New static and dynamic analog-to-digital converter (ADC) testing techniques are revised and discussed. A new test method based on the Histogram Method but using small-amplitude triangular waves with a variable offset is shown to have several advantages over the traditional static test, namely a dramatic reduction in test duration even for highresolution ADCs. The use of Gaussian noise to stimul...

This paper presents a new approach to static parameters testing of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). In comparison to ordinary approaches, the measured transition levels are not related to zero potential but to the transition levels of a reference ADC, which is of the same type as a tested ADC. These differences, which can be in the extreme case in the range of a few least significant bits (...

The SVC (Static Var Compensator) based on voltage source converter (VSC) is used for voltage regulation in transmission and distribution system. The SVC can rapidly supply dynamic VARs required during system faults for voltage support. The apparent impedance is influenced by the reactive power injected or absorbed by the SVC, which will result in the under reaching or over reaching of distance ...

Static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is a shunt connected voltage source converter (VSC), which can affect rapid control of reactive flow in the transmission line by controlling the generated a.c. voltage. The main aim of the paper is to design a power system installed with a Static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) and demonstrates the application of the linearised Phillips-heffron model i...

In this paper, a novel parameter design approach of the PI controller used for individual DC voltage balancing control of cascaded H-bridge converter-based STATic synchronous COMpensator(STATCOM) is presented. By means of phase shift sinusoidal pulse width modulation, using two control loops(DC voltage control loop and phase angle shift control loop) to ensure DC voltage balance, the proposed a...

Back-to-back static synchronous compensator (BtBSTATCOM) consists of two back-to-back voltage-source converters (VSC) with a common DC link in a substation. This configuration extends the capabilities of conventional STATCOM that bidirectional active power transfer from one bus to another is possible. In this paper, VSCs are designed in quasi multi-pulse form in which GTOs are triggered only on...

This paper describes a VHDL implementation of a behavioural model for novel programmable resolution analog to digital converters (ADCs). This architecture uses the dichotomic method in the conversion. The goal for using this VHDL description is to validate the algorithm conversion and facilitate the synthesis of the digital part. In this example it includes digital control of dichotomic method....

In this paper an efficient high step-up converter with a coupled- inductor with soft- switching operation is presented. The proposed topology includes a coupled-inductor boost converter for raising the voltage gain. Moreover, a simple auxiliary resonant circuit composed of an auxiliary switch, a clamping diode and a resonant tank (inductor, capacitor), is adopted in this paper. The coupled-indu...

While early FACTS devices consisted mainly of thyristor-controlled/switched RLC/transformer components, the newer generation is based on the self-commutated voltage-source power converter. Different shunt FACTS devices, namely Static VAR compensator (SVC) and Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM), Dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) in transmission line using the actual line model. This paper des...

We present an asynchronous software and hardware architecture specifically suited for wireless sensor network nodes. To reduce power consumption and/or increase performances, some blocks go into hardware. The whole system is modelled using a unique asynchronous HDL before being partitioned. The software part that is executed on an asynchronous processor is then scheduled using a quasi-static sc...