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The ever increasing penetration of renewable energy systems in the distribution grids will inevitably require profound changes in the grid infrastructure. One emerging direction, the medium voltage dc (MVdc) grids, is the cornerstone of this work. They are ...

EPFL2018

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We demonstrate that doping the semiconductor zinc tin oxide (ZTO) with yttrium leads to a high-voltage thin film transistor (HVTFT) with enhanced switching performance. Adding 5% yttrium leads to an increase in the on-off ratio from 40 to 1000 at an operat ...

2018

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In this study, we propose the insertion of an ultrathin Hf layer at the interface between TiN (top electrode) and HfOX (electrolyte), and then studied its effect on the device electrical properties. In order to obtain the desired switching characteristics, ...

Ieee2016

Control of the Actively Balanced Capacitive Voltage Divider for a Five-Level NPC Inverter - Estimation of the Intermediary Levels Currents

Alfred Rufer, Nicolas Cherix, Nelson William Koch

This article addresses the control of a Multistage Stacked Boost Architecture (MSBA) feeding a five-level NPC inverter in a grid-tied application. A suitable control strategy was previously presented, in which estimated/reconstructed intermediary currents ...

2016

High-Power High-Voltage Isolated DC-DC Converters using an NPC Balanced Capacitive Divider

Alfred Rufer

A new isolated DC-DC converter is presented suited for high voltage applications. It is based on the series connection of NPC inverter cells, using semiconductor devices with lower voltage blocking capability than the total input voltage. The galvanic isol ...

2015

A major change in the electrical transmission and distribution system is taking place in Europe at the moment. The shift from a centralised energy production to a distributed generation profoundly changes the behaviour of the grid. Environmental or social ...

EPFL2012

Optimization of DC-DC Converters for Improved Electromagnetic Compatibility With High Energy Physics Front-End Electronics

Maher Kayal, Stefano Michelis

The upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments at CERN sets new challenges for the powering of the detectors. One of the powering schemes under study is based on DC-DC buck converters mounted on the front-end modules. The hard environmental con ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2011

Synthesis strategies for sub-VT systems

Andreas Peter Burg, Pascal Andreas Meinerzhagen, Oskar Andersson

Various synthesis strategies relying on conventional standard-cell libraries (SCLs) are evaluated in order to minimize the energy dissipation per operation in sub-threshold (sub-VT) systems. First, two sub-V T analysis methods are reviewed, both of which a ...

IEEE2011

A fully integrated Hall sensor microsystem with current-mode output

Maher Kayal, Marc Pastre, Andrea Ajbl

This paper presents a fully integrated Hall sensor microsystem with a current-mode output. The system operates in open-loop and includes a Hall sensor with internal biasing, a fully differential front-end, a preamplifier chain and a voltage-to-current conv ...

2011

Re-generative Asymmetrical Multi-level Converter for Multi-Megawatt Variable Speed Drives

Alfred Rufer

This paper is focused on the design, modulation and control of a re-generative non-symmetrical multi-level converter for high-power applications such as oil and gas or mining. The converter is based on standard IGBT modules and the DC-link voltages are cho ...

2010