• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1306-1315
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• 2016

Modern power systems driven by high-power converters have become inevitable in view of the ever increasing demand for electric power. The total power loss can be reduced by limiting the switching losses in such power converters; increased power efficiency can thus be achieved. A reduced switching frequency that is less than a few hundreds of hertz is applied to power converters that produce output waveforms with high distortion. Selective harmonic elimination pulse width modulation (SHEPWM) is an optimized low switching frequency pulse width modulation method that is based on offline estimation. This method can pre-program the harmonic profile of the output waveform over a range of modulation indices to eliminate low-order harmonics. In this paper, a SHEPWM scheme for three-phase three-leg neutral point clamped inverter is proposed. Aside from eliminating the selected harmonics, the DC capacitor voltages at the DC bus are also balanced because of the symmetrical pulse pattern over a quarter cycle of the period. The technique utilized in the estimation of switching angles involves the firefly algorithm (FA). Compared with other techniques, FA is more robust and entails less computation time. Simulation in the MATLAB/SIMULINK environment and experimental verification in the very large scale integration platform with Spartan 6A DSP are performed to prove the validity of the proposed technique.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제23권9호
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• pp.1079-1086
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 반도체형 전력 증폭기의 바이어스를 개선하기 위하여 순차 제어 회로와 펄스 폭 가변 회로를 적용한 X-대역 60 W 고효율 전력 증폭 모듈을 설계하였다. 순차 제어 회로는 전력 증폭 모듈을 구성하는 각 증폭단의 GaAs FET의 드레인 전원을 순차적으로 스위칭하도록 회로를 구성하였다. 드레인 바이어스 전원의 펄스 폭을 RF 입력 신호의 펄스 폭보다 넓게 하여 전력 증폭 모듈의 입력 신호가 있을 때만 스위칭 회로를 순차적으로 구동시킴으로써 전력 증폭 모듈의 열화에 따른 출력 신호의 왜곡과 효율을 향상시킬 수 있다. 60 W 전력 증폭 모듈은 고출력 GaAs FET를 이용하여 전치 증폭단, 구동 증폭단과 주전력 증폭단으로 구성하였으며, 주전력 증폭단은 전력결합기를 이용한 평형증폭기 구조로 구현하였다. 설계된 전력 증폭 모듈은 9.2~9.6 GHz에서 듀티사이클 10 %로 동작시켰을 때 50 dB의 전력 이득, 펄스 주기 1 msec, 펄스 폭 100 us, 출력 전력 60 W에서 동작함에 따라 펄스-SSPA 형태로 반도체 펄스 압축 레이더 등에 적용할 수 있다.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• 제11B권2호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2001

This paper described the forces analysis of a hybrid linear pulse motor (HLPM) with high accuracy and repeatability. The HLPM is fed from a phase current by microstepping drive. The finite element method (FEM) is employed for calculating the force. The forces between mover(forcer) and stator(platen) have been calculated using the virtual work method. The detent force, rate of tooth width to tooth pitch and magnetic saturation were analyzed to considered the distortion characteristics of static thrust. The thrust to displacement produced a high pulsating force while the normal force is much higher than the thrust force.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.261-270
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• 2015

In this paper, the Optimal Harmonic Stepped Waveform (OHSW) method is proposed in order to eliminate the selective harmonic orders available at the output of cascaded multilevel inverter (CMLI) fed by solar photovoltaic (SPV). This technique is used to solve the harmonic elimination equations based on stepped waveform analysis in order to obtain the optimal switching angles which in turn reduce the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD). The OHSW method considers the output voltage waveform as four equal symmetries in each half cycle. In the proposed method, a solar fed fifteen level cascaded multilevel is considered where the magnitude of six numbers of harmonic orders is reduced. A programmable pulse generator is developed to carry the switching angles directly to the semiconductor switches obtained as a result of OHSW analysis. Simulations are carried out in MATLAB/Simulink in which a separate model is developed for solar photovoltaic which serves as the input for cascaded multilevel inverter. A 3kWp solar plant with multilevel inverter system is implemented in hardware to show the effectiveness of the proposed system. Based on the observation the OHSW method provides the reduced THD thereby improving power quality in renewable energy applications.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.477-484
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• 2010

A pulse width modulation-voltage source inverter (PWM-VSI) is used for variable speed permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives. The PWM-VSI fed PMSM has two major disadvantages. Firstly, the PWM-VSI DC-link voltage limits the magnitude of the PMSM terminal voltage. As a result, the motor speed is restricted. Secondly, in a low speed range, the PWM-VSI modulation index declines. This is caused by a high DC-link voltage and a low terminal voltage ratio. As a result, the distortion of the voltage command and the stator current are increased. This paper proposes an optimal pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) control which can adjust the inverter DC-link voltage by using a buck-boost DC-DC converter. At a low speed range, the proposed system can reduce the distortion of the voltage command, which improves the stator current waveform. Also, the allowable speed range is extended. In order to verify the proposed method, experimental results are provided to confirm the simulation results.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.52-60
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• 2005

펄스 폭 변조 전압원 인버터에서는 전압 명령과 실제 전압 사이에 전압 차 또는 전압 왜곡이 존재한다. 이 전압 왜곡은 동작 온도, DC 링크 전압, 및 상전류 수준에 따라 달라진다. 또한 전압 왜곡은 전류 왜곡, 전동기 토크 맥동, 그리고 제어 성능에 영향을 미친다. 본 논문에서는 펄스 폭 변조 전압원 인버터의 전압 왜곡을 분석하고, 모델기준 적응 시스템(Model Reference Adaptive System)을 기반으로 하여 영구자석 동기 전동기의 파라미터 변화에 강인한 새로운 실시간 전압 왜곡 관측 기법을 제안한다. 그리고 제안된 전압 왜곡 관측 및 보상 기법에 대한 모의실험 및 실험을 통해서 그 효용성을 증명한다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2017

This study proposes a novel random pulse-width modulation (PWM) technique with a constant switching frequency utilizing a random offset voltage. The proposed PWM technique spreads switching harmonics by varying the position of an active voltage vector without a switching frequency variation. The implementation of the proposed PWM technique is simple because it does not require additional hardware and complex algorithm. The proposed random PWM technique is compared with the conventional PWM technique on the factors of harmonic spectrum, total harmonic distortion, and harmonic spread factor to confirm the harmonic spread effect. The validity of the proposed method is verified by simulations and experiments on a three-phase inverter drive system.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1407-1414
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• 2016

Unlike existing pulse-width modulation (PWM) techniques, such as sinusoidal PWM and random PWM, the wavelet PWM (WPWM) technique based on a Harr wavelet function can achieve a high fundamental component for the output voltage, low total harmonic distortion, and simple digital implementation. However, the original WPWM method lacks output voltage control. Thus, the practical application of the WPWM technique is limited. This study proposes an improved WPWM technique that can regulate output voltage amplitude with the addition of a parameter. The relationship between the additional parameter and the output voltage amplitude is analyzed in detail. Experimental results verify that the improved WPWM exhibits output voltage control in addition to all the merits of the WPWM technique.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2004년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집(1)
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• pp.406-410
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• 2004

Generally, a voltage difference exists between the reference and the output voltagesin a pulse width modulated (PWM) voltage source inverter (VSI). In this paper, the nonlinearity in a PWM VSI is analyzed and a new on-line estimation method in consideration of parameter variations for a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) is proposed to compensate the time varying voltage distortion.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1996년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); 포항공과대학교, 포항; 24-26 Oct. 1996
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• pp.1265-1268
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• 1996

This paper describes a new pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme suitable for microprocessor-based PWM inverters. Optimal switching patterns minimizing the performance index corresponding to the distortion factor are decided in real time by numerical calculation using the microprocessor-implemented control system. This PWM method is compared with conventional methods, such as the natural PWM and the direct PWM. Harmonic analysis using digital simulations shows that the proposed PWM scheme has much less low-order harmonics than the other methods. The validity of this method is verified in experiments using a microprocessor-based control system, where a 16-bit single-chip microcontroller, Intel 80c196kc is used.