A New Design Methodology for Time-Based Capacitance-to-Digital Converters (T-CDCs)

This paper introduces a 9-bit time-based capacitance-to-digital converter (T-CDC). This T-CDC adopts a new design methodology for parasitic cancellation with a simple calibration technique. In T-CDCs, the input sensor capacitance is first converted into a delay pulse using a capacitance-to-time converter (CTC) circuit; then this delay signal is converted into a digital code through a time-to-digital converter (TDC) circuit. A prototype of the proposed T-CDC is implemented in UMC 0.13 μm CMOS technology. This T-CDC consumes 8.42 μW and achieves a maximum SNR of 45.14 dB with a conversion time of 1 μs that corresponds to a figure of merit (FoM) of 16.4 fJ/Conv.     

Iron Loss Calculation of AC Filter Inductor for Three‐Phase PWM Inverters

In recent years, remarkable advancement of new power semiconductor devices, such as SiC and GaN, enables the increase of switching frequency of power converters, and hence the volume of passive components, such as ac filters and transformers, can be reduced. However, temperature rise caused by the inductor loss is increasing, and hence iron loss evaluation of the inductor is one of the most important issues to realize high power density converters. Conventionally, an improved generalized Steinmetz equation (iGSE) has proposed in order to calculate the iron loss under a pulse voltage magnetizing condition. However, accurate iron loss calculation of the ac filter inductor used in a PWM inverter cannot be realized. The authors have proposed two methods of iron loss evaluation of ac filter inductors. The first one is a loss map method which can calculate the iron loss without using a real PWM inverter. Another one is an ILA (Inductor Loss Analyzer) which can measure the iron loss in every switching period in a real PWM inverter. In this paper, comparisons of the iron loss between the ILA and the loss map method on both the single‐phase and three‐phase inverters are studied. It is found that iron loss of the ac filter inductor in the three‐phase PWM inverter which is calculated by the loss map method cause a large error on a specific condition. In order to prevent the calculation error, the authors proposed a revised loss map method and proved the effectiveness of the method.     

Integrated circuit and system design for renewable energy inverters

This study proposes that a novel integrated circuit (IC) and system design for renewable energy inverters can harvest renewable energy to power direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) loads. In addition, an intelligent synthesis and management tool is developed to design the proposed system and to judge the system’s operational maintenance decisions. Finally, a renewable energy inverter’s information is posted to an online system. Users can obtain the proposed system’s information at any time and place. The accurate and superior performance of the proposed IC and system is confirmed by computer simulations and experimental results.     

Verification of Iron Loss Calculation Method Using a High‐Precision Iron Loss Analyzer

Because of the improved performance of power devices, the volume of the ac filter inductors used in high‐frequency PWM inverters has been reduced. However, the temperature rise in the filter inductor due to this miniaturization has become more pronounced. Therefore, we have proposed an iron loss calculation method for the ac filter inductor. However, the accuracy of the value calculated via the loss map method cannot be verified, because the iron loss arising during each switching period cannot be measured with conventional power measuring instruments. In order to resolve this problem, we developed an inductor loss analyzer (ILA), which allows precise measurement of the iron loss in the inductor during each switching period. The accuracy of the calculation of iron loss in the filter inductor by the loss map method was verified with the ILA. We found that the value calculated by the loss map method differed slightly from the value measured with the ILA. However, these differences can be reduced if we take into account the accurate flux density calculation and the effect of the duty ratio of PWM pulses on the loss. Finally, we verified that the loss map method can provide accurate iron loss calculations.     

双PWM变频调速系统在矿井提升机中的应用

针对目前大部分矿井提升机仍采用转子串电阻调速方法造成能量浪费的现状,提出了一种双PWM变频调速方案:三相电压型PWM整流器采用电压、电流双闭环控制,其中电流环引入前馈解耦控制,并结合空间矢量脉宽调制(SVPWM)算法来提高直流电压利用率。仿真实验的结果表明,该双PWM变频调速系统控制精度高、动态响应快、抗扰能力强,能有效地实现矿井提升机的节能降耗。     

软开关技术的发展及其现状

详细地介绍了软开关技术发展的历史及最新研究现状,其中包括准谐振电路、零开关PWM电路和零转换PWM电路,指出了软开关技术的新进展,并给出了部分典型电路。     

基于空间电压矢量法的风机变频调速系统的设计

为了消除风机调速中的谐波分量 ,提出了一种新型的风机调速系统。该系统主电路采用三电平PWM变频器 ,以 16位单片机 80 98为核心组成数字控制系统 ,并采用空间电压矢量法的控制方法。该系统用于风机 ,可获得良好的调速特性     

基于Flash Mx的《电力电子学》虚拟实验系统

采用Flash Mx开发的<电力电子学>虚拟实验系统具有电路动态仿真功能,以双极性正弦脉宽调制电路为例,定义变量、函数、MC的初始状态,据输入参数,计算电路工作模态间过渡时刻和电压电流波形点的位置参数,显示对应时刻的电压电流波形点和动态波形.利用Flash Mx开发相应的组件,编辑视图对象、编写程序.引用定义的数组实现电流流通路径显示.     

高精度恒压计量泵控制系统的设计

针对传统计量泵在压力调节、流量控制方面存在精度低、稳定性差等问题,设计了一种基于嵌入式系统的高精度恒压恒速计量泵控制系统。该系统以ARM处理器为开发平台,采用模块化的设计思想,硬件部分设计了数据采集模块、数据存储模块、数据处理模块、控制模块以及通讯模块等。通过单片机STM32的定时器输出PWM波实现对步进电机的精密控制,利用光电编码器以及压力变送器采集电机的转速和计量泵出口压力值,求出计量泵出口压力值与理论值的差值,采用模糊PID算法将压力差值转换为控制脉冲信号,实现对恒压恒速输出过程的实时调节。实际试验结果表明,设计的计量泵控制系统具有控制精度高、稳定性好等优点,具有广泛的应用价值。