Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Si Hun Yang

Woo Young Lee

Jin Young Yang

In Yong Yeo

Jin Myeong Yang

Dae Woo Lee

Young Jin Kim

Jong Pil Kim

Gyu Yeong Choe

Byeong Cheol Song

Min Seong Choi

Ji Han Lee

Hyun Wook Seong

Jun Ho Kim

Tae Jong Ha

Jae Eun Cha

Youn Sik Lee

Han Geun Jang

Gyu Hyeong Choe

An electric power conversion system includes: an AC-DC conversion circuit converting AC charging power into DC power; a motor including a plurality of coils, one end of each being connected to a neutral point; a first switching device selectively allowing or blocking supply of output power from the AC-DC conversion circuit to the neutral point; an inverter including a plurality of motor connection terminals connected to the other ends of the coils of the motor, respectively, DC connection terminals including a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and a plurality of switching elements forming electrical connections between the DC connection terminals and the plurality of motor connection terminals; a battery connected to the DC connection terminals of the inverter; and a controller controlling operations of the AC-DC conversion circuit, the first switching device, and the inverter in accordance with whether or not the battery is charged.

Electric power conversion system for vehicle and control method thereof

Disclosed is a power factor correction circuit including a plurality of legs connected in parallel and each leg including two switching devices connected in series, a plurality of inductors, each inductor having one terminal connected to an interconnection node of the two switching devices in a corresponding one of the plurality of legs, and a controller configured to control on/off states of the switching devices of the plurality of legs in a pulse width modulation manner such that each of the inductors of the plurality of inductors is built up twice or more in one switching period of the switching devices when an alternating current (AC) voltage is input to the other terminal of each inductor of the plurality of inductors.

Power factor correction circuit capable of performing bidirectional power transfer and charger including the same

A united converter apparatus and an operating method thereof are disclosed. The united converter apparatus includes a high-voltage charger charging a high-voltage battery, using a commercial power and a low-voltage charger charging a low-voltage battery, using the high-voltage battery. The high-voltage charger includes a voltage level adjustment device boosts a voltage of the commercial power to apply the boosted voltage to the high-voltage battery and drops a high voltage applied from the high-voltage battery to apply the dropped voltage to the low-voltage charger.

United converter apparatus and operating method thereof

A single direct current (DC)-DC converter may include a switching part switching an input DC voltage; first and second transforming parts transforming an output of the switching part; a rectifying part rectifying outputs of each of the first and second transforming parts; and an output part filtering and outputting an output of the rectifying part.

Integrated magnetic apparatus and DC-DC converter including the same

A method and apparatus for controlling an on-board charger (OBC) are provided. The method includes monitoring a voltage of an input power source, increasing or decreasing the voltage of the input power source to a preset output voltage of a power factor corrector (PFC), and operating a converter receiving the preset output voltage to adjust a switching frequency of the converter based on a ripple current of an output terminal of the converter. Additionally, the converter includes a first switch configured to receive a first voltage of a first capacitor mounted within the PFC and a second switch configured to receive a second voltage of a second capacitor mounted within the PFC.

Method and apparatus for controlling on-board charger

An integrated module of an OBC and an inverter includes: an OBC primary side circuit and a plurality of transformers converting, when 3-phase alternating current (AC) voltages are received from a fuel station, the 3-phase AC voltages in form and level and transmitting the converted voltages into a secondary side; and an inverter switch turned off in a charge mode in which a high capacity vehicle battery is charged, to rectify an output voltage of a secondary side of each of the plurality of transformers by a body diode included in each switching element for an inverting function.

Integrated module of on-board charger and inverter and control method thereof

A trans inductor having a powdery magnetic substance and a power converter using the trans inductor are provided. The trans inductor and the power converter reduce peak current flowing in an inverter power module (IGBT), improve inverter efficiency, reduce output RMS current (output effective current) and reduce capacitor consumption by applying a material with properties that are resistant against current saturation instead of a core material of a conventional trans inductor employed in a power converter. Accordingly, an inductance decreasing rate due to core saturation when high current is generated is improved and current flowing in a switch device is prevented from being abruptly increased.

Trans inductor and power converter using the same

Disclosed herein is a wireless charging device including a heat radiation panel having a radiation plate and a radiation fin protruding from an upper surface of the radiation plate; a core section arranged in a region other than the protruding radiation fin, the core section being made of a material having high permeability; and a coil section arranged on the core section so as to come into contact with the protruding radiation fin.

Wireless charging device

A device and method are provided for a charger for vehicles. In particular, the charger includes, an AC/DC converter configured to convert a commercial alternating current power source to a direct current power source and a DC/DC converter configured to convert the direct current power source applied from the AC/DC converter to a battery charging power source. The direct current power source is supplied to a battery. The DC/DC converter includes a snubber circuit that reduces the magnitude of a ripple current of the charging power source.

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Si Hun Yang