• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 1998년도 Proceedings ICPE 98 1998 International Conference on Power Electronics
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• pp.1047-1050
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• 1998

This paper describes an advanced prototype of voltage-fed zero voltage soft-switching PWM resonant inverter with an active voltage clamped capacitor, which is put into practice for high-frequency high-power induction-heated appliances. This application-specific quasi-resonant inverter using the latest generation IGBTs for soft-switching can regulate its output power under a principle of a fixed frequency ZVS-PWM strategy. Its operating principle and unique features are presented as compared with a conventional quasi-resonant ZVS inverter for induction-heated cooker, together with its power regulation characteristics on the basis of its simulation and experimental results. The steady-state performances of this inverter developed for multi-burner type induction-heated food cooking appliance are evaluated and discussed from a practical point of view.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.312-321
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• 2013

In this paper, high efficiency control method for flyback inverter with synchronous rectifier(SR) based on photovoltaic AC modules is proposed. In this control method, the operation of SR is classified according to the voltage spike across main switch SP. When the voltage spike across SP is lower than the rating voltage of SP, the operation of active clamp circuit is interrupted for reducing the switching loss of auxiliary switch. In this time, the SR is operated for soft-switching of SP. When the voltage spike across Sp is higher than the rating voltage of SP, the operation of active circuit is activated for reducing the voltage spike. The SR is operated for reducing the conduction loss of secondary output diode. Thus, a switching loss of the main switch can be reduced in low power region, and weighted-efficiency can be improved. A theoretical analysis and the design principle of the proposed method are provided. And validity is confirmed through simulation and experimental results.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.436-441
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• 2009

An air filter is a device to remove dust from the air supplied to the automotive engine. A requirement for the optimum air filter is to improve the capability to remove particles from the air it takes in, that is the efficiency and amount of dust collection. By removing dust from the air, the air filter prevents the engine cylinder from wear, reduces ventilation resistance, and thus improves engine output and guarantees intake performance. In order to guarantee such air filter performance, it is very important to properly seal the air filter. For passenger cars made in Korea, the air filters are fabricated with steel caps as their frames are large and their engine capacity is big. Recently however, European countries and Japan started using urethane for manufacturing the air filter, so that all foreign-made cars now have urethane filters. The urethanes used for air filters are applied in two ways: One is to use soft urethane for both top and bottom of the air filter and the other is to use soft urethane for the top and hard urethane for the bottom. Each of these method has unique problems. In this study, hard urethane is used for both top and bottom of the filter in order to improve those problems and increase the sealing efficiency. Especially for the top, NBR (rubber mold) is pre-settled in tough urethane and then the urethane is solidified through foaming, which makes it possible to develop a solid and double-sealed filter.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 1990

Soft X-ray는 자연상태의 생물체를 높은 대비(high contrast)의 영상으로 관찰할 수 있는 광원이다. 1GW급의 광분해 옥소레이저 ($\lambda$=1.315$\mu\textrm{m}$, E=12.7J)를 몰리브덴(Mo) 표적에 집속시켜 플라즈마를 발생시켰으며 플라즈마에서 방출되는 넓은 파장 영역의 연속스펙트럼을 0.1$\mu\textrm{m}$ 두께의 알루미늄 필터를 거치게 하여 soft X-ray 영역에 중심세기를 갖는 광원을 얻었다. X-ray용 resist로 감도가 좋은 PBS를 사용하여 그물망(mesh), 거미줄, 적혈구의 replica를 얻었다. 본해능에 미치는 두 가지의 주된 영향인 광원의 크기에 의한 영향과 Fresnel 회절효과를 고찰하고 실험결과를 비교하였다. 본 실험에서는 0.1$\mu\textrm{m}$이하의 분해능을 얻었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.279-289
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• 2023

Brittleness index (BI) is an important property of rocks because it is a good index to predict rockburst. Due to its importance, several empirical and soft computing (SC) models have been proposed in the literature based on the punch penetration test (PPT) results. These models are very important as there is no clear-cut experimental means for measuring BI asides the PPT which is very costly and time consuming to perform. This study used a novel Multivariate Adaptive regression spline (MARS), M5P, and white-box ANN to predict the BI of rocks using the available data in the literature for an improved BI prediction. The rock density, uniaxial compressive strength (σ_c) and tensile strength (σ_t) were used as the input parameters into the models while the BI was the targeted output. The models were implemented in the MATLAB software. The results of the proposed models were compared with those from existing multilinear regression, linear and nonlinear particle swarm optimization (PSO) and genetic algorithm (GA) based models using similar datasets. The coefficient of determination (R²), adjusted R² (Adj R²), root-mean squared error (RMSE) and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) were the indices used for the comparison. The outcomes of the comparison revealed that the proposed ANN and MARS models performed better than the other models with R² and Adj R² values above 0.9 and least error values while the M5P gave similar performance to those of the existing models. Weight partitioning method was also used to examine the percentage contribution of model predictors to the predicted BI and tensile strength was found to have the highest influence on the predicted BI.

• 한국컴퓨터산업학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2007

피부과용 레이저 파장은 아주 얇은층의 조직두께에서 물의 흡수가 거의 90%이상 일어나는데 병소의 표피나 조직은 거의 물로 구성되어 흡수로 인해 증발효과를 가질 수가 있다. 표피를 절개, 층별로 증발 시킬 수 있으며 조직의 정확한 절개가 가능하다. 혈관이나 림프시스템에도 봉합수술이 가능하고 수술부위가 건조하고 눈으로 볼수 있고 무출혈 수술이 가능하다. 특히, 펄스에 대한 튜브양단 출력의 안정이 매우 중요함으로, 본 연구에서는 고주파 방식의 전력변환 장치를 사용하여 부피를 줄이고 의료용 레이저의 전류파형을 쉽게 제어할 수 있어 다양한 치료 효과를 낼 수 있다. ZVS(Zero Voltage Switching)나 ZVZCS(Zero Voltage and Zero Current Switching)를 도입하면 스위칭 손실을 줄일 수 있어 더욱 유리하다. 제안된 의료용 레이저의 전력부에는 1차측 도움에 의한 ZVZCS기법을 도입하여 넓은 부하 범위에서 안정된 soft-switching을 할 수가 있고 제어부는 microcontroller를 구성하여 출력전류 파형을 사용자가 임의의 형태를 갖도록 하였다. 설계 및 제작하여 실험한 결과, 기존장비에 비해 20%의 향상된 결과를 가져왔고, 추후 시스템적으로 보완을 하면 우수한 결과가 될 것으로 사려된다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.652-659
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• 2015

This paper presents a new hybrid soft switching dc-dc converter with a low circulating current and high circuit efficiency. The proposed hybrid converter includes two sub-converters sharing two power switches. One is a three-level PWM converter and the other is a LLC converter. The LLC converter and the three-level converter share the lagging-leg switches and extend the zero-voltage switching (ZVS) range of the lagging-leg switches from nearly zero to full load since the LLC converter can be operated at f_sw (switching frequency) $\approx$ f_r (series resonant frequency). A passive snubber is used on the secondary side of the three-level converter to decrease the circulating current on the primary side, especially at high input voltage and full load conditions. Thus, the conduction losses due to the circulating current are reduced. The output sides of the two converters are connected in series. Energy can be transferred from the input voltage to the output load within the whole switching period. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed converter is verified by experiments with a 1.44kW prototype circuit.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 1999

본 연구는 새로운 영전압, 영전류 스위칭 Forward 컨버터에 관한 것으로 종래의 하드 스위칭(Hard-Switching) Forward 컨버터에 있어서 Turn-off 및 Turn-off시 발생되는 스위칭 손실 및 출력 다이오드 역회복 특성에 따른 손실증가와 스위칭시 발생되는 기생진동을 Forward 컨버터에 있어서 1차측 주 스위칭소자 및 2차측 출력 정류다이오드와 병렬로 무손실 스너버를 적용함으로써 Forward 컨버터의 1차측 스위칭 소자의 Turn-off 및 Turn-on시 영전압, 영전류 스위칭을 이룰 수 있고, 출력 정류다이오드도 영전압, 영전류 스위칭 됨으로 다이오드의 역회복손실 및 기생 진동에 따른 EMI(Electro-Magnetic Interference)를 줄일 수 있는 무손실 스너버 적용 영전압, 영전류 스위칭 Forward 컨버터에 관한 것이다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.7-15
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• 2008

A single active capacitor snubber-assisted soft-switching sinewave pulse modulation utility-interactive power conditioner with a three-winding flyback high frequency transformer link and a bidirectional active power switch in its secondary side has been proposed. With the aid of the switched-capacitor quasi-resonant snubber cell, the high frequency switching devices in the primary side of the proposed DC-to-AC sinewave power inverter can be turned-off with ZVS commutation. In addition to this, the proposed power conditioner in the DCM can effectively take the advantages of ZCS turn-on commutation. Its output port is connected directly to the utility AC power source grid. At the end, the prototype of the proposed HF-UPC is built and tested in experiment. Its power conversion conditioning and processing circuit with a high frequency flyback transformer link is verified and the output sinewave current is qualified in accordance with the power quality guidelines of the utility AC interactive power systems.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.255-266
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• 2015

In this paper, a low-complexity and low-power soft output multiple input multiple output (MIMO) symbol detector is proposed for mobile devices with two transmit and two receive antennas. The proposed symbol detector can support both the spatial multiplexing mode and spatial diversity mode in single hardware and shows the optimal maximum likelihood (ML) performance. By applying a multi-stage pipeline structure and using a complex multiplier based on the polar-coordinate, the complexity of the proposed architecture is dramatically decreased. Also, by applying a clock-gating scheme to the internal modules for MIMO modes, the power consumption is also reduced. The proposed symbol detector was designed using a hardware description language (HDL) and implemented using a 65nm CMOS standard cell library. With the proposed architecture, the proposed MIMO detector takes up an area of approximately $0.31mm^2$ with 183K equivalent gates and achieves a 150Mbps throughput. Also, the power estimation results show that the proposed MIMO detector can reduce the power consumption by a maximum of 85% for the various test cases.