters and cyclo-inverters. This converter is ideal for variable speed electrical drives, induction heating, fluorescent lighting, ballasts and high frequency power supplies. The peripheral input-output and FPGA interfacing have been developed through Xilinx 9.2i, to generate delta modulated trigger pulses for the converter. The controller has been relieved of the time consuming computational task of PWM signal generation by implementing the method of trigger pulse generation in a FPGA by using Hardware Description Language VHDL in Xilinx. The trigger circuit has been tested qualitatively by observing various waveforms on an oscilloscope. The operation of the proposed system has been found to be satisfactory.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.43-50
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• 2010

This paper proposes a new harmonic elimination PWM (HEPWM) scheme for voltage source inverters (VSI) based on the curve fittings of certain polynomials functions. The resulting equations to calculate the switching angle of the HEPWM require only the addition and multiplication processes; therefore any number of harmonics to be eliminated and the fundamental amplitude of the pole switching waveform (NP1) can be controlled on-line. An extensive angle error analysis is carried out to determine the accuracy of the algorithm in comparison to the exact solution. To verify the workability of the technique, an experimental single phase VSI is constructed. The algorithm is implemented on a VSI using a 16-bit microprocessor. The results obtained from the test rig are compared to the theoretical prediction and the results of the MATLAB simulations.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.448-452
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• 1997

Theoretical average current and rms current equations are solved using the analytical method in the 3phase voltage-fed inverter. Experimental switch current equations are established by simulation and compared with theoretical equations. As a result of analysis, average and rms currents of switch devices are represented by a function as power factor and modulation index. Especially, equations of this paper are represented as a function of a single factor(K) equal to the product of the power factor and modulation index. Method that can find current levels of switch devices for inverter design and conduction loss of inverter in a simple and accurate manner is presented. Influences of modulation method on switch current are also studied.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.309-311
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• 2007

본 논문은 단상풀브릿지 구조를 갖는 계통연계형 전압형 PWM 인버터를 위한 필터설계를 목적으로 한다. 단상풀브릿지 전압형 PWM 인버터의 교류출력단 전압과 계통전압의 관계를 분석하여 필터인덕터에 흐르는 스위칭리플전류의 크기를 정량적으로 구하였다. 이러한 분석을 기초로 하여 계통주입전류의 기본파성분에 대한 리플전류의 비율을 평가함수로 하는 필터인덕터의 설계법을 제시하였다. 제안된 설계방법을 시뮬레이션 및 실험을 통하여 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.312-314
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• 2007

본 논문은 단상하프브릿지 구조를 갖는 계통연계형 전압형 PWM 인버터를 위한 필터설계를 목적으로 한다. 단상하프브릿지 전압형 PWM 인버터의 교류출력단 전압과 계통전압의 관계를 분석하여 필터인덕터에 흐르는 스위칭리플전류의 크기를 정성적 및 정량적으로 구하였다. 이러한 분석을 기초로 하여 계통주입전류의 기본파성분에 대한 스위칭리플전류의 비율을 평가함수로 하는 필터인덕터의 설계법을 제시하였다. 제안된 설계방법을 실험을 통하여 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.389-392
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 단상 5-레벨 cascaded 인버터의 출력 전압 및 전류의 파워 스펙트럼을 광대역으로 분산시키기 위한 멀티 캐리어 RPW(Random PWM)기법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 고정 주파수의 멀티 캐리어 대신에 랜덤한 주파수의 삼각파 캐리어를 사용하고 있다. PD(Phase Disposition)방식 및 H(Hybrid)방식의 멀티 캐리어 RPW을 단상 cascade H-브리지 멀티 레벨 인버터에 적용하였다. 각 방식에 따른 출력 전압과 전류 파형 및 고조파 스펙트럼을 PSIM에 의하여 확인하였으며, 제안된 방식의 타당성을 입증할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.1989-2000
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• 2015

In this paper, digital peak current mode control for single phase H-bridge inverters is developed and implemented. The digital peak current mode control is achieved by directly controlling the PWM signals by cycle-by-cycle current limitation. Unlike the DC-DC converter where the output voltage always remains in the positive region, the output of DC-AC inverter flips from positive to negative region continuously. Therefore, when the inverter operates in negative region, the control should be changed to valley current mode control. Thus, a novel control logic circuit is required for the function and need to be analyzed for the hardware to track the sinusoidal reference in both regions. The problem of sub-harmonic instability which is inherent with peak current mode control is also addressed, and then proposes the digital slope compensation in constant-sloped external ramp to suppress the oscillation. For unipolar PWM switching method, an adaptive slope compensation in digital manner is also proposed. In this paper, the operating principles and design guidelines of the proposed scheme are presented, along with the performance analysis and numerical simulation. Also, a 200W inverter hardware prototype has been implemented for experimental verification of the proposed controller scheme.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.250-255
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• 2013

This paper proposes an optimal current distribution method of dual-rotor brushless DC machines (DR-BLDCMs) which have inner and outer surface-mounted permanent-magnet rotors. The DR-BLDCM has high power density and high torque density compare to the conventional single rotor BLDCM. To drive the DR-BLDCM, dual 3-phase PWM inverters are required to excite the currents of a dual stator of the DR-BLDCM and an optimal current distribution algorithm is also needed to enhance the system efficiency. In this paper, the copper loss and the switching loss of a DR-BLDCM drive system are analyzed according to the motor parameters and the switching frequency. Moreover, the optimal current distribution method is proposed to minimize the total electrical loss. The validity of the proposed method was verified through several experiments.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.157-158
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• 2014

단상 계통연계형 인버터에서 전류센서를 통한 상전류 측정시 옵셋 오차는 전류센서와 측정 경로상에 위치한 아날로그 소자의 전압 불균형 및 비선형성으로 인하여 발생하게 된다. 또한 데드타임은 전력용 반도체 스위치를 제어하기 위한 PWM 신호 출력시 필연적으로 발생된다. 본 논문에서는 데드타임으로 인하여 왜곡된 상전류에 포함된 옵셋 오차에 의한 영향을 분석하고 동기좌표계 dq축 전류에 포함된 특정 고조파 성분을 제거하기 위하여 PR 제어기를 사용한 알고리즘이 제안되었다. 데드타임 및 옵셋 오차로 인해 발생된 전류맥동 보상을 위한 기준신호로는 동기좌표계 dq축 전류를 사용하였다. 제안된 알고리즘의 타당성을 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통하여 증명하였다.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.35-42
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• 2016

Developments in power electronics have enabled the widespread application of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) inverters, notably for connecting renewable systems to the grid. This study demonstrates that a high-quality power can be achieved using a stand-alone inverter, whereby the comparison between the power quality of the stand-alone inverter with battery storage (off-grid) and the power quality of the utility network is presented. Multi-loop control techniques for a single phase stand-alone inverter are used. A capacitor current control is used to give active damping and enhance the transient and steady state inverter performance. A capacitor current control is cheaper than the inductor current control, where a small current sensing resistor is used. The output voltage control is used to improve the system performance and also control the output voltage. The inner control loop uses a proportional gain current controller and the outer loop is implemented using internal model control proportional-integral-derivative to ensure stability. The optimal controls are achieved by using the Sisotool tool in MATLAB/Simulink. The outcome of the control scheme of the numerical model of the stand-alone inverter has a smooth and good dynamic performance, but also a strong robustness to load variations. The numerical model of the stand-alone inverter and its power quality are presented, and the power quality is shown to meet the IEEE 519-2014. Furthermore, the power quality of the off-grid system is measured experimentally and compared with the grid power, showing power quality of off-grid system to be better than that of the utility network.