This paper introduces a novel Bi-directional DC-DC converter with artificial neural network controller (ANN).Bidirectional power flow is obtained by the same power components and provides a simple, efficient, and galvanically isolated converter. In the presence of DC mains the converter operates as buck converter and charges the battery. When the DC main fails, the converter operates as boost c...

This paper describes a new design for a fault tolerant Hbridge dc-dc converter. Open circuit and short circuit fault tolerance is achieved using multilevel converter topology in combination with pulse width modulation control strategy allowing a large set of converter switching states to produce bidirectional power flows at any required output voltage. If two switches fail at particular instant...

This paper presents the implementation of a bidirectional dc-dc converter to protect a battery from overcharging and undercharging. The proposed converter circuit provides low voltage stresses across the switches, higher step-up and step-down voltage gains and efficiency is also high when compared to conventional boost/buck converter. The proposed control circuit controls the charging and disch...

In this article the principle of the switched capacitor in a series RLC circuit is presented. The classical methods for phase angle control are described, and a novel control method, where the capacitor is placed in the centre of a bidirectional H bridge switches. Using an electronic circuit simulation program, the representative voltage and current curves are obtained. The phase angle at vario...

Curved micromechanical beams are a versatile platform for exploring multistable behavior, with potential applications in mechanical based logic elements and electrical and optical switches. Here we demonstrate bidirectional electrostatic actuation of a bistable, latched, micromechanical beam by the same electrode, which was used for the snap-through switching of the device. The release of the m...

We explore the possibility of using thin layered semiconductor membranes for electrical control of the ion current flow through a nanopore, thereby operating like tunable ionic transistors. While single layer semiconductor membranes can be voltage tuned to operate as ionic filters or "switches", double layered membranes can rectify the ion current flowing through the nanopore in addition to ion...

Molecular switches on metal surfaces typically show very little photoreactivity. Using scanning tunneling microscopy, we show that the ring-opening-ring-closing switch nitrospiropyran thermally and optically isomerizes to the open merocyanine form on a Bi(110) surface. Irradiation by blue light of a monolayer of spiropyran molecules leads to mixed domains of the two isomers. At large illuminati...

The microtubule motors kinesin and dynein function collectively to drive vesicular transport. High-resolution tracking of vesicle motility in the cell indicates that transport is often bidirectional, characterized by frequent directional changes. However, the mechanisms coordinating the collective activities of oppositely oriented motors bound to the same cargo are not well understood. To exami...

This study proposes a novel bidirectional isolated DC/DC converter with high gain ratio and wide input voltage for electric vehicle (EV) storage systems. The DC bus of an EV can be used to charge its battery, the battery pack discharge energy through when lacks power. range proposed is 24 58 V on low-voltage side, which meets specifications most servers batteries market. topology verified desig...

Multilevel inverters with a common-ground structure and voltage step-up feature are beneficial for transformerless grid-connected photovoltaic applications. In this article, novel topology of such converters five-level output generation is presented. The proposed comprises an integrated switched-boost (SB) module dual T-type (D2T) cell constructed 10 power switches (six unidirectional two bidir...