Feedforward and multiple-feedback A/D converters offer high-resolution, but are susceptible to instability in the presence of capacitor tolerances in a corresponding switchedcapacitor (SC) hardware implementation. The hitherto A/D converters are usually based on, a) complementary signal and noise transfer functions, and/or b) unitcircle noise transfer function zeros. This paper is concerned wit...

-Passive current sharing in multiphase converters, where resistive losses are not dominant, is a quite complex goal. In this work, input impedance of active clamp boost converters is used like a lossless passive equalization in multistage high power factor rectifier. This technique allows the design of high power converters by and easy parallel association of power stages. Experimental results ...

OWER CONVERTERS have been widely adopted for distributed power generation systems, where the resonances may be excited. Although many innovative methods have been put forwarded to attenuate the appeared resonances and enhance the stability of system, how to keep high performance of power converters is still a big challenge for researches and engineers, especially when the power grid is weak and...

Distributed power systems are prevalent in telecommunications, networking, and high-end server applications and generally utilize a 48 V bus voltage adopted from the telecom industry. From the 48 V bus, a number of isolated point of load (POL) converters power the end loads, with isolation being required for safety. The traditional distributed power architecture (DPA), shown in figure 1(a), use...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new family of zero-voltage switching (ZVS) pulse-width modulation (PWM) active-clamping dc-to-dc boost converters. This technique presents ZVS commutation without additional voltage stress and a significant increase in the circulating reactive energy throughout the converters. So, the efficiency and the power density become advantages when compared to...

The development of new wave energy converters has shed light on a number of unanswered questions in fluid mechanics, but has also identified a number of new issues of importance for their future deployment. The main concerns relevant to the practical use of wave energy converters are sustainability, survivability, and maintainability. Of course, it is also necessary to maximize the capture per ...

The connection between PEM fuel cells and common DC-DC converters is examined. The analysis is model-based and done for boost, buck and buck-boost converters. In a first step, the effect of the converter ripples upon the PEM fuel cell is shown. They introduce oscillations in the fuel cell. Their appearance is explained, discussed and possibilities for their suppression are given. After that, th...

With increasing of microprocessors and DSP (digital signal processors) use as digital control systems in new, multiresonant power semiconductor converters, the new approaches for modeling and simulation of converters must be implemented. Designing the control system requires use of control to output transfer function for mathematical model of converter. For new, frequency controlled resonant co...

Impedance converters have been developed as a new type of converter besides the two other existing converters: voltage-source and current source converters. The new converter has many inherent advantages which can be used for many applications such as wind power conversion system, fuel cell system or motor drive applications. Present research works are mostly focused on using Z-source network a...

This article briefly describes conventional A/D conversion, as well as its performance modeling. We then look at the technique of oversampling, which can be used to improve the resolution of classical A/D methods. We discuss how sigma-delta converters use the technique of noise shaping in addition to oversampling to allow high resolution conversion of relatively low bandwidth signals. Next, we ...