ACTUATOR OF LARGE DISPLACEMENT RAINBOW CERAMICS

A new and unique processing method for fabricating stress biased, monolithic ceramic elements for large dis placement actuators is reported. Reduced and internally bised oxide wafer (RAINBOW) ceramics show excellent properties such as high displacement under applied electric field and enhanced load bearing capabilities. The actuating mechanism, structure and properties of the RAINBOW ceramics are reviewed. Finally, the developing direction is also discussed.

Cumulative Capacity Credit Estimation for Renewable Energy Projects

This paper presents a novel method for accurately estimating the cumulative capacity credit(CCC)of renewable energy(RE)projects.Leveraging data from the main interconnected system(MIS)of Oman for 2028,where a substantial increase in RE generation is anticipated,the method is introduced alongside the traditional effective load carrying capability(ELCC)method.To ensure its robustness,we compare CCC results with ELCC calculations using two distinct standards of reliability criteria:loss of load hours(LOLH)at 24 hour/year and 2.4 hour/year.The method consistently gives accurate results,emphasizing its exceptional accuracy,efficiency,and simplicity.A notable feature of the method is its independence from loss of load probability(LOLP)calculations and the iterative procedures associated with analytic-based reliability methods.Instead,it relies solely on readily available data such as annual hourly load profiles and hourly generation data from integrated RE plants.This innovation is of particular significance to prospective independent power producers(IPPs)in the RE sector,offering them a valuable tool for estimating capacity credits without the need for sensitive generating unit forced outage rate data,often restricted by privacy concerns.

Design and implementation of adaptive slope compensation in current mode DC-DC converter

To improve the compensation for the inherent instability in a current mode converter, the adaptive slope compensation, giving attention to the problems of the traditional compensation on compensation accuracy, loading capability and turning jitter, is presented. Based on the analysis of current loop, by detecting the input and output voltage, converting the adaptive slope compensation current, the compensation of the current loop is optimized successfully. It can not only improve the compensation accuracy but also eliminate the over compensation, the turning jitter and the poor loading capability in the reported slope compensation. A power supply chip with adaptive slope compensation has been fabricated in a 0.35 μm CMOS process. The measurement results show that the chip starts up and operates steadily with the constant current limit under conditions of 5 V input voltage, from 10% to 100% duty cycle.

A novel embedded soft-start circuit for SOC power supply

To improve the power sequencing performance of the system-on-a-chip（SOC）,a novel embedded soft-start circuit is presented.A seamless soft-start reference voltage is obtained with 7 bits DAC,which can not only restrain the turning point overshoot,but also improve the output accuracy and the poor loading capability,reduce the pin number and save PCB area.The whole DC-DC converter has been fabricated in a 0.35μm CMOS process.The measurement results show that the chip starts up successfully with 250μs soft-start time under conditions of 400 kHz switching frequency,2.5 V DC-DC output and 1.8 V LDO output.Stable operation after soft-start is also shown.