The paper presents the development methodology of a hydrostatic pump/motor for use in Parker Hannifin’s advanced series hydraulic hybrid transmissions for medium and heavy duty commercial vehicles. With Parker’s established bent-axis pump/motor technology for heavy duty mobile applications as a basis, it describes the main stages of further development and qualification for demanding automotive main drive transmissions. Parker’s APQP based, customer focused product development model was employed for this development which resulted in the variable bent-axis pump/motor C24 for open circuit hydrostatic transmissions. Positive customer results from a large fleet of in-service refuse collection trucks and parcel delivery vans with Parker advanced hydraulic hybrid drive systems using C24 pumps/motors serve as evidence of Parker’s product development model effectiveness. High reliability, good fuel economy, increased productivity and long brake life of the vehicles can directly be traced back to the streamlined, front-loaded and iterative development model.

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In sustainable energy systems those using fuel cells, high step-up gain converters are widely used to increase the output voltage to levels that can be used by other converters, such as inverters for grid connection or powering other AC loads. In order to obtain a higher voltage gain, in comparison to a traditional boost converter, often different topologies techniques are involved. In this project a new topology is studied, cascading to half bridges, each working similar to a boost converter but with magnetic coupled inductors in-between.    The converter design is modeled in PLECS Blockset and MATLAB Simulink to simulate and evaluate the performance with proper design procedure. The results showed that a high step-up gain was achieved, and the gain could easily be adjusted by changing the duty cycle and/or the coupling factor. The converter design showed similarities and differences to a traditional boost converter. The coupled inductor has its advantage reducing the fuel cell current ripple with the effect of the duty cycle.

My thesis will demonstrate that Rate Adaptive Runlength Limited encoding (RA-RLL) achieves high data rates with acceptable error rate over a wide range of signal distortion/attenuation, and background noise. RA-RLL has performance superior to other infrared modulation schemes in terms of bandwidth efficiency, duty cycle control, and synchronization frequency. Rate adaptive techniques allow for quick convergence of RA-RLL parameters to acceptable values. RA-RLL may be feasibly implemented on systems with non-ideal timing and digital synchronization.

The advent of wide band-gap semiconductors in power electronics has led to the scope of efficient power conversion being pushed further than ever before. This development has allowed for systems to operate at higher and higher voltages than previously achieved. One area of consideration during this high voltage transition is the synchronous rectifier, which is traditionally designed as an afterthought. Prior research in synchronous rectifiers have been limited to low voltage, high current converters. There is practically no research in high voltage synchronous rectification. Therefore, this dissertation focuses on discovering the unknown nuances behind high voltage synchronous rectifier design, and ultimately developing a practical, scalable solution. There are three main issues that must be addressed when designing a high voltage synchronous rectifier: (1) high voltage sensing; (2) light load effects; (3) accuracy. The first hurdle to designing a high voltage SR system is the high voltage itself. Traditional methods of synchronous rectification (SR) attempt to directly sense voltage or current, which is not possible with high voltage. Therefore, a solution must be designed to limit the voltage seen by the sensing mechanism without sacrificing accuracy. In this dissertation, a novel blocking solution is proposed, analyzed, and tested to over 1-kV. The solution is practical enough to be implemented on practically any commercial drain-source SR controller. The second hurdle is the light load effect of the SR system on the converter. A large amount of high voltage systems utilize a LLC-based DC transformers (DCX) to provide an efficient means of energy conversion. The LLC-DCX's attractive attributes of soft-switching and high efficiency allure many architects to combine it with an SR system. However, direct implementation of SR on a LLC-DCX will result in a variety of light load oscillation issues, since the rectifier circuitry can excite the resonant tank through a false load transient phenomena. A universal limiting solution is proposed and analyzed, and is validated with a commercial SR controller. The final hurdle is in optimizing the SR system itself. There is an inherent flaw with drain-source sensing, namely parasitic inductance in the drain-source sense loop. This parasitic inductance causes an error in the sensed voltage, resulting in early SR turn-off and increased losses through the parallel diode. The parasitic will always be present in the circuit, and current solutions are too complex to be implemented. Two solutions are proposed depending on the rectifier architecture: (1) multilevel gate driving for single switch rectifiers; (2) sequential parallel switching for parallel switch rectifiers. In summary, this dissertation focuses on developing a practical and reliable high voltage SR solution for LLC-DCX converters. Three main issues are addressed: (1) high voltage sensing; (2) light load effects; (3) accuracy. Novel solutions are proposed for all three issues, and validated with commercial controllers. / Doctor of Philosophy / High voltage power electronics are becoming increasing popular in the electronics industry with the help of wide band-gap semiconductors. While high voltage power electronics research is prevalent, a key component of high voltage power converters, the synchronous rectifier, remains unexplored. Conventional synchronous rectifiers are implemented on high current circuits where diode losses are high. However, high voltage power electronics operate at much lower current levels, necessitating changes in current synchronous rectifier methods. This research aims to identify and tackle issues that will be faced by both systems and IC designers when attempting to implement high voltage synchronous rectifiers on LLC-DCXs. While development takes planes on a LLC-DCX, the research is applicable to most resonant converters and applications utilizing drain-source synchronous rectifier technology. This dissertation focuses primarily on three areas of synchronous rectifier developments: (1) high voltage compatibility; (2) light load effects; (3) accuracy. The first issue opens the gate to high voltage synchronous rectifier research, by allowing high voltage sensing. The second issue explores issues that high voltage synchronous rectifiers can inadvertently influence on the LLC-DCX itself - a light load oscillation issue. The third issue explores novel methods of improving the sensing accuracy to further reduce losses for a single and parallel switch rectifier. In each of these areas, the underlying problem is root-caused, analyzed, and a solution proposed. The overarching goal of this dissertation is to develop a practical, low-cost, universal synchronous rectifier system that can be scaled for commercial use.

Dans le domaine des réseaux de capteurs sans-fil (dits « WSN »), les piles réseau spécialisées constituent un domaine de recherche très actif depuis maintenant de nombreuses années. Toutefois, beaucoup de ces études, notamment concernant les couches basses de ces piles réseau, n’ont pas dépassé le stade de la théorie. Leurs implantations n’ont sauf exception pas fait l’objet d’efforts poussés ou systématiques, surtout dans le cadre des systèmes d’exploitation spécialisés. Nous nous proposons donc, dans cette thèse, de nous focaliser sur l’analyse des interactions entre les protocoles des couches basses et les plates-formes logicielles dédiées, et de les optimiser, notamment au niveau de l’implantation. Nous passons d’abord en revue et évaluons les différents systèmes d’exploitation spécialisés, et choisissons celui offrant les fonctionnalités, notamment temps-réel, que nous estimons nécessaires pour implanter des protocoles MAC / RDC novateurs et performants. Nous entreprenons ensuite un effort d’étude, d’amélioration et d’optimisation de ces couches basses des piles spécialisées, et montrons, avec une implantation concrète d’un de nos protocoles MAC / RDC avancés, que nous pouvons amener des progrès notables dans la qualité de service (QdS) des WSN, notamment avec un trafic réseau intense. Nous examinons en outre des inexactitudes inattendues dans les simulations / émulations effectuées par Cooja / MSPSim, et analysons les problèmes de fiabilité posés par l’utilisation de cet outil pour effectuer des évaluations de performances, notamment temporelles, de WSN. Nous proposons enfin de nouvelles pistes pour de futures améliorations et optimisations de ces couches basses des piles réseau spécialisées, afin d’améliorer encore la fiabilité, les performances et la consommation énergétique des WSN. / In the field of wireless sensors networks (WSN), specialized network stacks have been a very active research field for many years. However, most of this research, especially on lower layers of the network stacks, did not go beyond theory. Their implementations have generally not been the subject of deep or systematic effort, especially within the framework of dedicated operating systems. We thus propose, in this thesis, to focus on interaction analysis between lower layers’ protocols and dedicated software platforms, and to optimize them, especially at the implementation level. We first review and evaluate the various dedicated operating systems, and choose the one offering the necessary features to implement efficient and innovative MAC/RDC protocols. We then study, improve and optimize these lower layers of specialized stacks, and show, with an actual implementation of one of our advanced MAC/RDC protocols, that we can bring significant improvements in the quality of service (QoS) of WSNs, especially under heavy network traffic. We also report inaccuracies in Cooja/MSPSim simulations/emulations, and analyze the reliability issues caused by the use of this tool for performing evaluations (especially time-related) of WSNs. We finally propose some new leads for future enhancements and optimizations of the lower layers of these specialized network stacks, in order to further improve the liability, performances and energy consumption of WSNs.

L'objectif de la thèse est d'étudier la variation temporelle de la qualité des liens dans les réseaux de capteurs sans fil à grande échelle, de concevoir des estimateurs permettant la différenciation, à court terme et long terme, entre liens de qualité hétérogène. Tout d'abord, nous étudions les caractéristiques de deux paramètres de la couche physique: RSSI (l'indicateur de puissance du signal reçu) et LQI (l'indicateur de la qualité de liaison) sur SensLab, une plateforme expérimentale de réseau de capteurs à grande échelle situé à l'intérieur de bâtiments. Nous observons que le RSSI et le LQI permettent de discriminer des liens de différentes qualités. Ensuite, pour obtenir un estimateur de PRR, nous avons approximé le diagramme de dispersion de la moyenne et de l'écart-type du LQI et RSSI par une fonction Fermi-Dirac. La fonction nous permet de trouver le PRR à partir d'un niveau donné de LQI. Nous avons évalué l'estimateur en calculant le PRR sur des fenêtres de tailles variables et en le comparant aux valeurs obtenues avec l'estimateur. Par ailleurs, nous montrons en utilisant le modèle de Gilbert-Elliot (chaîne de Markov à deux états) que la corrélation des pertes de paquets dépend de la catégorie de lien. Le modèle permet de distinguer avec précision les différentes qualités des liens, en se basant sur les probabilités de transition dérivées de la moyenne et de l'écart-type du LQI. Enfin, nous proposons un modèle de routage basé sur la qualité de lien déduite de la fonction de Fermi-Dirac approximant le PRR et du modèle Markov Gilbert-Elliot à deux états. Notre modèle est capable de distinguer avec précision les différentes catégories de liens ainsi que les liens fortement variables. / The goal of the thesis is to investigate the issues related to the temporal link quality variation in large scale WSN environments, to design energy efficient link quality estimators able to distinguish among links with different quality on a short and a long term. First, we investigate the characteristics of two physical layer metrics: RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) and LQI (Link Quality Indication) on SensLAB, an indoor large scale wireless sensor network testbed. We observe that RSSI and LQI have distinct values that can discriminate the quality of links. Second, to obtain an estimator of PRR, we have fitted a Fermi-Dirac function to the scatter diagram of the average and standard variation of LQI and RSSI. The function enables us to find PRR for a given level of LQI. We evaluate the estimator by computing PRR over a varying size window of transmissions and comparing with the estimator. Furthermore, we show using the Gilbert-Elliot two-state Markov model that the correlation of packet losses and successful receptions depend on the link category. The model allows to accurately distinguish among strongly varying intermediate links based on transition probabilities derived from the average and the standard variation of LQI. Finally, we propose a link quality routing model driven from the F-D fitting functions and the Markov model able to discriminate accurately link categories as well as high variable links.

L’objectif de cette thèse est de développer un réseau IPv6 constitué de capteurs sans fils autonomes grâce à la récupération d’énergie, fonctionnant à faible rapport cyclique. Cette thèse s’inscrit dans un projet industriel, GreenNet, lancé par STMicroelectronics afin de se positionner sur le marché de l’Internet des Objets. La nouvelle plate-forme utilisée dans ce projet se différencie de ses concurrents par sa petite taille, ce qui implique une faible capacité de batterie. Une cellule photovoltaı̈que permet en revanche de recharger la batterie, y compris dans des conditions de luminosité faible. Pour atteindre l’autonomie, nous avons besoin que les nœuds dorment pour de très longues périodes. Par conséquent, les solutions existantes, bien que peu consommantes, ne sont pas complètement adaptées à nos besoins spécifiques.Dans cette thèse, nous proposons d’analyser les difficultés possiblement rencontrées pendant le développement d’une plate-forme à récupération d’énergie et de bas rapport cyclique. La contribution la plus importante de ce travail est de mettre en œuvre et d’évaluer le rendement de nos solutions sur des plates-formes matérielles dans des conditions très proches de la vie réelle.Une première étape du travail réalisée est la conception et l’implémentation de la norme IEEE 802.15.4 utilisant les balises pour maintenir la synchronisation. Nous choisissons le mode synchronisé car il permet aux nœuds d’atteindre des rapports cycliques aussi bas que 0,01%. La seconde étape est d’apporter le multi saut : nous proposons une optimisation du protocole de routage, ainsi qu’un contrôle d’accès par multiplexagetemporel pour les routeurs et les dispositifs afin d’éliminer les interférences.Nous allons même plus loin dans l’optimisation du temps où les nœuds sont allumés: nous proposons d’éteindre les coordinateurs avant la fin de leur période d’activité définie par le standard, lorsqu’il n’y a pas de communications. Les nœuds qui ne nécessitent pas d’envoyer des données peuvent sauter des balises et se réveiller seulement lorsqu’il est nécessaire de synchroniser les horloges, ou d’envoyer des données. Dans le même temps, nous résolvons le problème de multicast pour les nœuds qui dorment durant de longues périodes, en convertissant ces paquets en paquets unicast. Nous améliorons également le rapport cyclique de routeurs qui n’ont pas de nœuds associés en les forçant envoyer la balise moins souvent, tant qu’ils n’ont pas des nœuds associés.Pour améliorer la performance du réseau, nous proposons aussi une solution rétro compatible qui utilise plusieurs canaux. Un tel système est utile quand un lien entre deux nœuds subit de très mauvaise performance sur un certain canal fréquentiel, mais obtient de meilleurs résultats sur une fréquence différente.Toutes les solutions présentées ci-dessus, et discutées dans la dissertation ont été mises en œuvre et testées sur la plate-forme GreenNet. Nous avons également réalisé des mesures sur des nœuds pour vérifier leurs efficacité. / The goal of the thesis is to enable IPv6 harvested and autonomous wireless sensor networks with very low duty-cycle. It is part of an industrial project, GreenNet, hosted by STMicroelectronics with the goal of being a pioneer in the Internet of Things. The new platform differentiates from its existing competitors by a small size, which implies small battery capacity. However, a photovoltaic cell is capable of recharging the battery even under low light conditions. On top of this, we aim at nodes that sleep for very long periods. Hence, the existing solutions were not completely suited for ourneeds.The thesis proposes to analyze the possible challenges that one can meet while developing a harvested low-duty cycle platform. The most important contribution of this work is that we implement and evaluate the performance of our solutions on real hardware platforms in conditions very close to real-life.In this dissertation, we first of all develop and implement a basic solution based on the IEEE 802.15.4 beacon-enabled standard. We choose the synchronized mode because it allows nodes to reach duty-cycles as low as 0.01%. A more difficult step was to bring multi-hop: we design new a routing scheme inside our network, and a time based access for routers and devices to eliminate interferences as much as possible. The routing scheme is meant to be simple and efficient.We go even further to optimize the total time the nodes are on: we proposed to shut down coordinators before their standardized end of slot when there is no communication. Devices that do not need to send data can skip beacons and only need to wake up to synchronize their clock or to send data. In the same time we solve the problem of multicast for long sleeping nodes by converting these packets into unicast traffic. We also improved the duty-cycle of routers that do no have associated devices by forcing them to beacon slower, as long as they do not have any associated devices.To improve the network performance we also propose a backward compatible multichannel solution. Such a scheme is useful when a link between two nodes achieve very bad performance on a certain channel but better results on a different frequency.All the solutions presented above and discussed in the dissertation were implemented and tested on the GreenNet platform. We also realized measurements of the nodes efficiency while in harvested conditions and showed that it is possible to handle harvested routers, when there is enough available light.

Drahtlose Sensornetze können Zustände physikalischer Größen messen und an eine Basisstation (Datensenke) melden. Durch die geographische Verteilung der Sensorknoten und die Bedingungen bei der Mehrwegeausbreitung kann die Situation auftreten, dass nicht alle Sensorknoten direkten Kontakt zur Basisstation aufbauen können. Sie müssen andere Sensorknoten als Vermittlungsstation in Anspruch nehmen, um die Nachrichten an die Basisstation zu befördern. Um den Energieverbrauch zu verringern, werden Nachrichten zum einen ereignisbasiert generiert und zum anderen zeitbasiert vermittelt. Dabei beschreibt der Arbeitszyklus den Anteil der Vermittlungsaktivität am Gesamtzyklus. Derzeit verfügbare Methoden berücksichtigen allerdings nicht die Verknüpfung zwischen dem von der Anwendung generierten Verkehr und der Vermittlungshäufigkeit. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird ein Verfahren vorgeschlagen, mit dem der Arbeitszyklus zur Laufzeit automatisch eingestellt werden kann. Dafür wird in der Vermittlungsstation die Verkehrscharakteristik gemessen und für die Einstellung des Arbeitszyklus benutzt. Die Leistungsfähigkeit der Anpassung des Arbeitszyklus wird mit Simulationen untersucht. Sie zeigen, wie sich der Ansatz bei verschiedener Parametrierung in statischen und dynamischen Szenarien verhält. Um dem späteren Anwender der Anpassung eine Abschätzung des Verhaltens zu ermöglichen, werden zusätzlich analytische Modelle für die Analyse des statischen und dynamischen Verhaltens entwickelt. Ferner wird gezeigt, dass der entwickelte Ansatz für etablierte Standardtechniken (z. B. IEEE 802.15.4) eingesetzt werden kann. / Wireless Sensor Networks support flexible measuring of physical values. Due to the geographical distribution and multipath scattering the base station in such a network might not be reached by all sensors. Hence, other sensor nodes have to work as relay stations. At the same time, each sensor node is forced to consume as low energy as possible. In order to save energy the messages are generated event based in each sensor node and forwarded with a time triggered approach. Thereby, the duty cycle describes the portion of the relay activities in relation to the overall cycle. Currently available approaches do not properly adapt these two paradigms, event and time triggered, to each other. In this work a method to adapt the duty cycle according to the traffic is proposed. Therefore, the traffic is monitored and evaluated for traffic adaptation. Furthermore, the performance of the duty cycle adaptation is assessed using simulations. They show the behavior of the adaptation algorithm in static and dynamic scenarios with different parametrizations. The supplemental analytical models enable to easily estimate the behavior of the adaptation, in static as well as in dynamic scenarios. Also, it is shown how the duty cycle adaptation can be deployed for standard technologies like IEEE 802.15.4.

Orientador: Falcondes José Mendes de Seixas / Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objetivo a proposição de um retificador trifásico boost semi-controlado, com correção ativa do fator de potência, que faça uso de técnicas de controle de razão cíclica variável, visando reduzir o conteúdo harmônico de corrente em baixa frequência. O conversor proposto opera em modo de condução descontínua, desta forma, a corrente de entrada segue uma envoltória senoidal. Além disso, devido ao modo de condução, o conversor apresenta a entrada em condução da chave com corrente nula, diminuindo assim, as perdas por chaveamento. Inicialmente, são apresentados, estudos teóricos da topologia em questão e, por meio de gráficos e equações, verifica-se a distorção harmônica imposta devida à operação com razão cíclica constante. Funções que permitam a variação permanente da razão cíclica, durante um ciclo da rede, serão apresentadas. Tais funções possuem o intuito de minimizar a distorção harmônica da corrente de entrada, com foco principal na 5ª componente harmônica. Resultados de simulação demonstram eficácia das técnicas de controle por razão cíclica variável e apontam redução no conteúdo harmônico de corrente. Resultados experimentais demonstram conteúdo harmônico de corrente em torno de 18% para operação do conversor com razão cíclica constante. A utilização de razão cíclica variável proporciona uma redução no conteúdo harmônico de corrente para 13%, resultando em um aumento do fator de potência. / Abstract: This work aims propose a three-phase rectifier boost half-controlled, with power factor correction, that makes use variable duty cycle control techniques, in order to reduce the harmonic content of current in low frequency. The proposed converter operates in a discontinuous current conduction mode, this way, the input current is naturally corrected. Moreover, due to the conduction mode, the converter presents entry in conduction of switch with null current, thus decreasing, the losses by switching. Initially, are presented theoretical studies of the topology in question and, through of graphs and equations, the harmonic distortion imposed by operation due constant duty cycle is verified. Functions that allow permanently the variation of duty cycle, during a network cycle, are presented. These functions have as main objective minimize the harmonic distortion in the input current, with focus in the 5th harmonic component. Simulation results demonstrate efficacy of techniques by variable duty cycle control and indicate a reducing of harmonic content of current. Experimental results demonstrate a reducing around 18% for operation with constant duty cycle. The use of variable duty cycle provides a reducing around 13%, resulting in an increase of the power factor. / Mestre