Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sungkyunkwan University

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Hyun-Bae Kim

Jei-hoon Baek

Kyu-bum Han

Jong-Soo Kim

Jin-Ho Kim

Young-Hwan Choi

Jung-hyo Lee

Ji-Hwan Kim

Gun-Woo Moon

Ju-hyun Kim

Hye-jin Kim

Keon-Woo Kim

Sang-yoon Soh

Chan-hee Park

Moo-Hyun Park

Jae-Il Baek

A discrete capacitance switching circuit includes a DC decoupling capacitor connected between a power node that receives an AC signal and a first node, a diode connected between the first node and a second node, a unit capacitor connected between the second node and a reference node that receives a ground voltage, and a bias circuit. The bias circuit is configured to apply a first DC voltage to the first node and apply a second DC voltage to the second node. The applied first and second DC voltages control a switching operation of the diode.

Discrete capacitance switching circuit and capacitor array circuit including the same

A voltage generator includes a pulse circuit and a slope circuit. The pulse circuit is to apply voltages of three different levels to an output terminal and the slope circuit is to apply a slope voltage to the output terminal. The slope circuit includes an inductor to take current out of a capacitive load connected to the output terminal.

Voltage generator, voltage waveform generator, semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus, voltage waveform generation method, and semiconductor device manufacturing method

A designed waveform generator includes at least one first signal generator including a first switching device and generating a square wave having a constant voltage level during an on-period of the first switching device and at least one second signal generator including a second switching device and controlling a transition period of the second switching device to generate a variable waveform having a variable voltage level during the transition period of the second switching device. The at least one first signal generator and the at least one second signal generator are connected to each other in a cascade manner.

Designed waveform generator for semiconductor equipment, plasma processing apparatus, method of controlling plasma processing apparatus, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

A method of controlling torque of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) by using a speed-torque lookup table may include: receiving a current direct-current (DC) link voltage of an inverter configured to drive the PMSM and a speed of a rotor of the PMSM; calculating a change ratio of a DC link voltage based on the current DC link voltage and a DC link voltage at a time when the speed-torque lookup table is generated; calculating a normalized speed of the rotor according to a change in the DC link voltage by using the speed of the rotor and the change ratio of the DC link voltage; and/or transferring the normalized speed of the rotor as an input to the speed-torque lookup table.

Methods and apparatuses for controlling torques of permanent magnet synchronous motors

A power conversion apparatus including a current source converter configured to convert Alternate Current (AC) power to Direct Current (DC) power; a power controller configured to set a d-axis current command and a q-axis current command, which correspond to the AC power to the current source converter, by reflecting a difference between a measurement DC link voltage measured at an output terminal of the current source converter and a DC link voltage set by a DC link voltage command; and a phase angle controller configured to adjust a phase angle of the current source converter and transmit the adjusted phase angle to the current source converter, in response to the d-axis current command and the q-axis current command.

Power conversion apparatus and method of controlling the same

A method of compensating for a friction torque of a permanent magnet synchronous motor may include: receiving input of a motor current and a rotor speed of the permanent magnet synchronous motor; estimating a motor torque based on the input motor current; acquiring a first friction torque corresponding to the input rotor speed and the estimated motor torque by using a lookup table of friction torques; compensating for a second friction torque of the permanent magnet synchronous motor based on the first friction torque, wherein the compensating is in response to a first torque command input to control driving of the permanent magnet synchronous motor and outputs a second torque command that compensates for the second friction torque; and/or controlling the driving of the permanent magnet synchronous motor based on the second torque command.

Methods and apparatuses for compensating for friction torques of permanent magnet synchronous motors

A method of obtaining a maximum magnetic flux of a permanent magnet synchronous motor may comprise: receiving a first command voltage from a current controller to control current applied to the permanent magnet synchronous motor; receiving an on/off duty ratio of a control pulse signal to control an output voltage of an inverter that drives the permanent magnet synchronous motor, the on/off duty ratio being determined based on the first command voltage; generating a second command voltage corresponding to the output voltage to be output from the inverter based on the on/off duty ratio of the control pulse signal; obtaining a maximum command voltage error by comparing the first and second command voltages; and/or obtaining the maximum command magnetic flux of the permanent magnet synchronous motor according to a position of a rotor of the permanent magnet synchronous motor based on the maximum command voltage error.

Methods and apparatuses for obtaining maximum magnetic flux of permanent magnet synchronous motors

A method of controlling an output voltage of an inverter driving an electric motor may include calculating a current total harmonic distortion (THD) of a current output to the electric motor; comparing the current THD with a reference current THD; determining a pulse width modulation (PWM) method to be changed from a first modulation method that reduces harmonic components of the current output to the electric motor to a second modulation method when the current THD is less than the reference current THD, the PWM method modulating a pulse width of a control pulse signal for controlling the output voltage of the inverter; and/or generating the control pulse signal based on the determined PWM method.

Methods and apparatuses for controlling output voltages of inverters driving electric motors

A method of controlling an output voltage of an inverter driving an electric motor may include removing harmonic components of an output current, which is output to the electric motor, by using a low pass filter and obtaining a fundamental component of the output current; calculating a current total harmonic distortion by using the fundamental component of the output current; comparing the current THD with a reference current THD; determining a pulse width modulation method to be changed from a first modulation method for reducing the harmonic components of the output current to a second modulation method for reducing a switching frequency of the inverter if the current THD is less than the reference current THD, the PWM method modulating a pulse width of a control pulse signal for controlling the output voltage of the inverter; and/or generating the control pulse signal based on the determined PWM method.

Methods and apparatuses for controlling output voltages of inverters driving of electric motors

An apparatus controlling a velocity of a motor having a rotor, includes a sensing velocity calculator sensing a rotation velocity of the motor, and calculating a sensing velocity on the basis of the sensed rotation velocity of the motor; a velocity estimator estimating an estimation velocity of the motor based on an information about a position error of the rotor; and a reference velocity calculator dividing an overall velocity period of the motor into a plurality of unit velocity periods based on a command velocity for controlling the rotation velocity of the motor, calculating a sum of the sensing velocity, the estimation velocity, and the command velocity after multiplying at least one of the sensing velocity, the estimation velocity, and the command velocity by a predetermined weight, and outputting the sum as a reference estimation velocity of the motor.

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Hyun-Bae Kim