TERNA, the Italian TSO, is planning new HVDC interconnections with neighboring countries including underground links based on VSC technology; short circuit transient studies of such links require accurate cable line modeling in a frequency range from dc to 10 kHz at least. The finite section approach was used to this purpose. Short-circuit transient simulation results evidenced significant temp...

Voltage-Source Converters have brought numerous advantages to HVDC transmission. However, they suffer from high losses and are usually weak against faults on the DC-side. In this paper, a new topology which brings together some concepts from traditional Current Source Converters and multi-level converters, is presented. Two stacks of Hbridge cells alternate to construct the converter voltage us...

Composition, change and complexity have attracted ev- eryone’s attention towards Self-Adaptive systems. These systems, inspired by the human body, are capable of adapting to changes in the inner and outer environment. The main objective of this study is to achieve a more con- venient availability for e-banking services in the payment switch, using self-healing systems and focusing on the failur...

Circulators and directional amplifiers are crucial nonreciprocal signal routing and processing components involved in microwave read-out chains for a variety of applications. They are particularly important in the field of superconducting quantum information, where the devices also need to have minimal photon losses to preserve the quantum coherence of signals. Conventional commercial implement...

The implementation of microwave and millimetre-wave switching networks using phase change material (PCM) is presented in this paper. We propose integrating a combination ultra-wide bandwidth-optimised building cells into unique semi-T type switch. construction arrays with different dimensions enabled. present paper selected GeTe for the PCM-based switches, which are 150 nm thin-film offering on...

The coldest possible brightness temperatures observed by a downward-looking microwave radiometer from space are often produced by calm oceans under cloud-free skies and very low humidity. This set of conditions tends to occur with sufficient regularity that an orbiting radiometer will accumulate a useful number of observations within a period of a few days to weeks. Histograms of the radiometer...

Metasurfaces could have transformational impact on emerging applications, from smart antennas and 6G communication to the Internet of Things wireless power transfer, thanks their ultracompact dimensions tailored designs. To fully realize this potential, metasurfaces that can implement different functionalities dynamically switch between them are desired. This study presents a multifunctional mi...

Composition, change and complexity have attracted ev- eryone’s attention towards Self-Adaptive systems. These systems, inspired by the human body, are capable of adapting to changes in the inner and outer environment. The main objective of this study is to achieve a more con- venient availability for e-banking services in the payment switch, using self-healing systems and focusing on the failur...

In this paper, a new transformerless buck-boost converter based on ZETA converter is introduced. The proposed converter has the ZETA converter advantages such as, buck-boost capability and input to output DC insulation. The suggested converter voltage gain is higher than the classic ZETA converter. In the presented converter, only one main switch is utilized. The proposed converter offers low v...