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A physics-based compact model of SiC power MOSFETs (2015)
Journal Article
Kraus, R., & Castellazzi, A. (2016). A physics-based compact model of SiC power MOSFETs. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 31(8), 5863-5870. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2015.2488106

The presented compact model of SiC power MOSFETs is based on a thorough consideration of the physical phenomena which are important for the device characteristics and its electrothermal behavior. The model includes descriptions of the dependence of c... Read More about A physics-based compact model of SiC power MOSFETs.

Modelling antennas in outer space using the boundary element unstructured transmission-line (BEUT) method (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Simmons, D., Cools, K., & Sewell, P. (2015, October). Modelling antennas in outer space using the boundary element unstructured transmission-line (BEUT) method. Paper presented at 36th ESA Antenna Workshop on Antennas and RF Systems for Space Science, Noordwijk, Netherlands

In this paper the hybridization of the 2D time domain boundary element method (BEM) with the unstructured transmission line method (UTLM) is described. The novel method enables accurate modelling of radiating boundary conditions, excitation by plane... Read More about Modelling antennas in outer space using the boundary element unstructured transmission-line (BEUT) method.

Computer games for user engagement in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) monitoring and therapy (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Craven, M. P., & Groom, M. J. (2015). Computer games for user engagement in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) monitoring and therapy.

State-of-the-art computer games and psychological tests for symptom monitoring and therapy in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are explored and reviewed. Three foci for research studies are identified: task (human performance) focus; e... Read More about Computer games for user engagement in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) monitoring and therapy.

Thin-film optoacoustic transducers for the subcellular Brillouin oscillation imaging of individual biological cells (2015)
Journal Article
Perez-Cota, F., Smith, R. J., Moradi, E., Marques, L., Webb, K. F., & Clark, M. (2015). Thin-film optoacoustic transducers for the subcellular Brillouin oscillation imaging of individual biological cells. Applied Optics, 54(28), https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.54.008388

Mechanical characterisation and imaging of biological tissue has piqued interest in the applicability to cell and tissue biology. One method, based on detection of Brillouin oscillations, has already lead to demonstrations on biological cells using u... Read More about Thin-film optoacoustic transducers for the subcellular Brillouin oscillation imaging of individual biological cells.

Dependence of overcurrent failure modes of IGBT modules on interconnect technologies (2015)
Journal Article
Yaqub, I., Li, J., & Johnson, C. M. (2015). Dependence of overcurrent failure modes of IGBT modules on interconnect technologies. Microelectronics Reliability, 55(12), 2596-2605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2015.09.020

Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) modules which can fail to short circuit mode have great of applications in electricity network related fields. Single IGBT samples have been constructed with the standard Al wire bonding, flexible printed circ... Read More about Dependence of overcurrent failure modes of IGBT modules on interconnect technologies.

Development and testing of an experimental power system fault demonstrator (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Rose, C. J., Thomas, D. W., Sumner, M., & Christopher, E. (2015). Development and testing of an experimental power system fault demonstrator.

In this paper a laboratory demonstrator for the study of power system faults is described. The facility has been developed in order to experimentally investigate a number of fault location and power system protection technologies developed by the aut... Read More about Development and testing of an experimental power system fault demonstrator.

Live imaging of cellular internalization of single colloidal particle by combined label-free and fluorescence total internal reflection microscopy (2015)
Journal Article
Byrne, G. D., Vllasaliu, D., Falcone, F. H., Somekh, M. G., & Stolnik, S. (2015). Live imaging of cellular internalization of single colloidal particle by combined label-free and fluorescence total internal reflection microscopy. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 12(11), 3862-3870. doi:10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00215

In this work we utilize the combination of label-free total internal reflection microscopy and total internal reflectance fluorescence (TIRM/TIRF) microscopy to achieve a simultaneous, live imaging of single, label-free colloidal particle endocytosis... Read More about Live imaging of cellular internalization of single colloidal particle by combined label-free and fluorescence total internal reflection microscopy.

A phase-space approach for propagating field–field correlation functions (2015)
Journal Article
Gradoni, G., Creagh, S. C., Tanner, G., Smartt, C., & Thomas, D. W. (2015). A phase-space approach for propagating field–field correlation functions. New Journal of Physics, 17, Article 093027. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/9/093027

We show that radiation from complex and inherently random but correlated wave sources can be modelled efficiently by using an approach based on the Wigner distribution function. Our method exploits the connection between correlation functions and the... Read More about A phase-space approach for propagating field–field correlation functions.

Computation of wound rotor induction machines based on coupled finite elements and circuit equation under a first space harmonic approximation (2015)
Journal Article
Mezani, S., Hamiti, T., Belguerras, L., Lubin, T., & Gerada, C. (2015). Computation of wound rotor induction machines based on coupled finite elements and circuit equation under a first space harmonic approximation. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 52(3), https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2015.2478798

The paper presents a fast method to compute wound rotor induction machines in steady state. Coupled time-harmonic FE-circuit equation are used under a first space harmonic approximation for the air-gap magnetic field. It is shown that only 4 magnetos... Read More about Computation of wound rotor induction machines based on coupled finite elements and circuit equation under a first space harmonic approximation.

Multi-exposure laser speckle contrast imaging using a high frame rate CMOS sensor with a field programmable gate array (2015)
Journal Article
Sun, S., Hayes-Gill, B. R., He, D., Zhu, Y., & Morgan, S. P. (2015). Multi-exposure laser speckle contrast imaging using a high frame rate CMOS sensor with a field programmable gate array. Optics Letters, 40(20), https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.004587

A system has been developed in which multi-exposure Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging (LSCI) is implemented using a high frame rate CMOS imaging sensor chip. Processing is performed using a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The system allows differe... Read More about Multi-exposure laser speckle contrast imaging using a high frame rate CMOS sensor with a field programmable gate array.

Estimating current derivatives for sensorless motor drive applications (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Hind, D. M., Sumner, M., & Gerada, C. (2015). Estimating current derivatives for sensorless motor drive applications.

The PWM current derivative technique for sensorless control of AC machines requires current derivative measurements under certain PWM vectors. This is often not possible under narrow PWM vectors due to high frequency (HF) oscillations which affect th... Read More about Estimating current derivatives for sensorless motor drive applications.

Short-circuit fault analysis and isolation strategy for matrix converters (2015)
Journal Article
Wang, L., De Lillo, L., Brunson, C., Empringham, L., & Wheeler, P. (in press). Short-circuit fault analysis and isolation strategy for matrix converters. Journal of Central South University of Technology, 22(9), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-015-2886-y

The behavior of matrix converter (MC) drive systems under the condition of MC short-circuit faults is comprehensively investigated. Two isolation strategies using semiconductors and high speed fuses (HSFs) for MC short-circuit faults are examined and... Read More about Short-circuit fault analysis and isolation strategy for matrix converters.

Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications (2015)
Journal Article
Yang, T., Bozhko, S., & Asher, G. (2015). Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 30(9), https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2014.2364682

This paper aims to develop a functional model of symmetrical multi-pulse Auto-Transformer Rectifier Units (ATRUs) for More-Electric Aircraft (MEA) applications. The ATRU is seen as the most reliable way readily to be applied in the MEA. Interestingly... Read More about Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications.

Threshold manipulation in parity-time symmetric microresonator chain (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Creagh, S., Benson, T. M., Gradoni, G., & Sewell, P. D. (2015). Threshold manipulation in parity-time symmetric microresonator chain.

This paper analyses the eigenfrequencies of an infinitely long chain of microresonators with PT symmetry. The results show that the depth of modulation of the real part of the refractive index can be used to control the threshold point of the PT stru... Read More about Threshold manipulation in parity-time symmetric microresonator chain.

Analysis and implementation of power management and control strategy for six-phase multilevel ac drive system in fault condition (2015)
Journal Article
Padmanaban, S., Grandi, G., Blaabjerg, F., Wheeler, P., & Ojo, J. O. (2016). Analysis and implementation of power management and control strategy for six-phase multilevel ac drive system in fault condition. Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jestch.2015.07.007

This research article exploits the power management algorithm in post-fault conditions for a six-phase (quad) multilevel inverter. The drive circuit consists of four 2-level, three-phase voltage source inverter (VSI) supplying a six-phase open-end wi... Read More about Analysis and implementation of power management and control strategy for six-phase multilevel ac drive system in fault condition.

Parity-time chain of whispering-gallery mode resonators (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Creagh, S., Benson, T. M., Gradoni, G., & Sewell, P. D. (2015). Parity-time chain of whispering-gallery mode resonators.

The paper analyses the dispersion characteristics of an infinitely long PT chain made of whispering gallery resonators with gain/loss modulation. The results show that the appearance of the threshold breaking point depends not only on both of couplin... Read More about Parity-time chain of whispering-gallery mode resonators.

Fast convergence delayed signal cancellation method for sequence component separation (2015)
Journal Article
Cardenas, R., Diaz, M., Rojas, F., & Clare, J. C. (2015). Fast convergence delayed signal cancellation method for sequence component separation. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 30(4), https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2014.2373038

Delayed Signal Cancellation (DSC) is one of the methods used to separate the negative and positive sequence components in unbalanced 34 systems. In this paper a DSC methodology with a fast convergence time is proposed and is shown that an improved se... Read More about Fast convergence delayed signal cancellation method for sequence component separation.

Robustness analysis and experimental validation of a fault detection and isolation method for the modular multilevel converter (2015)
Journal Article
Shao, S., Watson, A. J., Clare, J. C., & Wheeler, P. (2016). Robustness analysis and experimental validation of a fault detection and isolation method for the modular multilevel converter. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 31(5), 3794-3805. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2015.2462717

This paper presents a fault detection and isolation (FDI) method for open-circuit faults of power semiconductor devices in a modular multilevel converter (MMC). The proposed FDI method is simple with only one sliding mode observer (SMO) equation and... Read More about Robustness analysis and experimental validation of a fault detection and isolation method for the modular multilevel converter.

High temperature pulsed-gate robustness testing of SiC power MOSFETs (2015)
Journal Article
Fayyaz, A., & Castellazzi, A. (2015). High temperature pulsed-gate robustness testing of SiC power MOSFETs. Microelectronics Reliability, 55(9-10), 1724-1728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2015.06.141

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Silicon Carbide (SiC) gate oxide reliability still remains a crucial issue and is amongst the important consideration factors when it comes to the implementation of SiC MOS-based devices within industrial power electronic applica... Read More about High temperature pulsed-gate robustness testing of SiC power MOSFETs.

Resonant–Repetitive combined control for stand-alone power supply unit (2015)
Journal Article
Lidozzi, A., Solero, L., Crescimbini, F., Ji, C., & Zanchetta, P. (2015). Resonant–Repetitive combined control for stand-alone power supply unit. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 51(6), https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2015.2458960

This paper investigates a combined resonant–repetitive (RR) control structure for a three-phase four-leg DC/AC converter power supply. The RR control configuration is com-posed by a resonant controller tuned at the system fundamental frequency working... Read More about Resonant–Repetitive combined control for stand-alone power supply unit.