A Piecewise Linear Slope Compensation Circuit for DC-DC Converters

To prevent sub-harmonic oscillation and improve the stability and load capacity of the system,a piecewise linear slope compensation circuit is designed. Compared with the traditional design, this circuit provides a compensation signal whose slope varies from different duty cycles at - 40-85℃ ,and reduces the negative effect of slope compensation on the system＇s load capacity and transient response. A current mode PWM Boost DC-DC converter employing this slope compensation circuit is implemented in a UMC 0.6μm-BCD process. The results indicate that the circuit works well and effectively,and the load capacity is increased by 20%. The chip area of the piecewise linear slope compensation circuit is 0.01mm^2 ,which consumes only 8μA quiescent current,and the efficiency ranges up to 93%.

Integrated Low-Power CMOS VCO and Its Divide-by-2 Dividers

An integrated low power CMOS VCO and its divide by 2 dividers for WLAN transceivers are presented.The VCO is based on on chip symmetrical spiral inductor and differential diode and the divide by 2 dividers are based on the ILFD technique.Due to differential LC tanks and ILFD techniques,power consumption is low.The circuit is implemented in a 0 18μm CMOS process.Measurements show the proposed circuit could produce 3 6/1 8GHz dual band LO signals with a wide tuning range and low phase noise.1 8GHz LO signals are quadrature.It consumes 5mA at V DD =1 5V.The size of die area is only 1 0mm×1 0mm.

SEMI ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL BASED ON A VIBRATION ABSORBER WITH ADJUSTABLE CLEARANCE

Presented in this paper is a semi active vibration control strategy based on the vibration absorber with adjustable clearance in elastic component. The control law of the clearance for alleviating the vibration of primary system is derived by means of harmonic balancing technique so that the working frequency of the vibration absorber can trace the frequency variation of the harmonic excitation. The efficacy of the strategy is demonstrated by numerical simulations for attenuating the steady state vibration of a SDOF system and a 2 DOF system, which are under the harmonic excitation with slowly varied frequency in a wide range.

“六分裂”线路“一牵六”张力展放导线发生缠绕原因及防范

随着输电线路电压等级不断升高,输电线路的设计也从"四分裂"导线发展为"六分裂"导线。对"六分裂"紧凑型线路"一牵六"张力展放导线在大档距会产生缠绕的现象,分析其产生原因,根据实践提出防范措施;重点是对大档距进行安装"分线器",相当于在大档距中央增加一组或多组滑轮,把大档距分成两个或多个小档距,隔开子导线,控制子导线的横向摆动幅度,避免子导线相互缠绕。

Effect of DBR Geometry on Reflectivity and Spectral Linewidth of DBR Lasers

The linewidths of InGaAs-GaAs-AlGaAs DBR lasers with varied DBR dimensional parameters are measured and analyzed. These lasers were built with different DBR grating lengths and depths in order to explore the effect of the size of the DBR on its coupling coefficient and reflectivity,and hence on the linewidth of the laser diodes. The linewidths were measured by employing a self heterodyne linewidth measurement system. The experimental and calculated data for DBR reflectivity and spectral linewidth are given. The relationship between these data and the dimensions of the DBR is analyzed. Based on this analysis,the effect of the DBR geometry on the linewidth of the lasers is explored. The results give useful information related to the design and fabrication of such DBR lasers.

Monitoring System for Field Soil Water Content Based on the Wireless Sensor Network

[Objective] To water content monitoring study the application of wireless sensor network in field so and to discuss the methods for solving the problems of low sampling rate, high cost and poor real-time in actual monitoring. [Method] The architecture of wireless sensor network, network nodes, hardware design as well as principle for the program structure of software operating system and corresponding parameters were analyzed to illustrate the characteristics of monitoring system for field soil water content based on wireless sensor network, and the advantages in application of this system. [Result] Sensor nodes could correctly collect and transmit soil water content, realize stable data transmission of soil water content, indicating that wireless sensor network is suitable for real-time monitoring of field soil water content. [Conclusion] This study indicates that wireless sensor network possesses a widely application foreground in the development of agriculture.

Sea water temperature auto-monitoring system based on general packet radio service (GPRS)

This paper introduces the design and implementation of sea-water temperature auto-monitoring system based on General Packet Radio Service （GPRS）. This system integrates modern wireless communication technology, the signal gathering technology and computer network technology. MSC1210 microcontroller is used in data collection device in order to make system accurate and fast. In addition, wireless and Internet technologies are used for transferring and displaying collected field data. A prototype system has been completed and tested in field trials. The results proved the feasibility and usefulness of this system for monitoring the temperature. By using this system, a lot of resources and money can be saved.

Calibration Method Based on RBF Neural Networks for Soil Moisture Content Sensor

Temporal and spatial variation of soil moisture content is significant for crop growth,climate change and the other fields.In order to overcome shortage of non-linear output voltage of TDR3 soil moisture content sensor and increase soil moisture content data collection and computational efficiency,this paper presents a RBF neural network calibration method of soil moisture content based on TDR3 soil moisture sensor and wireless sensor networks.Experiment results show that the calibration method is effective...

Novel p-Channel Selected n-Channel Divided Bit-Line NOR Flash Memory Using Source Induced Band-to-Band Hot Electron Injection Programming

A novel p-channel selected n-channel divided bit-line NOR(PNOR) flash memory,which features low programming current,low power,high access current,and slight bit-line disturbance,is proposed.By using the source induced band-to-band hot electron injection (SIBE) to perform programming and dividing the bit-line to the sub-bit-lines,the programming current and power can be reduced to 3.5μA and 16.5μW with the sub-bit-line width equaling to 128,and a read current of 60μA is obtained.Furthermore,the bit-line disturbance is also significantly alleviated.

Static analysis of synchronism deployable antenna

A 3D synchronism deployable antenna was designed, analyzed, and manufactured by our research group. This an-tenna consists of tetrahedral elements from central element. Because there are springs at the ends of some of the rods, spider joints are applied. For analysis purpose, the structure is simplified and modelled by using 2D beam elements that have no bending stiffness. Displacement vectors are defined to include two translational displacements and one torsional displacement. The stiff-ness matrix derived by this method is relatively simple and well defined. The analysis results generated by using software de-veloped by our research group agreed very well with available test data.

A Novel ADC Architecture for Digital Voltage Regulator Module Controllers

The design and implementation of a novel ADC architecture called ring-ADC for digital voltage regulator module controllers are presented. Based on the principle of voltage-controlled oscillators＇ transform from voltage to frequency,the A/D conversion of ring-ADC achieves good linearity and precise calibration against process variations compared with the delay-line ADC. A differential pulse counting discriminator also helps decrease the power consumption of the ring-ADC. It is fabricated with a Chartered 0.35μm CMOS process, and the measurement results of the integral and differential nonlinearity performance are 0.92LSB and 1.2LSB respectively. The maximum gain error measured in ten sample chips is ± 3.85%. With sampling rate of 500kHz and when the voltage regulator module （VRM） works in steady state, the ring-ADC＇s average power consumption is 2.56mW. The ring-ADC is verified to meet the requirements for digital VRM controller application.

Linearity optimization of edge filter demodulators in FBG_s

A kind of electric circuit is improved to optimize the linearity of edge filter demodulators in FBG .By using a logarithm amplifier and an extraction operation, the linear range of optimized edge filter demodulators has been broadened effectively, and the requirement of optical filter＇s linear range has been reduced. Theoretical analyses and the simulation results indi-cated that the linear range of optimized edge fdter demodulator＇s covers the whole transition region of the edge filter, while a strict linearity of the optical filter is not necessary.

Design of ground-airborne TEM three-component air-core coil sensor

Transient electromagnetic method (TEM),as a non-seismic geophysical exploration mainstream electromagnetic method,is widely used in oil,gas,mineral and other underground resources exploration areas. The coil sensor is generally used to collect data. In view of the problems of incomplete information of the abnormal body and the data loss in the existing TEM single-component coil sensor,a three-component TEM coil sensor is designed. By analyzing the relationship between sensor sensitivity and coil structure parameters,the coil structure and turns are designed. By analyzing the frequency response characteristics of the TEM magnetic field sensor,the signal distortion is reduced by using the under-damped matching mode. By analyzing the distribution of various noise sources of the magnetic sensor,the appropriate amplifier is selected to reduce the background noise. Finally,a three-component TEM induction magnetic field sensor is designed. The weight of the sensor is controlled at 3.2 kg and the working frequency is 10 mHz-10 kHz. The background noises of X and Y components probably keep in 1.5×10^-8 V/ Hz and sensitivities are 8.4 and 9.8 nT/s,respectively,the background noise of vertical component is 2.1× 10^-7 V/ Hz and sensitivity is 18.5 nT/s. Compared with the existing single-component TEM receiving magnetic field sensor,the designed sensor realizes the signal acquisition of three components. Without too much increase in volume and total weight,it improves the sensitivity of the sensor and reduces the background noise,thus the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the signal is improved.

Design and optimization of vector coil sensor suited to magnetometric resistivity method

Magnetometric resistivity(MMR)method is a new way to detect dam leakage.The coil sensor is generally used to collect data in geophysical exploration methods.Given the characteristics of accurate vector data requirements and high sensitivity requirement,a three-component MMR air-core coil sensor is designed.Through the analysis of sensor sensitivity and coil structure parameters,the coil structure and turn number are designed.By analyzing the noise source of the sensor,a suitable amplifier is selected to reduce the background noise of the system.Through the analysis of the three-component non-orthogonal angles,the parameters of the non-orthogonal angles of the coils are corrected.Finally,a three-component MMR induction magnetic field sensor is designed.The volume of the sensor is controlled at 0.027 m 3.The background noise of X、Y and Z are 5.030435 nV/Hz@380 Hz and magnetic field sensitivities are 0.18995 pT/Hz@380 Hz.The three channels have good consistency,and the three-component nonorthogonal angles correction error of three components is controlled within 0.2%.

A power divider based on a new kind of composite right/left-handed transmission line (CRLH TL) unit

A new power divider, composed of a novel composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) unit, is proposed. The properties of the power divider based on four CRLH TL unit cells are investigated theoretically. By adjusting the parameters of the capacitors and the inductors, the power divider shows perfectly symmetric power division at 5.13 GHz, return loss up to ?24 dB, with the transmitted power being close to ?3.1 dB. The phenomena are demonstrated by simulation results. Being compact in size and low-cost, the proposed power divider is very suitable for microwave and millimeter wave integrated circuits.

Research on improved active disturbance rejection control of continuous rotary motor electro-hydraulic servo system

In order to meet the precision requirements and tracking performance of the continuous rotary motor electro-hydraulic servo system under unknown strong non-linear and uncertain strong disturbance factors,such as dynamic uncertainty and parameter perturbation,an improved active disturbance rejection control(ADRC)strategy was proposed.The state space model of the fifth order closed-loop system was established based on the principle of valve-controlled hydraulic motor.Then the three parts of ADRC were improved by parameter perturbation and external disturbance;the fast tracking differentiator was introduced into linear and non-linear combinations;the nonlinear state error feedback was proposed using synovial control;the extended state observer was determined by nonlinear compensation.In addition,the grey wolf algorithm was used to set the parameters of the three parts.The simulation and experimental results show that the improved ADRC can realize the system frequency 12 Hz when the tracking accuracy and response speed meet the requirements of double ten indexes,which lay foundation for the motor application.

Optimal distributed resource allocation in a wireless sensor network for control systems

Wireless technology is applied increasingly in networked control systems. A new form of wireless network called wireless sensor network can bring control systems some advantages, such as flexibility and feasibility of network deployment at low costs, while it also raises some new challenges. First, the communication resources shared by all the control loops are limited. Second, the wireless and multi-hop character of sensor network makes the resources scheduling more difficult. Thus, how to effectively allocate the limited communication resources for those control loops is an important problem. In this paper, this problem is formulated as an optimal sampling frequency assignment problem, where the objective function is to maximize the utility of control systems, subject to channel capacity constraints. Then an iterative distributed algorithm based on local buffer information is proposed. Finally, the simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively allocate the limited communication resource in a distributed way. It can achieve the optimal quality of the control system and adapt to the network load changes.

Bifurcation control of nonlinear oscillator in primary and secondary resonance

A weakly nonlinear oscillator was modeled by a sort of differential equation, a saddle-node bifurcation was found in case of primary and secondary resonance. To control the jumping phenomena and the unstable region of the nonlinear oscillator, feedback controllers were designed. Bifurcation control equations were obtained by using the multiple scales method. And through the numerical analysis, good controller could be obtained by changing the feedback control gain. Then a feasible way of further research of saddle-node bifurcation was provided. Finally, an example shows that the feedback control method applied to the hanging bridge system of gas turbine is doable.

A Signal-Flow Driven Automatic Physical Synthesis Methodology for Analog Circuits

This paper introduces a novel automatic physical synthesis methodology for analog circuits based on the signal-flow analysis.Circuit analysis sub-system adopts the newly advanced methodology,circuit topology analysis,and circuit sensitivity analysis to generate layout constraints and control performance degradations.Considering the heuristic information about signal-flow,complexity of the methodology is less than the pure performance-driven methodology.And then these constraints are implemented in device generation,placement,and routing sub-systems separately,which makes the different constraints be satisfied at most easily implemented stages.Excellent circuit performance obtained by the methodology is demonstrated by practical circuit examples.

Design and fabrication of ultrasmall arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers based on Si nanowire waveguides

The large refractive index difference between Si and SiO2 makes it possible to realize ultrasmall photonic integrated circuits. A 5×5 ultracompact arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer based on 500×250 nm Si nanowire waveguides is designed and fabricated by using the technologies of E-beam writing and amorphous-Si deposition. The mea- sured channel spacing is about 1.5 nm (close to the design value) and the channel crosstalk is about –8 dB.