Patents by Inventor Seung Ki Sul
Seung Ki Sul has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20160268950Abstract: A motor driving apparatus includes a rectifying circuit to rectify an AC power supplied from an external AC power source, one pair of film capacitors to output a DC voltage and a neutral point voltage by removing a ripple of a voltage rectified by the AC-DC conversion unit, a 3-level inverter to supply a driving current to a motor using the DC voltage applied from the DC link unit, and a control module to control the 3-level inverter. The control module includes a motor speed control module to control the rotation of the motor, a DC voltage control module to stabilize the DC voltage, a neutral point voltage control module to stabilize the neutral point voltage, and a stabilizing voltage limiting module to control the DC voltage control module and the neutral point voltage control module according to an output of the motor speed control module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Je Hyung Cho, Seung-Ki Sul, Se Hwa Choe, Han Sol Seo
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Publication number: 20160134217Abstract: A motor includes a stator and a rotor that is arranged opposite to the stator through a predetermined air gap. The stator is such that a plurality of coils are wound around respective slots for each of a plurality of phases. In the stator, the number of turns of one of the plurality of coils is different from those of the others for each of the phases. In the rotor, among a plurality of magnetic poles formed of a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a circumferential direction of a core, a magnetoresistance of at least one magnetic pole is different from those of the others.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Shinya MORIMOTO, Sohji MURAKAMI, Noor Aamir BALOCH, Motomichi OHTO, Yong-Cheol KWON, Seung-Ki SUL
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Patent number: 9257933Abstract: A single external power supply variable speed induction motor and a control method thereof are disclosed. An induction motor includes: a stator in which coils directly connected to a single-phase or 3-phase or more systematic power supply are wound; a rotor that is supported to be rotatable in the stator; a power conversion device that is attached to the rotor and controls a rotor current without connection of a separate external power supply; and a control circuit that is connected to the power conversion device and controls the power conversion device.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: SNU R&DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Jung Ik Ha, Sung Min Kim, Seung Ki Sul, Yong Su Han
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Publication number: 20150381095Abstract: An inverter control apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The inverter control apparatus and a control method thereof stably operate a three-phase motor using a capacitor having a small capacitance for a DC link. The inverter control apparatus includes a current sensor to sense an output current of the inverter, a voltage sensor to sense a DC-link voltage of the inverter, and a controller to generate an average of a periodically varying rotor based q-axis current boundary value based on the output current and the DC-link voltage to generate a current reference on the basis of the average of the rotor based q-axis current boundary value, and to drive a three-phase motor based on the current reference. Stabilized variable speed control of a motor by using a small-capacitance capacitor for a DC link of an inverter is performed and reliability of an inverter circuit improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SNU R&DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Young Jae PARK, Han Sol Seo, Bodrov Alexey, Seung Ki Sul, Hyun-Sam Jung, Seung-Jun Chee
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Patent number: 9209707Abstract: A three-level inverter having two direct current (DC)-links for converting DC voltages generated in a plurality of photovoltaic (PV) modules into alternating current (AC) voltages, wherein one end of a first DC-link of the two DC-links is connected to a first potential point at which a first potential is generated in the plurality of PV modules, and one end of a second DC-link of the two DC-links is connected to a second potential point at which a second potential that is lower than the first potential is generated in the plurality of PV modules, and both the other end of the first DC-link and the other end of the second DC-link are connected to a third potential point at which a third potential having a medium level between the first potential and the second potential is generated in the plurality of PV modules.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignees: LG ELECTRONICS INC., KOREA ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yong-Soon Park, Seung-Ki Sul, Chun-Ho Lim, Seong-Hun Lee, Ki-Sung Lee
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Patent number: 9136790Abstract: An inverter control apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The inverter control apparatus and a control method thereof stably operate a three-phase motor using a capacitor having a small capacitance for a DC link. The inverter control apparatus includes a current sensor to sense an output current of the inverter, a voltage sensor to sense a DC-link voltage of the inverter, and a controller to generate an average of a periodically varying rotor based q-axis current boundary value based on the output current and the DC-link voltage to generate a current reference on the basis of the average of the rotor based q-axis current boundary value, and to drive a three-phase motor based on the current reference. Stabilized variable speed control of a motor by using a small-capacitance capacitor for a DC link of an inverter is performed and reliability of an inverter circuit improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SNU R&DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Young Jae Park, Han Sol Seo, Bodrov Alexey, Seung Ki Sul, Hyun-Sam Jung, Seung-Jun Chee
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Patent number: 9112445Abstract: A winding synchronous machine having a moving object including an inverter circuit comprises: a moving-object inverter circuit connected to the moving object of the winding synchronous machine; and a moving-object circuit control device connected to the moving-object inverter circuit so as to control the moving-object inverter circuit. The moving-object circuit control device may comprise: a stator inverter voltage estimator estimating a high-frequency voltage of a stator inverter circuit; a field current reference generator generating a field current reference of the moving object; and an energy storage device voltage controller generating a current reference tracking a DC-link energy storage device voltage of the moving object. Problems associated with using a rare-earth permanent magnet can be thereby overcome, and a winding synchronous machine including an excitation circuit in which ripples almost never occur can be implemented without using an extra power source.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: SNU R&DB FoundationInventors: Seung-Ki Sul, Jung-Ik Ha, Eunsoo Jung
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Patent number: 8963459Abstract: A method of driving an alternating-current (AC) motor while periodically obtaining a rotator angle of the AC motor. The method includes: (a) driving the AC motor by a dS-axis voltage, which is a voltage for an exciting current in a stationary reference frame, and a qS-axis voltage, which is a voltage for generating a rotational force in the stationary reference frame, while sequentially applying different dS-axis voltages and different qS-axis voltages to the AC motor in a control injection period; and (b) obtaining a rotator angle by a dS-axis voltage value, a qS-axis voltage value, a dS-axis current value, and a qS-axis current value in the control injection period.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignees: Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd., Seoul National University Industry FoundationInventors: Sang-Min Kim, Sung-Min Kim, Seung-Ki Sul, Seung-Eun Park, Yong-Cheul Kwon, Joon-Ho Park
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Patent number: 8786230Abstract: A method of estimating inductance of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) includes injecting a signal having a frequency differing from an operating frequency of the PMSM into the PMSM during sensorless operation, sensing magnitudes of current responses to the injected signal, and estimating an inductance value at which the magnitude of the sensed current response is minimal to be an actual inductance value of the PMSM, thereby estimating inductance used in the PMSM regardless of position estimation error of the PMSM and thus more accurately and reliably estimating inductance of the PMSM.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SNU R&DB FoundationInventors: Dong Hwan Lee, Young Jae Park, Yong Soon Park, Seung Ki Sul
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Publication number: 20140097687Abstract: A three-level inverter having two direct current (DC)-links for converting DC voltages generated in a plurality of photovoltaic (PV) modules into alternating current (AC) voltages, wherein one end of a first DC-link of the two DC-links is connected to a first potential point at which a first potential is generated in the plurality of PV modules, and one end of a second DC-link of the two DC-links is connected to a second potential point at which a second potential that is lower than the first potential is generated in the plurality of PV modules, and both the other end of the first DC-link and the other end of the second DC-link are connected to a third potential point at which a third potential having a medium level between the first potential and the second potential is generated in the plurality of PV modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicants: KOREA ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LG UPLUS CORP.Inventors: Yong-Soon PARK, Seung-Ki SUL, Chun-Ho LIM, Seong-Hun LEE, Ki-Sung LEE
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Publication number: 20140042953Abstract: The present invention relates to a winding synchronous machine having a moving object including an inverter circuit, wherein a winding synchronous machine, including a winding synchronous motor or generator having a moving object including an inverter circuit, is provided, the winding synchronous machine being characterized by comprising: a moving-object inverter circuit connected to the moving object of the winding synchronous machine; and a moving-object circuit control device connected to the moving-object inverter circuit so as to control the moving-object inverter circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2011Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Seung-Ki Sul, Jung-Ik Ha, Eunsoo Jung
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Publication number: 20140028237Abstract: An inverter control apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The inverter control apparatus and a control method thereof stably operate a three-phase motor using a capacitor having a small capacitance for a DC link. The inverter control apparatus includes a current sensor to sense an output current of the inverter, a voltage sensor to sense a DC-link voltage of the inverter, and a controller to generate an average of a periodically varying rotor based q-axis current boundary value based on the output current and the DC-link voltage to generate a current reference on the basis of the average of the rotor based q-axis current boundary value, and to drive a three-phase motor based on the current reference. Stabilized variable speed control of a motor by using a small-capacitance capacitor for a DC link of an inverter is performed and reliability of an inverter circuit improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicants: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: YOUNG JAE PARK, HAN SOL SEO, BODROV ALEXEY, SEUNG KI SUL, HYUN-SAM JUNG, SEUNG-JUN CHEE
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Patent number: 8450955Abstract: An alternating-current motor control apparatus includes an inverter unit, a current-command divider, a current controller, a torque-variation calculator, and a phase angle generator. The current-command divider is configured to divide a command current amplitude into command current components based on a phase-angle command value that is a sum of the phase angle and an alternating current signal. The torque-variation calculator is configured to calculate a motor electric power based on the command voltage and either the motor current or the command current components and to calculate a torque variation based on the motor electric power. The phase angle generator is configured to generate a phase angle based on the torque variation.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Kozo Ide, Shinya Morimoto, Sungmin Kim, Seung-ki Sul
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Publication number: 20130057184Abstract: A method of driving an alternating-current (AC) motor while periodically obtaining a rotator angle of the AC motor. The method includes: (a) driving the AC motor by a dS-axis voltage, which is a voltage for an exciting current in a stationary reference frame, and a qS-axis voltage, which is a voltage for generating a rotational force in the stationary reference frame, while sequentially applying different the dS-axis voltages and different qS-axis voltages to the AC motor in a control injection period; and (b) obtaining a rotator angle by a dS-axis voltage value, a qS-axis voltage value, a dS-axis current value, and a qS-axis current value in the control injection period.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicants: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang-Min KIM, Sung-Min KIM, Seung-Ki SUL, Seung-Eun PARK, Yong-Cheul KWON, Joon-Ho PARK
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Publication number: 20130057195Abstract: A single external power supply variable speed induction motor and a control method thereof are disclosed. An induction motor includes: a stator in which coils directly connected to a single-phase or 3-phase or more systematic power supply are wound; a rotor that is supported to be rotatable in the stator; a power conversion device that is attached to the rotor and controls a rotor current without connection of a separate external power supply; and a control circuit that is connected to the power conversion device and controls the power conversion device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Jung Ik HA, Sung Min KIM, Seung Ki SUL, Yong Su HAN
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Patent number: 8330402Abstract: An alternating-current motor control apparatus includes a voltage controller configured to output a command voltage vector so that the command voltage vector is time-averaged for time periods, a square-wave voltage generator configured to control, every time period, amplitudes and phases of voltages to be applied to an alternating-current motor, a current detector configured to detect motor currents at a timing synchronized with periods 1/N-th of the time periods, where N is equal to or larger than one, a coordinate transformation section configured to perform coordinate transformation to transform the motor currents into two-phase currents, an envelope extractor configured to extract two-phase currents as waveforms having amplitudes that periodically change from the two-phase currents, and extract envelopes of the waveforms, and a magnetic-pole-position computing section configured to compute a magnetic-pole position using the envelopes.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Kozo Ide, Shinya Morimoto, Masanobu Inazumi, Young Doo Yoon, Seung-ki Sul
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Publication number: 20120194113Abstract: A method of estimating inductance of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) includes injecting a signal having a frequency differing from an operating frequency of the PMSM into the PMSM during sensorless operation, sensing magnitudes of current responses to the injected signal, and estimating an inductance value at which the magnitude of the sensed current response is minimal to be an actual inductance value of the PMSM, thereby estimating inductance used in the PMSM regardless of position estimation error of the PMSM and thus more accurately and reliably estimating inductance of the PMSM.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2011Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicants: SNU R&DM FOUNDATION, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Hwan Lee, Young Jae Park, Yong Soon Park, Seung Ki Sul
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Publication number: 20100308757Abstract: An alternating-current motor control apparatus includes an inverter unit, a current-command divider, a current controller, a torque-variation calculator, and a phase angle generator. The inverter unit is configured to output a command voltage to an alternating-current motor. The current-command divider is configured to divide a command current amplitude into command current components based on a phase-angle command value that is a sum of the phase angle and an alternating current signal. The current controller is configured to control current to match a motor current flowing through the motor with the command current components. The torque-variation calculator is configured to calculate a motor electric power based on the command voltage and either the motor current or the command current components and to calculate a torque variation based on the motor electric power. The phase angle generator is configured to generate a phase angle based on the torque variation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Kozo IDE, Shinya Morimoto, Sungmin Kim, Seung-ki Sul
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Patent number: 7843162Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling an AC motor via an inverter. The method includes determining a delay-compensated offset based on a synchronous frame current, producing a current error based on a synchronous frame current and a commanded current, producing a voltage error based on an anti-windup offset and the current error, producing a commanded voltage based on the delay-compensated offset and the voltage error, and providing the inverter with the commanded voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2008Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventors: Bonho Bae, Nitinkumar R. Patel, Steven E. Schulz, James M. Nagashima, Jung Sik Yim, Seung Ki Sul
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Publication number: 20100207555Abstract: An alternating-current motor control apparatus includes a voltage controller configured to output a command voltage vector so that the command voltage vector is time-averaged for time periods, a square-wave voltage generator configured to control, every time period, amplitudes and phases of voltages to be applied to an alternating-current motor, a current detector configured to detect motor currents at a timing synchronized with periods 1/N-th of the time periods, where N is equal to or larger than one, a coordinate transformation section configured to perform coordinate transformation to transform the motor currents into two-phase currents, an envelope extractor configured to extract two-phase currents as waveforms having amplitudes that periodically change from the two-phase currents, and extract envelopes of the waveforms, and a magnetic-pole-position computing section configured to compute a magnetic-pole position using the envelopes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Kozo IDE, Shinya MORIMOTO, Masanobu INAZUMI, Young Doo YOON, Seung-ki SUL