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This study presents a new approach to the control problem of single-phase switch-mode rectifiers. The proposed approach is based on a particular model predictive control scheme, incorporated with soft constraints for the errors of the key control targets. ...

2012

Modeling of Inductive Contactless Energy Transfer Systems

Pascal Meyer

In the domain of electronic devices and especially desktop peripherals, there is an industrial trend which consists in removing the cables that pollute our domestic and professional environments. In this sense, wireless communication protocols are already ...

EPFL2012

This paper presents a remote powering realization for smart orthopedic implants with a full-wave rectifier and a voltage doubler. The measured power efficiency of the rectifier at 13.56 MHz is 80% for an output power of 20 mW with 2.2 V output. The rectifi ...

Ieee2012

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This paper presents an inductive power link for remote powering of a wireless cortical implant. The link includes a Class-E power amplifier, a gate driver, an inductive link, and an integrated rectifier. The coils of the inductive link are designed and opt ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2011

The paper presents an automatic power management system (PMS) designed for the on-line operation of an experimental low voltage microgrid equipped with two power supplies, a kW-class fuel cell (FC) and a photovoltaic (PV) module emulator, along with a 100- ...

2011

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Ionic transport in charged conical nanopores is known to give rise to ion current rectification. The present study shows that the rectification direction can be inverted when using electrolyte solutions at very low ionic strengths. To elucidate these pheno ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2011

Herein we report a theoretical study of diode-like behavior of negatively charged (e.g., glass or silica) nanopores at different potential scan rates (1-1000 V center dot s(-1)). Finite element simulations were used to determine current-voltage characteris ...

2011

Design methodology and comparison of rectifiers for UHF-band RFIDs

Catherine Dehollain, Francesco Mazzilli, Norbert Jöhl

Rectifiers are important energy converters and henceforth crucial building blocks for RFID applications. In the first half of the work, we have presented a design methodology for matching the rectifier input impedance with the antenna to maximize the recti ...

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Nouveaux mécanismes de commutation pour des structures dédiées aux convertisseurs de puissance de haute efficacité et interrupteurs du futur

Daniel Siemaszko

Nowadays, the scarcity of cheap energy sources requires a particular effort in optimizing the performance of all conversions. The electric power vector is particulary expected to grow in importance, in conjunction with the development of renewable energy s ...

EPFL2009

Description and Efficiency Comparison of Two 25 kVA DC/AC Isolation Modules

Alfred Rufer, Daniel Siemaszko, Lukas Fleischli, Frédéric Zurkinden, Irma Villar

In the frame of the European project UNIFLEX-PM, two AC/AC converter topologies hove been studied and implemented. Both converters, rated for 25 kVA, are isolated by a medium-frequency power transformer. The first topology is based on a dual active bridge ...

2009