With the expanding interest for power from the ac line and more stringent cutoff points for power quality, power factor correction is extraordinary consideration as of late. An assortment of circuit topologies and control strategies has been created for the PFC application. While the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) converters for example, boost and fly back converters are appropriate for lo...

This paper surveys some analytical and experimental results concerning different randomized modulation strategies in switched-mode power converters (SMPCs). After a short review of practical experiences within the literature it presents the benefits of several randomized schemes for power converters (i.e. reduced electromagnetic interference EMI, and lower acoustic noise). It also introduces th...

Alibeik, Maryam. MSECE, Purdue University, August 2014. Different Configurations of Microgrids and Power Converters. Major Professor: Dr. Euzeli dos Santos Jr. This thesis proposes a two-phase microgrid system with voltages in quadrature. The two-phase microgrid system presents the following advantages: 1) constant power through the power line at balanced condition; 2) two voltages available by...

Pulse width modulation (PWM) converters are frequently used due to unity power factor operation with reduced total harmonic distortion (THD) at ac mains and also provide constant-regulated dc output voltage even under fluctuations of ac voltage and dc load. This paper contains the harmonics analysis of sinusoidal PWM (SPWM) technique and space vector PWM (SVPWM) technique for three-phase AC to ...

The purpose of this paper is twofold. On one hand, basics on switched circuits for designing a DC-DC converter are presented and, on the other hand, power electronics definitions associated with simple electrical networks are mentioned. In the analysis of these networks, it is necessary to take into account not only converters’ non-idealities but also how to minimize power losses. Since power l...

Design and Analysis of Multiphase DC-DC Converters with Coupled Inductors. (May 2007) Meng Shi, B.Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Prasad Enjeti In this thesis, coupled inductors have been applied to multiphase DC-DC converters. Detailed analysis has been done to investigate the benefits of directly coupled inductors and inversely coupled inductors, co...

Portable electronics have fueled the rich emergence of new applications including multi-media handsets, ubiquitous smart sensors and actuators, and wearable or implantable biomedical devices. New ultra-low power circuit techniques are constantly being proposed to further improve the energy efficiency of electronic circuits. A critical part of these energy conscious systems are the energy proces...

Up until a few years ago, space applications such as satellites routinely employed distributed power architectures (DPAs) that were highly reliant on isolated dc-dc converters. But in recent years, power system designers working on space applications have taken a page from the telecom and computing worlds and begun turning to a refinement of the DPA known as the intermediate bus architecture (I...