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Kilowatt-range Picosecond Switching Based on Microplasma Devices

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Remco Franciscus Peter van Erp, Armin Jafari, Mohammad Samizadeh Nikooytabalvandani

Plasma formation in micro- and nano-scales enables an ultrahigh-dv/dt picosecond switching in an integrated circuit form factor. Such on-chip plasma devices could provide a transformative approach to achieving high-power levels at very high frequencies, fa ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2021

Live Demonstration: Quasi-Digital Portable Pen to Monitor Anaesthetics Delivery

Sandro Carrara, Danilo Demarchi, Simone Aiassa, Francesco Grassi

The live demonstration presents the innovative concept of a portable pen-device able to sense anaesthetic compounds over time for improved anaesthesiology practice. A custom Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manage in the event-based quasi-digital domain the sam ...

IEEE2019

Community Building with Co-located Social Media: A Field Experiment with Syrian Refugees

Denis Gillet, Adrian Christian Holzer

While co-located social media previously has been employed to enhance interaction in community building activities in previous work, its range of effects have not been quantitatively described. In this study, we introduce a co-located social media app call ...

ACM2017

Distributed Rate Allocation in Switch-Based Multiparty Videoconferencing System

Pascal Frossard, Sergio Mena, Stefano D'Aronco

Multiparty videoconferences, or more generally multiparty video calls, are gaining a lot of popularity as they offer a rich communication experience. These applications have, however, large requirements in terms of both network and computational resources ...

2017

Control of the Actively Balanced Capacitive Voltage Divider for a Five-Level NPC Inverter - Estimation of the Intermediary Levels Currents

Alfred Rufer, Nicolas Cherix, Nelson William Koch

This article addresses the control of a Multistage Stacked Boost Architecture (MSBA) feeding a five-level NPC inverter in a grid-tied application. A suitable control strategy was previously presented, in which estimated/reconstructed intermediary currents ...

2016

Development of interconnected silicon micro-evaporators for the on-detector electronics cooling of the future ITS detector in the ALICE experiment at LHC

John Richard Thome, Alessandro Mapelli, Andrea Francescon

The thermal management of the on-detector electronics and the development of low mass integrated cooling systems have become a crucial task in the design of silicon tracking detectors for high energy physics applications. The use of microfabricated ultra-t ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2016

Development of thermoplastic coated multifunctional transmission elements

Jan-Anders Edvin Maansson, Véronique Michaud, Basile Golaz

We report on key challenges of the development of steel cords reinforced thermoplastic elastomer composites with smart functionalities: adhesion tailoring for a durable mechanical load transfer through steel cords or other transmission elements by the use ...

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)2012

Development of Low-Cost 24-GHz Circuits Exploiting System-in-Package (SiP) Approach and Commercial PCB Technology

Gabriele Tasselli

This paper deals with 24-GHz circuits developed by exploiting a system-in-package approach. In order to reduce the cost as much as possible, a standard multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) technology has been adopted. Such a circuit consists of a package ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2012

Contactless Energy Transfer System for Computer Peripherals

Yves Perriard, Paolo Germano, Pascal Meyer

A contactless energy transfer system to supply computer peripherals is under development. It consists of an array of primary coils that are integrated in a table and secondary coils placed under the peripherals. For an everyday use, it is unthinkable to su ...

Ieee2011

Principles of operation of a DNP prepolarizer coupled to a rodent MRI scanner

Rolf Gruetter, Arnaud Comment, Sami Jannin, Jacques Van Der Klink

A dynamic nuclear polarization prepolarizer was developed and coupled to a 9.4 T rodent magnetic resonance imaging scanner in order to perform in vivo hyperpolarization experiments. In the present paper, emphasis is put on methods and hardware performance ...

2008

Self-replicating hardware for reliability: The embryonics project

Daniel Mange, Pierre-André Mudry, Joël Rossier

The multicellular structure of biological organisms and the interpretation in each of their cells of a chemical program (the DNA string or genome) is the source of inspiration for the Embryonics (embryonic electronics) project, whose final objective is the ...

2007

Low-cost thick-film force sensors for the 100 N force range

Thomas Maeder, Peter Ryser, Giancarlo Corradini

This work presents calculations and measurements on a novel low-cost thick-film force sensor design for the 100 N force range. The mechanical concept of these force sensors is based on a double ring biaxial load, which allows the fabrication of simple sens ...

2006

Self-replication for reliability: bio-inspired hardware and the embryonics project

Daniel Mange, Pierre-André Mudry, Joël Rossier

The growth and operation of all living beings are directed by the interpretation, in each of their cells, of a chemical program, the DNA string or genome. This process is the source of inspiration for the Embryonics (embryonic electronics) project, whose f ...

2006

Modeling challenges in computational electromagnetics : large planar multilayered structures and finite-thickness irises

Ivica Stevanovic

Printed multilayered media with metallizations embedded between dielectric layers are one of the most successful technologies for manufacturing planar structures with a good performanceto-price ratio. These structures range from PC board circuits, through ...

EPFL2005