INTRODUCTION This application note describes the circuit architecture and details required to measure the impedance profile of a grounded sensor using the AD5933 impedance-to-digital converter. The AD5933 is a high precision impedance converter system (see Figure 1) that combines an on-board frequency generator with a 12-bit, 1 MSPS, analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The frequency generator al...

Negative impedance converters (NICs) have been proposed as structures to improve the performance of RF circuits and electrically small antennas. However, NICs suffer from stability problems. This paper presents a compact procedure to analyze the stability of NICs. Then, the required and sufficient conditions to predict the stability of a negative impedance converter are given. These conditions ...

The output impedance matrix of a grid-connected converter plays an important role in analyzing system stability. Due to the dynamics of the DC-link control and the phase locked loop (PLL), the output impedance matrices of the converter and grid are difficult to be diagonally decoupled simultaneously, neither in the dq domain nor in the phase domain. It weakens the effectiveness of impedance-bas...

This paper is about the implementation of SEPIC Converter and Induction Motor fed water pumpanalysis to improve the efficiency of the input and it act as a impedance matching network. SEPIC Converter is a newly invented chopper in which it has less no components. So, switches losses and conduction losses are reduced in turn it improves the efficiency and reduce the harmonics. When internal impe...

Z-Source converter or impedance-source converter is a kind of power converters, which has the responsibility to convert the direct current to alternative current. This converter with respect to its circuit diagram acts as a buck-boost converter except it doesn’t use from DC-DC converter bridge. Γ-source inverters are one of the conventional converters based on impedance-sources; which have been...

An impedance-source (or impedance-fed) power converter (abbreviated as Z-source) and its control method for implementing dc-to-ac, ac-to-dc, ac-to-ac, and dc-to-dc power conversion are presented in this paper. This impedance converter employs a unique impedance network (or circuit) to couple the converter main circuit to the power source, hence provides a unique feature that cannot be obtained ...

Power electronics based power distribution systems (PEDSs) can offer excellent load regulation, transient performance, and, with proper architecture, a high degree of fault tolerance. They are excellent candidates in power distribution systems that need to be fullyor semi-autonomous. Typical applications include ships [1], submarines [1], aircraft [2, 3], and spacecraft [4]. Unfortunately, PEDS...

The purpose of this paper is to improve the output impedance of a current source used for Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) by using a Negative Impedance Converter (NIC). A Monopolar Howland Current Source(MHCS) and NIC circuits were implemented and then the output impedance was measured by a Data Acquisition (DAC) board of 12 bits resolution. A resistive load was used for investigating the...

The power supply systems, which require low-voltage / high-current output has been changing from the conventional centralized power system to a distributed power system. The distributed power system consists of a bus converter and POL. The most important factor is the system stability in bus architecture design. The overlap between the output impedance of a bus converter input impedance of POL ...