Switching losses of power transistors usually are the most relevant energy losses in high-frequency power converters. Soft-switching techniques allow a reduction of these losses, but even under soft-switching conditions, these losses can be significa...
This paper proposes a novel bilateral zero-voltage switching (ZVS) bidirectional converter with synchronous rectification. By controlling the direction and timing of excessive current injection, the main power switches can achieve bilateral ZVS under...
Polycrystalline SnO2-HfO2 nanolaminated thin films were grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) on SiO2/Si(100) and TiN substrates at 300 °C. The samples, when evaluated electrically, exhibited bipolar resistive switching. The sample object with a...
This paper investigates the problem of robust stability for a class of switched interconnected systems characterized by unstable modes, time-varying state delays, and switching uncertainties. Switching uncertainties cause variations in both the nomin...
In this work, we demonstrate the threshold switching and bipolar resistive switching with non-volatile property of TiN/TaOx/indium tin oxide (ITO) memristor device. The intrinsic switching of TaOx is preferred when a positive bias is applied to the T...
This paper reveals the relationship between the Miller plateau voltage and the displacement currents through the gate–drain capacitance (
In this work, we observed the duality of threshold switching and non-volatile memory switching of Ag/SnOx/TiN memory devices by controlling the compliance current (CC) or pulse amplitude. The insulator thickness and chemical analysis of the device st...
Regime switching models have been widely studied for their ability to capture the dynamic behavior of time series data and are widely used in economic and financial data analysis. This paper reviews various regime switching models with various regime...
One characteristic of multilingual speakers is that in everyday life, they may integrate elements from their languages in the same sentence or discourse, a practice known as code-switching. This paper examines code-switching at the interfaces, in par...
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the zero-voltage zero-current switching (ZVZCS) soft switching technique with zero-voltage switching (ZVS) and zero-current switching (ZCS) counterparts. The generalization of the voltage–current cr...
A novel three-phase power-factor-correction (PFC) rectifier with zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) in six main switches and zero-current-switching (ZCS) in the auxiliary switch is proposed, analyzed, and experimentally verified. The main feature of the pr...
To develop robust microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switching technology for low voltage direct current (DC) applications (1–12 V) there is a requirement for the investigation of wear caused by hot switching (contact operated while carrying...
Hydraulic switching actuators are high-efficiency, fast response, and low-cost solutions for hydraulic control systems. One of the challenging problems is throttling losses during valve transitions. Previously, the authors proposed a zero-flowrate sw...
A non-isolated buck converter, together with resonance and zero voltage transition to achieve zero voltage switching (ZVS) and zero current switching (ZCS), is presented herein to upgrade the conversion efficiency. In this circuit, the main switch an...
This paper presents a 13-level switched capacitor inverter with a novel modulation method designed to minimize the number of switches and significantly reduce switching losses. The inverter stands out for its simplicity, requiring only ten semiconduc...
Code-switching is a complex bilingual behavior that can be affected by a variety of factors related to characteristics of the speaker, the interlocutor, and the broader sociolinguistic context. A better understanding of these factors is important for...
The high-frequency modulation method (HFM) for a switched capacitor (SC) inverter often leads to high switching loss since it increases switching frequency. In order to reduce the switching frequency and switching loss in the HFM for SC inverter, thi...
In this research, nano-wedge resistive switching random-access memory (ReRAM) based on a Si3N4 switching layer and silicon bottom electrode was fabricated, and its multilevel switching characteristics were investigated. The wedge bottom electrode was...
This paper studies the stability of linear switched systems with time-varying delays and all unstable subsystems. According to the largest region function strategy, the state-dependent switching rule is designed. By bringing in integral inequality an...
We show that the theoretical construct “phase” underlies a number of restrictions on code-switching, in particular those formalized under the Principle of Functional Restriction (González-Vilbazo 2005) and the Phonetic Form Interface Condition (MacSw...
Previous studies on the comprehension of code-switched sentences often neglected the code-switching habit of the specific community, so that the processing difficulty might not have resulted from the change in language but from unnatural switching. T...
Analyses of corpus-based indices of conversational code-switching in bilingual speakers predict the occurrence of intra-sentential code-switches consistent with the joint activation of both languages. Yet most utterances contain no code-switches desp...
This paper considers the problem of stabilizing switched time-delay linear systems through a state-dependent switching strategy. In contrast to the existing works, we adopt a less restrictive assumption of the system, and show that this assumption is...
Here, we present evidence of self-compliant and self-rectifying bipolar resistive switching behavior in Ni/SiNx/n+ Si and Ni/SiNx/n++ Si resistive-switching random access memory devices. The Ni/SiNx/n++ Si device’s Si bottom electrode had a higher do...
In power conversion of photovoltaic (PV) energy, a hard-switching buck converter always generates some disadvantages. For example, serious electromagnetic interference (EMI), high switching losses, and stresses on an active switch (metal-oxide-semico...
Traditional active magnetic bearing power amplifiers usually adopt hard-switching circuit topologies with simple structures and strong practicability. However, such topologies suffer from high switching losses and easy generation of current noise. To...
The relation between the complexity of a time-switched dynamics and the complexity of its control sequence depends critically on the concept of a non-autonomous pullback attractor. For instance, the switched dynamics associated with scalar dissipativ...
Microwave-assisted switching (MAS) is simulated for different CoPt and CoPt/Co3Pt nanosrtuctures as a function of applied DC field and microwave frequency. In all the cases, the existence of microwave excitation can lower the switching field by more...
This paper presents a robust method for dealing with switching regression problems. Regression models with switch-points are broadly employed in diverse areas. Many traditional methods for switching regressions can falter in the presence of outliers...
Ferroelectric polycrystalline HfO2 thin films are the most promising material for the implementation of novel non-volatile ferroelectric memories because of their attractive properties, such as compatibility with modern Si technology, perfect scalabi...
In this study, the resistive switching phenomena in TiN/Ti/HfO2/Ti metal–insulator–metal stacks is investigated, mainly focusing on the analysis of set and reset transitions. The electrical measurements in a wide temperature range reveal...
This paper presents a two-stage DC/DC converter with high efficiency utilized in an electronic power conditioner (EPC), which is widely applicable in satellite communications, etc. The galvanically isolated converter contains two cascaded converters:...
An active clamp, three-phase, six-switch power factor correction rectifier with a one-cycle controller is proposed, which can effectively suppress the reverse recovery of the reverse parallel diode of the bridge arm switch and reduce the reverse reco...
A soft switching boost converter, with a small number of components and constant frequency control, is proposed herein by using the quasi-resonance method and the zero-voltage-transition method, realizing (1) the zero-voltage switching during the swi...
Over the past 8 years, multiple studies examined the phenomenon of isoform switching in human cancers and discovered that isoform switching is widespread, with hundreds to thousands of such events per cancer type. Although all of these studies used s...
Multiple valve unit (MVU), which converts AC to DC and DC to AC, is one of the key elements of high voltage DC (HVDC) transmission. Therefore, the insulation design of MVU against overvoltage should be considered for the stable and reliable operation...
This paper proposes a switched capacitor-based soft-switching proportional dimming LED driver to address color-mixing LED applications. The driver utilizes a half-bridge switch structure and incorporates a switched capacitor to regulate the dual reso...
This paper provides a critical review of the state of the art in code-switching research being conducted in linguistics. Three issues of theoretical and practical importance are explored: (a) code-switching vs. borrowing; (b) grammaticality; and (c)...
This study aimed to examine the effect of customers’ attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavior control on their intention to switch to healthy food products. This research also tested brand awareness as a moderator of customers’ behavioral...
This paper proves that the controller design for switched singularly perturbed systems can be synthesized from the controllers of individual slow–fast subsystems. Under the switching rules of individual slow–fast subsystems, switched singularly pertu...
This paper focuses on the asymptotic stability of second-order switched linear systems with positive real part conjugate complex roots for each subsystem. Compared with available studies, a more appropriate state-dependent switching rule is designed...
Switching between languages, or codeswitching, is a cognitive ability that multilinguals can perform with ease. This study investigates whether codeswitching during sentence reading affects early access to meaning, as indexed by the robust brain resp...
The current study investigates whether there is variation among different types of control stimuli in code-switching (CS) research, how such stimuli can be used to accommodate heterogeneity, and how they can also be used as a baseline comparison of a...
Background/Objectives: Switching between different tasks incurs switch costs. Previous research has demonstrated that rewards can enhance performance in cognitive tasks. However, prior studies have primarily focused on the overall improvement in cogn...
Due to its low conduction loss, hence high current ratings, as well as low cost, Silicon Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (Si IGBT) is widely used in high power applications. However, its switching frequency is generally low because of relatively la...
Herein we describe the design and synthesis of a redox-dependent single-molecule switch. Appending a ferrocene unit to a diphenylacetylene scaffold gives a redox-sensitive handle, which undergoes reversible one-electron oxidation, as demonstrated by...
The application of the switching control framework to the perfect control algorithm is presented in this paper. Employing the nonunique matrix inverses, the different closed-loop properties are obtained and further enhanced with possible switching me...
Power system disruptions can be categorized as issues with the quality of electricity brought on by voltage sags, lightning strikes, and other system-related interferences. The static transfer switch (STS) has recently emerged as the most important t...
We propose and demonstrate an integrated optical switch that leverages an optical phased array (OPA) and an on-chip metalens, highlighting its potential for efficient and scalable beam switching across multiple ports within a compact footprint. The d...
In this paper, a soft-switching single-ended-primary-inductance converter (SEPIC) with multi-output sources is proposed. The proposed SEPIC has the following advantages: (1) The conversion efficiency can be increased. To incorporate a soft-switching...
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