Publications associées à Thermally Stable Distributed MEMS Phase Shifter for Airborne and Space Applications

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On the use of Cramér-Rao Lower Bound for least-variance circuit parameters identification of Li-ion cells

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) and Equivalent Circuit Models (ECMs) are widely used to characterize the impedance and estimate parameters of electrochemical systems such as batteries. We use a generic ECM with ten parameters grouped to model ...

2024

Pseudo-Three-Dimensional Analytical Model of Linear Induction Motors for High-Speed Applications

Mario Paolone, André Hodder, Simone Rametti, Lucien André Félicien Pierrejean

Literature on linear induction motors (LIMs) has proposed several approaches to model the behavior of such devices for different applications. In terms of accuracy and fidelity, field analysis-based models are the most relevant. Closed-form or numerical so ...

2024

A Wide-Frequency-Tuning Micro-Loop-Gap Resonator for Miniature Rubidium Vapor-Cell Atomic Frequency Standards

Anja Skrivervik, Yuanyan Su

To miniaturize the double-resonance (DR) rubidium (Rb) vapor-cell atomic clocks, a new type of micro-loop-gap microwave resonator (mu-LGR) is proposed for TE011-like mode where the magnetic field inside the cavity is homogeneous and oriented along its long ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2023

Design and manufacture of edible microfluidic logic gates

Dario Floreano, Bokeon Kwak, Shuhang Zhang

Edible robotics is an emerging research field with potential use in environmental, food, and medical scenarios. In this context, the design of edible control circuits could increase the behavioral complexity of edible robots and reduce their dependence on ...

IEEE2023

Modeling and Design Optimization of Loosely Coupled PCB Spiral Coils in Inductive Power Transfer Systems

Drazen Dujic, Xiaotong Du

There are various possibilities to realize coil winding designs for an inductive power transfer system. In order to achieve high power transfer efficiency and power density and explore trade-offs between the two, design optimization around the coil link is ...

2023

Study of the enhanced electricity output of a sliding droplet-based triboelectric nanogenerator for droplet sensor design

Wei Xu, Jürgen Brugger, Xia Liu

Triboelectric nanogenerators are establishing themselves as promising candidates for realizing high-efficient energy harvesting from largely available droplets. However, the conventional droplet-based liquid-solid triboelectric nanogenerator (DLS-TENG) has ...

Elsevier2022

Energy Analysis of a Cardiac Assist Device based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuator through an Equivalent Electrical Circuit

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Jonathan André Jean-Marie Chavanne, Francesco Clavica

Lumped parameter model and mock circulation loop are two tools commonly used in biomedical research to simulate cardiac system in order to study different assist devices. In this paper, a lumped parameter model is proposed to simulate a circulation loop. T ...

IEEE2021

A novel approach for SPICE modeling of light and radiation effects in ICs

Chiara Rossi

Modeling the interaction of ionizing radiation, either light or ions, in integrated circuits is essential for the development and optimization of optoelectronic devices and of radiation-tolerant circuits. Whereas for optical sensors photogenerated carriers ...

EPFL2021

Thermally-Compensated Magnetic Core Loss Model for Time-Domain Simulations of Electrical Circuits

Drazen Dujic, Min Luo, Nikolina Djekanovic

This paper introduces a thermally-compensated magnetic hysteresis model, capable of accurately determining core losses of ferrite materials while accounting for core temperature variations. The employed model is based on permeance-capacitance analogy and i ...

2021

Further Results on Efficient Implementations of Block Cipher Linear Layers

Subhadeep Banik

At the FSE conference of ToSC 2018, Kranz et al. presented their results on shortest linear programs for the linear layers of several well known block ciphers in literature. Shortest linear programs are essentially the minimum number of 2-input xor gates r ...

2021

Investigation on Output Capacitance Losses in Superjunction and GaN-on-Si Power Transistors

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Armin Jafari, Mohammad Samizadeh Nikooytabalvandani, Palliyage Srilak Nirmana Perera, Halil Kerim Yildirim

Low ON-resistance of advanced superjunction (SJ) and GaN-on-Si transistors is of great importance in power converters, however, the anomalous loss in their output capacitance (C OSS ) severely limits their performance. In this work, we use an energy-orient ...

IEEE2021

Prototype mitre bends of the ex-vessel waveguide system for the ITER upper launcher: Thermal hydraulic simulations and experiments with off-center mm-wave beams

Timothy Goodman, René Chavan, Anastasia Xydou, Matteo Vagnoni, Humberto Torreblanca Quiroz

On ITER, long pulse gyrotrons are required as a power source for electron cyclotron heating (ECH) and current drive (CD). The microwaves are guided from the gyrotrons, which are placed far from the Tokamak, into the plasma by transmission lines (TLs) and a ...

Elsevier2021

Temperature‐dependent performance of silicon heterojunction solar cells with transition‐metal‐oxide‐based selective contacts

Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Julie Amandine Dreon

The temperature coefficient (TC) is an essential figure of merit to accurately evaluate solar cell performance at various operating temperatures and hence enabling the comparison between different cell technologies. Recently, solar cells that use passivati ...

2021

Low-Voltage Silicon Photonic Mems Switch With Vertical Actuation

Niels Quack, Hamed Sattari, Alain Yuji Takabayashi

We present a vertically movable silicon photonic MEMS switch realized in IMEC's standard silicon photonics platform followed by a dedicated postprocessing for MEMS release. The device has six optical ports, which enable four switching configurations with a ...

IEEE2021

Characterization and Modeling of Mismatch in Cryo-CMOS

Edoardo Charbon

This paper presents a device matching study of a commercial 40-nm bulk CMOS technology operated at cryogenic temperatures. Transistor pairs and linear arrays, optimized for device matching, were characterized over the temperature range from 300 K down to 4 ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

3D Smith chart constant quality factor semi-circles contours for positive and negative resistance circuits

Mihai Adrian Ionescu, Andrei Müller

The article firstly proves that the constant quality factor (Q) contours for passive circuits, while represented on a 2D Smith chart, form circle arcs on a coaxal circle family. Furthermore, these circle arcs represent semi-circles families in the north he ...

2020

More Results on Shortest Linear Programs

Subhadeep Banik

At the FSE conference of ToSC 2018, Kranz et al. presented their results on shortest linear programs for the linear layers of several well known block ciphers in literature. Shortest linear programs are essentially the minimum number of 2-input xor gates r ...

2019

Design of Full-Metal Polarizing Screen Based on Circuit Modeling

Maria Garcia Vigueras

A polarizing sheet based on a fully metallic structure is here reported for the first time. The polarizer consists of a doubly-periodic arrangement of squared-wave guide sections enclosed by two perforated screens. Though the waveguide sections are highly ...

IEEE2018

Dynamic Modeling of Magnetic Components for Circuit Simulation of Power Electronic Systems

Min Luo

Magnetic components play an important role in a power electronic converter system. They provide energy buffering, galvanic isolation and voltage ratio conversion and have significant impact on the overall performance of the system regarding power efficienc ...

EPFL2018

Characterization and Compact Modeling of Nanometer CMOS Transistors at Deep-Cryogenic Temperatures

Edoardo Charbon

Cryogenic characterization and modeling of two nanometer bulk CMOS technologies (0.16-μm and 40-nm) are presented in this paper. Several devices from both technologies were extensively characterized at temperatures of 4 K and below. Based on a detailed und ...

2018