Title of Document: EFFECT OF ENCAPSULATION ON ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE IN ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPCITORS UNDER CONSTANT THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL LOADING Ehsan Parsa, Master of Science, 2014 Directed By: Professor Abhijit Dasgupta Co-Advisor Dr. Michael Azarian Department of Mechanical Engineering This study focuses on the influence of encapsulation (with silicone elastomer potting compound) on electr...

The recent boom in multifunction portable electronic equipments requires the development of compact and miniaturized electronic circuits with high efficiencies, low costs and long lasting time. For the operation of most line-powered electronics, alternating current (ac) line-filters are used to attenuate the leftover ac ripples on direct current (dc) voltage busses. Today, aluminum electrolytic...

This paper introduces a merged converter topology for supplying high-brightness light-emitting diodes for lighting applications. The converter combines a boost-based power factor correction rectifier (PFC) and a resonant converter in a single-stage. In this topology both converters share the same switching components and a bulky electrolytic capacitor, existing in conventional systems, is repla...