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Ideal instantaneous switches are a useful behaviour abstraction technique for modelling semiconductor components in power system development. This behaviour abstraction allows fast and robust simulations of sophisticated power systems. In this paper, we present a SystemC AMS extension that supports ideal switches modelling and simulation. Using this extension, large externally and internally controlled electrical linear networks can be integrated into system level models for design and verification purposes. To validate our implementation, we modelled and simulated a complex high voltage power converter for medical applications. The results demonstrate the robustness and accuracy of our SystemC AMS extension.
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The authors would like to thank Philips Research for the contribution with power system models and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for financial support of this work within the project POWERBLOCK+ (grant number 16M3200F).
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Gil, L., Radetzki, M. (2016). SystemC AMS Power Electronic Modelling with Ideal Instantaneous Switches. In: Oppenheimer, F., Medina Pasaje, J. (eds) Languages, Design Methods, and Tools for Electronic System Design. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 361. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24457-0_10
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