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Circuit topology (electrical)

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Optimized Quantization in Distributed Graph Signal Filtering

Pascal Frossard, Isabela Cunha Maia Nobre

Distributed graph signal processing algorithms require the network nodes to communicate by exchanging messages in order to achieve a common objective. These messages have a finite precision in realistic networks, which may necessitate to implement message ...

2019

Multi-Variable High-Frequency Input-Admittance of Grid-Connected Converters: Modeling, Validation and Implications on Stability

Drazen Dujic, Francisco Daniel Freijedo Fernández

Modern grids are facing a massive integration of power electronics devices, usually associated to instability issues. In order to assess the likelihood and severity of harmonic instability in the high frequency region, this work develops a multi-variable i ...

2019

Dispatching Stochastic Heterogeneous Resources Accounting for Grid and Battery Losses

Mario Paolone, Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Fabrizio Sossan, Lorenzo Enrique Reyes Chamorro, Eleni Stai

We compute an optimal day-ahead dispatch plan for distribution networks with stochastic resources and batteries, while accounting for grid and battery losses. We formulate and solve a scenario-based AC Optimal Power Flow (OPF), which is by construction non ...

2018

Voltage Control in Active Distribution Networks Under Uncertainty in the System Model: A Robust Optimization Approach

Mario Paolone, Konstantina Christakou

Within the context of ancillary services for Active Distribution Networks (ADNs), application of intelligent control techniques is required in order to achieve specific operation objectives. Despite their differences, most control mechanisms proposed in th ...

2018

Advances in the characterization of nanowire photovoltaic devices

Dmitry Mikulik

III-V nanowires (NWs) have a great potential for solar energy applications due to their diameter-dependent optical properties, which may enhance absorption of light. In addition, core-shell radial p-i-n structures, in which the direction of light absorptio ...

EPFL2018

Area and Power Efficient Ultra-Wideband Transmitter Based on Active Inductor

Catherine Dehollain, Franco Maloberti, Kerim Türe, Arnout Jan J Devos

This paper presents the design of an impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) transmitter for low-power, short-range, and high-data rate applications such as high density neural recording interfaces. The IR-UWB transmitter pulses are generated by modulating t ...

2018

Quantifying and Modeling the Impact of Interconnection Failures on the Electrical Performance of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Modules

Christophe Ballif, Matthieu Despeisse, Antonin Faes, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Jacques Levrat, Eleonora Annigoni

We present an electrical model developed with LT SPICE that simulates the performance of a string of cells with disconnections in the electrical circuit. In a previous contribution, we quantified experimentally how the module performance is affected when o ...

IEEE2018

Self-Heating Aware Design of ICs in Deep Sub-Micron FDSOI and Bulk Technologies

Can Baltaci

Bulk CMOS technologies left the semiconductor market to the novel device geometries such as FDSOI and FinFET below 30 nm, mainly due to their insufficient electrical characteristics arising from different physical limitations. These innovative solutions en ...

EPFL2018

Dynamic Modeling of Magnetic Components for Circuit Simulation of Power Electronic Systems

Min Luo

Magnetic components play an important role in a power electronic converter system. They provide energy buffering, galvanic isolation and voltage ratio conversion and have significant impact on the overall performance of the system regarding power efficienc ...

EPFL2018

On the Properties of the Power Systems Nodal Admittance Matrix

Mario Paolone, Andreas Martin Kettner

This letter provides conditions determining the rank of the nodal admittance matrix, and arbitrary block partitions of it, for connected AC power networks with complex admittances. Furthermore, some implications of these properties concerning Kron Reductio ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2018