Gaugaz, FrancoisKrummenacher, FrancoisKayal, Maher2018-12-132018-12-132018-12-132018-12-0110.1007/s10470-018-1226-1https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/151813WOS:000449492500007This research presents a discrete-time transmission line model based on the propagation of travelling waves. In this approach, the transmission line is emulated by means of many interconnected unit delay cells implemented with switched-capacitor (SC) circuits. The accuracy and limitations of this method is compared to existing transconductance-capacitor solutions and is evaluated in the frame of a novel power network fault location method based on the electromagnetic time-reversal principle. The impact of the non-ideal effects associated to analog CMOS SC circuits, such as amplifier finite gain, offset and switch charge injection is evaluated in the same context. A possible application of the model for the simulation of interconnected or multi-conductor lines is also discussed. After an AMS 0.35 mu m process implementation, it is shown that the present method allows a fault location within 1% resolution and is a hundred times faster than nowadays digital solutions. This speed improvement allows a fault location within 160 ms, making thus real-time applications realistic.Computer Science, Hardware & ArchitectureEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicComputer ScienceEngineeringswitched-capacitor circuitsanalog emulationtransmission line emulationpower network fault locationelectromagnetic time-reversalcircuitstext::journal::journal article::research article