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Recent progresses in ultra low power microelectronics propelled the development of several microsensors and particularly the self powered microsystems (SPMS). One of their limitations is their size and their autonomy due to short lifetime…
The need for wearable or abandoned microsystems, as well as the trend to a lower power consumption of electronic devices, make miniaturized renewable energy generators a viable alternative to batteries. Among the different alternatives, an…
The inductive charging of electric vehicles requires specific measurement and calibration systems. In fact, the measurement of power on board involves DC signals, which are superimposed to a significant AC ripple up to or over 150 kHz,…
Integration of structures and functions allowed reducing electric consumptions of sensors, actuators and electronic devices. Therefore, it is now possible to imagine low-consumption devices able to harvest their energy in their surrounding…
The modern power system is evolving with increasing penetration of power electronics introducing complicated electromagnetic phenomenon. Electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulation is essential to understand power system behavior under…
The stable precession region in the spintronic oscillator with an in-plane magnetic tunnel junction is very narrow under small external fields, restricting its applications such as for microwave generators. Here we show that this region can…
Optimal Volt/VAR control (VVC) in distribution networks relies on an effective coordination between the conventional utility-owned mechanical devices and the smart residential photovoltaic (PV) inverters. Typically, a central controller…
The paper presents the results of a study of electron-beam modification (EBM) of VO2-switch I-V curve threshold parameters and the self-oscillation frequency of a circuit containing such a switching device. EBM in vacuum is reversible and…
In this paper, a mathematical expression to define the maximum and minimum voltage ripples of the modular multilevel converter (MMC) sub-module (SM) capacitors is proposed. Using the arm averaged model of the MMC, the instantaneous power…
This paper focuses on the effective use of smart inverters for Volt/Var control (VVC) on a distribution system. New smart inverters offer Var support capability but for their effective use they need to be coordinated with existing Volt/Var…
Particle accelerators use a great variety of power converters for energizing their sub-systems; while the total number of power converters usually depends on the size of the accelerator or combination of accelerators (including the…
This article is present high precision multiwave rectifier circuit operating in low voltage plus or minus 1.5 Volt current modes by CMOS technology 0.5 \mum, receive input and give output in current mode, respond at high frequency period.…
Using recently available GaN FETs, a 600 Volt three-stage, multi-FET switch has been developed having 2 nanosecond rise time driving a 200 Ohm load with the potential of approaching 30 MHz average switching rates. Possible applications…
This paper presents design of a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) circuit and its functionality for tuning the maximum power transfer from an energy harvester (EH) unit. Simple and practical Perturb and Observe algorithm is investigated…
AC transmission lines with lengths greater than 80km cannot be used to their maximum capacity due to limits in voltage drops and transient stability. This inefficient way of using conductors in a transmission line can be overcome if the…
Recent advances have shown that the circuit simulation algorithms that allow for solving highly nonlinear circuits of over one billion variables can be applicable to power system simulation and optimization problems through the use of an…
Mitigation of fossil fuel dependency is becoming a major concern in most of the countries around the globe. In that context, this research article presents the single phase two stage boost inverter system for wave energy conversion. The…
A simple method to increase the flow power extraction efficiency of a circular cylinder, undergoing vortex-induced vibration (VIV), by confining it between two parallel plates is proposed. A two-dimensional numerical study was performed on…
The Cavallo multiplier [http://archive.org/details/b28771035_0003] is an electrostatic inductance machine that can generate low-noise high voltages electrically isolated from its voltage input, making it ideally suited for precision…
An algorithm for simulation of switching converters is proposed in the paper. The algorithm is based on simulation of averaged circuit model applying "switching cell" concept, and construction of instantaneous values of the waveforms using…