Future power systems (known as smart grid) will experience a high penetration level of variable distributed energy resources to bring abundant, affordable, clean, efficient, and reliable electric power to all consumers. However, it might suffer from the uncertain and variable na…
The thesis examines the design and implementation of a supervisory controller for the energy management of an AC stand-alone microgrid. The microgrid under study consists of a photovoltaic (PV), battery energy storage system (BESS) and auxiliary (micro gas turbine) units connect…
A new configuration for a CMOS under voltage lockout (UVLO) circuit without a band-gap circuit as a reference voltage generator was presented. This new circuit block offers a method to monitor the power supply voltage without consuming a large quiescent current, especially in ba…
Advanced CMOS technology exhibits increasing variations in performance, power consumption and reliability parameters. These variations led to extensive overdesigning and increased power consumption to guarantee 100% reliable operation. However, with the continuous shrinking of d…