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The decoupling of the capacitor voltage and inductor current has been shown to improve significantly the dynamic performance of voltage source inverters in standalone applications. However, the computation and pulse width modulation delays still limit the ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2017

DC-DC Converter based on the Asymmetric Multistage Stacked Boost Architecture with Feed-Forward Control for Photovoltaic Plants

Alfred Rufer, Gina Kristin Steinke, Georgios Mademlis

A new feed-forward control technique for a DC-DC step-up converter based on the asymmet-ric Multistage Stacked Boost Architecture (MSBA) is presented in this paper. The proposed closed loop control scheme can provide improved accuracy in the steady-state o ...

2016

Design of an integrated thermoelectric generator power converter for ultra-low power and low voltage body energy harvesters aimed at ExG active electrodes

Pierre-André Farine, Alexis Boegli, Milad Ataei Ashtiani, Christian Robert

This paper describes a detailed design procedure for an efficient thermal body energy harvesting integrated power converter. The procedure is based on the examination of power loss and power transfer in a converter for a self-powered medical device. The ef ...

Institute of Physics2015

Design of an integrated thermoelectric generator power converter for ultra-low power and low voltage body energy harvesters aimed at ExG active electrodes

Pierre-André Farine, Alexis Boegli, Milad Ataei Ashtiani, Christian Robert

Institute of Physics2015

Power-Efficient Pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter Architectures for Advanced CMOS Technologies

Among different analog-to-digital converter (ADC) architectures pipelined ADCs are the most suited for medium sampling frequencies (50-300MSPS) and medium resolutions, i.e. 8 to 14 bits. Having the lowest figure-of-merit (FOM) in its bandwidth and resoluti ...

EPFL2012

Lead-free high-temperature dielectrics with wide operational range

Dragan Damjanovic

The dielectric, electrical and structural properties of (1-x) (0.94Bi(1/2)Na(1/2)TiO(3)-0.06BaTiO(3))-xK(0.5)Na(0.5)NbO(3) (BNT-BT-xKNN) with x=0.09, 0.12, 0.15, and 0.18 were investigated as potential candidates for high-temperature capacitors with a work ...

American Institute of Physics2011

Force feedback keyboard: self sensing

Yves Chevallier

Within the framework of a project consisting in developing a haptic keyboard, each key is aimed to be controlled individually in position and force. Small sized actuators has already been designed and integrated in a 64 keys force feedback keyboard. The pr ...

2011

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We present the design, fabrication process and characterization of multilayer miniaturized polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based dielectric elastomer diaphragm actuators. The conductive stretchable electrodes are obtained by lowenergy metal ion implantation. T ...

Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering, Po Box 10, Bellingham, Wa 98227-0010 Usa2011

Single Phase Resonant LC Circuit Using a Bank of Self-Switched Capacitors

Alfred Rufer, Daniel Siemaszko, Christian Rod

This paper presents a preliminary work on the feeding of an AC dipole using a resonant circuit with a varying resonant frequency. A single phase LC oscillator containing a variable capacitor is fed by a wide band amplifier or a voltage source inverter. For ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2011

Evidence for dielectric aging due to progressive 180 degrees domain wall pinning in polydomain Pb(Zr0.45Ti0.55)O-3 thin films

Nava Setter, Alexander Tagantsev, Dragan Damjanovic, Igor Stolichnov, Pavel Mokry

An evidence that the dielectric aging in the polydomain Pb(Zr0.45Ti0.55)O-3 thin films is controlled by progressive pinning of 180 degrees domain walls is presented. To provide such a conclusion, we use a general method, which is based on the study of the ...

2009

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