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  • Electric vehicle powertrains with modular battery banks tied to multilevel NPC inverters 

    Busquets Monge, Sergio; Alepuz Menéndez, Salvador; García Rojas, Gabriel; Bordonau Farrerons, José (2023-01-01)
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    Nowadays, the internal combustion engine in vehicles is being replaced by electric motors, giving way to the electric vehicle, which results in reduced environmental impact, higher efficiency and lower emission of greenhouse ...
  • Automotive seat occupancy sensor based on e-textile technology 

    Martínez Estrada, Marc; Gil Galí, Ignacio; Fernández García, Raúl (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022)
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    A woven capacitive sensor is presented as a novel automotive seat occupancy sensor. The woven capacitive sensor is developed as a response to one of the most difficult challenges that the automotive sector has faced the ...
  • An intelligent electronic fuse for selective isolation of faulty switching cells in power electronic converter legs to guarantee continuous operation 

    Filba Martínez, Àlber; Busquets Monge, Sergio; Alepuz Menéndez, Salvador; García Rojas, Gabriel; Luque Acera, Adrià; Bordonau Farrerons, José (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022-06-15)
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    This article proposes a novel device designated as an intelligent electronic fuse (iFuse) intended to be connected in series with any current-bidirectional voltage-unidirectional active switch present in a power converter. ...
  • A novel graphene nanoribbon XOR gate design 

    Rallis, Konstantinos; Sirakoulis, Georgios Ch.; Karafyllidis, Ioannis; Rubio Sola, Jose Antonio; Dimitrakis, Panagiotis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
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    Graphene is a 2D material with spectacular properties. Its elasticity and biocompatibility make it appropriate for stretchable electronics and bioelectronics applications respectfully. In this work, we present the design ...
  • On the fitting and improvement of RRAM stanford-based model parameters using TiN/Ti/HfO2/W experimental data 

    Mahboubi, Vahab; Arumi Delgado, Daniel; Gómez Pau, Álvaro; Rodríguez Montañés, Rosa; Manich Bou, Salvador (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
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    The use of Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) devices is becoming pervasive in many applications. In particular, security based primitives can exploit their variability and non-volatility for generating cells for ...
  • Two examples of approximate arithmetic to reduce hardware complexity and power consumption 

    Fornt Mas, Jordi; Jin, Leixin; Etxezarreta, Imanol; Fontova, Pau; Altet Sanahujes, Josep; Calomarde Palomino, Antonio; Morancho Llena, Enrique; Moll Echeto, Francisco de Borja; Rubio Sola, Jose Antonio (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
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    As the end of Moore's Law approaches, electronic system designers must find ways to keep up with the ever increasing computational demands of the modern era. Some computationally intensive applications, such as multimedia ...
  • Neural networks-generalized predictive control for MIMO grid-connected Z-source inverter model 

    Salehi, Navid; Martínez García, Herminio; Velasco Quesada, Guillermo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
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    This paper presents a neural network-generalized predictive control (NN-GPC) for a single-phase grid-connected z-source inverter. The NN forecasts the predictive horizon, and the conventional GPC algorithm calculates the ...
  • Polyethienimine interface dipole tuning for electron selective contacts 

    Ros Costals, Eloi; Tom, Thomas; Masmitjà Rusiñol, Gerard; Pusay Villarroel, Benjamín Andrés; Almache Hernández, Rosa Estefanía; Jiménez Guerra, Maykel; Lopez Vidrier, Julià; Saucedo Silva, Edgardo Ademar; Ortega Villasclaras, Pablo Rafael; Bertomeu Balagueró, Joan; Puigdollers i González, Joaquim; Voz Sánchez, Cristóbal (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
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    This work studies the use of thin layers of polyethylenimine (PEI) as an interface film to produce electron selective contacts for photovoltaic applications in crystalline silicon. Generally, in conjugated polyelectrolytes ...
  • Challenges and improvement pathways to develop quasi-1D (Sb1-xBix)2Se3-based materials for optically tuneable photovoltaic applications. Towards chalcogenide narrow-bandgap devices 

    Caño Prades, Ivan; Vidal Fuentes, Pedro; Gon Medaille, Axel; Jehl, Zacharie Victor Samuel Na; Jiménez Arguijo, Alex; Guc, Maxim; Izquierdo Roca, Víctor; Malerba, Claudia; Valentini, Matteo; Jiménez Guerra, Maykel; Placidi, Marcel Jose; Puigdollers i González, Joaquim; Saucedo Silva, Edgardo Ademar (2023-03-01)
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    Quasi-1D chalcogenides have shown great promises in the development of emerging photovoltaic technologies. However, most quasi-1D semiconductors other than Sb2Se3 and Sb2S3 have been seldom investigated for energy generation ...
  • Hole selective contacts based on transition metal oxides for c-Ge thermophotovoltaic devices 

    Martín García, Isidro; López Rodríguez, Gema; Garin Escriva, Moises; Ros Costals, Eloi; Ortega Villasclaras, Pablo Rafael; Voz Sánchez, Cristóbal; Puigdollers i González, Joaquim (2022-12-21)
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    Thermophotovoltaics has become a very attractive solution for heat-to-electricity conversion due to its excellent conversion efficiencies. However, further research is needed to reduce the device cost which is typically ...
  • Intelligent fault tolerant energy management system using first-price sealed-bid algorithm for microgrids 

    Selseleh Jonban, Mansour; Romeral Martínez, José Luis; Marzband, Mousa (2022-06-22)
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    At present context, the computer based algorithms lead the modern power industry while monitoring and controlling the distributed energy resources. In fact, with the prevalence of artificial intelligence algorithms, stability ...
  • Spherical probe for the thermophysical characterization of regoliths for planetary exploration using frequency methods 

    Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Rosero Pozo, Carlos Alberto; Pons Nin, Joan; Ramos Castro, Juan José; Szewczyk, Daria; Jezowski, Andrzej; Solà Peñafiel, Nil; Manyosa i Vilardell, Xavier; Bermejo Broto, Sandra; Jiménez Serres, Vicente (2022-12-01)
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    The objective of this paper is to analyse the capability of a spherical thermoprobe, recently proposed as a 3D heat flux sensor for regoliths, and additionally to characterize the thermophysical properties of regoliths. ...

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