163 Results Found

The recent developments in electric vehicle (EV) necessities the requirement of a human intervention free charging system for safe and reliable operation. Wireless power transfer (WPT) technology shows promising options to automate the charging proce...

This study presents a digitally controlled, combined pulse-width and pulse-density modulator (PWDM) that leverages the inherent pulse-width modulation associated with natural binary counting. The proposed approach involves combining the individual bi...

Efficient wireless power transfer (WPT) requires closedloop control to perform maximum efficiency point tracking (MEPT) against the dynamic changes of operating conditions. In this paper, we took the latest deltasigma pulse-density-modulated (PDM) WP...

There is a unique transmission method of visible light communication (VLC) that can transmit multiple data in multiple directions simultaneously by using a projector with the digital micro-mirror device (DMD). Previously, we proposed a method of tran...

In recent years, induction heating applications assisted by electronic power control have been very appealing. For melting applications, induction heating is widely used as it seems to be appropriate and provides higher efficiency, zero pollutants, n...

This paper presents a high-frequency pulse-density-modulated (PDM) soft-switching series load resonant inverter for use in induction heating (IH) fixed roller applications, which is used in copy and printing machines. The proposed simple high-frequen...

In recent years, induction heating (IH) applications aided by electronic power control have gained significance. Particularly, for cooking applications, an appropriate control technique is required to feed power from a single source to multiple loads...

The surge in demand for eco-friendly transportation and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure necessitates innovative solutions. This study proposed a novel approach to charging slow-moving vehicles, prioritizing efficiency and minimizing out...

A Mueller-Muller Phase Detector (MM PD) technology based on duo-binary four-level pulse amplitude modulation (DB PAM-4) with low complexity and high phase-detection density is presented. The proposed low complexity includes low phase-detection comple...

Permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) are widely used in electric vehicles due to their high power density, high efficiency, etc. Core losses account for a significant component of the total loss in PMSMs. Therefore, it is necessary to carefu...

This paper presents an adaptive reinforcement learning (RL)-based control strategy for a wireless power transfer (WPT)-fed brushless DC (BLDC) motor drive, aimed at enhancing efficiency in industrial applications. Conventional control methods for BLD...

This paper reviews the current state of research on half-bridge (HB) inverters used in induction heating power supplies, emphasizing their topological structures, output power control methods, and switching strategies. The study explores various cont...

Pulse-width modulation (PWM) and pulse-density modulation (PDM) are widely used in applications where electrical energy is delivered in a pulsed manner. Typical examples include LED (light-emitting diode) control, DC motor control, switched-mode powe...

A Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with mode-locked modulations is utilized to explore the laser-induced air breakdown. The various modulation depths of the mode-locking within the Q-switched pulse can be utilized to investigate the threshold conditions. With...

Although pulse-modulated plasma has overcome various problems encountered during the development of the high aspect ratio contact hole etching process, there is still a lack of understanding in terms of precisely how the pulse-modulated plasma solves...

The fast-neutron burst reactor is a chain reactor that can operate in a prompt critical state. In order to ensure the operational safety of the fast-neutron-pulse reactor and prevent the supercritical pulse from causing physical damage to the materia...

A compact and modular pulse forming network (PFN)-Marx generator with output parameters of 5 GW, 500 kV, and 30 Hz repetition is designed and constructed to produce intense electron beams for the purpose of high-power microwave (HPM) generation in th...

We consider a hybrid nanostructure composed by semiconductor quantum dot coupled to a metallic nanoparticle and investigate the efficient creation of biexciton state in the quantum dot, when starting from the ground state and using linearly polarized...

With the increasing and deepening application of high-voltage nanosecond solid-state pulse generators in biological, industrial, and environmental fields, the development of existing pulse generators faces many challenges, such as fixed pulse shapes,...

This study aims to investigate the efficacy of electrical stimulation by comparing network-mediated RGC responses in normal and degenerate retinas using a N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU)-induced non-human primate (NHPs) retinitis pigmentosa (RP) model....

M-ary pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM) meets the requirements of data center communication because of its simplicity, but coarse entropy granularity cannot meet the dynamic bandwidth demands, and there is a large capacity gap between uniform formats...

SiO2 etching characteristics were investigated in detail. Patterned SiO2 was etched using radio-frequency capacitively coupled plasma with pulse modulation in a mixture of argon and fluorocarbon gases. Through plasma diagnostic techniques, plasma par...

This paper aims to investigate the quality of thin alumina films deposited on glass samples using magnetron sputtering in the reactive modulated pulsed power mode (MPPMS) and evaluate the process productivity. The aluminum target was sputtered in Ar/...

A dual-output LLC resonant converter using pulse frequency modulation (PFM) and asymmetrical pulse width modulation (APWM) can achieve tight output voltage regulation, high power density, and high cost-effectiveness. However, an improper resonant tan...

Bidirectional DC–DC converters are frequently chosen for applications requiring high power density such as in bidirectional electric vehicle (EV) chargers. Vehicle to Everything (V2X) technology makes the EV battery an electrical energy source....

This paper presents a dual-mode DC-DC buck converter including a load-dependent, efficiency-controllable scheme to support multi-purpose IoT applications. For light-load applications, a selectable adaptive on-time pulse frequency modulation (PFM) con...

Two novel structures of permanent magnet (PM) machine, namely a hybrid excitation flux modulation machine (HEFMM) and a variable flux memory machine (VFMM), which have excellent field-weakening capability, are presented in this paper. The HEFMM incor...

This paper describes a design approach to a control system of power supply for high-voltage electrochemical processes such as plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) or high-voltage anodising (HVA), which require alternating polarisation pulses up to 750...

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes form part of the IRIG-106 standard and have been successfully deployed for the Telemetry Group version of shaped-offset quadrature phase shift keying (SOQPSK-TG) modulation. Recently, LDPC code solutions have bee...

Turbulence-induced fading is a critical performance degrading factor for underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) systems. In this paper, we propose a quasi-cyclic (QC) low-density parity-check (LDPC) code with multiple-pulse-position modulat...

The article describes a system for monitoring the vital parameters of evacuated individuals, integrating three key functionalities: pulse detection, verification of wristband contact with the skin, and motion recognition. For pulse detection, the sys...

In this study, we investigated the synaptic functions of TiN/Ti/TiO2/SiOx/Si resistive random access memory for a neuromorphic computing system that can act as a substitute for the von-Neumann computing architecture. To process the data efficiently,...

Based on the strong field approximation theory and numerical solution of Maxwell’s propagation equations, the high–order harmonic is generated from a neon (Ne) atom irradiated by a high–intensity laser pulse whose central wavelength...

A theoretical analysis is presented for a recently proposed high-speed µ-OLED optically pumped organic laser. We confirm that for this configuration, the laser threshold is reached at a lower current density than in the case of a direct-electri...

Hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) play an important role in maintaining the power balance of a direct current (DC) micro-grid. A HESS is mainly composed of high power density super-capacitors (SCs) and high energy density batteries. According to t...

This study aims to implement a single-stage differential boost inverter (SSDBI) applied in a single-stage battery energy storage system (BESS) topology that can supply power from a lower-voltage battery module to an alternating current (AC) load. Com...

In this study, a new deep-penetration variable-polarity tungsten inert gas (DP-VPTIG) welding process, which is performed by a triple-frequency-modulated pulse, was employed in the welding fabrication of 8 mm AA7075 aluminum plates. The electric sign...

With greater power density, a hybrid power source that combines supercapacitors and batteries has a wide range of applications in pulse-operated power systems. In this paper, a supercapacitor/battery semi-active hybrid energy storage system (HESS) wi...

In the application of vehicle power supply and distributed power generation, there are strict requirements for the pulse width modulation (PWM) converter regarding power density and reliability. When compared with the conventional insulated gate bipo...

Due to the high field enhancement factor and photon-absorption efficiency, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely used in optically induced field-emission as a cathode. Here, we report vertical carbon nanotube arrays (VCNTAs) that performed as high...

High-density nitrogen plasma was produced using a high-power pulsed power modulator to sputter titanium targets for the preparation of titanium nitride film. The high-power pulsed sputtering discharge unit consisted of two targets facing each other w...

Thanks to high-current densities and cutoff frequencies, short-channel length AlGaN/GaN HEMTs are a promising technology solution for implementing RF power amplifiers in 5G front-end modules. These devices, however, might suffer from current collapse...

In this paper, an interleaved high-power zero-current-switching (ZCS) onboard charger (OBC) based on the three-phase single-switch buck rectifier is proposed for application to plug-in electric vehicles (EVs). The multi-resonant structure is used to...

Nowadays, sensors with built-in sigma–delta modulators (ΣΔMs) are widely used in consumer, industrial, automotive, and medical applications, as they have become a cost-effective and convenient way to deliver data to digital processo...

In this article, an innovative power adaptor based on the asymmetrical pulse width modulation (PWM) flyback topology will be presented. Its benefits compared to other state-of-the-art topologies, such as the active clamp flyback, are analyzed in deta...

Using a modulated pulse power magnetron sputtering (MPP-MSP) coupled with a quadrupole mass spectrometer (Q-MS), intensive size-selected gold nanoclusters (Aun) ranging from n = 5 to 40 in size are synthesized and soft landed onto a strontium titanat...

Control of heart rhythm is vital in the case of arrhythmia. Cardiac optogenetics is a promising technique to replace electrical stimulation in a next generation of pacemakers and defibrillators. Therefore, further research towards optimizing light de...

6.5 kV level IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) modules are widely applied in megawatt locomotive (MCUs) traction converters, to achieve an upper 3.5 kV DC link, which is beneficial for decreasing power losses and increasing the power density....

Modern electronics faces the degradation of metal interconnection performance in integrated circuits with nanoscale feature dimensions of transistors. The application of constructively and technologically integrated optical links instead of metal wir...

Current FEL development efforts aim at improving the control of coherence at high repetition rate while keeping the wavelength tunability. Seeding schemes, like HGHG and EEHG, allow for the generation of fully coherent FEL pulses, but the powerful ex...