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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,307 Views
14 Pages

FLC-Based Ultra-Low-Frequency Oscillation Suppression Scheme for Interconnected Power Grids

  • Chao Xing,
  • Mingqun Liu,
  • Junzhen Peng,
  • Yuhong Wang,
  • Yichen Zhou,
  • Zongsheng Zheng,
  • Shilin Gao and
  • Jianquan Liao

8 March 2024

The appearance of ultra-low-frequency oscillations in the grid at the sending end, after asynchronous grid interconnection, poses a significant threat to the stable operation of the system. For post-asynchronous interconnection in a multi-DC transmis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,186 Views
13 Pages

Research on Damping Control Index of Ultra-Low-Frequency Oscillation in Hydro-Dominant Power Systems

  • Gang Chen,
  • Chang Liu,
  • Chengwei Fan,
  • Xiaoyan Han,
  • Huabo Shi,
  • Guanhong Wang and
  • Dongping Ai

7 September 2020

In recent years, ultra-low-frequency oscillation (ULFO) is a prominent problem in power systems of dominant hydropower. In order to suppress ULFO, the most effective strategy is the governor parameters optimization to improve the system damping withi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,815 Views
17 Pages

8 October 2023

Aiming at the problem of ultra-low-frequency oscillation (ULFO) in power systems, with an oscillation frequency lower than 0.1 Hz, an oscillation suppression control method is proposed. Firstly, the mathematical modeling of the system is carried out,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,683 Views
18 Pages

Research on Ultra-Low-Frequency Oscillation Suppression Method of High-Head, Large-Capacity Hydropower Units

  • Sixiang Zhang,
  • Longyuan Li,
  • Weijun Liu,
  • Daijun Luo,
  • Bingjie Zhai,
  • Haomin He,
  • Peng Zou,
  • Yuhong Wang and
  • Shilin Gao

2 February 2024

Aiming at the problem of ultra-low-frequency oscillation (ULFO) caused by an irrational setting of governor parameters of high-head hydraulic turbine units, this paper proposes a method to optimize the additional damping control parameters of the gov...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,463 Views
18 Pages

To make clear the influence of renewable energy on ultra-low-frequency oscillation (ULFO) in a hydro-dominant system via an high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system, this paper studies the damping characteristics when wind power is inte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,340 Views
20 Pages

23 February 2024

In response to the requirements of mitigating ultra-low frequency oscillation (ULFO) and enhancing primary frequency regulation (PFR) performance in hydropower-dominated systems, a novel control strategy, namely the center-frequency-structured govern...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,970 Views
17 Pages

24 February 2020

In recent years, ultralow-frequency oscillation has repeatedly occurred in asynchronously connected regional power systems and brought serious threats to the operation of power grids. This phenomenon is mainly caused by hydropower units because of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,281 Views
15 Pages

17 September 2024

In a hydropower-dominated power grid, the primary frequency regulation (PFR) capability of hydropower units is typically compromised to suppress ultra-low frequency oscillations (ULFOs). However, as renewable wind power is further integrated, a pract...

  • Article
  • Open Access
642 Views
22 Pages

26 June 2025

Amid the global transition toward sustainable energy, regional power grids with high wind power penetration are increasingly emerging. The implementation of frequency control is critically essential for enhancing the frequency support capability of g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
883 Views
15 Pages

Ultra-Low Frequency Oscillation in a Thermal Power System Induced by Doubly-Fed Induction Generators with Inertia Control

  • Wei Huang,
  • Suwei Zhai,
  • Xuegang Lu,
  • Xiaojie Zhang,
  • Yanjun Liu,
  • Wei He and
  • Yifan Fang

29 April 2025

Ultra-low frequency oscillation has been regarded as a typical instability issue in power systems consisting of hydro turbine synchronous generators due to the water hammer phenomenon. However, the increasing installation of renewable power generator...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,229 Views
17 Pages

Ultra Low Frequency Wave Produced by Underwater Oscillating Sphere and Its Measurement

  • Huan Wang,
  • Erzheng Fang,
  • Mingze Wu,
  • Lianjin Hong and
  • Zongru Li

23 November 2021

When an underwater target moves in viscous fluid, it may cause the periodic movement of the surrounding fluid and generate ultra-low-frequency (ULF) gravity waves. The initial domain of the gravitational surface wave propagating above the moving targ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,161 Views
18 Pages

5 August 2024

With the gradual emergence of trends such as the asynchronous interconnection of power grids and the increasing penetration of renewable energy, the issues of ultra-low-frequency oscillations and low-frequency stability in power grids have become mor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,784 Views
21 Pages

A 6.7 μW Low-Noise, Compact PLL with an Input MEMS-Based Reference Oscillator Featuring a High-Resolution Dead/Blind Zone-Free PFD

  • Ahmed Kira,
  • Mohannad Y. Elsayed,
  • Karim Allidina,
  • Vamsy P. Chodavarapu and
  • Mourad N. El-Gamal

13 December 2024

This article reports a 110.2 MHz ultra-low-power phase-locked loop (PLL) for MEMS timing/frequency reference oscillator applications. It utilizes a 6.89 MHz MEMS-based oscillator as an input reference. An ultra-low-power, high-resolution phase-freque...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
8,432 Views
20 Pages

A 36 nW, 7 ppm/°C on-Chip Clock Source Platform for Near-Human-Body Temperature Applications

  • Divya Akella Kamakshi,
  • Aatmesh Shrivastava,
  • Chuhong Duan and
  • Benton H. Calhoun

We propose a fully on-chip clock-source system in which an ultra-low-power diode-based temperature-uncompensated oscillator (OSCdiode) serves as the main clock source and frequency locks to a higher-power temperature-compensated oscillator (OSCcmp) t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,341 Views
15 Pages

Multiple DC Modulation Coordination Strategies Based on Transient Energy Function and Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient Algorithm

  • Chao Xing,
  • Mingqun Liu,
  • Junzhen Peng,
  • Xueke Wang,
  • Yuhong Wang,
  • Zongsheng Zheng,
  • Shilin Gao and
  • Jianquan Liao

16 March 2024

Ultra-low-frequency oscillation (ULFO) is a new problem of frequency stability in asynchronous network back-end power networks. The negative damping provided by hydropower units is the direct cause of ultra-low-frequency oscillation, and DC modulatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
467 Views
30 Pages

Distributed Active Support from Photovoltaics via State–Disturbance Observation and Dynamic Surface Consensus for Dynamic Frequency Stability Under Source–Load Asymmetry

  • Yichen Zhou,
  • Yihe Gao,
  • Yujia Tang,
  • Yifei Liu,
  • Liang Tu,
  • Yifei Zhang,
  • Yuyan Liu,
  • Xiaoqin Zhang,
  • Jiawei Yu and
  • Rui Cao

7 October 2025

The power system’s dynamic frequency stability is affected by common-mode ultra-low-frequency oscillation and differential-mode low-frequency oscillation. Traditional frequency control based on generators is facing the problem of capacity reduc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,699 Views
17 Pages

A 6.89-MHz 143-nW MEMS Oscillator Based on a 118-dBΩ Tunable Gain and Duty-Cycle CMOS TIA

  • Ahmed Kira,
  • Mohannad Y. Elsayed,
  • Karim Allidina,
  • Vamsy P. Chodavarapu and
  • Mourad N. El-Gamal

29 October 2021

This article presents a 6.89 MHz MEMS oscillator based on an ultra-low-power, low-noise, tunable gain/duty-cycle transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and a bulk Lamé-mode MEMS resonator that has a quality factor (Q) of 3.24 × 106. Self-cascoding and curren...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,097 Views
17 Pages

24 January 2021

The paper discusses a way to configure a stepped-frequency continuous wave (SFCW) radar using a low-cost software-defined radio (SDR). The most of high-end SDRs offer multiple transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) channels, one of which can be used as t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
922 Views
30 Pages

17 August 2025

The growing demand for low-frequency, broadband vibration and noise suppression technologies in next-generation mechanical equipment has become increasingly urgent. Effective negative mass locally resonant structures represent one of the most paradig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,000 Views
14 Pages

Performance of a Radio-Frequency Two-Photon Atomic Magnetometer in Different Magnetic Induction Measurement Geometries

  • Lucas Martin Rushton,
  • Laura Mae Ellis,
  • Jake David Zipfel,
  • Patrick Bevington and
  • Witold Chalupczak

16 October 2024

Measurements monitoring the inductive coupling between oscillating radio-frequency magnetic fields and objects of interest create versatile platforms for non-destructive testing. The benefits of ultra-low-frequency measurements, i.e., below 3 kHz, ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,761 Views
18 Pages

20 August 2023

Due to their lack of pollution and long replacement cycles, piezoelectric energy harvesters have gained increasing attention as emerging power generation devices. However, achieving effective energy harvesting in ultra-low-frequency (<1 Hz) rotati...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,678 Views
13 Pages

14 December 2018

An optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) is an optoelectronic hybrid oscillator which utilizes ultra-low-loss fiber as an electro-magnetic energy storage element, overcoming the limits of traditional microwave oscillators in phase noise performance. Due to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,317 Views
15 Pages

This work presents a current-controlled CMOS ring oscillator (CCRO) optimized for ultra-low-voltage applications in next-generation energy-constrained systems. Leveraging bulk voltage tuning in 22 nm FDSOI differential inverter stages, the topology e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,592 Views
11 Pages

19 May 2021

Optical parametric oscillation can convert the input laser into a couple of coherent optical output with signal and idler frequencies. It is an important method for the realization of the broadband middle infrared tunable lasers. The optical parametr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
48 Citations
8,264 Views
16 Pages

Frequency Up-Conversion for Vibration Energy Harvesting: A Review

  • Xin Li,
  • Guobiao Hu,
  • Zhenkun Guo,
  • Junlei Wang,
  • Yaowen Yang and
  • Junrui Liang

21 March 2022

A considerable amount of ambient vibration energy spreads over an ultra-low frequency spectrum. However, conventional resonant-type linear energy harvesters usually operate within high and narrow frequency bands, which cannot match the frequencies of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,995 Views
14 Pages

Mechanical properties of metallic-nanowire self-oscillations are investigated through a coherent-state analysis. We focus on elucidating the time behavior of quantum energy in such oscillations, in addition to the analysis of fluctuations, evolution...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,467 Views
23 Pages

Bidirectional Fluid–Structure Interaction Study on Hydrofoil Hardness and Oscillation Mode Optimization

  • Ertian Hua,
  • Mingwang Xiang,
  • Qizong Sun,
  • Tao Wang,
  • Yabo Song and
  • Caiju Lu

16 January 2025

This paper investigated the optimization of the hardness and oscillation mode of flexible hydrofoils using bidirectional fluid–structure interaction (FSI) to address the issue of insufficient guidance in engineering applications. A two-dimensio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
8,745 Views
19 Pages

This paper proposes a novel operational amplifier (OPA) voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) circuits on the basis of impedance converters. The VCO can operate over a frequency range exceeding unity-gain bandwidth due to the location of the tank circu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,037 Views
11 Pages

This article presents a low power digital controlled oscillator (DCO) with an ultra low power duty cycle correction (DCC) scheme. The DCO with the complementary cross-coupled topology uses the controllable tail resistor to improve the tail current ef...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,165 Views
13 Pages

Ultra-Narrow Bandwidth Microwave Photonic Filter Implemented by Single Longitudinal Mode Parity Time Symmetry Brillouin Fiber Laser

  • Jiaxin Hou,
  • Yajun You,
  • Yuan Liu,
  • Kai Jiang,
  • Xuefeng Han,
  • Wenjun He,
  • Wenping Geng,
  • Yi Liu and
  • Xiujian Chou

27 June 2023

In this paper, a novel microwave photonic filter (MPF) based on a single longitudinal mode Brillouin laser achieved by parity time (PT) symmetry mode selection is proposed, and its unparalleled ultra-narrow bandwidth as low as to sub-kHz together wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,495 Views
21 Pages

12 October 2024

Accurately estimating the modulation parameters of pseudorandom binary code–pulse amplitude modulation (PRBC–PAM) signals damaged by strong noise poses a significant challenge in emitter identification and countermeasure. Traditionally, w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,929 Views
9 Pages

Towards the integration of Digital-LDO regulators in the ultra-low-power System-On-Chip Internet-of-Things architecture, the D-LDO architecture should constitute the main regulator for powering digital and mixed-signal loads including the SoC system...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,858 Views
12 Pages

A Practicable Optoelectronic Oscillator with Ultra-Low Phase Noise

  • Ziyue Zheng,
  • Jinlong Yu,
  • Ju Wang,
  • Chuang Ma,
  • Hao Luo,
  • Xuemin Su and
  • Ye Gao

In this paper, an optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) with ultra-low phase noise and high stability based on the injection-locked and phase-locked loop is proposed. In theory, the injection-locked frequency range of the injection signal is studied based...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,721 Views
11 Pages

A fully-integrated switched-capacitor (SC) DC-DC converter that steps down 2.0 V to 0.9 V with a peak efficiency of 80% is implemented in a 0.18 μ m CMOS process. An ultra-low-power voltage-controlled oscillator that generates a wide range of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,567 Views
28 Pages

Spectral Analysis and Information Entropy Approaches to Data of VLF Disturbances in the Waveguide Earth-Ionosphere

  • Yuriy Rapoport,
  • Volodymyr Reshetnyk,
  • Asen Grytsai,
  • Volodymyr Grimalsky,
  • Oleksandr Liashchuk,
  • Alla Fedorenko,
  • Masashi Hayakawa,
  • Andrzej Krankowski,
  • Leszek Błaszkiewicz and
  • Paweł Flisek

26 October 2022

Very low frequency (VLF) signals are considered as an important tool to study ionosphere disturbances. We have studied variations in signal amplitude of the Japanese JJI transmitter received by a network of eight Japan stations. The distinctions betw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,989 Views
21 Pages

Passive Harmonic RFID System for Buried Assets Localization

  • Abanob Abdelnour,
  • Antonio Lazaro,
  • Ramón Villarino,
  • Darine Kaddour,
  • Smail Tedjini and
  • David Girbau

26 October 2018

A passive harmonic tag for buried assets localization is presented for utility localization. The tag design is based on a dual-polarized patch antenna at Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band. One of its feeders is connected to a frequency doubler based on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,309 Views
18 Pages

15 September 2023

In the context of the plain river network, conventional water pumps suffer several drawbacks, including inadequate efficiency, poor security, and costly installation costs. In order to improve the hydrodynamic insufficiency problem and enhance the hy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,854 Views
12 Pages

The high precision and low power consumption of the clock generator are critical in passive RFID transponders and passive IoT chips, but fluctuations in PVT can cause considerable degradation in the precision of the chip’s internal clocks. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,128 Views
13 Pages

Image-Rejected Multi-Band Frequency Down-Conversion Based on Photonic Sampling

  • Liuzhu Xu,
  • Di Peng,
  • Yuwen Qin,
  • Jianping Li,
  • Meng Xiang,
  • Ou Xu and
  • Songnian Fu

29 December 2022

An image-rejected multi-band frequency down-conversion scheme is proposed and experimentally demonstrated based on photonic sampling. The multi-band radio-frequency (RF) signals to be processed are copied into two replicas in quadrature, which are th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,166 Views
16 Pages

In the present study, a new structure (0.5–18 GHz) with excellent phase noise characteristics and a fast switching speed is proposed. Ultra-wideband synthesizers with low phase noises and less spurious signals have been developed to be used as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,280 Views
14 Pages

Numerical Computation and Experimental Research for Dynamic Properties of Ultra-High-Speed Rotor System Supported by Helium Hydrostatic Gas Bearings

  • Changlei Ke,
  • Shun Qiu,
  • Kongrong Li,
  • Lianyou Xiong,
  • Nan Peng,
  • Xiaohua Zhang,
  • Bin Dong and
  • Liqiang Liu

This study delves into the dynamic behavior of ultra-high-speed rotor systems underpinned by helium hydrostatic gas bearings, with a focus on the impact of rotational velocity on system performance. We have formulated an integrative dynamic model tha...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,732 Views
12 Pages

Time-Encoding-Based Ultra-Low Power Features Extraction Circuit for Speech Recognition Tasks

  • Eric Gutierrez,
  • Carlos Perez,
  • Fernando Hernandez and
  • Luis Hernandez

Current trends towards on-edge computing on smart portable devices requires ultra-low power circuits to be able to make feature extraction and classification tasks of patterns. This manuscript proposes a novel approach for feature extraction operatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,208 Views
16 Pages

Hard- and Software Controlled Complex for Gas-Strain Monitoring of Transition Zones

  • Grigory Dolgikh,
  • Mariia Bovsun,
  • Stanislav Dolgikh,
  • Igor Stepochkin,
  • Vladimir Chupin and
  • Andrey Yatsuk

18 April 2024

The article describes a hard- and software controlled complex for gas-strain monitoring, consisting of stationary laser strainmeters and a laser nanobarograph, a stationary gas analyzer, and a weather station installed at Shultz Cape in the Sea of Ja...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2,080 Views
4 Pages

Sensor and Embedded Control System for Liquid Crystal Implantable Eye Lens

  • Patrick Pelgrims,
  • Christ Glorieux,
  • Johan Blanckaert and
  • Robert Puers

11 December 2018

A miniature sensor and control system is developed to facilitate human eye ciliary muscle movement detection and to drive the corresponding liquid crystal based lens to create an autofocusing lens for cataract patients. The movement of the ciliary mu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,636 Views
18 Pages

Using stochastics in stock market analysis is widely accepted for index estimation and ultra-high-frequency trading. However, previous studies linking index estimation to actual trading without applying low-frequency trading are limited. This study a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,185 Views
14 Pages

Communication and Sensing Circuits on Cellulose

  • Federico Alimenti,
  • Chiara Mariotti,
  • Valentina Palazzi,
  • Marco Virili,
  • Giulia Orecchini,
  • Paolo Mezzanotte and
  • Luca Roselli

This paper proposes a review of several circuits for communication and wireless sensing applications implemented on cellulose-based materials. These circuits have been developed during the last years exploiting the adhesive copper laminate method. Su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,956 Views
18 Pages

14 October 2020

Kinetic piezoelectric energy harvesters are used to power up ultra-low power devices without batteries as an alternative and eco-friendly source of energy. This paper deals with a novel design of a lead-free multilayer energy harvester based on BaTiO...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,731 Views
30 Pages

29 January 2025

Optoelectronic oscillators (OEOs) have emerged as indispensable tools for generating low-phase-noise microwave and millimeter-wave signals, which are critical for a variety of high-performance applications. These include radar systems, satellite link...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,631 Views
16 Pages

23 January 2023

Primary frequency regulation (PFR) is a crucial operating condition for PSPs to realise frequency modulation, and the effectiveness of PFR is significant to the stability of power system frequency. Several challenges and risks have been presented in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8,982 Views
20 Pages

Recent research in algorithmic trading has primarily focused on ultra-high-frequency strategies and index estimation. In response to the need for a low-frequency, real-world trading model, we developed an enhanced algorithm that builds on existing mo...

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