An increasing number of manufacturing processes rely on ultra-high speed and accuracy machines. Piezoceramic actuators are being utilized as parts of such machines. So far, only linear and switched-capacitor power supplies have been used for driving piezoceramic actuators in such applications. This paper proposes a switch-mode power supply to reduce cost and increase system efficiency. In the p...

A high power buck-boost switch-mode LED driver delivering a constant 350 mA with a power efficient current sensing scheme is presented in this paper. The LED current is extracted by differentiating the output capacitor voltage and maintained by a feedback. The circuit has been fabricated in a standard 0.35 μm AMS CMOS process. Measurement results demonstrated a power-conversion efficiency over ...

This paper will focus on the definition of the main performance characteristics that must have a converter power cell to fit the above mentioned application range. Starting with the establishment of the relevant trade-off parameters, in terms of power handling capability, input and output operational voltage ranges (both in nominal and emergency conditions), conducted emissions, bus capacitor a...

A 3-5V 50mA CMOS low Drop-out (LDO) linear regulator with a single compensation capacitor of 1pF is presented. The circuit realization is well-studied and developed with respect to the loop-gain response, the transient response, the output noise, the output accuracy, as well as the standby power consumption. The proposed LDO regulator is implemented in the AMI 0.6um CMOS process, the active lay...

This paper presents a closed-loop control of an 800W fuel cell power system consisting of phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC), an ultracapacitor, power controlling unit and grid side filters. Simulation results represent the dynamics of the PAFC and its related power conditioning devices including grid connection. The proposed model is based on mathematical equations. The modeling and simulation i...

Abstract. A novel multilevel active rectifier based on series connection of asymmetrical H-bridge cells is presented in this paper. The converter can generate seven voltage levels with eight power switches. However it can lead the output capacitor voltage unbalanced. Then PI controller has been applied to guarantee the output DC voltage in the outer loop. A proportion controller is used to cont...

This paper presents a micro electrostatic vibration-toelectricity energy converter. For the 3.3 V supply voltage and 1cm chip area constraints, optimal design parameters were found from theoretical calculation and Simulink simulation. In the current design, the output power is 200 μW/cm for the optimal load of 8 MΩ. The device was fabricated in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer. Mechanical and...

In this paper, a current-mode all-pass filter employing single multi-output dual-X second-generation current conveyor, a grounded resistor and a grounded capacitor is proposed. The circuit is as good as ideal for current-mode cascading by possessing low input and high output impedances. The use of grounded passive components makes the circuit, ideal for IC implementation. The effect of non-idea...

This paper presents a micro electrostatic vibration-to-electricity energy converter based on the micro-electromechanical system. For the 3.3 V supply voltage and 1 cm chip area constraints, optimal design parameters were found from theoretical calculation and Simulink simulation. In the current design, the output power is 200 lW/cm for the optimal load of 8 MW. The device was fabricated in a si...

Crystal oscillators use an external crystal to generate clock signals for designs that require high stability at a precise frequency. Phase-locked-loops are used to multiply the crystal output frequency to higher values. This application note describes the use of Crystal Oscillator and PLLs in the context of the AT91M42800A and AT91M55800A ARM-based microcontrollers. The ZIP file " Automatic_Ca...