[Back to Results | New Search]

URN	etd-0913115-130616
Author	Wen-yen Hsu
Author's Email Address	vm3jp6u04@hotmail.com
Statistics	This thesis had been viewed 5576 times. Download 14 times.
Department	Electrical Engineering
Year	2015
Semester	1
Degree	Master
Type of Document
Language	English
Title	Battery Emulator Circuit for The Application of Energy Measurement
Date of Defense	2015-10-06
Page Count	60
Keyword	capacitor changing simulating battery lifetime dynamic emulator current measurement energy consumption
Abstract	In recent years, electronic products became portable and have lowered power consumption because of the limited energy resource availability. The measurement of energy consumption of these devices is important for benchmarking and testing. This study describes a battery emulator that measures the energy consumption of a circuit under test (e.g. ASIC) using an energy measurement circuit and a microcontroller. The microcontroller allows any battery voltage to be emulated dynamically via a digital-to-analog converter, depending on the loading evaluated from energy measurement and from the datasheet representing an emulated type of battery. Furthermore, the system emulates a condensed battery lifetime so that the measurement time is reduced. Using a battery emulator in testing saves time and cost compared with a using real batteries. The system changes between two measurement ranges depending on the magnitude of the detected current. National Instruments LabVIEW software and DAQ was used to measure the result. Evaluation is presented which shows a current measurement range from 0.3 nA to 2 µA and an emulated battery voltage between 0 V and 4.0 V.
Advisory Committee	Jia-Jin Chen - chair Chung-Yao Kao - co-chair Ing-Jer Huang - co-chair Robert Rieger - advisor
Files	etd-0913115-130616.pdf Indicate in-campus at 5 year and off-campus access at 5 year.
Date of Submission	2015-10-13

[Back to Results | New Search]