Fig. 10.01. Utility power transformers are typically grounded to earth ground near the transformer, and again at the input to the electrical junction box or first switching panel. The switching panel, in turn, may be connected to a rod driven into the earth to ensure that it too is at true ground potential. Control Panel Grounding CONTROLLING NOISE Controlling noise in measurement systems is vi...

The new Ka-band communications services require highly linear, high power amplifiers (HPAs). Traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) offer the best millimeter wave HPA performance in terms of power and efficiency, but are inferior to solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs) in linearity. This paper discusses techniques for improving millimeter wave HPA linearity. The significance and methods for eva...

We report traveling-wave amplifiers having 1–112 GHz bandwidth with 7 dB gain, and 1–157 GHz bandwidth with 5 dB gain. A third amplifier exhibited 5 dB gain and a 180GHz high-frequency cutoff. The amplifiers were fabricated in a 0.1m gate length InGaAs/InAlAs HEMT MIMIC technology. The use of gate-line capacitive-division, cascode gain cells and low-loss elevated coplanar waveguide lines have y...

Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) simulation leverages the advanced real-time emulation based technique to carry out in-depth investigations on novel real-world power components. amplifiers, sensors, and signal conversion units interfaces (PI) incorporate physical hardware systems platforms into PHIL setups. However, employment of any interfacing inevitably introduces disturbances such as senso...

Several new CMOS very high DC-gain amplifiers that use internal positive-feedback techniques are presented. These amplifiers have a controllable gain and don't require perfect matching of transistors to achieve the high DC gain. An implementation of a sample and hold circuit constructed using one of the proposed amplifiers is described. Sin~ulation results predict a DC gain larger than lOOdB is...

the direct torque control (dtc) of interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (ipmsm) offers simple structure and fast torque response. the conventional switching table-based dtc (st-dtc) presents some disadvantages like high torque and flux ripple and also variable switching frequency. this paper investigates the improved st-dtc strategies to reduce both torque and flux ripple in dtc of ipmsm...

Abstract Organic electronic circuits based on organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are attracting great attention due to their printability, flexibility, and low voltage operation. Inverters the building blocks of digital logic (e.g., NAND gates) analog amplifiers). However, utilizing OECTs in is challenging resulting gain output levels. Hence, inverters capable operating at relatively s...

Current-injected 1.54 m emitters have been fabricated by heterogeneously integrating metal organic chemical vapor deposition grown Er-doped GaN epilayers and 365 nm nitride light emitting diodes. It was found that the 1.54 m emission intensity increases almost linearly with input forward current. The results represent a step toward demonstrating the feasibility for achieving electrically pumped...

A micromechanical switch, dubbed the “resoswitch”, has been demonstrated that harnesses the resonance and nonlinear dynamical properties of its mechanical structure to greatly increase switching speed and cycle count (even under hot switching), and lower the needed actuation voltage, all by substantial factors over existing RF MEMS switches. The device comprises a wine-glass mode disk resonator...

The growth of in-car entertainment systems demands smart power devices, including audio power amplifiers. Despite the trend towards class-D systems, integrated class-AB amplifiers are still superior in terms of frequency response, integration level and ease of application. The market drive for lower distortion and higher stability demands good frequency compensation schemes. Still, to the best ...