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Voltage (Volt) and reactive-power (VAR) control in transmission networks is critical for reliability and increasingly needs fast, implementable decisions. This paper presents a transmission Volt/VAR Optimization (VVO) framework that…
Electron-mediated voltage control of exchange coupling (EM-VCEC) has been proposed as a mechanism for magnetization switching via modulation of spin-dependent electron reflection. However, its experimental verification has been challenging…
This paper presents an extremum seeking control algorithm with an adaptive step-size that adjusts the aggressiveness of the controller based on the quality of the gradient estimate. The adaptive step-size ensures that the integral-action…
The influx of non-linear power electronic loads into the distribution network has the potential to disrupt the existing distribution transformer operations. They were not designed to mediate the excessive heating losses generated from the…
This paper formally shows that an exponentially rising current is optimal in terms of resistive ohmic loss for driving a semiconductor laser into the gain-switching mode. A metric to quantify the quality of laser operation that measures the…
Extracting maximum power available from photovoltaic arrays requires the system operating at the maximum power point (MPP). Therefore, finding the MPP is necessary for efficient operation of PV arrays. The MPP changes with multiple…
Recent research on multilevel inverters shows exciting properties, including the potential to generate multiple output voltages and integrated voltage boosting. However, most presented inverter topologies have a restricted number of output…
The power electronic interface to a vibration energy harvester not only provides ac-dc conversion, but can also set the electrical damping to maximize output power under displacement-constrained operation. This is commonly exploited for…
Resonant converters are often being used for high power and high voltage applications to achieve high efficiency, high power density and low EMI. In this paper, we will use a resonant converter for a completely different application. We…
A circuit capable of measuring nanoampere currents while floating at voltages up to at least 25kV is described. The circuit relays its output to ground potential via an optical fiber. We particularly emphasize the design and construction…
Accurate electrical amplification is essential in molecular electronics for measuring conductance through atomic and molecular junctions, where currents often span several orders of magnitude. In this work, we present a systematic design…
A single-electron inverter was fabricated that switches from a high output to a low output when a fraction of an electron is added to the input. For the proper operation of the inverter, the two single-electron transistors that make up the…
The Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) of the output capacitor may cause output voltage Vo jumps, that are not modeled commonly for second order DC-DC converters, i.e., converters with two second order switched subsystems. These jump…
Multi-active bridge (MAB) converters, the core of the state-of-the-art medium-voltage power electronic transformers, can flexibly connect multiple DC ports among distributed DC grids and loads, but suffer from hard switching under…
The high current density required by Magnetic Tunneling Junction (MTJ) switching driven by Spin Transfer Torque (STT) effect leads to large power consumption and severe reliability issues therefore hinder the timetable for STT Magnetic…
Harvesting energy from ambient vibration is proposed as an alternative to storage based power supplies for autonomous systems. The system presented converts the mechanical energy of a vibration into electrical energy by means of a variable…
Direct current (DC) converters play an essential role in electronic circuits. Conventional high-efficiency DC voltage converters, especially step-up type, rely on switch-mode operation, where energy is periodically stored within and…
The most common method to measure direct current high voltage (HV) down to the ppm-level is to use resistive high-voltage dividers. Such devices scale the HV into a range where it can be compared with precision digital voltmeters to…
In this paper, a methodology for designing efficient energy scavengers is proposed. The scavenger consists of a cantilever beam on which piezoelectric films and a mass are mounted. The mass at the tip of the beam is known as the proof mass…
Switch-mode power converters are used in various applications to convert between different voltage (or current) levels. They use transistors to switch on and off the input voltage to generate a pulsed voltage whose arithmetic average is the…