• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.570-578
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• 2002

Cathodic protection is widely used to prevent corrosion of steel materials buried in the underground and sea. As a rectifier for cathodic protection, the conventional phase-controlled rectifiers have been used so far in spite of such shortcomings as large volume, heavy weight and floor power factor. In order to overcome such disadvantages, this paper proposes a new module-type switching rectifier for cathodic protection, which is composed of two parts, namely, AC/DC converter and module- type DC/DC converter. The AC/DC converter is a single-phase IGBT PWM rectifier, thus resulting in almost unity power factor and controlled DC output voltage. The module-type DC/DC converter operates under ZVS/ZCS switching condition to permit high frequency switching operation. It enables to use high-frequency transformer for electrical isolation, thus reducing volume and weight of overall system and improving system efficiency. It should be anticipated that the proposed rectifier techniques apply to the similar technical areas.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.11
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• pp.981-987
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• 2014

DC/DC switching power converters are commonly used to generate a regulated DC output voltage with high efficiency. The DC/DC converter is composed of a MOSFET (metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor), a PWM-IC (pulse width modulation-integrated circuit) controller, inductor, capacitor, etc. It is shown that the variation of threshold voltage and the breakdown voltage in the electrical characteristics of MOSFET occurs by radiation effects in TID (Total Ionizing Dose) testing at the low energy ${\gamma}$ rays using $^{60}Co$, and 5 heavy ions make the gate of MOSFET broken in SEGR (Single Event Gate Rupture) testing. TID testing on MOSFET is accomplished up to the total dose of 40 krad, and the cross section($cm^2$) versus LET(MeV/mg/$cm^2$) in the MOSFET operation is studied at SEGR testing after implementation of the controller board.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.572-581
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• 2014

A design and control method of DC/DC converter, which can control variable DC-link voltage to drive a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), is proposed in this study. Given that a fuel cell has low-voltage and high-current characteristics, the required voltage for operating motor must be output through the DC/DC boost converter in the system to drive an FCEV. The proposed converter can choose the output voltage of battery or fuel cell in consideration of the driving mode, as well as control DC-link voltage in accordance with the back electromotive force. The switching lag-time to prevent shortage of pulse-width modulation inverter arms makes distorted current waveform caused by voltage distortion. Through this control method, the proposed converter can reduce the output voltage distortion and current ripple of the inverter, thereby reducing the distorted torque. Simulations and experimental results are presented to verify the reliability of the proposed DC/DC converter.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.249-258
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• 2003

This paper presents a high-efficient and cost effective three-phase AC/DC-DC/AC power conversion system with a single two-switch type active Auxiliary Resonant DC Link (ARDCL) snubber circuit, which can minimize the total power dissipation. The active ARDCL snubber circuit is proposed in this paper and its unique features are described. Its operation principle in steady-state is discussed for the three phase AC/DC-DC/AC converter, which is composed of PWM rectifier as power factor correction (PFC) converter, sinewave PWM inverter. In the presented power converter system not only three-phase AC/DC PWM rectifier but also three-phase DC/AC inverter can achieve the stable ZVS commutation for all the power semiconductor devices. It is proved that the proposed three-phase AC/DC-DC/AC converter system is more effective and acceptable than the previous from the cost viewpoint and high efficient consideration. In addition, the proposed two-switch type active auxiliary ARDCL snubber circuit can reduce the peak value of the resonant inductor injection current in order to maximize total system actual efficiency by using the improved DSP based control scheme. Moreover the proposed active auxiliary two-switch ARDCL snubber circuit has the merit so that there is no need to use any sensing devices to detect the voltage and current in the ARDCL sunbber circuit for realizing soft-switching operation. This three-phase AC/DC-DC/AC converter system developed for UPS can achieve the 1.8% higher efficiency and 20dB lower conduction noise than those of the conventional three-phase hard-switching PWM AC/DC-DC/AC converter system. It is proved that actual efficiency of the proposed three-phase AC/DC-DC/AC converter system operating under a condition of soft switching is 88.7% under 10kw output power.

• The Magazine of the IEIE
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• v.37 no.8
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• pp.86-94
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 전류 제어 방식을 갖는 DC-DC 변환기에 사용되는 기울기 보상회로에 있어서 가변적으로 동작하는 기울기 보상회로를 제안하였다. 시비율이 50% 이상으로 동작하는 DC-DC 변환기의 시스템의 안정도를 유지하기 위해서는, 램프 기울기 보상회로가 반드시 필요하다. 고정적인 기울기의 보상은 동작 범위를 제한하게 된다. 제안된 가변 기울기 보상회로는 넓은 범위의 입력 전압과 출력 전압에 적합하도록 설계 되었으며, LED 드라이버 응용분야에 적용하기 위한 DC-DC 변환기에 사용되었다. 동작을 검증하기 위하여, 0.35-um BDC 공정으로 회로를 제작하여 측정하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.07f
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• pp.2207-2209
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• 1997

This Paper Presents the design automation for isolated DC-DC converters. Isolated DC-DC converts have many advantages such as protection, wide range variation, and multiple output. Prosedures consist of several steps. There are the selection of converter topology, the selection of switching devices. the calculation for the value of inductances and capacitances, and the design of transformers. We verified it with many practical examples from databooks.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.45-48
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• 2000

By the use of he DSP and microprocessor controller many high power converter such as especially inverter and motor drive system may be enhanced resulting in the improved robustness of EMI the ability to communicate the operating conditions and the ease of adjusting the control parameters. However the digital controller using DSP or microprocessor has not been applied in the high frequency switching power supplies especially in full bridge dc/dc converters. this paper presents a promising solution to the dc bias control problem of high frequency transformer in high power full bridge converter.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.854-865
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• 2009

Super-lift dc-dc converters are a series of advanced step-up dc-dc topologies that provide high voltage transfer gains by super-lift techniques. This paper presents a developed graphical modelling method for super-lift converters and gives a thorough analysis with a consideration of the effects caused by parasitic parameters and diodes' forward voltage drop. The general guidelines for constructing and deriving graphical models are provided for system analysis. By applying it to examples, the proposed method shows the advantages of high convenience and feasibility. Both the circuit simulation and experimental results are given to support the theoretical analysis.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.915_916
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• 2009

최근 산업계에서는 스위칭 손실을 저감하여 효율 및 성능 개선에 대한 다양한 토폴로지가 제안되고 있다. 특히 소프트 스위칭 방식은 낮은 전압과 전류 스트레스를 갖는 장점으로 인하여 절연형 DC/DC 컨버터에서 인덕터 사용 없이 트랜스포머의 누설리액턴스를 사용한 소프트 스위칭에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 소프트 스위칭 특성을 갖는 새로운 DC/DC 컨버터 형태를 제안한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.19-20
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• 2014

기존의 실리콘 반도체를 대체할 것으로 기대되는 차세대 전력 반도체인 GaN FET을 이용한 위상천이 풀브릿지 dc-dc 컨버터의 설계 및 구현에 대해 기술한다. 600W급 프로토타입 dc-dc 컨버터를 대상으로 실리콘 MOSFET와 GaN FET의 스위칭 특성 및 효율 등을 비교 분석한다.