• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1490-1499
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• 2017

The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is generally considered to be a promising topology for medium-voltage and high-voltage applications. However, in order to apply it to high-power applications, a huge number of switching devices is essential. The numerous switching devices lead to considerable switching losses, high cost and a larger heat sink for each of the switching device. In order to reduce the switching losses of a MMC, this paper analyzes the performance of the conventional discontinuous pulse-width modulation (DPWM) method and its efficiency. In addition, it proposes a modified novel DPWM method for advanced switching losses reduction. The novel DPWM scheme includes an additional rotation method for voltage-balancing and power distribution among sub modules (SMs). Simulation and experimental results verify the effectiveness and performance of the proposed modulation method in terms of its switching losses reduction capability.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.246-256
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• 2007

In this paper, a novel type auxiliary active edge resonant snubber assisted zero current soft switching pulse modulation Single-Ended Push Pull (SEPP) series load resonant inverter using IGBT power modules is proposed for cost effective consumer high-frequency induction heating (IH) appliances. Its operating principle in steady state is described by using each switching mode's equivalent operating circuits. The new multi resonant high-frequency inverter with series load resonance and edge resonance can regulate its high frequency output power under a condition of a constant frequency zero current soft switching (ZCS) commutation principle on the basis of the asymmetrical pulse width modulation (PWM) control scheme. Brand-new consumer IH products using the proposed ZCS-PWM series load resonant SEPP high-frequency inverter using IGBTs is evaluated and discussed as compared with conventional high-frequency inverters on the basis of experimental results. In order to extend ZCS operation ranges under a low power setting PWM as well as to improve efficiency, the high frequency pulse density modulation (PDM) strategy is demonstrated for high frequency multi-resonant inverters. Its practical effectiveness is substantially proved from an application point of view.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.12-16
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• 2009

In this study, the wave profiles and kinematics of highly nonlinear waves at various water depths were calculated using a 2D fully nonlinear Numerical Wave Tank (NWT). The NWT was developed based on the Boundary Element Method (BEM) with the potential theory and the mixed Eulerian-Lagrangian (MEL) time marching scheme by 4th-order Runge-Kutta time integration. The spatial variation of intermediate-depth waves along the direction of wave propagation was caused by the unintended generation of 2nd-order free waves, which were originally investigated both theoretically and experimentally by Goda (1998). These free waves were induced by the mismatch between the linear motion of wave maker and nonlinear displacement of water particles adjacent to the maker. When the 2nd-order wave maker motion was applied, the spatial modulation of the waves caused by the free waves was not observed. The respective magnitudes of the nonlinear wave components for various water depths were compared. It was found that the high-order wave components greatly increase as the water depth decreases. The wave kinematics at various locations were calculated and compared with the linear and the Stokes 2nd-order theories.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2014

We present a novel bandwidth measurement scheme for multimode optical fibers. Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) radiation was utilized for a source of intrinsically modulated light with a wide modulation bandwidth. In our measurement scheme, the continuous-wave (CW) ASE light that passed through a multimode fiber (MMF) under test was analyzed by the fourth-order power with a high-speed photodetector and an electric spectrum analyzer. The modulation transfer function of the multimode fiber could be directly measured with the photoelectric spectra in the modulation frequency domain. The measurement result of our method was experimentally compared to that of the conventional measurement scheme based on the impulse response measurement. It has been found that our scheme provides a stable measurement means of MMF characterization that is suitable for the field testing due to the simplicity of the system.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.135-141
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• 2008

최근 무선통신은 매우 다양한 서비스를 요구하고 있다. 따라서 다중송수신 안테나 적용기법이나 고율의 용량을 가지는 효율적인 변복조 기법 등은 무선통신을 위하여 절대 필요한 기술이다. 그러나 수신측에서 다중안테나를 도입하기는 크기문제나 전력측면에서 현실성이 낮기에 하향링크에서 다중안테나를 도입함으로서 성능을 향상시키기 위한 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 비용을 최소화할 수 있는 편파 디버시티 기법과 시공간부호화개념을 결합한 MIMO시스템을 모델링 하고 이의 성능을 스펙트럼 효율이 높아 무선통신에 적응할 경우 효율적으로 예상되나 그 성능 열화가 주요관건이 되는 16QAM에 대해 적용하고 그 성능을 분석하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1650-1658
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• 2018

Multilevel converters are being widely used in medium-voltage high-power applications including motor drive systems, utility power transmission, and distribution systems. Selective harmonic elimination (SHE) is a well-known modulation method to generate high quality output voltage waveforms. This paper presents a new simple practical method for generating a generalized five-level waveform without selected low order harmonics. This method is based on a phase-shifted expression for the SHE problem, which can analytically calculate the exact values of switching angles and the feasible modulation index range for three-level and five-level waveforms. The proposed method automatically determines the number of transitions between levels and generates proper output waveform without solving complex trigonometric equations. Due to the simplicity of the computational burden, the real-time implementation of the proposed algorithm can be performed by a simple processor. Simulation and experiment results verify the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed method.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.195-204
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• 2014

이 논문에서는 순환정상 프로세스의 고차 통계 특성을 바탕으로 2-FSK, 4-FSK, 8-FSK, MSK, BPSK, QPSK, 8-PSK, 16-QAM, 32-QAM, 64-QAM 등 10개의 기저대역 디지털 변조신호를 자동으로 인식하는 방법을 제안하였다. 변조신호의 고유한 성질을 나타내는 특징변수로는 1차 순환 모멘트와 고차 순환 큐뮬런트를 이용하였다. 제안한 변조인식기는 크게 두 단계로 구성되며, 첫 번째 단계에서는 1차 순환 모멘트가 나타내는 첨두치를 이용하여 M-FSK와 비FSK로 변조신호를 분류한다. 두 번째 단계에서는 비FSK를 분류하기 위해 고차 순환 큐뮬런트 값을 이용하는 Gaussian 혼합 모델 기반의 분류기를 적용하였다. 제안한 방법의 성능을 검증하기 위해서 모의실험을 실시하였다. 모의실험 결과 제안한 분류기는 주파수와 위상 옵셋이 존재하는 환경에서도 우수한 분류확률을 나타내었다.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.21-32
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 정진폭 신호 특성을 갖는 기존의 정진폭 부호화된 다중 부호 이진 직교 (CACB: Constant Amplitude Coded Multicode Biothogonal) 변조의 구조를 유지하면서 대역폭 효율을 증가시킴으로써 전송률을 높일 수 있는 방식을 제안한다. 높은 대역폭 효율을 얻기 위한 방식으로는 기존에 제안되었던 직교위상-직교위상 진폭변조 ($Q^2$AM: Quadrature-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), 그리고 정진폭 직교위상직교위상 진폭변조 ($CA-Q^2$AM: Constant Amplitude-$Q^2$AM) 방식을 이용한다. 먼저 가장 간단한 결합 방식인 CACB-$Q^2$AM 방식을 제안한다. 이 방식은 대역폭 효율은 증가하지만 정진폭 특성을 얻을 수는 없기 때문에 정진폭 특성을 유지하기 위한 새로운 첫 번째 CACB-CA-$Q^2$AM (CACB-CA-$Q^2$AM I) 변조 방식을 제안한다. 그러나 이 방식은 정진폭을 얻기 위해 여분의 부호화 과정이 필요하므로 대역폭 효율이 낭비되는 단점이 있다. 마지막으로 대역폭 효율을 감소시키지 않는 새로운 두 번째 CACB-CA-$Q^2$AM (CACB-EA-$Q^2$AM II) 변조 방식을 제안한다. 컴퓨터모의실험을 통해 제안된 시스템의 성능을 평가함으로서 제안된 CACB-CA-$Q^2$AM II 변조 방식의 효율성을 보이도록 한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.1954-1971
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• 2017

In this work, first, a multiuser detection (MUD) algorithm based on component-level soft interference cancellation and linear minimum mean square error (CLSIC-LMMSE) is proposed, which can enhance the bit error ratio (BER) performance of the traditional SIC-LMMSE-based MUD by mitigating error propagation. Second, for non-binary low density parity check (NB-LDPC) coded high-order modulation systems, when the proposed algorithm is integrated with partial mapping, the receiver with iterative detection and decoding (IDD) achieves not only better BER performance but also significantly computational complexity reduction over the traditional SIC-LMMSE-based IDD scheme. Extrinsic information transfer chart (EXIT) analysis and numerical simulations are both used to support the conclusions.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.715-717
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• 2014

최근 LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced)와 같은 무선 통신시스템에서는 멀티미디어 대용량 데이터를 전송하기 위한 64-ary QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation)과 같은 고차 변조방식을 채택하고 있다. 같은 차수의 변조 방식이라도 신호점의 배치 방법에 따라 오류 성능이 매우 다양하게 나타나므로 다양한 신호점 배치 방법의 오류 성능을 분석하기 위해서는 최적 성능 기준이 되는 최적 신호점의 오류 성능식이 필요하다. 오류 바운드에 근거한 최적 오류 성능을 갖는 신호점 배치 방법은 이미 연구된 바 있으나 이에 대한 정확한 심벌 오류 성능식이 유도된 바는 없다. 본 논문은 최적 신호점 배치를 갖는 64-ary QAM에 대한 정확한 심벌 오류 성능식을 유도한다.