This chapter is dedicated to ultrasonic piezoelectric ceramic power transducers. These elements are now the most popular source of high power ultrasound and is used in many industrial applications. High power ultrasonic waves are generally used in such industrial processes as welding, acceleration of chemical reactions, scavenging in gas medium, echo sounding and underwater communication (sonar...

Flash memory offers attractive features for storage of data, such as non-volatility, shock resistance, fast access speed, and low power consumption. However, it requires erasing before it can be overwritten. The erase operations are slow and consume comparatively a great deal of power. Furthermore, flash memory can only be erased a limited number of times. To overcome hardware limitations, we u...

Flash memory offers attractive features for storage of data, such as non-volatility, shock resistance, fast access speed, and low power consumption. However, it requires erasing before it can be overwritten. The erase operations are slow and consume comparatively a great deal of power. Furthermore, flash memory can only be erased a limited number of times. To overcome hardware limitations, we u...

Photocatalytic self-cleaning textile fibers have been created using coaxial electrospinning. This is accomplished by electrospinning cellulose acetate as the core phase and a dispersion of nanocrystalline TiO2, a well-known photocatalyst, in the sheath phase. A simple deacetylation step after the initial electrospinning yields self-cleaning textile fibers. Self-cleaning activity is exhibited at...

Reactive ion etching (RIE) using fluorocarbon chemistry is widely used to open contact holes in dielectric layers for very large scale integration (VLSI) since it provides high anisotropy and selectivity over Si. However, it is known that the RIE leaves fluorocarbon residues on the exposed surface after etching of silicon dioxide [1,2]. These residue layers were reported to be nonvolatile, chem...

Outliers are very common in the environmental data monitored by a sensor network consisting of many inexpensive, low fidelity, and frequently failed sensors. The limited battery power and costly data transmission have introduced a new challenge for outlier cleaning in sensor networks: it must be done innetwork to avoid spending energy on transmitting outliers. In this paper, we propose an in-ne...

This work investigates the root causes of the incidence of solder flux residue underneath electronic components in the manufacture of power modules. The existing deionized water-based centrifugal cleaning process was analyzed and hypotheses for root causes of the problem were proposed. The experimentation included cleaning tests using agitation and soak cycles. Parameters such as chemical agent...

The development of new technologies in urban automation has increasingly intensified in recent decades. Among the research initiatives, there is the study and design of service robots for home tasks, such as: cleaning floors, windows, and pools. The technology used in these robots depends on specific resources and great investments, and consequently, the price is expensive, restricting the use ...

In power plants, there are several places such as vessels, surface, nozzle pipes which need to be inspected and cleaned regularly. To ensure the integrity of power plant, these various places must be periodically inspected using ultrasonic sensors and visual cameras. The surfaces and many parts of the plant should be cleaned as many times as required to prevent contaminations. Cleaning of power...