The two-microelectrode technique of voltage clamping sheep cardiac Purkinje fibers was used to examine the changes in contraction which occur during trains of voltage clamps. (A "train" is defined as a series of voltage clamps delivered at a particular rate, beginning after a rest long enough that the effects of previous stimulation have died away.) Contractions showed striking staircases, or p...

This work proposes a high step-up interleaved dc/dc topology utilizing a VM (voltage multiplier) cell suitable for PV applications. The VM cells D/C (Diode/Cap.) are cascaded among the phases to approach a high voltage gain. Besides, the voltage converting ratio of the presented structure can be improved by extending the VM cells and it also leads to drop in the normalized voltage stress throug...

Decreased power supply levels have reduced the tolerance to voltage changes within power distribution networks in CMOS integrated circuits. High on-chip currents, required to charge and discharge large on-chip loads while operating at high frequencies, produce significant transient IR voltage drops within a power distribution network. These transient IR voltage drops can affect the propagation ...

This paper describes a DC powered high voltage generator that neither uses transistors nor requires a clock signal for its operation. The system, that operates on the principle of an induction coil voltage converter, is assembled using a self-oscillating mechanical relay and a wire wound inductance. Two versions of this high voltage generator have been implemented. The first version, assembled ...

Since the typical peak-to-peak voltage needed to drive the bistable cholesteric display is two to three times higher than that for super twist nematic (STN) displays, the transient current can be excessively large and detrimental to most semiconductor drivers. To reduce the maximum switching current, the voltage transition time should be restricted in addition to reducing the peak voltage. In t...

Abstract— FinFet is evolved to overcome Moore's law limitations in nanometer regime. Transconductance circuit produces differential output currents, when differential input voltages are applied. A simple FinFet transconductance circuit structure modified from traditional MOSFET is proposed to preserve both area and power. The proposed design contributes a transconductance gain of 5.247 mA/v for...

We study theoretically the ac Josephson effect in voltage biased planar junctions of d-wave superconductors. For some orientations of the superconductors a current peak is found at finite voltage in the current-voltage characteristics. We pick out the relevant physical processes and write down an analytical formula for the current which clearly shows how the midgap state acts as a resonance and...