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Electric power

Comparison of 3 self-starting step-up DC:DC converter topologies for harvesting energy from low-voltage and low-power microbial fuel cells

This paper describes and evaluates 3 original step-up converter architectures able to harvest energy from low-voltage and low-power generators. Design and sizing are made according to specifications issued from the stringent characteristics of…

Nicolas Degrenne, Bruno Allard, François Buret, Florent Morel, Salah-Eddine Adami, Denis Labrousse

EPE -

Electric power

Sizing Optimization Methodology of a Surface Permanent Magnet Machine-Converter System over a Torque-Speed Operating Profile : Application to a Wave Energy Converter

This paper sets forth a sizing optimization methodology of a surface permanent magnet machine-converter system over a torque-speed operating profile. The two optimization objectives are to minimize the cost of the machine-converter system and to…

Judicael Aubry, Hamid Ben Ahmed, Bernard Multon

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics -

Hépatology and Gastroenterology

Improvement of HepG2/C3a cell functions in a microfluidic biochip.

Current developments in tissue engineering and microtechnology fields allow the use of microfluidic biochip as microtools for in vitro investigations. In the present study, we describe the behavior of HepG2/C3a cells cultivated in a poly…

Jean Matthieu Prot, Caroline Aninat, Laurent Griscom, Florence Razan, Céline Brochot, Christiane Guguen Guillouzo, Cécile Legallais, Anne Corlu, Eric Leclerc

Biotechnology and Bioengineering -

Electric power

High insulation Power supply for high-power IGBT gate drivers in a multilevel converter

Actually in ALSTOM’s locomotives, the power train is supplied by a heavy 25kV/3kV transformer. To reduce the weigh and volume of the system, a multilevel converter directly linked to the catenary, is intended to be developed. So, each component of…

Lilia Galai, François Costa, Bertrand Revol

International Exhibition & Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Power Quality (PCIM) -

Electronics

Effect of die metallization layer ageing in the case of power semiconductor devices

The paper describes ageing mechanisms of the metallization layer deposited on the chips of power semiconductor devices, and the effects of its ageing on the electrical characteristics of a COOLMOSTM Transistor. We have tried to link the changes in…

Sylvie Pommier, Stéphane Lefebvre, Sylvain Pietranico, Mounira Berkani, Zoubir Khatir, Serge Bontemps, Emmanuel Cadel

European Journal of Electrical Engineering -

Electric power

Development and electrical characterization of a vertical electrical and thermal test chip (VTTC)

Electronic package try to be always more compact and cheaper leading to increase current and power densities into the module. These improvements are achieved throuhgh the development of new structures and new interconnection methods. Today there are…

Benoit Thollin, Jean-Christophe Crebier, Yvan Avenas, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin, Zoubir Khatir, Laurent Dupont

ECCE 2011 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition: Energy Conversion Innovation for a Clean Energy Future -

Electric power

A study of the effect of degradation of the aluminium metallization layer in the case of power semiconductor devices

The paper describes ageing mechanisms of the metallization layer deposited on the chips of power semiconductor devices, and the effects of its ageing on electrical performances of a power transistor. We have tried to link changes in electrical…

Sylvain Pietranico, Stéphane Lefebvre, Sylvie Pommier, Mounira Bouarroudj-Berkani, Serge Bontemps

Microelectronics Reliability -