Esta dissertação trata sobre o projeto, implementação e avaliação de um filtro híbrido para supressão de ruído em sistemas de alta potência. Seu desempenho será otimizado para reduzir a magnitude de ruídos impulsivos, que são comuns em dispositivos de alta potência, como inversores de frequência que controlam motores trifásicos. O filtro híbrido proposto é avaliado empiricamente em um inversor de frequência que é controlado por um sistema embarcado. A abordagem proposta é comparada com abordagens clássicas de filtragem digital como média móvel, filtro de resposta finita ao impulso (FIR) e filtro de resposta infinita ao impulso (IIR). / This work presents the project, implementation and evaluation of a hybrid filter used for noise supressing in high power switching converters. It is optimized to reduce impulsive noise that is commonly present in high power devices like frequency inverters that control three-phase motors. The hybrid filter is evaluated empirically in a frequency inverter that is controlled by an embedded system. This approach is compared to classical ones, like the moving average, the finite impulse response (FIR) and the infinite impulse response (IIR) filters.

Esta dissertação trata sobre o projeto, implementação e avaliação de um filtro híbrido para supressão de ruído em sistemas de alta potência. Seu desempenho será otimizado para reduzir a magnitude de ruídos impulsivos, que são comuns em dispositivos de alta potência, como inversores de frequência que controlam motores trifásicos. O filtro híbrido proposto é avaliado empiricamente em um inversor de frequência que é controlado por um sistema embarcado. A abordagem proposta é comparada com abordagens clássicas de filtragem digital como média móvel, filtro de resposta finita ao impulso (FIR) e filtro de resposta infinita ao impulso (IIR). / This work presents the project, implementation and evaluation of a hybrid filter used for noise supressing in high power switching converters. It is optimized to reduce impulsive noise that is commonly present in high power devices like frequency inverters that control three-phase motors. The hybrid filter is evaluated empirically in a frequency inverter that is controlled by an embedded system. This approach is compared to classical ones, like the moving average, the finite impulse response (FIR) and the infinite impulse response (IIR) filters.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T14:53:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jorge Farid Amate.pdf: 1076998 bytes, checksum: 7c54d6bc2833288f1945368aa6976936 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-06 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / In industrial processes, where parameters estimation and standard recognition are desired, digital filters technology is used to do estimation. The digital filter is responsible for prediction and filtering process. Then, the filter behavior can be analyzed based on performance, gains and others variables linked to the specified model. However, to obtain trusty variables and data to estimate the process in question, a model that represents well the physics plant is needed. To do this, are applied techniques based on Systems Identification where we obtain the ARX, ARMAX, Output-Error and Box-Jenkins models of the electrolytic pot. Results, validation and their analysis, applied in standard recognition, using different structures are presented. / Em processos industriais, onde deseja-se a estimação de parâmetros e reconhecimento de padrões, utiliza-se da tecnologia de filtros digitais para tal fim. O filtro digital é responsável pelo processo de predição e filtragem. Assim, pode-se fazer uma análise do comportamento do filtro baseada no desempenho, ganhos e outras variáveis ligadas ao modelo especificado. Porém, para obtenção de variáveis e dados confiáveis para estimar-se o processo em questão, necessita-se de um modelo que represente bem a planta física. Para isto, são aplicadas técnicas baseadas em Identificação de Sistemas, onde são obtidos os modelos ARX, ARMAX, Output-Error e Box-Jenkins da cuba eletrolítica. São apresentados os resultados, validações dos modelos e análise dos mesmos, aplicados ao reconhecimento de padrões, utilizando-se diferentes estruturas.

The dissertation thesis focuses on objective assessment and reduction of disturbing background noise in a musical signal. In this work, a new algorithm for the assessment of background noise audibility is proposed. The listening tests performed show that this new algorithm better predicts the background noise audibility than the existing algorithms do. An advantage of this new algorithm is the fact that it can be used even in the case of a general audio signal and not only musical signal, i.e. in the case when the audibility of one sound on the background of another sound is assessed. The existing algorithms often fail in this case. The next part of the dissertation thesis deals with an adaptive segmentation scheme for the segmentation of long-term musical signals into short segments of different lengths. A new adaptive segmentation scheme is then introduced here. It has been shown that this new adaptive segmentation scheme significantly improves the subjectively perceived quality of the musical signal from the output of noise reduction systems which use this new adaptive segmentation scheme. The quality improvement is better than that achieved by other segmentation schemes tested.

Am Large Hadron Collider und am ATLAS-Detektor werden umfangreiche Aufrüstungsarbeiten vorgenommen. Diese Arbeiten sind in mehrere Phasen gegliedert und umfassen unter Anderem Änderungen an der Ausleseelektronik der Flüssigargonkalorimeter; insbesondere ist es geplant, während der letzten Phase ihren Primärpfad vollständig auszutauschen. Die Elektronik besteht aus einem analogen und einem digitalen Teil: während ersterer die Signalpulse verstärkt und sie zur leichteren Abtastung verformt, führt letzterer einen Algorithmus zur Energierekonstruktion aus. Beide Teile müssen während der Aufrüstung verbessert werden, damit der Detektor interessante Kollisionsereignisse präzise rekonstruieren und uninteressante effizient verwerfen kann. In dieser Dissertation werden Simulationsstudien präsentiert, die sowohl die analoge als auch die digitale Auslese der Flüssigargonkalorimeter optimieren. Die Korrektheit der Simulation wird mithilfe von Kalibrationsdaten geprüft, die im sog. Run 2 des ATLAS-Detektors aufgenommen worden sind. Der Einfluss verschiedener Parameter der Signalverformung auf die Energieauflösung wird analysiert und die Nützlichkeit einer erhöhten Abtastrate von 80 MHz untersucht. Des Weiteren gibt diese Arbeit eine Übersicht über lineare und nichtlineare Energierekonstruktionsalgorithmen. Schließlich wird eine Auswahl von ihnen hinsichtlich ihrer Leistungsfähigkeit miteinander verglichen. Es wird gezeigt, dass ein Erhöhen der Ordnung des Optimalfilters, der gegenwärtig verwendete Algorithmus, die Energieauflösung um 2 bis 3 % verbessern kann, und zwar in allen Regionen des Detektors. Der Wiener Filter mit Vorwärtskorrektur, ein nichtlinearer Algorithmus, verbessert sie um bis zu 10 % in einigen Regionen, verschlechtert sie aber in anderen. Ein Zusammenhang dieses Verhaltens mit der Wahrscheinlichkeit fälschlich detektierter Kalorimetertreffer wird aufgezeigt und mögliche Lösungen werden diskutiert.:1 Introduction 2 An Overview of High-Energy Particle Physics 2.1 The Standard Model of Particle Physics 2.2 Verification of the Standard Model 2.3 Beyond the Standard Model 3 LHC, ATLAS, and the Liquid-Argon Calorimeters 3.1 The Large Hadron Collider 3.2 The ATLAS Detector 3.3 The ATLAS Liquid-Argon Calorimeters 4 Upgrades to the ATLAS Liquid-Argon Calorimeters 4.1 Physics Goals 4.2 Phase-I Upgrade 4.3 Phase-II Upgrade 5 Noise Suppression With Digital Filters 5.1 Terminology 5.2 Digital Filters 5.3 Wiener Filter 5.4 Matched Wiener Filter 5.5 Matched Wiener Filter Without Bias 5.6 Timing Reconstruction, Optimal Filtering, and Selection Criteria 5.7 Forward Correction 5.8 Sparse Signal Restoration 5.9 Artificial Neural Networks 6 Simulation of the ATLAS Liquid-Argon Calorimeter Readout Electronics 6.1 AREUS 6.2 Hit Generation and Sampling 6.3 Pulse Shapes 6.4 Thermal Noise 6.5 Quantization 6.6 Digital Filters 6.7 Statistical Analysis 7 Results of the Readout Electronics Simulation Studies 7.1 Statistical Treatment 7.2 Simulation Verification Using Run-2 Data 7.3 Dependence of the Noise on the Shaping Time 7.4 The Analog Readout Electronics and the ADC 7.5 The Optimal Filter (OF) 7.6 The Wiener Filter 7.7 The Wiener Filter with Forward Correction (WFFC) 7.8 Final Comparison and Conclusions 8 Conclusions and Outlook Appendices / The Large Hadron Collider and the ATLAS detector are undergoing a comprehensive upgrade split into multiple phases. This effort also affects the liquid-argon calorimeters, whose main readout electronics will be replaced completely during the final phase. The electronics consist of an analog and a digital portion: the former amplifies the signal and shapes it to facilitate sampling, the latter executes an energy reconstruction algorithm. Both must be improved during the upgrade so that the detector may accurately reconstruct interesting collision events and efficiently suppress uninteresting ones. In this thesis, simulation studies are presented that optimize both the analog and the digital readout of the liquid-argon calorimeters. The simulation is verified using calibration data that has been measured during Run 2 of the ATLAS detector. The influence of several parameters of the analog shaping stage on the energy resolution is analyzed and the utility of an increased signal sampling rate of 80 MHz is investigated. Furthermore, a number of linear and non-linear energy reconstruction algorithms is reviewed and the performance of a selection of them is compared. It is demonstrated that increasing the order of the Optimal Filter, the algorithm currently in use, improves energy resolution by 2 to 3 % in all detector regions. The Wiener filter with forward correction, a non-linear algorithm, gives an improvement of up to 10 % in some regions, but degrades the resolution in others. A link between this behavior and the probability of falsely detected calorimeter hits is shown and possible solutions are discussed.:1 Introduction 2 An Overview of High-Energy Particle Physics 2.1 The Standard Model of Particle Physics 2.2 Verification of the Standard Model 2.3 Beyond the Standard Model 3 LHC, ATLAS, and the Liquid-Argon Calorimeters 3.1 The Large Hadron Collider 3.2 The ATLAS Detector 3.3 The ATLAS Liquid-Argon Calorimeters 4 Upgrades to the ATLAS Liquid-Argon Calorimeters 4.1 Physics Goals 4.2 Phase-I Upgrade 4.3 Phase-II Upgrade 5 Noise Suppression With Digital Filters 5.1 Terminology 5.2 Digital Filters 5.3 Wiener Filter 5.4 Matched Wiener Filter 5.5 Matched Wiener Filter Without Bias 5.6 Timing Reconstruction, Optimal Filtering, and Selection Criteria 5.7 Forward Correction 5.8 Sparse Signal Restoration 5.9 Artificial Neural Networks 6 Simulation of the ATLAS Liquid-Argon Calorimeter Readout Electronics 6.1 AREUS 6.2 Hit Generation and Sampling 6.3 Pulse Shapes 6.4 Thermal Noise 6.5 Quantization 6.6 Digital Filters 6.7 Statistical Analysis 7 Results of the Readout Electronics Simulation Studies 7.1 Statistical Treatment 7.2 Simulation Verification Using Run-2 Data 7.3 Dependence of the Noise on the Shaping Time 7.4 The Analog Readout Electronics and the ADC 7.5 The Optimal Filter (OF) 7.6 The Wiener Filter 7.7 The Wiener Filter with Forward Correction (WFFC) 7.8 Final Comparison and Conclusions 8 Conclusions and Outlook Appendices