Benjamin Osoba

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2016-157

October 5, 2016

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2016/EECS-2016-157.pdf

Semiconductor diodes suffer from non-idealities in performance, particularly non-zero forward voltage and reverse leakage current, which limit the energy efficiency of power conversion circuits. In this work, a micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) relay configured as a diode is investigated for power conversion application. Specifically, the utility of a MEM diode is demonstrated in a half-wave rectifier circuit. Due to high native pull-in voltage and high ON-state resistance, MEM relay technology requires further refinement to be promising for low-loss power conversion application.

Advisors: Tsu-Jae King Liu

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BibTeX citation:

@mastersthesis{Osoba:EECS-2016-157,
    Author= {Osoba, Benjamin},
    Title= {Micro-Electro-Mechanical Diode for Tunable Power Conversion},
    School= {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
    Year= {2016},
    Month= {Oct},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2016/EECS-2016-157.html},
    Number= {UCB/EECS-2016-157},
    Abstract= {Semiconductor diodes suffer from non-idealities in performance, particularly non-zero forward voltage and reverse leakage current, which limit the energy efficiency of power conversion circuits. In this work, a micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) relay configured as a diode is investigated for power conversion application. Specifically, the utility of a MEM diode is demonstrated in a half-wave rectifier circuit. Due to high native pull-in voltage and high ON-state resistance, MEM relay technology requires further refinement to be promising for low-loss power conversion application.},
}

EndNote citation:

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%A Osoba, Benjamin 
%T Micro-Electro-Mechanical Diode for Tunable Power Conversion
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 2016
%8 October 5
%@ UCB/EECS-2016-157
%U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2016/EECS-2016-157.html
%F Osoba:EECS-2016-157