Reliable Power Systems and Integrated Circuits

这项研究旨在研究如何可靠地控制现有能源并将其输送给国内电力用户。能源可以是电源，也可以是可再生能源等可变资源。研究产生影响的方式是使用带有板载处理器的智能电源开关(如在PC中)以智能的方式管理功率流。关键问题之一是使这种类型的系统在现场可靠-它必须始终工作-因此一个具体的方面将是提高基本电源开关的可靠性和适当地处理停电。通常在这种类型的系统中，复杂的电子设备倾向于从高功率侧分离，但这项拟议工作的一个新方面是能够使用低功率处理的高性能电力电子设备。参与合作的团队在电力电子、集成电路设计和器件方面拥有互补的专业知识，这使得这在许多方面都是一个独特的机会，可以向前迈出一些重要的步伐。

This research is intended to research ways in which existing energy can be reliably controlled and directed to domestic power users. The source of the energy could be mains, or variable sources such as renewable energy.The way the research can make an impact is by using smart power switches with on board processors (like in a PC) to manage the power flow in an intelligent way.One of the key issues is making this type of system reliable in the field - it has to work all the time - and so one specific aspect will be to improve the reliability of the basic power switches and to deal with outages properly.Normally in this type of system, the complex electronics tends to be taken seperately from the high power side, but one novel aspect of this proposed work is the ability to use high performance on board instrumentation of the power electronics using low power processing. The teams in the collaboration have complementary expertise in Power Electronics, IC Design and Devices which make this a unique opportunity in many respects to take some important steps forward.