Power Converter-aware Design of Electronics Systems

A Review on VHF Power Electronics Converter and Design Issues

high output power density VHF converter has become important in recent years. This output power density of the converter is experiencing an adverse effect resulted from the applied switching frequency. In addition, the frequency which is higher than 20 MHz will no longer be applicable on the discreet SMT technology hence lowers the output power density. Thus, further improvement on circuit anal...

Model Predictive Control of Power Electronics Converter

Acknowledgment First of all, I would like to thank my parents who raise me and support me to do further study in Norway. I appreciate the help from my supervisor Lars Einar Norum and Phd student Hamed Nademi. I benefit a lot from their meticulous attitude to study, abundant knowledge and minded guidance. I am very grateful that NTNU Department of Electric Power Engineering provides very good ha...

Design of Power Aware FPGA-based Systems

Power consumption is one of the mayor design trade-off in today electronic. This paper explores the utility of some end-user low-power design (LPD) methods based on architectural and implementation modifications, for FPGA based systems. The contribution of spurious transitions to the overall consumption is evidenced and main strategies for its reduction are analyzed. Empirical results are prese...

Design Optimization of Power Electronics Circuits using Genetic Algorithms – A Boost PFC Converter Example

This paper presents an approach to discrete design optimization of a complete power electronics converter with the objective to minimize the total component cost. The design constraints are the converter specifications, such as operating power and voltage ranges, EMI standards, size, and lifetime, as well as the component safe operating areas. The design variables are the switching frequency an...

A Power Aware Cache and Register File Design Space Exploration