Cost Effective Method to Locate the Vulnerable Nodes of Circuits Against the Electrical Fast Transients

Behnam Gholamrezazadeh Family; Vahid Hamiyaty Vaghef; Maryam Shabro

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Cost Effective Method to Locate the Vulnerable Nodes of Circuits Against the Electrical Fast Transients

Behnam Gholamrezazadeh Family, Vahid Hamiyaty Vaghef, Maryam Shabro

Published in Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Volume 3, Issue 2-1)

Received: 16 January 2015 Accepted: 19 January 2015 Published: 10 February 2015

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Abstract

Electrical Fast Transients (EFT) pulses may cause a large number of circuits to fail. Switching power supplies, inductors, contact relays, and high voltage switches electrically or electromagnetically strike the data, address and control lines of processors, memory elements, or even analog parts and leads to soft or permanent errors. In general, compliant test is accomplished to address the susceptibility of circuits to EFT pulses. However, extremely high cost of these tests encounters the compliant test with difficulty. As a result, in this paper a low-cost EFT simulator circuit is proposed to locate the vulnerable parts of the circuit. The approach is easily applicable to any point of any circuit. The design is performed such that the proposed circuit does not damage the Equipment Under Test (EUT). Experimental results show that the proposed approach effectively detects the vulnerable circuits and practically has been used at the design phase of the DTPS-8C device.

Published in	Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Volume 3, Issue 2-1) This article belongs to the Special Issue Research and Practices in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Developing Countries
DOI	10.11648/j.jeee.s.2015030201.26
Page(s)	72-77
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Keywords

Electromagnetic Compatibility, EFT/B, Switching, Protection Devices

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Behnam Gholamrezazadeh Family, Vahid Hamiyaty Vaghef, Maryam Shabro. (2015). Cost Effective Method to Locate the Vulnerable Nodes of Circuits Against the Electrical Fast Transients. Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 3(2-1), 72-77. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jeee.s.2015030201.26

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Behnam Gholamrezazadeh Family; Vahid Hamiyaty Vaghef; Maryam Shabro. Cost Effective Method to Locate the Vulnerable Nodes of Circuits Against the Electrical Fast Transients. J. Electr. Electron. Eng. 2015, 3(2-1), 72-77. doi: 10.11648/j.jeee.s.2015030201.26

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Behnam Gholamrezazadeh Family, Vahid Hamiyaty Vaghef, Maryam Shabro. Cost Effective Method to Locate the Vulnerable Nodes of Circuits Against the Electrical Fast Transients. J Electr Electron Eng. 2015;3(2-1):72-77. doi: 10.11648/j.jeee.s.2015030201.26

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Behnam Gholamrezazadeh Family

Communication Department, Niroo Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
Vahid Hamiyaty Vaghef

Communication Department, Niroo Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
Maryam Shabro

Communication Department, Niroo Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

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Behnam Gholamrezazadeh Family, Vahid Hamiyaty Vaghef, Maryam Shabro. (2015). Cost Effective Method to Locate the Vulnerable Nodes of Circuits Against the Electrical Fast Transients. Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 3(2-1), 72-77. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jeee.s.2015030201.26

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Behnam Gholamrezazadeh Family; Vahid Hamiyaty Vaghef; Maryam Shabro. Cost Effective Method to Locate the Vulnerable Nodes of Circuits Against the Electrical Fast Transients. J. Electr. Electron. Eng. 2015, 3(2-1), 72-77. doi: 10.11648/j.jeee.s.2015030201.26

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Behnam Gholamrezazadeh Family, Vahid Hamiyaty Vaghef, Maryam Shabro. Cost Effective Method to Locate the Vulnerable Nodes of Circuits Against the Electrical Fast Transients. J Electr Electron Eng. 2015;3(2-1):72-77. doi: 10.11648/j.jeee.s.2015030201.26

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