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Hidemine Obara
Researcher at Yokohama National University
Publications - 64
Citations - 440
Hidemine Obara is an academic researcher from Yokohama National University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Converters & Inverter. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 54 publications receiving 298 citations. Previous affiliations of Hidemine Obara include Chiba University & Tokyo Metropolitan University.
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Active Gate Control in Half-Bridge Inverters Using Programmable Gate Driver ICs to Improve Both Surge Voltage and Converter Efficiency
TL;DR: It is verified that the proposed active gate control can effectively improve the tradeoff relationship between the surge voltage and switching loss of the pulsewidth modulation half-bridge inverter circuit.
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Design of 5-level reduced switches count Η-bridge multilevel inverter
TL;DR: A five-level multilevel inverter with reduced switching count is presented, discussing its design features which contribute to less switching losses and Total Harmonic Distortion for motor drives.
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Flexible power flow control for next-generation multi-terminal DC power network
TL;DR: A power flow control on the links named link voltage control based on a bidirectional buck-boost converter implemented on the link is studied, and the high controllability of the link voltage controller will contribute to the realization of future DC power grid.
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Power electronics 2.0: IoT-connected and Al-controlled power electronics operating optimally for each user
TL;DR: A 6-bit programmable gate driver IC with automatic optimization of gate driving waveform for IGBT is presented as the first step toward Power Electronics 2.0.
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Development of high power density flying capacitor multi-level converters with balanced capacitor voltage
Hidemine Obara,Yukihiko Sato +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, some countermeasures to reduce the unbalance in the capacitor voltages are investigated to realize simple multi-level converters, and the effectiveness of the initial charging resistors of the capacitors on the voltage balance is clarified analytically.