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  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,570 Views
21 Pages

Principles and Applications of Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Material Devices for Reconfigurable Electronics

  • Jiong Pan,
  • Yike Zhang,
  • Jiaju Yin,
  • Pengwen Guo,
  • Yi Yang and
  • Tian-Ling Ren

27 January 2025

With the advances in edge computing and artificial intelligence, the demands of multifunctional electronics with large area efficiency are increased. As the scaling down of the conventional transistor is restricted by physical limits, reconfigurable...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,647 Views
10 Pages

Reconfigurable Electronic Platforms: A Top-Down Approach to Learn about Design and Integration of Electronic Systems

  • Almudena Rivadeneyra,
  • Francisco J. Romero,
  • Michael Haider,
  • Vijay D. Bhatt,
  • Jose F. Salmeron,
  • Noel Rodriguez,
  • Diego P. Morales and
  • Markus Becherer

15 March 2022

This case report presents a real example of a study which introduces the use of reconfigurable platforms in the teaching of electronics engineering to establish a bridge between theory and practice. This gap is one of the major concerns of the electr...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,732 Views
18 Pages

A CMA-Based Electronically Reconfigurable Dual-Mode and Dual-Band Antenna

  • Nicholas E. Russo,
  • Constantinos L. Zekios and
  • Stavros V. Georgakopoulos

17 September 2023

In this work, an electronically reconfigurable dual-band dual-mode microstrip ring antenna with high isolation is proposed. Using characteristic mode analysis (CMA), the physical characteristics of the ring antenna are revealed, and two modes are app...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,074 Views
10 Pages

Electronically Re-Configurable, Non-Volatile, Nano-Ionics-Based RF-Switch on Paper Substrate for Chipless RFID Applications

  • Jayakrishnan Methapettyparambu Purushothama,
  • Arnaud Vena,
  • Brice Sorli and
  • Etienne Perret

This article reports the first results of a Nafion®-based, solid state, non-volatile, electronically reconfigurable Radio Frequency (RF)-switch integrated to a co-planar waveguide transmission line (CPW) in shunt mode, on a flexible paper substra...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,101 Views
13 Pages

Towards Reconfigurable Electronics: Silicidation of Top-Down Fabricated Silicon Nanowires

  • Muhammad Bilal Khan,
  • Dipjyoti Deb,
  • Jochen Kerbusch,
  • Florian Fuchs,
  • Markus Löffler,
  • Sayanti Banerjee,
  • Uwe Mühle,
  • Walter M. Weber,
  • Sibylle Gemming and
  • Jörg Schuster
  • + 2 authors

22 August 2019

We present results of our investigations on nickel silicidation of top-down fabricated silicon nanowires (SiNWs). Control over the silicidation process is important for the application of SiNWs in reconfigurable field-effect transistors. Silicidation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,974 Views
19 Pages

27 October 2023

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising technology for wireless communication and radar detection, owing to its superior ability to realize smart radio environments. Inspired by previous studies on RISs, this study deals with the us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,026 Views
14 Pages

A Low Profile Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Reconfigurable Notch Band Characteristics for Smart Electronic Systems

  • Abir Zaidi,
  • Wahaj Abbas Awan,
  • Adnan Ghaffar,
  • Mohammed S. Alzaidi,
  • Mohammad Alsharef,
  • Dalia H. Elkamchouchi,
  • Sherif S. M. Ghoneim and
  • Turki E. A. Alharbi

22 October 2022

This study describes the design and implementation of a small printed ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna for smart electronic systems with on-demand adjustable notching properties. A contiguous sub-band between 3–4.1 GHz, 4.45–6.5 GHz, or for both bands co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,936 Views
12 Pages

An FPGA-Based ECU for Remote Reconfiguration in Automotive Systems

  • Kwonneung Cho,
  • Jeongeun Kim,
  • Do Young Choi,
  • Young Hyun Yoon,
  • Jung Hwan Oh and
  • Seung Eun Lee

26 October 2021

Growing interest in intelligent vehicles is leading automotive systems to include numerous electronic control units (ECUs) inside. As a result, efficient implementation and management of automotive systems is gaining importance. Flexible updating and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,797 Views
19 Pages

Research on Multiplication Routine Based on Reconfigurable Four-Valued Logic Processor

  • Shanchuan Liao,
  • Shuang Li,
  • Luqun Li,
  • Xiaofeng Li,
  • Xingquan Gu and
  • Sulan Zhang

19 September 2024

Despite the indispensable role of traditional electronic computers in modern society, their limitations in parallel processing capabilities, bit-width constraints, and processor bit-width are becoming increasingly apparent, especially when handling l...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,626 Views
16 Pages

A Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna Using Eight-Dipole Configuration for Energy Harvesting Applications

  • Mohamed Aboualalaa,
  • Hesham A. Mohamed,
  • Thamer A. H. Alghamdi and
  • Moath Alathbah

13 October 2023

A pattern reconfigurable antenna, composed of eight elements, is proposed for energy harvesting applications. Pattern reconfigurable antennas are a promising technique for harvesting from different wireless sources. The radiation pattern of the propo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,916 Views
23 Pages

24 September 2023

The design of a low-pass-frequency filter with the electronic change of the approximation characteristics of resulting responses is presented. The filter also offers the reconnection-less reconfiguration of the order (1st-, 2nd-, 3rd- and 4th-order f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,295 Views
16 Pages

Reconfigurable Distributed Power Electronics Technique for Solar PV Systems

  • Kamran Ali Khan Niazi,
  • Yongheng Yang,
  • Tamas Kerekes and
  • Dezso Sera

A reconfiguration technique using a switched-capacitor (SC)-based voltage equalizer differential power processing (DPP) concept is proposed in this paper for photovoltaic (PV) systems at a cell/subpanel/panel-level. The proposed active diffusion char...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,546 Views
15 Pages

Compact Frequency-Agile and Mode-Reconfigurable Antenna for C-Band, Sub-6-GHz-5G, and ISM Applications

  • Esraa Mousa Ali,
  • Wahaj Abbas Awan,
  • Anees Abbas,
  • Syed Mujahid Abbas and
  • Heba G. Mohamed

19 June 2025

This article presents the design and evaluation of a compact-sized antenna targeting heterogenous applications working in the C-band, 5G-sub-6GHz, and the ISM band. The antenna offers frequency reconfigurability along with multi-operational modes ran...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,996 Views
20 Pages

The design of memristor-based electronic circuits and devices gives researchers opportunities for the engineering of CMOS-memristor-based electronic integrated chips with ultra-high density and various applications. Metal-oxide memristors have good c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,125 Views
17 Pages

Miniaturized Compact Reconfigurable Half-Mode SIW Phase Shifter with PIN Diodes

  • Franky Dakam Wappi,
  • Bilel Mnasri,
  • Alireza Ghayekhloo,
  • Larbi Talbi and
  • Halim Boutayeb

In this work, a novel electrically reconfigurable phase shifter based on a half-mode substrate integrated waveguide (HM-SIW) is proposed. SIW is a guided transmission line topology, and by using half-mode excitation, a smaller size can be achieved. P...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,718 Views
10 Pages

Improved Speed Extension for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generators by Means of Winding Reconfiguration

  • Xuanyi Zhou,
  • Jiajun Yang,
  • Giovanni Migliazza,
  • Sandro Guenter,
  • Shuo Wang,
  • Chris Gerada and
  • Giampaolo Buticchi

12 January 2023

With the increased development of electrical subsystems onboard modern transportation platforms, e.g., more electric aircrafts or more electric ships, the need for electric generation systems has increased. Since many motors require electric starting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,557 Views
29 Pages

22 October 2024

With the increasing intensity of ship missions, the mission reliability requirements of various ship systems are getting higher. Especially the new reconfigurable ship electronic information systems, which have the characteristics of resource sharing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,410 Views
27 Pages

15 September 2023

The atmospheric total water vapor content (TWVC) affects climate change, weather patterns, and radio signal propagation. Recent techniques such as global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) are used to measure TWVC but with either compromised accurac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,778 Views
28 Pages

1 May 2023

This paper presents a practical implementation and measurement results of power-efficient chip performance optimization, utilizing low-cost indirect measurement methods to support self-X properties (self-calibration, self-healing, self-optimization,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,120 Views
12 Pages

A New 1 Bit Electronically Reconfigurable Transmitarray

  • Zizhen Zheng,
  • Wu Ren,
  • Weiming Li and
  • Zhenghui Xue

This article proposes a novel 1 bit electronically reconfigurable transmitarray, designed to facilitate digital two-dimensional beam scanning, boasting both high gain and a slim profile. The fundamental phase shifting unit of the transmitarray unit c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,504 Views
15 Pages

Cloud-Based, Expandable—Reconfigurable Remote Laboratory for Electronic Engineering Experiments

  • Tinashe Chamunorwa,
  • Horia Alexandru Modran,
  • Doru Ursuțiu,
  • Cornel Samoilă and
  • Horia Hedeșiu

12 October 2022

This article describes the design and development of the NI myRIO device-based remote laboratory. The cloud-based, expandable, and reconfigurable remote laboratory is intended to give students access to an online web-based user interface to perform e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,326 Views
16 Pages

1-Bit Hexagonal Meander-Shaped Wideband Electronically Reconfigurable Transmitarray for Satellite Communications

  • Qasim Ali,
  • Yu Xiao,
  • Shozab Shafiq,
  • Wenhao Tan,
  • Waseem Shahzad,
  • Syed Muzahir Abbas and
  • Houjun Sun

This paper proposes a hexagonal meander-shaped wideband electronically reconfigurable transmitarray (HMRTA) at Ku band for satellite communications and radar applications. The proposed transmitarray offers high gain, low profile, and wideband charact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,972 Views
9 Pages

Pressure-Enhanced Photocurrent in One-Dimensional SbSI via Lone-Pair Electron Reconfiguration

  • Tianbiao Liu,
  • Kejun Bu,
  • Qian Zhang,
  • Peijie Zhang,
  • Songhao Guo,
  • Jiayuan Liang,
  • Bihan Wang,
  • Haiyan Zheng,
  • Yonggang Wang and
  • Wenge Yang
  • + 1 author

27 May 2022

Understanding the relationships between the local structures and physical properties of low-dimensional ferroelectrics is of both fundamental and practical importance. Here, pressure-induced enhancement in the photocurrent of SbSI is observed by usin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,411 Views
22 Pages

Switched Polytopic Controller Applied on a Positive Reconfigurable Power Electronic Converter

  • Martín-A. Rodríguez-Licea,
  • Francisco-J. Perez-Pinal,
  • Alejandro-I. Barranco-Gutiérrez and
  • Jose-C. Nuñez-Perez

3 January 2018

The reconfigurable power electronic converters (RPECs) are a new generation of systems, which modify their physical configuration in terms of a desired input or output operation characteristic. This kind of converters is very attractive in terms of v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,180 Views
15 Pages

2 August 2023

The use of innovative mobile vehicles with increasingly advanced mechatronic aspects in the agricultural sector is becoming, in recent years, a stimulating field of research and comparison. In particular, the problem addressed in the present work ref...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,948 Views
22 Pages

25 March 2024

In this era of intense global competition, supply chains are facing challenges in coping with emerging market issues. Within diverse industries worldwide, supply chains are experiencing accelerated reconfiguration, with one of the most notable transf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,301 Views
23 Pages

17 August 2022

This paper introduces the concept, theory of operation and applications of soft open points for direct current networks (DCSOPs). The DCSOP is based on a bidirectional DC–DC converter actively controlled to behave like a normal conductor. Unlik...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,891 Views
26 Pages

11 July 2023

Blinking jamming is an active self-screening technique performed by at least two aircraft to tackle monopulse radars and all complexity related thereto. Nowadays, the technique can be performed with digital radiofrequency memories (DRFMs), which are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,839 Views
13 Pages

Competitive USB-Powered Hand-Held Potentiostat for POC Applications: An HRP Detection Case

  • Yaiza Montes-Cebrián,
  • Albert Álvarez-Carulla,
  • Gisela Ruiz-Vega,
  • Jordi Colomer-Farrarons,
  • Manel Puig-Vidal,
  • Eva Baldrich and
  • Pere Ll. Miribel-Català

6 December 2019

Considerable efforts are made to develop Point-of-Care (POC) diagnostic tests. POC devices have the potential to match or surpass conventional systems regarding time, accuracy, and cost, and they are significantly easier to operate by or close to the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,402 Views
23 Pages

Due to their high efficiency and advanced battery management capability, cascaded multilevel inverters are an exciting option for battery electric powertrains. A promising, new and highly efficient cascaded multilevel inverter is the Parallel Enhance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,388 Views
21 Pages

Electrochemical Instrumentation of an Embedded Potentiostat System (EPS) for a Programmable-System-On-a-Chip

  • Adrián Iván Muñoz-Martínez,
  • Omar Israel González Peña,
  • Jordi Colomer-Farrarons,
  • José Manuel Rodríguez-Delgado,
  • Alfonso Ávila-Ortega and
  • Graciano Dieck-Assad

18 December 2018

Under the main features required on portable devices in electrochemical instrumentation is to have a small size, low power consumption, economically affordable and precision in the measurements. This paper describes the development of a programmable...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,992 Views
19 Pages

Conceptual Planning of Micro-Assembly for a Better Utilization of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

  • Christoph Gielisch,
  • Karl-Peter Fritz,
  • Benedikt Wigger and
  • André Zimmermann

18 April 2020

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) can be used to produce micro-assembled products that are too complex for assembly on flat substrates like printed circuit boards. The greatest advantage of RMS is their capability to reuse machine parts for...

  • Review
  • Open Access
57 Citations
8,164 Views
26 Pages

Recent Developments and State of the Art in Flexible and Conformal Reconfigurable Antennas

  • Bahare Mohamadzade,
  • Roy B. V. B. Simorangkir,
  • Sasa Maric,
  • Ali Lalbakhsh,
  • Karu P. Esselle and
  • Raheel M. Hashmi

Reconfigurable antennas have gained tremendous interest owing to their multifunctional capabilities while adhering to minimalistic space requirements in ever-shrinking electronics platforms and devices. A stark increase in demand for flexible and con...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
168 Citations
12,975 Views
14 Pages

Reconfigurable Antennas: Switching Techniques—A Survey

  • Naser Ojaroudi Parchin,
  • Haleh Jahanbakhsh Basherlou,
  • Yasir I. A. Al-Yasir,
  • Ahmed M. Abdulkhaleq and
  • Raed A. Abd-Alhameed

Due to the fast development of wireless communication technology, reconfigurable antennas with multimode and cognitive radio operation in modern wireless applications with a high-data rate have drawn very close attention from researchers. Reconfigura...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,035 Views
14 Pages

Portable Instrument for Hemoglobin Determination Using Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Carbon Dots

  • Fabio Murru,
  • Francisco J. Romero,
  • Roberto Sánchez-Mudarra,
  • Francisco J. García Ruiz,
  • Diego P. Morales,
  • Luis Fermín Capitán-Vallvey and
  • Alfonso Salinas-Castillo

26 April 2020

A portable reconfigurable platform for hemoglobin determination based on inner filter quenching of room-temperature phosphorescent carbon dots (CDs) in the presence of H2O2 is described. The electronic setup consists of a light-emitting diode (LED) a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
7,289 Views
28 Pages

A Review on Reconfigurable Liquid Dielectric Antennas

  • Elizaveta Motovilova and
  • Shao Ying Huang

16 April 2020

The advancements in wireless communication impose a growing range of demands on the antennas performance, requiring multiple functionalities to be present in a single device. To satisfy these different application needs within a limited space, reconf...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,914 Views
23 Pages

Overview of Reconfigurable Antenna Systems for IoT Devices

  • Elena García,
  • Aurora Andújar and
  • Jaume Anguera

10 October 2024

The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as trackers and sensors, necessitates a delicate balance between device miniaturization and performance. This extends to the antenna system, which must be both efficient and multiband operat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,511 Views
24 Pages

19 February 2023

The reconfigurable feature of FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays) has made them a very attractive solution for implementing adaptive systems-on-chip. However, this implies additional design tasks to handle system reconfiguration and control, which...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,059 Views
21 Pages

A Survey on Reconfigurable Microstrip Filter–Antenna Integration: Recent Developments and Challenges

  • Yuxiang Tu,
  • Yasir I. A. Al-Yasir,
  • Naser Ojaroudi Parchin,
  • Ahmed M. Abdulkhaleq and
  • Raed A. Abd-Alhameed

Reconfigurable and tunable radio frequency (RF) and microwave (MW) components have become exciting topics for many researchers and design engineers in recent years. Reconfigurable microstrip filter–antenna combinations have been studied in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,323 Views
13 Pages

Exploring the Reconfigurable Memory Effect in Electroforming-Free YMnO3-Based Resistive Switches: Towards a Tunable Frequency Response

  • Xianyue Zhao,
  • Nan Du,
  • Jan Dellith,
  • Marco Diegel,
  • Uwe Hübner,
  • Bernhard Wicht and
  • Heidemarie Schmidt

5 June 2024

Memristors, since their inception, have demonstrated remarkable characteristics, notably the exceptional reconfigurability of their memory. This study delves into electroforming-free YMnO3 (YMO)-based resistive switches, emphasizing the reconfigurabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,574 Views
16 Pages

23 November 2022

PV systems are a popular energy resource, prevalent worldwide; however, shade faults manifested in PV systems limit its power conversion efficiency. The occurrence of multiple power peaks and their location are highly uncertain in PV systems; this ne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,968 Views
16 Pages

1 July 2022

Metasurfaces (MSs) have enabled the emergence of new ideas and solutions in the design of antennas and for the control of electromagnetic waves. In this work, we propose to design a directional high-gain reconfigurable planar antenna based on a phase...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,379 Views
16 Pages

Modern mobility faces increasing challenges, like carbon-free transportation and the need for flexible transportation solutions. The U-Shift II project addresses these problems through a modular electric vehicle architecture, a drive unit (Driveboard...

  • Feature Paper
  • Communication
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,514 Views
7 Pages

Automatic Morphology Control of Liquid Metal using a Combined Electrochemical and Feedback Control Approach

  • Ming Li,
  • Hisham Mohamed Cassim Mohamed Anver,
  • Yuxin Zhang,
  • Shi-Yang Tang and
  • Weihua Li

26 March 2019

Gallium-based liquid metal alloys have been attracting attention from both industry and academia as soft, deformable, reconfigurable and multifunctional materials in microfluidic, electronic and electromagnetic devices. Although various technologies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,379 Views
22 Pages

Reconfiguration of Agrifood Supply Chain Management in Latin America during COVID-19: A Brief Literature Review

  • Rafael Granillo-Macías,
  • Héctor Rivera-Gómez,
  • Isidro Jesús González-Hernández and
  • Francisca Santana-Robles

29 April 2024

This study aims to analyze the changes in the agrifood supply chain (AFSC) configurations in Latin America (LATAM) imposed by the markets as an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper analyzes the results of mobility trends, production rates, log...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,877 Views
29 Pages

15 December 2021

This paper reviews the material properties, fabrication and functionalities of liquid metal-based devices. In modern wireless communication technology, adaptability and versatility have become attractive features of any communication device. Compared...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,569 Views
24 Pages

Design of a Multi-Mode Hybrid Micro-Gripper for Surface Mount Technology Component Assembly

  • Gianmauro Fontana,
  • Nicola Iacono,
  • Simone Pio Negri and
  • Gabriele Papadia

21 July 2023

In the last few decades, industrial sectors such as smart manufacturing and aerospace have rapidly developed, contributing to the increase in production of more complex electronic boards based on SMT (Surface Mount Technology). The assembly phases in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,503 Views
9 Pages

17 January 2023

We demonstrate a reconfigurable beam steerable meta-surface through a graphene-biased slot-array over a grounded quartz substrate. More specifically, the graphene meta-elements can be dynamically tuned to program the radiations by applying adequate D...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,090 Views
10 Pages

13 December 2023

In this study, we present a reconfigurable feedback field-effect transistor (FET) that can operate in both p- and n-type configurations using a feedback mechanism. In contrast to previously reported reconfigurable FETs, our device utilizes a single g...

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