Journal Of Low Power Electronics

[Fernanda Rabbe]

Journal of Power Electronics is a monthly publication providing high-standard content that balances practice and theory in power electronics.

• Covers a broad spectrum of applications and apparatus in the power electronics field.
• Each manuscript undergoes a rigorous peer-review process by at least two anonymous specialists.
• Showcases techniques for power converters, adjustable speed drives, renewable energy, and power quality.
• Places a strong focus on analysis, modeling and control, power devices and components, and power electronics education.

The IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics (OJPEL) is a 100% open access journal that publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed papers. This means that all content is freely available without charge to users and their institutions. Users can copy, distribute, download, link, print, read, and search the full texts of the articles and can use them for any lawful purpose (as long as proper attribution is given).

OJPEL covers the development and application of power electronic systems and technologies. Some topics include the use of electronic components, the application of circuit theory and design techniques, and the development of analytical methods and tools for efficient electronic conversion, control, and conditioning of electric power to enable the sustainable use of energy. The aim is to publish novel developments as well as tutorial and survey articles, including those of value to both the practicing professional, research, and development segments of the field.

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Feature papers represent the most advanced research with significant potential for high impact in the field. A Feature Paper should be a substantial original Article that involves several techniques or approaches, provides an outlook for future research directions and describes possible research applications.

Power electronics has emerged as a key technology in the conversion and control of electrical power in multiple applications: electric drives and generators, renewable energy systems, energy storage systems, smart cities, smart grids, power systems, transport (vehicles, aircraft, ships, and others), industrial, medical, military, telecommunications, consumable and home apparatus.

This Section is devoted to publishing original research and state-of-the-art review papers on emerging technologies and trends in power electronics, including components, circuits, design, modelling, simulation, control, implementation, testing and analysis of power electronics and their applications.

It conveys the journal's dedication to empowering researchers to enhance their research, increase their influence, and contribute to the advancement of power electronics and drive systems. IJPEDS Journal positions as a platform that supports and amplifies the impact of research in this field.

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Power Electronics and Drives (PEAD) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal which aims to publish original scientific papers (research and survey papers) on new theoretical developments, novel applications, and case studies regarding advances in power electronics and electrical drive systems. Articles published in our journal cover full scope of power electronics and its applications in electrical drives, renewable energy systems and mechatronic systems. The published articles deal with the following subjects:

Power Electronics and Drives is specially oriented to young scientists, PhD students and young Doctors, who can publish (quickly) their research results and extended summaries of their PhD dissertations (in this last case the number of pages should be consulted with the Editor-in-Chief).

The full texts of articles are freely available from the Power Electronics and Drives web site according to Creative Commons Licence (CC BY-NC-ND) and, since 2018, through the DOAJ database serving the best interests of the scientific community.

Power Electronics and Drives (PEAD) has been published under this title since 2016. It continues the tradition of the journal entitled Scientific Papers of the Institute of Electrical Machines, Drives and Measurements of the Wroclaw University of Technology. Studies and Research, which has been published regularly since 2003 (occasionally from 1969), mainly in Polish. Since 2016 all papers in the whole journal has been published in English.

The journal is published and financed by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Department of Electrical Machines, Drives and Measurements at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. Since 2019 the journal is published under the patronage of the Electrical Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

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In communication systems, there are three basic elements: transmitters, channels, and receivers. A transmitter and a receiver are located at two separate points in space, and the physical medium that connects them is called a channel. A transmitter mainly consists of a data modulator, and a receiver mainly consists of a data demodulator. Therefore, the communication process can be essentially divided into data modulation, transmission and demodulation. The base-band signal is modified to a high-frequency carrier to make it suitable for transmission. The modulated signal is then transmitted over the channel to the receiver. Finally, the receiver recreates the original signal, through a process known as demodulation.

In a power electronic converter, a reference signal is modulated to a switching frequency to serve as the gate signal for one or more switches by a modulator and is then amplified by an input power source and the switch(es) (in some cases, passive elements are also involved). The modulated and amplified signal is then demodulated to obtain a signal with the required level of output power and the same form as the reference (usually either a dc form or a power frequency alternating current (ac) form). Accordingly, the power conversion process can be divided into distinct stages of modulation, power amplification and demodulation, which are, in some sense, analogous to the stages of the communication process. Transmission is ignored in this case since the modulator and demodulator are located at the same point in space.

The red components are the dc component, the switching frequency component and the high-order harmonics. fs denotes the switching frequency and fc denotes the cut-off frequency of the control loop. The dotted blue lines are the side-band components induced by the PI-compensated voltage control loop. They are distributed on both sides of the red components at frequency intervals equal to the cut-off frequency of the control loop.

Note that at the moment of the switching frequency shift, the output current may exhibit a small distortion, which is undesirable for power conversion25,26. To avoid this distortion, the switching frequency shift should be selected to occur at the average-current-crossing instant of the inductor. The PWM sequence is generated by comparing the dc reference signal with a triangle or sawtooth wave sequence. For the case of a triangle wave sequence, the moment of the frequency shift should be selected to lie at the peak of the triangle wave, as shown in Fig. 4a. However, for a sawtooth wave sequence, the moment of the frequency shift should be selected to lie on the upward ramp, and the exact time should be calculated according to the duty cycle, as shown in Fig. 4b. Consequently, for PWM/2FSK, a triangle wave sequence is the preferred choice for ease of implementation.