Startup Strategy for ISOP Hybrid DC Transformer Featuring Low Current and Voltage Stress

Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Zhiwei Chen ◽  
Tong Liu ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Zilong Wang ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 706-708 ◽  
pp. 1755-1758
Author(s):  
Xian Jin Zhang ◽  
Bu Gen Wang

DC transformer with high frequency and efficiency under a fixed duty cycle is widely used in dc distributed generations. In this paper, the topologies and equivalent circuits of single /bidirectional full-bridge non-resonant DC transformers are presented. And the configurations of the input-series output-parallel and input-parallel output-series DC transformers are also proposed for reducing voltage stress of power devices. The example consisting of DC transformers in a distributed generation system based on DC grid is shown. Finally, simulation results verify the feasibility.


Author(s):  
Tsung-Te Li ◽  
Chao-Chi Wu ◽  
Jung-Hsiang Chuang ◽  
Jon C. Lee

Abstract This article describes the electrical and physical analysis of gate leakage in nanometer transistors using conducting atomic force microscopy (C-AFM), nano-probing, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and chemical decoration on simulated overstressed devices. A failure analysis case study involving a soft single bit failure is detailed. Following the nano-probing analysis, TEM cross sectioning of this failing device was performed. A voltage bias was applied to exaggerate the gate leakage site. Following this deliberate voltage overstress, a solution of boiling 10%wt KOH was used to etch decorate the gate leakage site followed by SEM inspection. Different transistor leakage behaviors can be identified with nano-probing measurements and then compared with simulation data for increased confidence in the failure analysis result. Nano-probing can be used to apply voltage stress on a transistor or a leakage path to worsen the weak point and then observe the leakage site easier.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oberon Dixon-Luinenburg ◽  
Jordan Fine

Abstract In this paper, we demonstrate a novel nanoprobing approach to establish cause-and-effect relationships between voltage stress and end-of-life performance loss and failure in SRAM cells. A Hyperion II Atomic Force nanoProber was used to examine degradation for five 6T cells on an Intel 14 nm processor. Ten minutes of asymmetrically applied stress at VDD=2 V was used to simulate a ‘0’ bit state held for a long period, subjecting each pullup and pulldown to either VDS or VGS stress. Resultant degradation caused read and hold margins to be reduced by 20% and 5% respectively for the ‘1’ state and 5% and 2% respectively for the ‘0’ state. ION was also reduced, for pulldown and pullup respectively, by 4.5% and 5.4% following VGS stress and 2.6% and 33.8% following VDS stress. Negative read margin failures, soft errors, and read time failures all become more prevalent with these aging symptoms whereas write stability is improved. This new approach enables highly specific root cause analysis and failure prediction for end-of-life in functional on-product SRAM.


Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1112
Author(s):  
Yu-En Wu ◽  
Jyun-Wei Wang

This study developed a novel, high-efficiency, high step-up DC–DC converter for photovoltaic (PV) systems. The converter can step-up the low output voltage of PV modules to the voltage level of the inverter and is used to feed into the grid. The converter can achieve a high step-up voltage through its architecture consisting of a three-winding coupled inductor common iron core on the low-voltage side and a half-wave voltage doubler circuit on the high-voltage side. The leakage inductance energy generated by the coupling inductor during the conversion process can be recovered by the capacitor on the low-voltage side to reduce the voltage surge on the power switch, which gives the power switch of the circuit a soft-switching effect. In addition, the half-wave voltage doubler circuit on the high-voltage side can recover the leakage inductance energy of the tertiary side and increase the output voltage. The advantages of the circuit are low loss, high efficiency, high conversion ratio, and low component voltage stress. Finally, a 500-W high step-up converter was experimentally tested to verify the feasibility and practicability of the proposed architecture. The results revealed that the highest efficiency of the circuit is 98%.


Author(s):  
Qiang Chen ◽  
Jianping Xu ◽  
Fei Zeng ◽  
Rui Huang ◽  
Lei Wang

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