Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Power Electronic Building Blocks

Kevin Ng Aik Kiat

Abstract:
PEBBs (Power Electronic Building Blocks) are power processors that consist of several power electronic blocks. These blocks would be similar to a set of childrens' interlocking playing blocks. These blocks would be able to be fitted together to perform various power electronic tasks. PEBBs are electrical modules that consist of power semiconductor devices, sensors and most importantly, protection circuits (which are often neglected).

In both the fields of industrial research and academic learning, many power electronic modules are repeatedly utilised. Having PEBBs would greatly reduce the time to design and build this blocks from scratch every time they are needed. This would speed up development time, thus lowering design and manufacturing costs and improve reliability. Having "plug and play" modules that could be simply connected with banana plugs would be very convenient and ideal.

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on 26th July 1999

Dept of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering