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    Contribuci贸n a t茅cnicas de modelado y reducci贸n de EMI en sistemas multiconvertidor

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    This Thesis has been developed in the research group TIEG (Terrassa Industrial Electronics Group). It is focused on the reduction of conducted electromagnetic interferences (EMI) generated by switched power converters. Particularly, it deals with multiphase buck converters. In such kind of systems interleaving is commonly and widely used because of advantages it reports. Among these advantages, it should be mentioned the reduction of the output voltage ripple and conducted disturbances as well. However, interleaving can be combined with other techniques in order to improve the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) performance. These methods can be classified as filtering or suppression techniques. Filtering methods prevent interferences from propagating through mains, power lines, data lines, etc. Suppression methods directly suppress the noise source. The modulation of the switching pattern of the converter is one of such techniques. These suppression techniques are complementary to the conventional filtering techniques based in passive elements. The aim of this Thesis is to determine the optimum combination of both techniques (interleaving and modulation) in order to achieve the best attenuation of conducted disturbances. The influence of several modulation parameters on the attenuation will be investigated and the undesired side effects produced by these new techniques will be evaluated as well. In order to fulfil this goal, several modulation strategies were considered. Particularly, the switching frequency modulation (SFM), pulse position modulation (PPM) and pulse width modulation (PWM) have been investigated. Finally, three modulation techniques based on the frequency modulation of the switching pattern have been proposed. These techniques are the Constant Delay Tm with switching Frequency Modulation (CDFM-Tm), Constant Delay Tc with switching Frequency Modulation (CDFM-Tc) and Variable Delay with switching Frequency Modulation (VDFM). The experimental validation of these 3 techniques has been conducted on a 4 phases buck converter operated in hard switching regime.Esta tesis se ha desarrollado dentro de una de las l铆neas de investigaci贸n del Grupo de Electr贸nica Industrial de Terrassa (TIEG). Concretamente, se centra en el 谩rea de la reducci贸n de las interferencias electromagn茅ticas conducidas (EMI), generadas por los convertidores de potencia. Dentro de este campo, se estudia el caso particular de los convertidores buck multifase. En este tipo de sistemas es com煤n el uso de la t茅cnica de interleaving que conlleva una serie de beneficios entre los que destaca la reducci贸n del rizado de la tensi贸n de salida y de las interferencias generadas. No obstante, es posible combinarla con otras t茅cnicas para mejorar los resultados obtenidos desde el punto de vista de la compatibilidad electromagn茅tica (EMC). En la actualidad existen diversos m茅todos para la reducci贸n de las interferencias conducidas en convertidores de potencia que se pueden aplicar conjuntamente con la t茅cnica de interleaving. Estos m茅todos se pueden clasificar como m茅todos de filtrado o supresi贸n. Los primeros act煤an evitando que las interferencias generadas se propaguen a trav茅s de las l铆neas de alimentaci贸n, datos, etc. Mientras que los segundos act煤an directamente sobre las fuentes de ruido, reduciendo en origen las perturbaciones. Dentro de los m茅todos de supresi贸n se encuentran las t茅cnicas basadas en la modulaci贸n de la se帽al de control del convertidor. Estas t茅cnicas de supresi贸n son alternativas o complementarias a las t茅cnicas de filtrado convencionales, basadas en elementos pasivos. El objetivo de la tesis es determinar la combinaci贸n 贸ptima de estas dos t茅cnicas (interleaving y modulaci贸n) en relaci贸n a la atenuaci贸n de las perturbaciones conducidas, cuantificando el efecto de diferentes par谩metros de modulaci贸n sobre 茅sta. Por otro lado, tambi茅n se desea evaluar los efectos no deseados producidos por estas nuevas t茅cnicas. Para lograr este objetivo, se han evaluado diferentes estrategias de modulaci贸n que se pueden aplicar sobre la se帽al de control de los convertidores de potencia. En concreto, se han estudiado la modulaci贸n en frecuencia (SFM), la modulaci贸n de la posici贸n del pulso (PPM) y la modulaci贸n por ancho de pulso (PWM). Por 煤ltimo, se han desarrollado tres t茅cnicas de modulaci贸n basadas en la modulaci贸n en frecuencia de la se帽al de control, Constant Delay Tm with switching Frequency Modulation (CDFM-Tm), Constant Delay Tc with switching Frequency Modulation (CDFM-Tc) y Variable Delay with switching Frequency Modulation (VDFM). La validaci贸n experimental de las t茅cnicas desarrolladas se ha llevado a cabo sobre un convertidor buck de 4 fases, operando en conmutaci贸n forzada

    Automated Classification of Medical Percussion Signals for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Injuries

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    Used for centuries in the clinical practice, audible percussion is a method of eliciting sounds by areas of the human body either by finger tips or by a percussion hammer. Despite its advantages, pulmonary diagnostics by percussion is still highly subjective, depends on the physician\u27s skills, and requires quiet surroundings. Automation of this well-established technique could help amplify its existing merits while removing the above drawbacks. In this study, an attempt is made to automatically decompose clinical percussion signals into a sum of Exponentially Damped Sinusoids (EDS) using Matrix Pencil Method, which in this case form a more natural basis than Fourier harmonics and thus allow for a more robust representation of the signal in the parametric space. It is found that some EDS represent transient oscillation modes of the thorax/abdomen excited by the percussion event, while others are associated with the noise. It is demonstrated that relatively few EDS are usually enough to accurately reconstruct the original signal. It is shown that combining the frequency and damping parameters of these most significant EDS allows for efficient classification of percussion signals into the two main types historically known as resonant and tympanic . This classification ability can provide a basis for the automated objective diagnostics of various pulmonary pathologies including pneumothorax
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