In order to help engineers cope with the complexity of developing the power supplies best suitable for their design, IC manufacturers are providing power supply design tools, such as the Microchip Technology Incorporated MCP16311/2 Design Analyzer. This tool represents a superior alternative to the trial-and-error approach, which is both time and resource consuming as it involves repeatedly dev...

This paper focuses on the production of electricity using a thermoelectric generator placed on the human body connected to a dc-dc converter. The small difference in temperature between the hot heat source (e.g. the human body, Tb = 37 ◦C) and the cold heat source (e.g. ambient air, Ta = 22 ◦C), associated with a poor quality thermal coupling (mainly with the cold source), leads to a very low t...

This paper presents a comparative evaluation of five topologies of single-phase AC-DC boost converters having power factor correction (PFC). These converter topologies are evaluated on the basis of performance and their salient features are discussed to analyze their applicability. The techniques not only help to develop a deeper understanding of these converters but also to evaluate performanc...

Single phase power factor correction ac-dc converters are widely used in industry for ac-dc power conversion from single phase ac mains to an required output dc voltage. In case of high power application these types of converter use an ac-dc boost converter followed by dc-dc converter. These converters has the features of excellent input power factor, continuous input and output currents, and i...

Differing from the structure of traditional parallel plate capacitive sensor a semi cylindrical capacitive sensor has been introduced in this present work to measure the soil moisture conveniently. Here, the numerical analysis method to evaluate the capacitance from the semi-cylindrical capacitive sensor is analyzed and discussed. The changes of capacitance with the variation of soil moisture o...