Alexandru, Mihaela (Date of defense: 2013-09-10)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) has received a special attention in the last decades thanks to its superior electrical, mechanical and chemical proprieties. SiC is mostly used for applications where Silicon is ...
Gerling Sarabia, Luis Guillermo (Date of defense: 2017-11-15)
Crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells can be considered a highly industrialized and mature product with a record conversion efficiency of 26.6%, not far from the practical limit of 29.4% (for single ...
Florentín, Matthieu (Date of defense: 2016-05-20)
Silicon (Si) power device’ technologies have reached a high maturity level, but current limitations on mechanic, temperature operation and electric performances require to investigate other semiconductor ...
Ghorbani, Hamidreza (Date of defense: 2019-09-18)
Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) power semiconductors are widely employed in industrial applications. This power switch capability in high voltage blocking and high current-carrying has expanded ...
Masmitjà Rusiñol, Gerard (Date of defense: 2019-09-25)
The photovoltaic industry is mainly dominated by crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, in which contact selectivity is usually achieved by doping the wafer surfaces with phosphorous (n+) and boron ...
Cabello Fusarés, Maria (Date of defense: 2019-12-02)
Although silicon (Si) is used in most current commercial power semiconductor components, Si capabilities are insufficient for new energy conversion requirements. Some of its important limitations are ...
Mateos Martín, José Ignacio (Date of defense: 2015-11-27)
The primary purpose of this thesis is the design, development and validation of a system capable of measuring magnetic field with low-noise conditions at sub-millihertz frequencies. Such instrument is ...
Aymerich Capdevila, Nivard (Date of defense: 2013-12-16)
During the last decades, human beings have experienced a significant enhancement in the quality of life thanks in large part to the fast evolution of Integrated Circuits (IC). This unprecedented ...
Capellá Frau, Gabriel José (Date of defense: 2015-03-26)
The number of applications that require the use of power converters has been continually increasing in the last years on account of environmental and economical concerns. The power to be processed by ...
Bader, Benjamin (Date of defense: 2013-11-29)
This dissertation formulates a proposal for a real time implementable energy management strategy (EMS) for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The EMS is developed to minimize vehicle fuel consumption ...
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