Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Sungkyunkwan University

Postech Academy-industry Foundation

Ki Young Jang

Jin Hwan Jung

Sang Cheol Shin

Ki Jong Lee

Jung Hong Joo

Woo Yong Jeon

Ji Woong Jang

Beom Sik Kim

Hong Seok Song

Jeong Yun Lee

Hyun Koo Lee

Jiwoong Jang

Jae Won Lee

Sung Min Park

Sung Kyu Kim

Hyeon Uk Kim

Gyu Yeong Choe

Kang Ho Jeong

Dong Min Shin

Bum Sik Kim

Won Kyoung Choi

Shin Hye Chun

Sung Jin Kim

Hyong Joon Park

Tae Hwan Chung

Hee Yong Youn

Kwang Hee Nam

Sangcheol Shin

Kangho Jeong

In Pil Yoo

An electronic circuit module is provided. The electronic circuit module prevents damage by efficiently detecting an overcurrent in the electronic circuit module using an SiC MOSFET. The electronic circuit module includes an input unit that is configured to input a reference voltage and a switching unit that is configured to output a first voltage based on a current flow. A converter is configured to output a second voltage based on the first voltage and the reference voltage. An output unit is configured to compare a magnitude of the reference voltage with a magnitude of the second voltage to output a feedback signal when the second voltage is greater than the reference voltage.

Electronic circuit module and vehicle including the same

An inverter system for a vehicle includes: an energy storage device configured to store electrical energy, a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements and configured to convert the electrical energy stored in the energy storage device into alternating-current (AC) electric power, a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements different from the plurality of first switching elements, a motor configured to be driven by receiving the AC power converted by the first inverter and the second inverter, current sensors disposed between the first inverter and the motor and the second inverters and the motor, respectively, and configured to detect a current input to the motor, and a controller configured to generate a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for controlling driving of the motor.

Inverter system for vehicle

An inverter system for a vehicle may include an energy storage device configured to store electrical energy; a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements, and converting the energy into AC power; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements different from the first switching elements, being connected to the energy storage device in parallel with the first inverter, and converting the energy into AC power; a motor driven by receiving the AC power; a PWM signal generating device configured to generate a reference Pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal for controlling driving of the motor; and a PWM signal converting device configured to convert the reference PWM signal into both a first PWM signal input into the first inverter to drive the first switching elements, and a second PWM signal input into the second inverter to drive the second switching elements.

An inverter system for vehicles according to the present disclosure may include: an energy storage storing electrical energy; a first inverter which includes a plurality of first switches and converts the energy stored in the energy storage into AC power; a second inverter which includes a plurality of second switches, which are different from the first switches, is connected in parallel with the first inverter to the energy storage and converts the energy stored in the energy storage into AC power; a motor driven by receiving the AC power converted through the first inverter and the second inverter; and a controller for controlling operations of the first inverter and the second inverter based on power requirements of the motor.

Inverter system for vehicle and control method thereof

A wireless power transfer (WPT) method for an electric vehicle (EV) may include a vehicle controller or a vehicle assembly (VA) controller connected to the vehicle controller performing communications, for charging of a battery of the EV, with a ground assembly (GA) controller of a charger connected to a primary coil or a primary pad located outside the EV; and connecting the battery to a field winding of a driving motor of the EV before starting the WPT. The battery is charged by a power magnetically induced at the field winding from the primary coil.

Wireless power transfer method using field winding and vehicle assembly and electric vehicle using the same

An IGBT temperature sense circuit is provided. The IGBT temperature sense circuit automatically calibrates a temperature sense of a diode to minimize an error based on element characteristics of a temperature sense diode, precisely senses the temperature and removes a limit of a maximum current (to increase the maximum current) of an output of an IGBT. A temperature sense circuit includes an automatic calibrator that is configured to supply current of a current source to a current to a diode and a diode temperature sensor that is configured to measure a voltage of one side terminal of the diode based on the current of the diode based on a change of a temperature and adjustment of an operation of a protection object device.

Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) temperature sense circuit for automatically calibrating temperature sense of diode

Disclosed herein are a double-side cooling type power module and a producing method thereof. The double-side cooling type power module includes a pair of semiconductor chips disposed between an upper substrate and a lower substrate. The double-side cooling type power module includes output terminal leads configured to be disposed on a lower surface of the upper substrate and each connected to the pair of semiconductor chips, respectively; a plus terminal lead configured to be disposed at one side of an upper surface of the lower substrate to be connected to any one semiconductor chip selected from the pair of semiconductor chips; and a minus terminal lead configured to be disposed at the other side of the upper surface of the lower substrate to be connected to the other semiconductor chip of the pair of semiconductor chips.

Double-side cooling type power module and producing method thereof

An input terminal of a power module of double-side cooling includes: a plus plate which is divided into a plurality of first terminal areas coupled with any one or more of the plurality of semiconductor chips and is connected with an anode of a battery, wherein a first bridge area connects the plurality of first terminal areas with each other; a minus plate which is divided into a plurality of second terminal areas coupled with any one or more of the plurality of semiconductor chips which are not coupled with the plus plate and is connected with a cathode of the battery, wherein a second bridge area connects the plurality of second terminal areas with each other and is disposed adjacent to the first bridge area; and a separator which is made of an insulation material and disposed between the plus plate and the minus plate.

Input terminal of power module of double-side cooling

A power module for an inverter that is used in an eco-friendly vehicle, such as a hybrid vehicle, an electrical vehicle, or a fuel cell vehicle, i.e., a heat sink-integrated double-sided cooled power module in which cooling efficiency is maximized by adopting a double-sided direct cooling method that uses a heat sink manufactured by an extrusion method. In particular, the heat sink is disposed in upper and lower portions of the power module, and direct bonding materials (DBMs) are deposited between the upper and lower heat sinks where a chip is interposed between the DBMs. Faces between the heat sinks, the chip, and the DBMs are bonded to one another by a solder, and an entire circumference of the chip and the DBMs is finished by a mold portion.

Heat sink-integrated double-sided cooled power module

A system for recharging a hybrid vehicle is provided with two motors and supplies commercial electricity to neutral points of the motors when a connection of a recharging stand is detected, forms an electricity loop through the neutral points of the first motor and the second motor according to a phase of the commercial electricity, and carries out a recharging mode by detecting at least a voltage of a DC link capacitor in a voltage converter, a voltage of a smoothing capacitor, and a battery voltage. According to the system, a current control value or a voltage control value is selected according to the recharging mode in order to recharge a battery based on the current control value or the voltage control value.

System of recharging battery of hybrid vehicle using diodes connected between inverter and neutral points of two motors, and commercial electricity applied to the neutral points

A system for recharging a battery in a hybrid vehicle provided with two motor is provided. If connection of a recharging connector (recharging stand) is detected, an initial activation of a controller is performed, and a DC link is pre-recharged. If the DC link is pre-recharged to a voltage higher than or equal to a predetermined voltage, an exterior AC or DC electricity is supplied to the battery so as to recharge the battery according to the present invention.

System for recharging plug-in hybrid vehicle by controlling pre-charge of a DC link

The present invention provides a motor drive system for a hybrid vehicle and a method for controlling the same in the event of a failure in a voltage converter, in which high voltage stored in a DC-link capacitor is discharged to a 12V electrical load through a DC-DC converter, of which the output voltage is increased.

Motor drive system for hybrid vehicle and method for controlling the same in the event of failure

The present invention provides an inverter circuit for a vehicle, which includes: a switching unit that includes a plurality of switching elements and switches a direct current into an alternating current; and a variable clamping unit that clamps an overshoot in case the overshoot is generated, and stops the operation of the switching unit in case a system voltage is greater than a clamping breakdown voltage. The circuit enables a voltage (DC input voltage) greater than a breakdown voltage of clamping unit to be used as a system voltage.

Inverter circuit for vehicles

The present invention is directed to methods for forming an inverter circuit for operating a drive motor of an electric vehicle, which can more effectively reduce the switching noise generated by a power module during the operation of an inverter.

Method for forming a capacitor module circuit in an inverter using impedance matching

Provided is a wireless sensor network operating method considering energy efficiency. The method for operating a wireless sensor network including clusters of sensor nodes includes: selecting a cluster head based on residual energy amounts of the sensor nodes by increasing a probability that a sensor node with a greater amount of residual energy than the others is selected as a cluster head; transmitting an advertisement message from the selected cluster head to the sensor nodes to form a cluster; and transmitting sensing data acquired in each sensor node to the cluster head. Accordingly, this method can extend lifespan of sensor nodes by not transmitting/receiving data on residual energy amounts and positions between sensor nodes, and increase the entire lifespan of a wireless sensor network by reducing a probability that a sensor node having a relatively small residual energy amount is selected as a cluster head consuming much energy.

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Incheon, South Korea

Ki Young Jang