• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.1891-1901
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• 2017

In this paper, optimal control of the fuel cell and design of a high-efficiency power converter is implemented to build a high-priced fuel cell system with minimum capacity. Conventional power converter devices use a non-isolated boost converter for high efficiency while the battery is charged, and reduce its conduction loss by using MOSFETs instead of diodes. However, the efficiency of the boost converter decreases, since overshoot occurs because there is a moment when the body diode of the MOSFET is conducted during the dead time and huge loss occurs when the dead time for the maximum-power-flowing state is used in the low-power-flowing state. The method proposed in this paper is to adjust the dead time of boost and rectifier switches by predicting the power flow to meet the maximum efficiency in every load condition. After analyzing parasite components, the stability and efficiency of the high-efficiency boost converter is improved by predictive compensation of the delay component of each part, and it is proven by simulation and experience. The variation in switching delay times of each switch of the full-bridge converter is compensated by falling time compensation, a control method of PWM, and it is also proven by simulation and experience.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.1156-1165
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• 2017

A high performance interleaved bridgeless boost power factor correction (PFC) rectifier operating under the critical current conduction mode (CrM) is proposed in this paper to improve the efficiency and system performance of various applications, such as nano-grid systems. By combining the interleaved technique with the bridgeless topology, the circuit contains two independent branches without rectifier diodes. The branches operate in interleaved mode for each respective half-line period. Moreover, when operating in CrM, all the power switches take on soft-switching, thereby reducing switching losses and raising system efficiency. In addition, the input current flows through a minimum amount of power devices. By employing a commercial PFC controller, an effective control scheme is used for the proposed circuit. The operating principle of the proposed circuit is presented, and the design considerations are also demonstrated. Simulations and experiments have been carried out to evaluate theoretical analysis and feasibility of the proposed circuit.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제3권4호
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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.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• 제5B권4호
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• pp.343-349
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• 2005

This paper proposes a novel zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) Push-pull DC-DC Converter for high input voltage and high power applications. This topology utilizes two switches in series to replace one switch in conventional push-pull converter, and two clamping diodes are introduced. The voltage stress of the switches is the input voltage, and the switches can realize ZVS with the use of the leakage inductance of the transformer. Furthermore, secondary full-wave rectifier with a clamping capacitor is used to eliminate the voltage oscillation and spike of the rectifier diodes due to the reverse recovery. Therefore, the electromagnetic interference is reduced effectively. The operation principle of the proposed converter is analyzed theoretically. The output characteristic, ZVS condition and design principle of the clamping capacitor are discussed. Experimental results obtained from a 270V input 2kW prototype with $95.8\%$ high efficiency confirms the design.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2004년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집(1)
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• pp.364-368
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• 2004

A new high efficiency DC/DC converter is proposed, which is derived from the conventional half-bridge converter. The proposed converter has good ZVS condition compared with the conventional half-bridge converter, and shows a high efficiency by solving the unbalance voltage stress and current stress problem of secondary rectifier diode of the conventional half-bridge converter. In this paper, the basic operations of the proposed converter is analyzed compared with that of the conventional half-bridge converter, and the excellent performance of the proposed converter is verified by the experimental results with the 42W prototype of the power supply for PDP Sustain Driver.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.803-813
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 싱글칩 마이크로컨트롤러를 이용한 고효율 공진형 플라이백 전력변환기를 제안한다. 제안한 전력변환기의 1차측은 하프브리지의 전력구조에 비대칭펄스폭변조(APWM : Asymmetrical Pulse-Width Modulation)을 적용하여 공진형 스위칭을 수행한다. 그리고 2차측은 다이오드 플라이백정류기 전력구조를 이용하고 영전류스위칭(ZCS : Zero Current Switching)으로 동작한다. 그리하여 제안한 컨버터는 고효율을 달성한다. 제안한 컨버터는 제어와 구동을 위하여 싱글칩 마이크로컨트롤러와 부트스랩 회로를 각각 이용하므로 전체적 구조가 매우 간단하다. 본 논문에서는 먼저, 제안한 전력변환기의 전력회로의 동작을 동작모드 별로 설명하고 정상상태 해석을 보인다. 그리고 제안한 전력변환기를 동작시키는 소프트웨어 제어 알고리즘과 구동회로에 관하여 설명하며, 그 후 각 설명에 근거하여 제작된 프로토타입의 실험결과를 통하여 제안한 전력변환기의 동작 특성을 보인다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.356-362
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 외부 이그니터가 없는 간단한 고효율 안정기를 만들기 위해 커플 인덕터와 주파수가변. 동기 정류기를 이용한 하프 브리지 방식의 안정기를 제안한다. 램프 점등시 고압을 발생시키기 위해 벅 컨버터 내부의 LC 공진이 사용되었고, 정상상태의 리플을 줄이기 위해 커플 인덕터가 사용되었다. DC/DC컨버터로는 동기형 벅 컨버터가 사용되었다. 안정기의 효율을 높이기 위해 가변 주파수 방식을 제안하였다. 이 방식은 순환 전류와 정전력 동작 하에서 MOSFET 스위치의 턴 오프 손실을 감소 시켜 고정 주파수 방식에 비해 안정기 효율을 약 4$\%$ 향상 시킨다. 회로 구성은 PFC와 안정기 2단으로 구성된다 결과는 실험을 통하여 검증된다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2005년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.430-432
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• 2005

This paper presents a novel, single stage, isolated, three-phase switching rectifier capable of switching at high frequency. The circuit topology Provides zero-voltage switching for all switches, output voltage regulation, unity input power factor, all in a single power conversion stage. Operating principle and experimental results in the 48V/100A DC power supply of three-phase single stage method are presented.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제34S권6호
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• pp.77-84
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• 1997

buck type converter doesn't appear when an input voltag eis lower than an output voltage. This is the main reason the buck converter has not been used for high power factor converters. In this paper, soft switching high power factor buck converter is proposed. This converter is composed of diode rectifier, input capacitor can be small enough to filter input current, buck converter with loss less snubber circuit. Converter is operated in discontinous conduction mode, turn on of the switching device is a zero current switching (ZCS) and high powr factor input is obtianed. In addition, zero voltage switching (ZVS) at trun off is achieved and switching loss is reduced using loss less snubber circuit. The capacitor used in the snubber circuit raised output voltage. Therefore, proposed converter has higher output voltage and higher efficiency than conventional buck type converter at same duty factor in discontinous conduction mode operation. High power factro, efficiency, soft switching operation of proposed converter is veified by simulation using Pspice and experimental results.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.255-260
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• 2016

In this paper, a full-wave rectifier (FWR) with a simple vibration detector suitable for use with vibrational energy harvesting systems is presented. Conventional active FWRs where active diodes are used to reduce the diode voltage drop and increase the system efficiency are usually powered from the output. Output-powered FWRs exhibit relatively high efficiencies because the comparators used in active diodes are powered from the stable output voltage. Nevertheless, a major drawback is that these FWRs consume power from the output storage capacitor even when the system is not harvesting any energy. To overcome the problem, a technique using a simple vibration detector consisting of a peak detector and a level converter is proposed. The vibration detector detects whether vibrational energy exists or not in the input terminal and disables the comparators when there is no vibrational energy. The proposed FWR with the vibration detector is designed using a $0.35-{\mu}m$ CMOS process. Simulation results have verified the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. By using the proposed vibration detector, a decrease in leakage current by approximately 67,000 times can be achieved after the vibration disappears.