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A new dual-input and dual-output switched capacitor (SC) converter is designed to operate with two independent voltage sources that provides two different output voltages. The only converter generates 32 voltage conversion ratios (VCRs). The converter is portable to operate with one or two input sources alternatively and having the ability to vary 32 voltage ratios. An efficient low power SC converter...
Adiabatic logic is an alternative architecture design style to reduce the power consumption of digital cores by using AC power supply instead of DC ones. The energy saving of the digital gates is strongly related to the efficiency of adiabatic AC power supplies. In this paper, we propose a resonant reversible power-clock supply design with four different phases. The resonance deviation between the...
An AES core designed for low-cost and energy-efficient IoT security applications is fabricated in a 65nm CMOS technology. A novel Dual-Rail Flush Logic (DRFL) with switching-independent power profile is used to yield intrinsic resistance against Differential Power Analysis (DPA) attacks with minimum area and energy consumption. Measurement results show that this 0.048mm2 core achieves energy consumption...
Memristor is a two terminal passive circuit element that can be used in non-volatile storage applications. In addition, memristor can also be used to implement logic functions. This paper presents the design of adder circuits in memristor crossbar. We have used the MAGIC design style to implement the gates required for the adder circuits. The implementation is based on in-memory computing where the...
A fully integrated 24.5/35-GHz dual-band T/R/Calibration switch module with Q-enhanced filtering function for a concurrent dual-band phased array system is presented. The proposed T/R/Calibration switch module offers internal calibration function with a quasi-elliptic dual-bandpass filtering which is enabled by a Q-enhanced metamaterial transmission line structure. This switch module architecture...
Operating CMOS circuits at subthreshold supply voltages is an attractive solution for substantial energy reduction, at the expense of strong timing performance degradation, for a broad range of battery operated appliances. One of the challenges of this approach in current technology nodes is the reduced available noise margin when operating at low supplies. This paper evaluates the Static Noise Margin...
In this paper, implementation of a virtual resistance controller for DC-DC boost converter Dahono 1 to improve the damping during transient response is proposed. The virtual resistance is developed by using pole placement and root locus techniques to obtain the desired transient response for the converter. The model that considering component non-idealities then established. In order to verify the...
Droop control is widely used in distributed generators for relating their terminal parameters to power generation. These generators are usually assumed to have enough capacities for supplying the required power. This is however not always true, especially with renewable sources with no or insufficient storage. To deal with this issue, an improved droop-based control is proposed for single-phase two-stage...
In this paper, the energy conservation law in physics is introduced into the control prototype of boost converters. Firstly, the input and output energy and the energy changes in the reactive components in each switching cycle are analysed. Then an energy balance control (EBC) method is designed based on the energy conservation law, which is independent of converter work modes, continuous conduction...
Impedance source inverters have attracted much attention in recent years due to their ability to behave as voltage elevators/reducers at their output terminals without the need of an extra dc/dc converter to accomplish this task. Among these inverters, the quasi-impedance source inverter (qZSI) is one of the most known topologies. It considers two basic operating states, the no-shoot-through state...
GaN-FETs are attractive switching devices for their fast switching capability. However, they often suffer from the oscillatory false triggering, i.e. a series of self-sustaining repetitive false triggering induced after a fast switching. The purpose of this paper is to derive a design instruction to prevent this phenomenon. According to the previous study, the oscillatory false triggering was found...
Active gate driving has been shown to provide reduced circuit losses and improved switching waveform quality in power electronic circuits. An integrated active gate driver with 150 ps resolution has previously been shown to offer the expected benefits in GaN-based converters. However, the use of low-voltage, high-speed transistors limits its output voltage range to 5 V, too low for many emerging SiC...
Photovoltaic panel characterisation finds extensive use in output prediction, efficiency estimation and defect detection in photovoltaic (PV) industry. Out of the various characterisation methods available, the use of switched mode power converters is one of the most attractive solutions, owing to high speed, low power loss and additional maximum power point tracking ability. Duty ratio variation...
Since the traditional half-bridge modular multilevel converter (HB-MMC) is endangered under DC side short-circuit faults. This paper proposes a novel sub-module (SM) topology for MMC with DC fault limitation capability. The fault current is fully transferred to the bypass thyristor by turning off all IGBTs when DC short-circuit fault occurs, then the diode freewheeling effect is eliminated and all...
High-precision applications typically demand very-low ripple, fast response, and high efficiency. The newly proposed concept of Basic Crossover Correction Cell (B3C) aims to achieve exactly that by processing the current ripple independently from the main bulk current. As a consequence, correction cells can be constructed from lower-power switching devices with reduced stress, as compared to conventional...
The on-state resistance Ron of GaN devices can be affected by charge trapping as well as temperature effects. For the reliable application of the devices it is useful to distinguish between these two effects and understand the cause of power losses. In this work, three state-of-the-art GaN power transistors are investigated. An obvious Ron increase by trapping occurs in the GaN normally-off devices,...
Vertical GaN power semiconductors promise higher power with faster switching speeds but the development of this technology has been slowed. This is due to the expense and lack of familiarity with GaN substrates. This paper will detail the functionality of HRL's cutting-edge vertical GaN transistor which is mounted onto a specially made PCB and tested. The testing consists of a static characterization...
This paper proposes the application of advanced modelling and control strategies for a single phase Dual Active Bridge (DAB) based Medium Voltage DC (MVDC) Shipboard Power System (SPS). In these systems the tightly controlled point of load (POL) converters exhibit a constant power load (CPL) behaviour, which has a destabilising effect on the bus voltage. In this work, a Multiple Input Single Output...
Electrical physics text book theory tells us that charging a capacitor is much less efficient than replenishing the energy in a discharged electro-chemical battery. If a fully discharged capacitor is pumped with a charge of Q coulombs, it stores 1/2QV while dissipating the same amount of energy in the loop resistance. However, if the same charge is pumped into a re-chargeable electrochemical cell...
In recent years, thermoelectric generator (TEG) is expected as a power supply source for wireless sensor nodes. An open circuit voltage of TEG is proportional to a temperature difference between each side of TEG. TEG has a maximum power point (MPP) because of the large internal resistance. Therefore, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control is needed to track the MPP against temperature variation...
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