TY - JOUR A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - van Hoek, H. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - A major design step in IETO concept realization that allows overcurrent protection and pushes limits of switching performance JF - IEEE transactions on power electronics N2 - This paper presents the latest prototype of the integrated emitter turn-off thyristor concept, which potentially ranks among thyristor high-power devices like the gate turn-off thyristor and the integrated gate-commutated thyristor (IGCT). Due to modifications of the external driver stage and mechanical press-pack design optimization, this prototype allows for full device characterization. The turn-off capability was increased to 1600 A with an active silicon area of 823mm2 . This leads to a transient peak power of 672.1kW/cm² . Within this paper, measurements and concept assessment are presented and a comparison to state-of-the-art IGCT devices is provided. Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2012.2189136 SN - 0885-8993 VL - 27 IS - 9 SP - 4163 EP - 4171 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Sube, Maike A1 - Schneider, Maike A1 - Jungemann, Christoph T1 - Introducing a Cross-University Bachelor’s Programme with Orientation Semester - Enabling a Permeable Academic Education System T2 - 2019 20th International Conference on Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM) Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-1-5386-9257-8 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/REM.2019.8744132 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Soltau, N. A1 - Thomas, S. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - The balance of renewable sources and user demands in grids : power electronics for modular battery energy storage systems JF - IEEE transactions on power electronics N2 - The continuously growing amount of renewable sources starts compromising the stability of electrical grids. Contradictory to fossil fuel power plants, energy production of wind and photovoltaic (PV) energy is fluctuating. Although predictions have significantly improved, an outage of multi-MW offshore wind farms poses a challenging problem. One solution could be the integration of storage systems in the grid. After a short overview, this paper focuses on two exemplary battery storage systems, including the required power electronics. The grid integration, as well as the optimal usage of volatile energy reserves, is presented for a 5- kW PV system for home application, as well as for a 100- MW medium-voltage system, intended for wind farm usage. The efficiency and cost of topologies are investigated as a key parameter for large-scale integration of renewable power at medium- and low-voltage. Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2010.2085455 SN - 0885-8993 VL - 25 IS - 12 SP - 3049 EP - 3056 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Soltau, N. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. A1 - Schmiegel, A. T1 - Design and implementation of a 5 kW photovoltaic system with li-ion battery and additional DC-DC converter T2 - 2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2010) : Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 12 - 16 September 2010 / [sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics and Industry Applications Societies] Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-5286-6 (Print) SN - 978-1-4244-5287-3 (Online) U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618220 SP - 2944 EP - 2949 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Ronge, C. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - Sandwich design of high-power thyristor based devices with integrated MOSFET structure T2 - Proceedings of the 2011 - 14th - European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2011) : Aug. 30, 2011 - Sept. 1, 2011, Birmingham, United Kingdom Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-61284-167-0 (Print) SN - 978-90-75815-15-3 (Online) PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Richter, S. A. T1 - LED-Kreisel als Praxis-Booster JF - Elektor : electronics worldwide Y1 - 2008 SN - 0932-5468 VL - 39 IS - 12 SP - 16 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Köllensperger, P. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. ED - Dmowski, Antoni T1 - Der Internally Commutated Thyristor (ICT) : ein neuartiger GCT mit integrierter Ausschalteinheit T2 - "Nowoczesne urządzenia zasilające w energetyce" : X międzynarodowa konferencja naukowo techniczna, Zakopane, 14-16 marca 2007 r. : materiały konferencyjne Y1 - 2007 SN - 83-918709-7-9 SP - 7.1 EP - 7.9 PB - APS Energia CY - Warszawa ER - TY - PAT A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Hüning, Felix A1 - Kowalewski, Paul T1 - Vorrichtung zur Relativlagenbestimmung [Offenlegungschrift] N2 - Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zur Bestimmung einer Relativlage zwischen einem feststehenden Teil und einem zu demselben in eine Bewegungsrichtung bewegbaren beweglichen Teil, wobei der feststehende Teil mit einem Wiegandsensor versehen ist, wobei der Wiegandsensor zwischen zwei gegenpolig zueinander ausgebildeten Permanentmagneten angeordnet ist und dass der bewegliche Teil eine Mehrzahl von beabstandet zueinander angeordneten Magnetisierungsstegen aus einem magnetisch leitenden Material aufweist, die in der Bewegungsrichtung zumindest eine gleich große Erstreckung aufweisen wie der Permanentmagnet, dass ein Abstand zwischen benachbarten Magnetisierungsstegen derart gewählt ist, dass in einer ersten Relativlage ein erster Permanentmagnet von einem der Magnetisierungsstege überdeckt ist und ein zweiter Permanentmagnet nicht von einem der Magnetisierungsstege überdeckt ist. Y1 - 2023 N1 - Offenlegungschrift zu DE102022115350A1 2023.12.21 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Hoek, Hauke van A1 - Hoegen, Anne von A1 - Doncker, Rik W. De T1 - Motivation-based Learning: Teaching Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering with an LED Spinning Top T2 - 2018 IEEE 59th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON) Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-5386-6903-7 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2018.8659810 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Gottschlich, J. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - Design and realization of a credit card size driver stage for high power thyristor based devices with integrated MOS structure T2 - 2011 IEEE 8th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE & ECCE 2011) : Jeju, South Korea, 30 May 2011 - 3 June 2011 / [co-sponsored by the Korean Institute of Power Electronics ...] Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-61284-958-4 (Print) SN - 978-1-61284-956-0 (Online) U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICPE.2011.5944661 SP - 1182 EP - 1189 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - PAT A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - De Doncker, R. W. A1 - Mura, F A1 - Dick, C. T1 - Halbleiterbauelement und Verfahren zur Herstellung desselben [Offenlegungsschrift] T1 - Semiconductor element and method producing the same [patent application] Y1 - 2011 PB - Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt / Europäisches Patentamt / WIPO CY - München / Den Hague / Geneva ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Conrad, M. A1 - van Hoek, H. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - The integrated emitter turn-off thyristor (IETO) : an innovative thyristor-based high power semiconductor device using MOS assisted turn-off JF - IEEE transactions on industry applications Y1 - 2011 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2011.2161432 SN - 0093-9994 VL - 47 IS - 5 SP - 2175 EP - 2182 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Conrad, M. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - The integrated emitter turn-off thyristor (IETO) : an innovative thyristor based high power semiconductor device using MOS assisted turn-off T2 - 2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2010) : Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 12 - 16 September 2010 / [sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics and Industry Applications Societies] Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-5286-6 (Print) SN - 978-1-4244-5287-3 (Online) U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618410 SP - 4551 EP - 4557 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - PAT A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Budde, W. O. A1 - Hente, D. A1 - Jacobs, J. H. A. M. A1 - Waffenschmidt, E. T1 - Lighting system : [patent of invention] T1 - Beleuchtungssystem : [Patentschrift] Y1 - 2008 N1 - Außerdem veröffentlicht als: TW200817630 (A), TWI402458 (B), RU2009106047 (A), RU2440636 (C2), KR20090042806 (A), KR101423467 (B1), JP2009545103 (A), JP5265540 (B2), CN101490772 (A) und CN101490772 (B) PB - WIPO / United States Patent and Trademark Office CY - Geneva / Alexandria, VA ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Bragard, G. T1 - Erweiterungen für das CBL2-Messinterface von Texas-Instruments JF - Der mathematische und naturwissenschaftliche Unterricht : MNU ; Organ des Deutschen Vereins zur Förderung des Mathematischen und Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts e.V. N2 - Das von Texas-Instruments (TI) vertriebene Interface CBL2 wird über einige TI-Grafik-Rechner (TI-92, TI-89 usw.) angesteuert. Wegen seiner Handlichkeit wird dieses System beim Unterricht in wechselnden Räumen »großen« Messwerterfassungssystemen oft vorgezogen. Das CBL2 bietet drei analoge Eingänge, die immerhin mit 10 Bit Auflösung und bis zu einer Frequenz von 50 kHz arbeiten. Weiterhin besitzt das CBL2 eine Buchse für angeblich nur einen digitalen Ein- bzw. Ausgang. An diesem Eingang wird standardmäßig hauptsächlich der Bewegungssensor CBR betrieben. In diesem Beitrag werden Erweiterungsmöglichkeiten dieses Anschlusses beschrieben. Y1 - 2003 SN - 0025-5866 N1 - Zugang nur für MNU-Mitglieder! VL - 56 IS - 2 SP - 87 EP - 88 PB - Seeberger CY - Neuss ER - TY - THES A1 - Bragard, Michael T1 - The integrated emitter turn-off thyristor : an innovative MOS-gated high-power device. - (Aachener Beiträge des ISEA ; 62) N2 - This thesis introduces the Integrated Emitter Turn-Off (IETO) Thyristor as a new high-power device. Known state-of-the-art research activities like the Dual GCT, the ETO thyristor and the ICT were presented and critically reviewed. A comparison with commercialized solutions identifies the pros and cons of each type of device family. Based on this analysis, the IETO structure is proposed, covering most benefits of each device class. In particular the combination of a MOS-assisted turn-off with a thyristor-based device allows a voltage-controlled MOS switching and the low on-state voltage of the thyristors. The following synthesis of an IETO device stands on a three-dimensional field of optimization spanned by electric, mechanical and thermal aspects. From an electric point of view, the lowest possible parasitic inductance and resistance within the commutation path are optimization criteria. The mechanical construction has to withstand the required contact pressure of multiple kilo Newtons. Finally, thermal borders limit the maximum average current of the device. FEM simulations covering these three aspects are performed for several design proposals. An IETO prototype is constructed and measurements on various test benches attest thermal, mechanical and electric performance. A local decoupling of the external driver stage and the presspack housing is presented by a cable connection. This separation enables a thermal and mechanical independence, which is advantageous in terms of vibrations and thermal cycles including increased reliability. The electric pulse performance of the prototype device is a factor of 3.1 above today''s solutions. In single-pulse measurements, a current up to 1600 A was successfully turned off at 115°C with an active silicon area of 823 mm². One reason for this increased turn-off capability is the extremely low-inductive construction. Additional functionality of the IETO thyristor like over-current self-protection and defined short-circuit failure state are successfully verified. Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-8440-1152-4 N1 - Zugl.: Aachen, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 2012 PB - Shaker CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bragard, G. A1 - Bragard, Michael T1 - Ein kostengünstiges, universelles Modellbauinterface JF - Der mathematische und naturwissenschaftliche Unterricht : MNU ; Organ des Deutschen Vereins zur Förderung des Mathematischen und Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts e.V. N2 - Wir stellen einen USB-Baustein vor, der eine kostengünstige und universelle Möglichkeit schafft , im Unterricht den Themenkreis Messen-Steuern-Regeln zu behandeln. Die Funktionalität orientiert sich am CVK-Interface der Firma Fischertechnik. Im Gegensatz zu kommerziellen Lösungen erlaubt unser Aufbau auch den preiswerten Einsatz in Gruppen- oder Einzelarbeit. Abschließend berichten wir über ein Beispiel aus dem Unterrichtseinsatz. Y1 - 2012 SN - 0025-5866 VL - 65 IS - 5 SP - 290 EP - 293 PB - Seeberger CY - Neuss ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Booysen, Tracy A1 - Rieger, Michael A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - Towards inexpensive robots for science & technology teaching and education in Africa Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-61284-992-8 N1 - AFRICON, 2011 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Booysen, Tracy A1 - Mathew, Thomas A1 - Knox, Greig A1 - Fong, W. K. A1 - Stüttgen, Marcel A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - The Scarab Project T2 - ICRA 2015 Developing Countries Forum N2 - Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) is an active research field in the robotics community. Despite recent advances for many open research questions, these kind of systems are not widely used in real rescue missions. One reason is that such systems are complex and not (yet) very reliable; another is that one has to be an robotic expert to run such a system. Moreover, available rescue robots are very expensive and the benefits of using them are still limited. In this paper, we present the Scarab robot, an alternative design for a USAR robot. The robot is light weight, humanpackable and its primary purpose is that of extending the rescuer’s capability to sense the disaster site. The idea is that a responder throws the robot to a certain spot. The robot survives the impact with the ground and relays sensor data such as camera images or thermal images to the responder’s hand-held control unit from which the robot can be remotely controlled. Y1 - 2015 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bonney, Gregor A1 - Nagel, Stefan A1 - Schuba, Marko ED - Schartner, P. T1 - Risiko Smart Home – Angriff auf ein Babymonitorsystem T2 - Proceedings of DACH Security 2016, Klagenfurt, Austria, September 2016 N2 - Unser Zuhause wird zunehmend intelligenter. Smart Homes bieten uns die Steuerung von Haus- oder Unterhaltungstechnik bequem vom Smartphone aus. Junge Familien nutzen die Technologie, um mittels vernetzten Babymonitorsystemen ihren Nachwuchs von überall aus im Blick zu haben. Davon auszugehen, dass solche Systeme mit einem Fokus auf Sicherheit entwickelt wurden, um die sehr persönlichen Daten zu schützen, ist jedoch ein Trugschluss. Die Untersuchung eines handelsüblichen und keineswegs billigen Systems zeigt, dass die Geräte sehr einfach kompromittiert und missbraucht werden können. Y1 - 2016 SP - 371 EP - 378 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bonney, Gregor A1 - Höfken, Hans-Wilhelm A1 - Paffen, Benedikt A1 - Schuba, Marko T1 - ICS/SCADA Security - Analysis of a Beckhoff CX5020 PLC T2 - 1st International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy : ICISSP 2015 Y1 - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER -