High-Repeatable Data Acquisition Systems For Pulsed Power Converters [Paperback]

Power converters are devices used to process and control the flow of electric energy by supplying voltages and currents in a form that is optimally suited for the specific used loads. Pulsed power converters provide energy to the user loads by means of a train of pulses. In this way, high-peak power can be delivered to the loads while keeping relatively low the average power over a time interval period by acting on the duty cycle. Conversely, ADCs and DACs convert soft signals at very low energy levels. This book concentrates on the measurement systems needed for guaranteeing the quality of the pulsed converters. The specific case of a pulsed power converter under design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) is considered as a case study, though the results are easily applicable to any topology of pulsed power converter for other industrial applications.