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OTA-C based high-speed analog processing for real-time fault location in electrical power networks

Gaugaz, Francois  
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Krummenacher, Francois  
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Kayal, Maher  
2016
Analog Integrated Circuits And Signal Processing

This paper explores the potential and limitations of analog integrated circuit techniques for the simulation of low-loss or lossless 1D or 2D transmission mediums. In this approach, a transmission line is mapped into a ladder consisting of N identical LC elements, each modeling a finite length increment of the line. Inductors are then emulated by a gyrator-capacitor combination, yielding a classical transconductor-capacitor (gm-C) circuit, suitable for integration. The validity of this approximation is discussed in the context of fault location in power networks, an application based on the electromagnetic time-reversal method. Design constraints on gm-C circuits are derived and non-ideal effects such as finite open-loop gain and component mismatches are evaluated. It is shown that a simple analog implementation can locate the fault within 1 % accuracy with a significant speed advantage over classical computational methods, reducing the processing time to < 100 ms.

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research article
DOI
10.1007/s10470-016-0742-0
Web of Science ID

WOS:000384207000007

Author(s)
Gaugaz, Francois  
Krummenacher, Francois  
Kayal, Maher  
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Published in
Analog Integrated Circuits And Signal Processing
Volume

89

Issue

1

Start page

61

End page

67

Subjects

Analog emulation

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Transmission lines

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Power network fault location

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Electromagnetic time-reversal

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REVIEWED

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Available on Infoscience
November 21, 2016
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