This paper present a highly-integrated neurostimulator with an on-chip inductive power-recovery fron- tend and high-voltage stimulus generator. In particular, the power-recovery frontend includes a high-voltage full- ...This paper present a highly-integrated neurostimulator with an on-chip inductive power-recovery fron- tend and high-voltage stimulus generator. In particular, the power-recovery frontend includes a high-voltage full- wave rectifier （up to 100 V AC input）, high-voltage series regulators （24/5 V outputs） and a linear regulator （1.8/ 3.3 V output） with bandgap voltage reference. With the high voltage output of the series regulator, the proposed neurostimulator could deliver a considerably large current in high electrode-tissue contact impedance. This neu- rostimulator has been fabricated in a CSMC 1 μm 5/40/700 V BCD＇process and the total silicon area including pads is 5.8 mm2. Preliminary tests are successful as the neurostimulator shows good stability under a 13.56 MHz AC supply. Compared to previously reported works, our design has advantages of a wide induced voltage range （26-100 V）, high output voltage （up to 24 V） and high-level integration, which are suitable for implantable neu- rostimulators.展开更多
With the aim of sending electric power to autonomous underwater vehicles(AUVs), an automatic wireless power supply system by means of electromagnetic coupler was proposed. An equivalent circuit of the electromagnetic ...With the aim of sending electric power to autonomous underwater vehicles(AUVs), an automatic wireless power supply system by means of electromagnetic coupler was proposed. An equivalent circuit of the electromagnetic coupler with compensating capacitors was presented to analyze the performance of the system.The magnetizing inductance and leakage inductance, which are important for choosing compensating capacitors,were calculated by finite element analysis(FEA) methods. Then the voltage gain, power loss and system efficiency were analyzed to optimize the winding turns. Finally, a phase-shift full bridge zero-voltage-switching converter and an electromagnetic coupler were produced. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed system has a high voltage gain with small variation and sufficient power feeding.展开更多
We show that resonant tunneling of electromagnetic （EM） fields can occur through a six-layer structure con- sisting of two pairs of bilayer slabs： one＇being an epsilon-negative layer and the other being a mu-negat...We show that resonant tunneling of electromagnetic （EM） fields can occur through a six-layer structure con- sisting of two pairs of bilayer slabs： one＇being an epsilon-negative layer and the other being a mu-negative layer with a double-positive （DPS） medium and air. This type of tunneling is accompanied by high-magnetic field. The Poynting vector distributions and the material dissipation are studied. Our results demonstrate that the EM field in the structure is controlled flexibly by single-negative media and DPS slab. Therefore, this structure has potential applications in wireless energy transfer.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61076023,61178051)the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2011CB933203)the High-Tech-Program of China(No.2012AA030308)
文摘This paper present a highly-integrated neurostimulator with an on-chip inductive power-recovery fron- tend and high-voltage stimulus generator. In particular, the power-recovery frontend includes a high-voltage full- wave rectifier （up to 100 V AC input）, high-voltage series regulators （24/5 V outputs） and a linear regulator （1.8/ 3.3 V output） with bandgap voltage reference. With the high voltage output of the series regulator, the proposed neurostimulator could deliver a considerably large current in high electrode-tissue contact impedance. This neu- rostimulator has been fabricated in a CSMC 1 μm 5/40/700 V BCD＇process and the total silicon area including pads is 5.8 mm2. Preliminary tests are successful as the neurostimulator shows good stability under a 13.56 MHz AC supply. Compared to previously reported works, our design has advantages of a wide induced voltage range （26-100 V）, high output voltage （up to 24 V） and high-level integration, which are suitable for implantable neu- rostimulators.
基金the National High Technology Research and Development Program(863) of China(No.2012AA8094033)
文摘With the aim of sending electric power to autonomous underwater vehicles(AUVs), an automatic wireless power supply system by means of electromagnetic coupler was proposed. An equivalent circuit of the electromagnetic coupler with compensating capacitors was presented to analyze the performance of the system.The magnetizing inductance and leakage inductance, which are important for choosing compensating capacitors,were calculated by finite element analysis(FEA) methods. Then the voltage gain, power loss and system efficiency were analyzed to optimize the winding turns. Finally, a phase-shift full bridge zero-voltage-switching converter and an electromagnetic coupler were produced. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed system has a high voltage gain with small variation and sufficient power feeding.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.11274225
文摘We show that resonant tunneling of electromagnetic （EM） fields can occur through a six-layer structure con- sisting of two pairs of bilayer slabs： one＇being an epsilon-negative layer and the other being a mu-negative layer with a double-positive （DPS） medium and air. This type of tunneling is accompanied by high-magnetic field. The Poynting vector distributions and the material dissipation are studied. Our results demonstrate that the EM field in the structure is controlled flexibly by single-negative media and DPS slab. Therefore, this structure has potential applications in wireless energy transfer.
