• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.121-125
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• 2008

Commutator which plays the major role in switching electric currents from AC to DC is composed of copper and molding compound. The longevity of the DC motors are mostly hampered by the improper machining of the parts. Smooth surface will be mandatory to create the proper air gap of the commutator. In this thesis the selection of the proper materials and tools, the design and analysis of machine structure and the final test procedures have been investigated to achieve the smooth cut surface of the commutators. The performance and the product of the newly manufactured machine has been compared with those of the existing one. And the test result shows the new sawing machine has better overall efficiency and durability.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.33 no.12
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• pp.999-1005
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• 2016

A brushless direct current (BLDC) motor electronically performs rectification without brushes. It therefore does not have the typical mechanical friction contacts between the brushes and commutators. The BLDC motor has the advantages of high speed, low noise, and electronic noise reduction in addition to high durability and reliability. Therefore, it is mainly used in electric vehicles and electric equipment. However, iron loss and copper loss due to long-term use induce temperature increases in the motor, which reduces its performance and life. The temperatures of the stator and permanent magnet are predicted to be $62.3^{\circ}C$ and $32.2^{\circ}C$, respectively. This study shows the enhanced temperature distribution in a 600 W BLDC motor using unsteady and three-dimensional (3D) numerical investigations validated with experimental data.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.43 no.1 s.307
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• pp.101-108
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• 2006

In this paper, an efficient butterfly structure for Radix-4 FFT algorithm using DA(Distributed Arithmetic) is proposed. It is shown that DA can be efficiently used in twiddle factor calculation of the Radix-4 FFT algorithm. The Verilog-HDL coding results for the proposed DA butterfly structure show $61.02\%$ cell area reduction comparison with those of the conventional multiplier butterfly structure. furthermore, the 64-point Radix-4 pipeline structure using the proposed butterfly and delay commutators is compared with other conventional structures. Implementation coding results show $46.1\%$ cell area reduction. Due to its efficient processing scheme, the proposed FFT structure can be widely used in large size of FFT like OFDM Modem.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.103-110
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• 2008

In this paper, an efficient butterfly structure for 8K/2K-Point Radix-4 FFT algorithm using CORDIC(coordinate rotation digital computer) is proposed. It is shown that CORDIC can be efficiently used in twiddle factor calculation of the Radix-4 FFT algorithm. The Verilog-HDL coding results for the proposed CORDIC butterfly structure show 36.9% cell area reduction comparison with those of the conventional multiplier butterfly structure. Furthermore, the 8K/2K-point Radix-4 pipeline structure using the proposed butterfly and delay commutators is compared with other conventional structures. Implementation coding results show 11.6% cell area reduction. Due to its efficient processing scheme, the proposed FFT structure can be widely used in large size of FFT like OFDM Modem.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.704-711
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• 2023

This paper discusses the control method of BLDC(Brushless Direct Current) motor that has similar electrical characteristics with DC motor but has improved its lifespan and reliability. The BLDC motor can improve durability and speed stability by using rotor position information to eliminate commutators that require mechanical contact with DC motors. In this study, a controller for a DC motor was designed based on the fact that the current in the windings of a BLDC motor is a square-wave current like the current flowing in the armature of a DC motor. Next, the designed controller was applied to a 3-phase BLDC motor to confirm the effectiveness of the controller. In detail, a single-phase DC motor with electrical parameter values of a three-phase BLDC motor was modeled and a PI controller for motor speed control was designed by applying the root locus method to the derived system. The speed control simulation of the DC motor was performed to confirm the validity of the controller, and the same controller was applied to the speed control of the 3-phase BLDC motor implemented in MATLAB. From the simulation, similar results of the DC motor were obtained in the 3 phase BLDC motor and confirmed the usefulness of the proposed control scheme.