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Electronics, Volume 15, Issue 4

2026 February-2 - 188 articles

Cover Story: PCB stepper motors offer a compact solution for precision motion control but face two key challenges: limited winding space restricts torque output, and low inductance causes current ripple that degrades microstepping accuracy. This paper proposes a novel axially offset spiral winding structure to enhance torque and a theoretical method to determine the optimal series inductor to suppress current fluctuations. The results demonstrate significant improvements in torque and precise microstepping, with simulation and experimental measurements working together compatibly. This work provides a practical solution for high-performance PCB stepper motors in robotics and precision instruments. View this paper
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Articles (188)

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,039 Views
26 Pages

23 February 2026

To address the degradation in he ranging accuracy of phase-sensitive radar systems caused by RF front-end group delay mismatch, this paper establishes a nonlinear group delay interference model. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we derive the group dela...

(This article belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
734 Views
30 Pages

23 February 2026

Satellite–terrestrial spectrum sensing plays a crucial role in enhancing spectrum efficiency through reusing spectra. However, in a satellite–terrestrial converged system, the large SNR range, non-Gaussian signal characteristics and noise...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Next-Generation Wireless Networks: Advances in 5G, 6G, and Broadband Communication)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,652 Views
20 Pages

RIS-Assisted Physical Layer Security for Cell-Free ISAC Systems

  • Na Chen,
  • Guijie Lin,
  • Rubing Jian,
  • Yusheng Wang,
  • Jianquan Wang,
  • Lei Sun,
  • Wei Li,
  • Minoru Okada,
  • Qu Wang and
  • Changyuan Yu
  • + 1 author

23 February 2026

Physical layer security (PLS) is a fundamental challenge for sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, particularly in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, where sensing targets may simultaneously act as potential eavesdroppers. In thi...

(This article belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,791 Views
36 Pages

23 February 2026

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in software development, yet their ability to generate and maintain large, multi-module systems through natural language interaction remains insufficiently characterized. This study presents an empir...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,062 Views
14 Pages

23 February 2026

This paper studies the problem of cold-start recommendation with graph contrastive learning. Graph contrastive learning has achieved state-of-the-art performance for the recommendation. However, it lacks robustness in cold-start scenarios due to nois...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Driven Intelligent Systems in Energy, Healthcare, and Beyond)
  • Article
  • Open Access
845 Views
21 Pages

Machine Learning and Regression-Based Multimodal Intelligent Injury Severity Modeling of Median Crossover Crashes

  • Deo Chimba,
  • Sandeep Bist,
  • Jeannine Mbabazi,
  • Philbert Mwandepa and
  • Wittness Mariki

23 February 2026

Median crossover crashes are among the most severe roadway safety events due to their high-energy nature and strong association with fatal and incapacitating injuries, posing a substantial public health burden. This study develops a multimodal intell...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multimodal Intelligent Healthcare and Big Data Analysis)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
836 Views
26 Pages

23 February 2026

During high-speed cornering, the motion accuracy and efficiency of SCARA robots are often compromised by residual vibrations and cornering errors. Conventional control methods often fail to address these two coupled problems simultaneously. Therefore...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Perception and Control for Robotics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
913 Views
19 Pages

Parallel Axial Attention and ResNet-Based Bearing Fault Diagnosis Method

  • Haitao Wang,
  • Guozhi Fang,
  • Xiaolong Cui and
  • Xin An

22 February 2026

To address the limitations of traditional rolling bearing fault diagnosis methods—such as inadequate feature extraction, limited noise robustness, and weak generalization under variable working environments—this study proposes a fault dia...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Deep Learning in Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
714 Views
25 Pages

22 February 2026

In the field of electronic support and radar warning, it is necessary to effectively detect and recognize the modulation types of non-cooperative radar signals, especially for radars with Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) waveforms. Multiple intelli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
861 Views
23 Pages

Design and Control of a Modular High-Gain DC–DC Converter with Extensible Switched-Inductor Cells

  • Christopher Jesus Rodriguez-Cortes,
  • Panfilo R. Martinez-Rodriguez,
  • Diego Langarica-Cordoba,
  • Alejandro Rolan-Blanco,
  • Gerardo Vazquez-Guzman,
  • Juan Antonio Villanueva-Loredo and
  • Jose Miguel Sosa

22 February 2026

DC–DC converters have become a key component in the structure of renewable energy systems, where an interface to increase and regulate the output voltage is required. This paper presents a modular non-isolated topology that achieves high voltag...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Trends and Applications of Electrical Power Conversion and Advanced Control)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
619 Views
18 Pages

22 February 2026

This paper proposes an advanced three-dimensional optical encryption technique based on double random phase encryption for the simultaneous encryption of two primary datasets. While conventional double random phase encryption offers high-speed encryp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
688 Views
15 Pages

A Hybrid-Driven Fault Diagnosis Method for Railway Freight Car Braking System

  • Yanhui Bai,
  • Honghui Li,
  • Guoliang Gong,
  • Nahao Shen and
  • Yi Xu

21 February 2026

With the increasing demand for heavy-haul railway freight, both the number and volume of heavy-haul freight cars continue to grow. As the core system of railway freight transportation, the reliable operation of the brake system is fundamental to ensu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Predictive Maintenance—Fault Detection and Condition Monitoring in Electromechanical Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
829 Views
22 Pages

A Coherent Difference Imaging Method for Antenna Decoupling in Ground-Penetrating Radar

  • Zihao Wang,
  • Shengbo Ye,
  • Yang Xu,
  • Menghao Zhu,
  • Yicai Ji,
  • Xiaojun Liu,
  • Guangyou Fang and
  • Yudong Fang

21 February 2026

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a key non-destructive technique for subsurface reconstruction, widely valued for its ability to image buried structures without disruption. Among its various implementations, vehicle-mounted GPR has emerged as partic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced RF, Microwave, and Millimeter-Wave Antennas, Devices, and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,919 Views
29 Pages

21 February 2026

The proliferation of unsolicited short messages (SMS spam) poses persistent challenges to mobile communication security and user privacy. This study presents a systematic benchmarking and analytical investigation of classical machine learning approac...

(This article belongs to the Topic Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Security and Security for Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,409 Views
31 Pages

21 February 2026

This paper discusses a multimodal AI system applied to legal reasoning for tax law. The results given here are very general and apply to systems developed for other areas besides tax law. A central goal of this work is to gain a better understanding...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
896 Views
25 Pages

21 February 2026

With the rapid evolution of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and diffusion models (DMs), the detection of synthetic images faces significant challenges due to non-rigid artifacts and complex frequency biases. In this paper, we propose SIDWA, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
735 Views
19 Pages

On the Dynamics of Ergonomic Load in Biomimetic Self-Organizing Systems

  • Nikitas Gerolimos,
  • Vasileios Alevizos and
  • Georgios Priniotakis

21 February 2026

Traditional ergonomic considerations in human–machine and human–swarm systems have primarily relied on static diagnostic snapshots, which often fail to capture the temporal accumulation and non-linear dissipation of musculoskeletal fatigu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
806 Views
19 Pages

21 February 2026

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) diagnostics for high-density through-silicon via (TSV)-based chips face significant challenges due to complex three-dimensional electromagnetic coupling and inefficient source reconstruction workflows. This paper p...

(This article belongs to the Section Microelectronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,994 Views
22 Pages

Leveraging MCP and Corrective RAG for Scalable and Interoperable Multi-Agent Healthcare Systems

  • Dimitrios Kalathas,
  • Andreas Menychtas,
  • Panayiotis Tsanakas and
  • Ilias Maglogiannis

21 February 2026

The rapid evolution of Generative AI (GenAI) has created the conditions for developing innovative solutions that disrupt all fields of human-related activities. Within the healthcare sector, numerous AI-driven applications have emerged, offering comp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence-Driven Emerging Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
802 Views
19 Pages

Deep-Guided Dual-Task Collaborative Learning for Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing Images

  • Jing Bai,
  • Caizhi Gu,
  • Haiyang Hu,
  • Congcong Li,
  • Yuqi Jiang,
  • Yanran Dai,
  • Zhengyou Wang and
  • Shanna Zhuang

21 February 2026

Object detection, as a fundamental task, forms the cornerstone of intelligent applications in both UAV surveillance and satellite remote sensing. While most prior works concentrate on solving object scale and rotation angle variance caused by altitud...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,272 Views
16 Pages

20 February 2026

Semi-supervised medical image segmentation has recently achieved great success, but assigning trustworthy pseudo-labels to unlabeled images has been a difficult problem in medical image processing. A common solution is to select reliable predicted pi...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,375 Views
24 Pages

From Patterns to Deviations: Detecting Behavioural Drift for Mental Health Monitoring Using Smartphone and Wearable Data

  • Eden Tolosa,
  • Isibor Kennedy Ihianle,
  • Pedro Machado,
  • Salisu Wada Yahaya and
  • Ahmad Lotfi

20 February 2026

Monitoring behavioural drift, a sustained shift in an individual’s daily activity, sleep, or social patterns, offers a significant lens for early mental health intervention. However, detecting these drifts in free-living settings remains challe...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,210 Views
16 Pages

20 February 2026

As the smart home ecosystem expands with the adoption of Matter, a wide variety of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are entering the market, and these devices are becoming more complex, as they support diverse functionalities. Consequently, smart hom...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Challenges in IoT Security)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
924 Views
29 Pages

20 February 2026

This paper presents the design and experimental evaluation of a bio-inspired gecko robot, focusing on mechanical design, vision-based obstacle perception, and rhythmic locomotion control as enabling technologies for future obstacle avoidance in compl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Path Planning and Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Robots)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,330 Views
27 Pages

20 February 2026

Class imbalance in tabular datasets poses a challenge for machine learning classification tasks, often leading to biased models that underperform in predicting minority class instances. This study presents a comparative analysis of synthetic data gen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data-Related Challenges in Machine Learning: Theory and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
909 Views
19 Pages

20 February 2026

Wildfire events are increasing in frequency and severity, creating an urgent need for early, accurate, and energy-efficient forest fire prediction systems that can operate at a large scale. A fundamental challenge in edge-level forest fire prediction...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
679 Views
19 Pages

20 February 2026

A significant bottleneck for the practical deployment of fluid antenna systems (FASs) in 6G high-mobility scenarios is the conflicting demands of low outage probability and the high overhead of full port channel estimation. To resolve this problem, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,282 Views
20 Pages

20 February 2026

Superconducting electrodynamic suspension (EDS) maglev technology has strong potential for ultra-high-speed transportation, with advantages such as self-stability and a large suspension gap. The magneto-electric force relationship between the onboard...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,696 Views
30 Pages

Optical Network Security: Threats, Techniques, and Future Directions

  • Anna Gazani,
  • Athanasios Mantzavinos,
  • Polyxeni Tsompanoglou,
  • Konstantinos Kantelis,
  • Sophia Petridou,
  • Petros Nicopolitidis and
  • Georgios Papadimitriou

20 February 2026

Optical networks constitute the backbone of contemporary communication infrastructures, supporting massive bandwidth, low-latency services, and high levels of scalability across core, metro, and access domains. As these systems evolve toward elastic,...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,545 Views
16 Pages

The Agency-First Framework: Operationalizing Human-Centric Interaction and Evaluation Heuristics for Generative AI

  • Christos Troussas,
  • Christos Papakostas,
  • Akrivi Krouska and
  • Cleo Sgouropoulou

20 February 2026

Current generative AI systems primarily utilize a prompt–response interaction model that restricts user intervention during the creative process. This lack of granular control creates a significant disconnect between user intent and machine out...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing Human-Computer Interaction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
601 Views
20 Pages

Geometrical-Based Modeling for Aerial Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Based MIMO Channels

  • Zhangfeng Ma,
  • Shuaiqiang Lu,
  • Yifei Peng,
  • Jianhua Zhou,
  • Jianming Xu,
  • Gaofeng Luo and
  • Meimei Luo

19 February 2026

Traditional multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are confronted with significant challenges in realizing ubiquitous connectivity for sixth-generation (6G) networks, particularly in environments characterized by severe signal blockage and dyn...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced MIMO Technologies in Wireless Communications: Innovations and Future Prospects)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,235 Views
31 Pages

Roblox as a Playground for Digital Forensics Analysis

  • Khushi Gupta,
  • Phani Lanka and
  • Cihan Varol

19 February 2026

The digital world has witnessed an unparalleled surge in social online gaming platforms, with Roblox standing out as a prominent platform that predominantly attracts younger users. Unfortunately, these gaming platforms are also targeted by malicious...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Architectures and Advanced Solutions for Network Security in the Era of Emerging Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
627 Views
18 Pages

TGCformer: A Transformer-Based Dual-Channel Fusion Framework for Power Load Anomaly Detection

  • Li Xu,
  • Shouwei Chen,
  • Xiaoping Wu,
  • Qu Wang,
  • Yu Liu and
  • Yasi Peng

19 February 2026

Existing methods for power load anomaly detection suffer from several limitations, including insufficient extraction of multi-scale temporal features, difficulty in capturing long-range dependencies, and inefficient fusion of heterogeneous Time-Graph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,459 Views
28 Pages

19 February 2026

With the advancement of smart education and carbon neutrality goals, optimizing Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) while minimizing energy consumption is critical. Traditional PID or rule-based strategies struggle with the strong non-linearity and ti...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,348 Views
21 Pages

19 February 2026

This paper presents a comprehensive experimental study addressing the lack of consistent low-temperature data on magnetic materials for high-efficiency cryogenic power electronics. A unified dataset is provided for the first time, covering temperatur...

(This article belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,321 Views
42 Pages

A Hybrid Time Series Forecasting Model Combining ARIMA and Decision Trees to Detect Attacks in MITRE ATT&CK Labeled Zeek Log Data

  • Raymond Freeman,
  • Sikha S. Bagui,
  • Subhash C. Bagui,
  • Dustin Mink,
  • Sarah Cameron and
  • Germano Correa Silva De Carvalho

19 February 2026

Intrusion detection systems face challenges in processing high-volume network traffic while maintaining accuracy across diverse low volume attack types. This study presents a hybrid approach combining ARIMA time series forecasting with Decision Tree...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection Systems Using Machine Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,120 Views
30 Pages

19 February 2026

Large language models (LLMs) with the Transformer architecture as the core have made significant progress in the field of natural language processing, and their application value in English teaching has also attracted much attention. In tasks such as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
623 Views
16 Pages

A Gradient-Compensated Feature Learning Network for Infrared Small Target Detection

  • Yanwei Wang,
  • Haitao Zhang,
  • Xiangyue Zhang and
  • Xinhao Zheng

19 February 2026

Infrared small target detection under complex backgrounds remains challenging due to the extremely small target size and low contrast with the surrounding background. These factors make contour information difficult to extract and often cause target...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,800 Views
17 Pages

19 February 2026

Iterative self-training of language models presents a promising avenue for realizing self-improving Artificial Intelligence systems; however, this process is often hindered by the fundamental challenge of “Model Collapse.” Existing resear...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
784 Views
27 Pages

19 February 2026

Real-time semantic segmentation has been widely adopted in resource-constrained applications such as mobile devices, autonomous driving, and drones due to its high efficiency. However, existing lightweight networks often compromise segmentation accur...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
673 Views
30 Pages

19 February 2026

Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) technologies play a central role in large-scale wireless sensor network (WSN) deployments, where energy efficiency, coverage and reliability dominate over throughput. Among them, Long Range (LoRa) technology has em...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wireless Sensor Network: Latest Advances and Prospects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
913 Views
23 Pages

19 February 2026

The rapid deployment of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, coupled with the integration of 5G/6G and Internet of Vehicles (IoV) technologies, has transformed charging stations into cyber–physical systems that rely on wireless commun...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges and Innovations in High-Performance Li-Ion Batteries and Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure)
  • Article
  • Open Access
936 Views
22 Pages

19 February 2026

The accurate labeling of darknet traffic plays a vital role in real-time cybersecurity systems, as it enables the reliable identification and control of encrypted network applications. State-of-the-art studies have depended mainly on traditional mach...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,047 Views
25 Pages

18 February 2026

Health Internet of Things (Health IoT) systems continuously stream sensitive physiological data, making data access governance safety-critical under conflicting objectives such as privacy risk, latency, energy/resource cost, and robustness, especiall...

(This article belongs to the Section Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
688 Views
31 Pages

A Dual-Layer BDBO-ADHDP Framework for Optimal Energy Management in Green Ports with Renewable Integration

  • Ting Li,
  • Nan Wei,
  • Tianyi Ma,
  • Bingyu Wang,
  • Yanping Du,
  • Shuihai Dou and
  • Jie Wen

18 February 2026

Propelled by the “dual-carbon” strategy, green and intelligent ports are rapidly advancing toward low-carbon and intelligent development. However, the large-scale incorporation of renewable energy and the extensive electrification of tran...

(This article belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
915 Views
24 Pages

GISLC: Gated-Inception Model for Skin Lesion Classification

  • Tamam Alsarhan,
  • Mohammad Kamal Abdulaziz,
  • Ahmad Ali,
  • Ayoub Alsarhan,
  • Sami Aziz Alshammari,
  • Rahaf R. Alshammari,
  • Nayef H. Alshammari and
  • Khalid Hamad Alnafisah

18 February 2026

Skin-lesion recognition from clinical photographs is clinically valuable yet computationally challenging due to large intra-class variation, subtle inter-class boundaries, class imbalance, and heterogeneous acquisition conditions. To address these co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Driven Edge Intelligence for Smart Cities, Healthcare, and Autonomous Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,102 Views
29 Pages

18 February 2026

TMR-based magnetic encoders provide sensitive SIN/COS signals, but practical accuracy is degraded by channel mismatch and decoder dynamics. This study evaluates an end-to-end embedded implementation on a PMSM (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor) benc...

(This article belongs to the Topic Magnetostrictive Sensors: Principle, Design and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
872 Views
17 Pages

18 February 2026

City-scale forecasting is essential for both electric-vehicle (EV) charging operations (e.g., peak management and resource allocation) and urban mobility management (e.g., road-network flow monitoring and incident response). Spatio-temporal graph neu...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
583 Views
14 Pages

18 February 2026

Based on the electron cyclotron maser instability, gyrotrons are capable of generating high-power electromagnetic vortex waves. In conventional axisymmetric configurations, the electron beam typically lifts the azimuthal degeneracy between co-rotatin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vacuum Electronics: From Micro to Nano)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
984 Views
23 Pages

Constraint-Aware Optimization of LCL Filters for Grid-Connected EV Charging Systems

  • Sahil Bhagat,
  • Andrea Mariscotti,
  • Mattia Simonazzi and
  • Leonardo Sandrolini

18 February 2026

This paper presents a constraint-aware and systematic methodology for the design of LCL filters in grid-connected electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers. The proposed step-by-step process provides analytical sizing equations for the passive components L...

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