A compact and low cost portable vector reflectometer is designed for a reliable measurement of reflection coefficient, S . This reflectometer focuses on return loss measurement of frequency ranges from 450 MHz to 550 MHz. The detection of magnitude and phase is based on the utilization of surface mount Analog Devices AD8302 gain/phase detector. The data acquisition is controlled by using Arduino-Nano 3.0 microcontroller, with the use of two analog to digital converter (ADC) and a digital to analog converter (DAC). One port (Open, short and matched load) calibration technique is used to eliminate systematic errors prior to data acquisition. The evaluation of the reflectometer is done by comparing the result of the measurement to that of vector network analyzer. 11
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Design of Low Power High Speed 4-Bit TIQ Based CMOS Flash ADCAman JanGra
The analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is an essential part of systemon-
chip (SoC) products because it bridges the gap between the analog physical
world and the digital logical world. In the digital domain, low power and low
voltage requirements are becoming more important issues as the channel length
of MOSFET shrinks below 0.25 sub-micron values. SoC trends force ADCs to
be integrated on the chip with other digital circuits. These trends present new
challenges in ADC circuit design. This paper investigates high speed, low
power, and low voltage CMOS flash ADCs for SoC applications.
The main purpose of the project is to detect the location of fault in underground cable lines from the base station in kilometers using a Renesas micro-controller. This project uses the standard concept of Ohms law i.e., when a low DC voltage is applied at the feeder end through a series resistor to the Cable lines, then current would vary depending upon the location of fault in the short circuited cable. Both the methods use voltage convertor, microcontroller and potentiometer to find the fault location under unsymmetrical faults.
In the urban areas, the electrical cables run in undergrounds instead of overhead lines. Whenever the fault occurs in underground cable it is difficult to detect the exact location of the fault for process of repairing that particular cable and long outage of power supply can cause the power distributors and retailers heavy loss of revenue and discomfort of the customers. Therefore, a quick detection and rectification of the faults is a major drawback for other power distributors and retailers. The proposed system finds the exact location of the fault using GSM Module and IOT
This system uses a Renesas micro-controller and a rectified power supply. Here the current sensing circuits made with combination of resistors are interfaced to Renesas controller with help of the ADC device for providing digital data to the microcontroller representing the cable length in KM’s. The fault creation is made by the set of switches. The relays are controlled by the relay driver IC which is used for switching the power sequentially to all the lines. A 16x2 LCD display connected to the microcontroller to display the information.
In case of short circuit (Line to Ground), the voltage across series resistors changes accordingly, which is then fed to an ADC to develop precise digital data to a programmed Renesas board that further displays fault location in kilometers.
The project future can be implemented by using capacitor in an ac circuit to measure the impedance which can even locate the open circuited cable.
Design of an ADC using High Precision Comparator with Time Domain Offset Canc...IJTET Journal
Abstract— The comparator is a combinational logic circuit that plays an important role in the design of analog to digital converter. One of its most important properties is its input referred offset. When mismatches are present in a dynamic comparator, due to internal positive feedback and transient response, it is always challenging to analytically predict the input-referred random offset voltages since the operating points of transistors are time varying. To overcome the offset effect a novel time-domain bulk-tuned offset cancellation method is applied to a low power dynamic comparator. Using this comparator in analog to digital converter it does not increase the power consumption, but at the same time the delay is reduced and the speed is increased. The comparator is designed using the 250-nm CMOS technology in mentor graphics tool. Operating at a supply voltage of 5v and clock frequency 100MHZ, the comparator together with the offset cancellation circuitry dissipates 335.49nW of power and dissipates 1.027uW of power for comparator without offset cancellation circuit. The simulation result indicates that the offset cancellation circuitry consumes negligible power and it does not draw any static current. Using this high precision offset cancelled comparator in the analog to digital converter circuit the static power consumption is less and it is able to work under very low supply voltage.
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Design of Low Power High Speed 4-Bit TIQ Based CMOS Flash ADCAman JanGra
The analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is an essential part of systemon-
chip (SoC) products because it bridges the gap between the analog physical
world and the digital logical world. In the digital domain, low power and low
voltage requirements are becoming more important issues as the channel length
of MOSFET shrinks below 0.25 sub-micron values. SoC trends force ADCs to
be integrated on the chip with other digital circuits. These trends present new
challenges in ADC circuit design. This paper investigates high speed, low
power, and low voltage CMOS flash ADCs for SoC applications.
The main purpose of the project is to detect the location of fault in underground cable lines from the base station in kilometers using a Renesas micro-controller. This project uses the standard concept of Ohms law i.e., when a low DC voltage is applied at the feeder end through a series resistor to the Cable lines, then current would vary depending upon the location of fault in the short circuited cable. Both the methods use voltage convertor, microcontroller and potentiometer to find the fault location under unsymmetrical faults.
In the urban areas, the electrical cables run in undergrounds instead of overhead lines. Whenever the fault occurs in underground cable it is difficult to detect the exact location of the fault for process of repairing that particular cable and long outage of power supply can cause the power distributors and retailers heavy loss of revenue and discomfort of the customers. Therefore, a quick detection and rectification of the faults is a major drawback for other power distributors and retailers. The proposed system finds the exact location of the fault using GSM Module and IOT
This system uses a Renesas micro-controller and a rectified power supply. Here the current sensing circuits made with combination of resistors are interfaced to Renesas controller with help of the ADC device for providing digital data to the microcontroller representing the cable length in KM’s. The fault creation is made by the set of switches. The relays are controlled by the relay driver IC which is used for switching the power sequentially to all the lines. A 16x2 LCD display connected to the microcontroller to display the information.
In case of short circuit (Line to Ground), the voltage across series resistors changes accordingly, which is then fed to an ADC to develop precise digital data to a programmed Renesas board that further displays fault location in kilometers.
The project future can be implemented by using capacitor in an ac circuit to measure the impedance which can even locate the open circuited cable.
Design of an ADC using High Precision Comparator with Time Domain Offset Canc...IJTET Journal
Abstract— The comparator is a combinational logic circuit that plays an important role in the design of analog to digital converter. One of its most important properties is its input referred offset. When mismatches are present in a dynamic comparator, due to internal positive feedback and transient response, it is always challenging to analytically predict the input-referred random offset voltages since the operating points of transistors are time varying. To overcome the offset effect a novel time-domain bulk-tuned offset cancellation method is applied to a low power dynamic comparator. Using this comparator in analog to digital converter it does not increase the power consumption, but at the same time the delay is reduced and the speed is increased. The comparator is designed using the 250-nm CMOS technology in mentor graphics tool. Operating at a supply voltage of 5v and clock frequency 100MHZ, the comparator together with the offset cancellation circuitry dissipates 335.49nW of power and dissipates 1.027uW of power for comparator without offset cancellation circuit. The simulation result indicates that the offset cancellation circuitry consumes negligible power and it does not draw any static current. Using this high precision offset cancelled comparator in the analog to digital converter circuit the static power consumption is less and it is able to work under very low supply voltage.
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Development of Virtual Resistance Meters using LabVIEW IJECEIAES
This paper presents the development of three virtual resistance meters using LabVIEW. The unknown resistance is measured in terms of a known resistance of high accuracy by employing (a) a real dc voltage source, (b) a real dc current source, and (c) a virtual dc voltage source. In each case, ratio of two voltage signals is acquired by a single-ADC based multichannel data acquisition card. Therefore error of the ADC gets cancelled, when ratio of two voltages is used in the final calculation of the value of unknown resistance. The first two VRMs use a real excitation source and are thus semi-virtual instruments, whereas the third one is fully-virtual as the excitation source is also implemented in the LabVIEW software along with DAC section of the data acquisition card. The three virtual resistance meters have been successfully implemented. The principle of ratio-metric measurement used makes the accuracy (uncertainty) of final measurement free from the uncertainties of the ADC, the DAC and the excitation source. Standard deviations of the readings taken with the three VRMs have been evaluated and compared. It is concluded that the fully-virtual instrument has the lowest and excellent value of standard deviation.
Application of Microcontroller in Transmitter Section of Wireless Systemijceronline
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Design and Implementation of Wireless Sensor Node for WSN for Automatic Meter...paperpublications3
Abstract:Deploying an embedded technology, a wireless sensor node is designed and implemented for establishment of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for automatic meter reading. The amount of power consumed by the load is extracted by passing the respective current through 1Ohm resistor. The analog voltage observed across it is digitized by employing on chip ADC of AVR Atmega 8L microcontroller. The ADC of 10 bit resolution helps to enhance preciseness in the data. Using principle of energy meter, the power consumed is determined and depicted in the terms of watts and units as well. An embedded firmware is developed by employing CodeVisionAVR, the IDE, which is dedicated for AVR family of microcontrollers. Employing an ubiquitous technology, the Zigbee technology, RF communication is established at 2.4GHz of ISM band. The Zigbee RF module is interfaced to the system and programmed by using X-CTU. Each node (End Devices) is assigned with its own ID and disseminates the data to the co-ordinator node, which is interfaced to the base station. The present wireless sensor network is operating in star technology and following IEEE 802.15.4 standards, it is operating with great reliability. The WSN is suitable for electric power distribution and control boards.
Keyword:Automatic Meter Reading, AVR Microcontroller, Embedded technology, IEEE802.15.4, WSN, Zigbee technology.
Webinar Slides: Measurements and Analysis for Switched-mode Power Designsteledynelecroy
This webinar covers the measurements of interest for designers of switched-mode power conversion circuits and devices. With the goal of high efficient and reliable designs, we review the acquisition of voltage and current, their relationship in switched-mode power conversion circuits.
We review specific power circuit performance areas including the analysis of power device switching losses, conduction losses, dynamic on-resistance, control loop response, power quality, conducted emissions, best practices for probing power circuits, and power rail integrity measurements.
BPSK Modulation and Demodulation with Power Line Carrier Communication and GS...IAES-IJPEDS
GSM/GPRS and PLC communication are used for Automatic Meter Reading
(AMR) applications. These AMR systems have made substantial progress
over the recent years in terms of functionality, scalability, performance
and openness such that they can perform remote metering applications for
very demanding and complex systems. By using BPSK (Binary Phase Shift
Keying) modulation with Power Line Carrier Communication, Smart
Metering can be done in Rural Smart Micro-grids. The design
and Simulation of BPSK Modulation and Demodulation are successfully
done by using MATLAB/Simulink software. The advantages of using BPSK
modulation over the QPSK modulation and the advantages of PLC
Communication over the GSM Communication is identified in this paper.
Effective Area and Power Reduction for Low-Voltage CMOS Image Sensor Based Ap...IJTET Journal
Abstract— This paper presents a novel CMOS image sensor (CIS) based on 45nm processing technology. It includes a single inverter time-to-threshold pulse width modulation circuitry, capable of operating under very low supply voltage. Conventional CMOS image sensors implemented using 130nm processing technology had many advantages. But in order to incorporate additional processing circuitry, the device density increases which results in degradation in the speed of operation. Scaling of physical MOS device dimensions improves both speed and density. The leakage associated with scaling could be eliminated by re-designing the circuit. As result area and power consumption could be reduced, which is demanded by portable imaging equipments.
Instrumentation: Liquid and Gas Sensing (Design Conference 2013)Analog Devices, Inc.
This session focuses on liquid and gas sensing in instrumentation applications.
Liquid Sensing:
Visible light absorption spectroscopy and colorimetry are two fundamental tools used in chemical analysis. Most of these light-based systems use photodiodes as the light sensor, and require similar high input impedance signal chains. This session examines the different components of a photodiode amplifier signal chain, including a programmable gain transimpedance amplifier, a hardware lock-in amplifier, and a Σ-Δ ADC that can measure a sample and reference channel to greatly reduce any measurement error due to variations in intensity of the light source.
Gas Sensing:
Many industrial processes involve toxic compounds, and it is important to know when dangerous concentrations exist. Electrochemical sensors offer several advantages for instruments that detect or measure the concentration of toxic gases. This session will describe a portable toxic gas detector using an electrochemical sensor. The system presented here includes a potentiostat circuit to drive the sensor, as well as a transimpedance amplifier to take the very small output current from the sensor and translate it to a voltage that can take advantage of the full-scale input of an ADC.
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A Novel Configuration of a Microstrip Microwave Wideband Power Amplifier for ...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
RF/microwave power amplifier (PA) is one of the components that has a large effect on the
overall performance of communication system especially in transmitter system and their design is decided
by the parameters of transistor selected. This letter presents a new concept of a wide-band microwave
amplifier using scattering parameters that is often used in the radio frequency communication systemas an
application of the active integrated antenna[1- 2]. This power amplifier operates from 1.75 GHz to 2.15GHz
frequency and it is based on AT-41410 NPN transistor that has a high transition frequency of 10GHz. The
proposed Single Stage PA is designed by microstrip technology and simulated with Advanced Design
System (ADS) software. The simulation results indicate good performances; the small power gain (S21) is
changed between 11.8 and 10dB. For the input reflection coefficient (S11) is varied between -11 and -
22.5dB. Regarding the output reflection coefficient (S22) is varied between -13.1 and -18.7dB over the
wide frequency band of 1.75-2.15GHz and stability without oscillating over a wide range of frequencies.
Design, Development and Simulation of Front End Electronics for Nuclear Detec...ijtsrd
Design, Development and Simulation of Front end Electronics for nuclear detectors Preamplifier Amplifier Shaper Discriminator has been presented in this article. The Nuclear Detector Signal Channel NDSC comprises of charge sensitive preamplifier, single stage gain amplifier, CR RC shaping amplifier and integral discriminator. The charge sensitive preamplifier feedback circuit has 1M resistor and 10 pF capacitor that gives its decay time constant t of 10 µs. The gain of amplifier used in this channel is 51. Shaping amplifier which is the combination of high pass and low pass filter with equal time constant t1=t2=t of 5 µs to increase the signal to noise ratio. Single ended or integral discriminator function is to eliminate the system noise and pulse height discrimination. The NDSC has been designed and verified in Proteus 7.7 simulation platform. And the simulation results have been presented to show the performance and characteristics of the channel. M. N. Islam | M. S. Alam | S. Sultana | H. Akhter | M. A. S. Haque "Design, Development and Simulation of Front-End Electronics for Nuclear Detectors: Preamplifier-Amplifier-Shaper-Discriminator" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-7 , December 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52588.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electronics-and-communication-engineering/52588/design-development-and-simulation-of-frontend-electronics-for-nuclear-detectors-preamplifieramplifiershaperdiscriminator/m-n-islam
Development of Virtual Resistance Meters using LabVIEW IJECEIAES
This paper presents the development of three virtual resistance meters using LabVIEW. The unknown resistance is measured in terms of a known resistance of high accuracy by employing (a) a real dc voltage source, (b) a real dc current source, and (c) a virtual dc voltage source. In each case, ratio of two voltage signals is acquired by a single-ADC based multichannel data acquisition card. Therefore error of the ADC gets cancelled, when ratio of two voltages is used in the final calculation of the value of unknown resistance. The first two VRMs use a real excitation source and are thus semi-virtual instruments, whereas the third one is fully-virtual as the excitation source is also implemented in the LabVIEW software along with DAC section of the data acquisition card. The three virtual resistance meters have been successfully implemented. The principle of ratio-metric measurement used makes the accuracy (uncertainty) of final measurement free from the uncertainties of the ADC, the DAC and the excitation source. Standard deviations of the readings taken with the three VRMs have been evaluated and compared. It is concluded that the fully-virtual instrument has the lowest and excellent value of standard deviation.
Application of Microcontroller in Transmitter Section of Wireless Systemijceronline
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity.
Design and Implementation of Wireless Sensor Node for WSN for Automatic Meter...paperpublications3
Abstract:Deploying an embedded technology, a wireless sensor node is designed and implemented for establishment of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for automatic meter reading. The amount of power consumed by the load is extracted by passing the respective current through 1Ohm resistor. The analog voltage observed across it is digitized by employing on chip ADC of AVR Atmega 8L microcontroller. The ADC of 10 bit resolution helps to enhance preciseness in the data. Using principle of energy meter, the power consumed is determined and depicted in the terms of watts and units as well. An embedded firmware is developed by employing CodeVisionAVR, the IDE, which is dedicated for AVR family of microcontrollers. Employing an ubiquitous technology, the Zigbee technology, RF communication is established at 2.4GHz of ISM band. The Zigbee RF module is interfaced to the system and programmed by using X-CTU. Each node (End Devices) is assigned with its own ID and disseminates the data to the co-ordinator node, which is interfaced to the base station. The present wireless sensor network is operating in star technology and following IEEE 802.15.4 standards, it is operating with great reliability. The WSN is suitable for electric power distribution and control boards.
Keyword:Automatic Meter Reading, AVR Microcontroller, Embedded technology, IEEE802.15.4, WSN, Zigbee technology.
Webinar Slides: Measurements and Analysis for Switched-mode Power Designsteledynelecroy
This webinar covers the measurements of interest for designers of switched-mode power conversion circuits and devices. With the goal of high efficient and reliable designs, we review the acquisition of voltage and current, their relationship in switched-mode power conversion circuits.
We review specific power circuit performance areas including the analysis of power device switching losses, conduction losses, dynamic on-resistance, control loop response, power quality, conducted emissions, best practices for probing power circuits, and power rail integrity measurements.
BPSK Modulation and Demodulation with Power Line Carrier Communication and GS...IAES-IJPEDS
GSM/GPRS and PLC communication are used for Automatic Meter Reading
(AMR) applications. These AMR systems have made substantial progress
over the recent years in terms of functionality, scalability, performance
and openness such that they can perform remote metering applications for
very demanding and complex systems. By using BPSK (Binary Phase Shift
Keying) modulation with Power Line Carrier Communication, Smart
Metering can be done in Rural Smart Micro-grids. The design
and Simulation of BPSK Modulation and Demodulation are successfully
done by using MATLAB/Simulink software. The advantages of using BPSK
modulation over the QPSK modulation and the advantages of PLC
Communication over the GSM Communication is identified in this paper.
Effective Area and Power Reduction for Low-Voltage CMOS Image Sensor Based Ap...IJTET Journal
Abstract— This paper presents a novel CMOS image sensor (CIS) based on 45nm processing technology. It includes a single inverter time-to-threshold pulse width modulation circuitry, capable of operating under very low supply voltage. Conventional CMOS image sensors implemented using 130nm processing technology had many advantages. But in order to incorporate additional processing circuitry, the device density increases which results in degradation in the speed of operation. Scaling of physical MOS device dimensions improves both speed and density. The leakage associated with scaling could be eliminated by re-designing the circuit. As result area and power consumption could be reduced, which is demanded by portable imaging equipments.
Instrumentation: Liquid and Gas Sensing (Design Conference 2013)Analog Devices, Inc.
This session focuses on liquid and gas sensing in instrumentation applications.
Liquid Sensing:
Visible light absorption spectroscopy and colorimetry are two fundamental tools used in chemical analysis. Most of these light-based systems use photodiodes as the light sensor, and require similar high input impedance signal chains. This session examines the different components of a photodiode amplifier signal chain, including a programmable gain transimpedance amplifier, a hardware lock-in amplifier, and a Σ-Δ ADC that can measure a sample and reference channel to greatly reduce any measurement error due to variations in intensity of the light source.
Gas Sensing:
Many industrial processes involve toxic compounds, and it is important to know when dangerous concentrations exist. Electrochemical sensors offer several advantages for instruments that detect or measure the concentration of toxic gases. This session will describe a portable toxic gas detector using an electrochemical sensor. The system presented here includes a potentiostat circuit to drive the sensor, as well as a transimpedance amplifier to take the very small output current from the sensor and translate it to a voltage that can take advantage of the full-scale input of an ADC.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity.
A Novel Configuration of a Microstrip Microwave Wideband Power Amplifier for ...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
RF/microwave power amplifier (PA) is one of the components that has a large effect on the
overall performance of communication system especially in transmitter system and their design is decided
by the parameters of transistor selected. This letter presents a new concept of a wide-band microwave
amplifier using scattering parameters that is often used in the radio frequency communication systemas an
application of the active integrated antenna[1- 2]. This power amplifier operates from 1.75 GHz to 2.15GHz
frequency and it is based on AT-41410 NPN transistor that has a high transition frequency of 10GHz. The
proposed Single Stage PA is designed by microstrip technology and simulated with Advanced Design
System (ADS) software. The simulation results indicate good performances; the small power gain (S21) is
changed between 11.8 and 10dB. For the input reflection coefficient (S11) is varied between -11 and -
22.5dB. Regarding the output reflection coefficient (S22) is varied between -13.1 and -18.7dB over the
wide frequency band of 1.75-2.15GHz and stability without oscillating over a wide range of frequencies.
Design, Development and Simulation of Front End Electronics for Nuclear Detec...ijtsrd
Design, Development and Simulation of Front end Electronics for nuclear detectors Preamplifier Amplifier Shaper Discriminator has been presented in this article. The Nuclear Detector Signal Channel NDSC comprises of charge sensitive preamplifier, single stage gain amplifier, CR RC shaping amplifier and integral discriminator. The charge sensitive preamplifier feedback circuit has 1M resistor and 10 pF capacitor that gives its decay time constant t of 10 µs. The gain of amplifier used in this channel is 51. Shaping amplifier which is the combination of high pass and low pass filter with equal time constant t1=t2=t of 5 µs to increase the signal to noise ratio. Single ended or integral discriminator function is to eliminate the system noise and pulse height discrimination. The NDSC has been designed and verified in Proteus 7.7 simulation platform. And the simulation results have been presented to show the performance and characteristics of the channel. M. N. Islam | M. S. Alam | S. Sultana | H. Akhter | M. A. S. Haque "Design, Development and Simulation of Front-End Electronics for Nuclear Detectors: Preamplifier-Amplifier-Shaper-Discriminator" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-7 , December 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52588.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electronics-and-communication-engineering/52588/design-development-and-simulation-of-frontend-electronics-for-nuclear-detectors-preamplifieramplifiershaperdiscriminator/m-n-islam
An automatic wave probe reference setting mechanism in a high speed towing tankeSAT Journals
Abstract The wave generation system in a High Speed Towing Tank (HSTT) generates regular and irregular waves to simulate wave condition during ship model testing. A wave probe is used to measure the height of waves generated by the wave generation system which is placed at the centre of the towing tank from the wave generation system. Generally the initial wave height reference (zero-point) at no wave condition is set manually and it is difficult to set reference accurately and the procedure is time consuming. The work aims at development of an automatic mechanism for adjustment of zero point in HSTT. The intended system enables remote monitoring and setting wave probe height reference with better accuracy minimizing human intervention. The prototype results confirmed the efficacy of the proposed mechanism. Keywords: Towing Tank, Wave probe, Wave generating system.
ARM Based Handy and Portable Oscilloscope Using Graphical DisplayIJERA Editor
The need to have a visual perception of signals in order to monitor events in time and value brought about the
development of a measuring instrument referred to as oscilloscope. This is a design of handy and low cost
oscilloscope. The user can start/stop the display, adjust the time division and adjust the voltage division. The
requirements of the oscilloscope were three-fold: 1) low cost design, 2) capture frequencies at the medium range
and 3) construct able with a basic skill of PCB designing.
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Small, widely available and dirt-cheap ultrasonic sensors enable us to design both simple and lavish measuring devices for all kinds of ranging. Take one of these modules, add a display, a couple of press-buttons and a micro-controller loaded with software, and you now have all the ingredients for a circuit of this kind.
A Status Data Transmitting System for Vessel MonitoringIJECEIAES
This paper presents a status data transmitting system suitable for vessel monitoring. The system consists of four main parts, which are a frequency synthesizer, a horn antenna, a status data module and a power amplifier. The proposed frequency synthesizer can flexibly change the frequency in a wide range (from 600 MHz to 4.2 GHz) and the output power (from -6 dBm to -3 dBm). By using the phase-locked loop, the synthesizer’s stability over temperature and tolerance are comparable to temperature compensated crystal oscillators (TCXO) that is about +/- 3 ppm. Moreover, phase noise performance of the synthesizer is less than -90 dBc/Hz at 1 KHz and -100 dBc/Hz at 100 KHz. The impedance bandwidth of the horn antenna can be controlled by using the beveling technique. The status data module packs information of the identification, longitude, latitude, and state of the vessel into data frames. FSK/MSK/GMSK schemes were used to modulate the data. The power amplifier provides 130 W output power at S-band. The fundamental characteristics of the implemented transmitter have been measured and verified.
This paper presents a high voltage conversion at high sensitivity RF energy harvesting system for IoT applications. The harvesting system comprises bulk-to-source (BTMOS) differential-drive based rectifier to produce a high efficiency RF energy harvesting system. Low-pass upward impedance matching network is applied at the rectifier input to increase the sensitivity and output voltage. Dual-oxide-thickness transistors are used in the rectifier circuit to maintain the power efficiency at each stage of the rectifier. The system is designed using 0.18µm Silterra RF in deep n-well process technology and achieves 4.07V output at -16dBm sensitivity without the need of complex auxiliary control circuit and DC-DC charge-pump circuit. The system is targeted for urban environment.
Design and Implementation of Area Optimized, Low Complexity CMOS 32nm Technol...IJERA Editor
A numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) is a digital signal generator which is a very important block in many Digital Communication Systems such as Software Defined Radios, Digital Radio set and Modems, Down/Up converters for Cellular and PCS base stations etc. NCO creates a synchronous, discrete-time, discrete-valued representation of a sinusoidal waveform. This paper implements the development and design of CMOS look up Table based numerically controlled oscillator which improves the performance, reduces the power & area requirement. The design is implemented with CMOS 32 nm Technology with Microwind 3.8 software tool. In addition, it can be used for analog circuit also enables the integration of complete system on chip. This paper also describes the design of a NCO which is of contemporary nature with reasonable speed, resolution and linearity with lower power, low area. For all about Pre Layout simulation has been realized using 32nm CMOS process Technology.
LOW POWER SI CLASS E POWER AMPLIFIER AND RF SWITCH FOR HEALTH CAREieijjournal1
This research was to design a 2.4 GHz class E Power Amplifier (PA) for health care, with 0.18um
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation CMOS technology by using Cadence software.
And also RF switch was designed at cadence software with power Jazz 180nm SOI process. The ultimate
goal for such application is to reach high performance and low cost, and between high performance and
low power consumption design. This paper introduces the design of a 2.4GHz class E power amplifier and
RF switch design. PA consists of cascade stage with negative capacitance. This power amplifier can
transmit 16dBm output power to a 50Ω load. The performance of the power amplifier and switch meet the
specification requirements of the desired.
LOW POWER SI CLASS E POWER AMPLIFIER AND RF SWITCH FOR HEALTH CAREieijjournal
This research was to design a 2.4 GHz class E Power Amplifier (PA) for health care, with 0.18um
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation CMOS technology by using Cadence software.
And also RF switch was designed at cadence software with power Jazz 180nm SOI process. The ultimate goal for such application is to reach high performance and low cost, and between high performance and low power consumption design. This paper introduces the design of a 2.4GHz class E power amplifier and
RF switch design. PA consists of cascade stage with negative capacitance. This power amplifier can
transmit 16dBm output power to a 50Ω load. The performance of the power amplifier and switch meet the specification requirements of the desired.
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Bibliometric analysis highlighting the role of women in addressing climate ch...IJECEIAES
Fossil fuel consumption increased quickly, contributing to climate change
that is evident in unusual flooding and draughts, and global warming. Over
the past ten years, women's involvement in society has grown dramatically,
and they succeeded in playing a noticeable role in reducing climate change.
A bibliometric analysis of data from the last ten years has been carried out to
examine the role of women in addressing the climate change. The analysis's
findings discussed the relevant to the sustainable development goals (SDGs),
particularly SDG 7 and SDG 13. The results considered contributions made
by women in the various sectors while taking geographic dispersion into
account. The bibliometric analysis delves into topics including women's
leadership in environmental groups, their involvement in policymaking, their
contributions to sustainable development projects, and the influence of
gender diversity on attempts to mitigate climate change. This study's results
highlight how women have influenced policies and actions related to climate
change, point out areas of research deficiency and recommendations on how
to increase role of the women in addressing the climate change and
achieving sustainability. To achieve more successful results, this initiative
aims to highlight the significance of gender equality and encourage
inclusivity in climate change decision-making processes.
Voltage and frequency control of microgrid in presence of micro-turbine inter...IJECEIAES
The active and reactive load changes have a significant impact on voltage
and frequency. In this paper, in order to stabilize the microgrid (MG) against
load variations in islanding mode, the active and reactive power of all
distributed generators (DGs), including energy storage (battery), diesel
generator, and micro-turbine, are controlled. The micro-turbine generator is
connected to MG through a three-phase to three-phase matrix converter, and
the droop control method is applied for controlling the voltage and
frequency of MG. In addition, a method is introduced for voltage and
frequency control of micro-turbines in the transition state from gridconnected mode to islanding mode. A novel switching strategy of the matrix
converter is used for converting the high-frequency output voltage of the
micro-turbine to the grid-side frequency of the utility system. Moreover,
using the switching strategy, the low-order harmonics in the output current
and voltage are not produced, and consequently, the size of the output filter
would be reduced. In fact, the suggested control strategy is load-independent
and has no frequency conversion restrictions. The proposed approach for
voltage and frequency regulation demonstrates exceptional performance and
favorable response across various load alteration scenarios. The suggested
strategy is examined in several scenarios in the MG test systems, and the
simulation results are addressed.
Enhancing battery system identification: nonlinear autoregressive modeling fo...IJECEIAES
Precisely characterizing Li-ion batteries is essential for optimizing their
performance, enhancing safety, and prolonging their lifespan across various
applications, such as electric vehicles and renewable energy systems. This
article introduces an innovative nonlinear methodology for system
identification of a Li-ion battery, employing a nonlinear autoregressive with
exogenous inputs (NARX) model. The proposed approach integrates the
benefits of nonlinear modeling with the adaptability of the NARX structure,
facilitating a more comprehensive representation of the intricate
electrochemical processes within the battery. Experimental data collected
from a Li-ion battery operating under diverse scenarios are employed to
validate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. The identified
NARX model exhibits superior accuracy in predicting the battery's behavior
compared to traditional linear models. This study underscores the
importance of accounting for nonlinearities in battery modeling, providing
insights into the intricate relationships between state-of-charge, voltage, and
current under dynamic conditions.
Smart grid deployment: from a bibliometric analysis to a surveyIJECEIAES
Smart grids are one of the last decades' innovations in electrical energy.
They bring relevant advantages compared to the traditional grid and
significant interest from the research community. Assessing the field's
evolution is essential to propose guidelines for facing new and future smart
grid challenges. In addition, knowing the main technologies involved in the
deployment of smart grids (SGs) is important to highlight possible
shortcomings that can be mitigated by developing new tools. This paper
contributes to the research trends mentioned above by focusing on two
objectives. First, a bibliometric analysis is presented to give an overview of
the current research level about smart grid deployment. Second, a survey of
the main technological approaches used for smart grid implementation and
their contributions are highlighted. To that effect, we searched the Web of
Science (WoS), and the Scopus databases. We obtained 5,663 documents
from WoS and 7,215 from Scopus on smart grid implementation or
deployment. With the extraction limitation in the Scopus database, 5,872 of
the 7,215 documents were extracted using a multi-step process. These two
datasets have been analyzed using a bibliometric tool called bibliometrix.
The main outputs are presented with some recommendations for future
research.
Use of analytical hierarchy process for selecting and prioritizing islanding ...IJECEIAES
One of the problems that are associated to power systems is islanding
condition, which must be rapidly and properly detected to prevent any
negative consequences on the system's protection, stability, and security.
This paper offers a thorough overview of several islanding detection
strategies, which are divided into two categories: classic approaches,
including local and remote approaches, and modern techniques, including
techniques based on signal processing and computational intelligence.
Additionally, each approach is compared and assessed based on several
factors, including implementation costs, non-detected zones, declining
power quality, and response times using the analytical hierarchy process
(AHP). The multi-criteria decision-making analysis shows that the overall
weight of passive methods (24.7%), active methods (7.8%), hybrid methods
(5.6%), remote methods (14.5%), signal processing-based methods (26.6%),
and computational intelligent-based methods (20.8%) based on the
comparison of all criteria together. Thus, it can be seen from the total weight
that hybrid approaches are the least suitable to be chosen, while signal
processing-based methods are the most appropriate islanding detection
method to be selected and implemented in power system with respect to the
aforementioned factors. Using Expert Choice software, the proposed
hierarchy model is studied and examined.
Enhancing of single-stage grid-connected photovoltaic system using fuzzy logi...IJECEIAES
The power generated by photovoltaic (PV) systems is influenced by
environmental factors. This variability hampers the control and utilization of
solar cells' peak output. In this study, a single-stage grid-connected PV
system is designed to enhance power quality. Our approach employs fuzzy
logic in the direct power control (DPC) of a three-phase voltage source
inverter (VSI), enabling seamless integration of the PV connected to the
grid. Additionally, a fuzzy logic-based maximum power point tracking
(MPPT) controller is adopted, which outperforms traditional methods like
incremental conductance (INC) in enhancing solar cell efficiency and
minimizing the response time. Moreover, the inverter's real-time active and
reactive power is directly managed to achieve a unity power factor (UPF).
The system's performance is assessed through MATLAB/Simulink
implementation, showing marked improvement over conventional methods,
particularly in steady-state and varying weather conditions. For solar
irradiances of 500 and 1,000 W/m2
, the results show that the proposed
method reduces the total harmonic distortion (THD) of the injected current
to the grid by approximately 46% and 38% compared to conventional
methods, respectively. Furthermore, we compare the simulation results with
IEEE standards to evaluate the system's grid compatibility.
Enhancing photovoltaic system maximum power point tracking with fuzzy logic-b...IJECEIAES
Photovoltaic systems have emerged as a promising energy resource that
caters to the future needs of society, owing to their renewable, inexhaustible,
and cost-free nature. The power output of these systems relies on solar cell
radiation and temperature. In order to mitigate the dependence on
atmospheric conditions and enhance power tracking, a conventional
approach has been improved by integrating various methods. To optimize
the generation of electricity from solar systems, the maximum power point
tracking (MPPT) technique is employed. To overcome limitations such as
steady-state voltage oscillations and improve transient response, two
traditional MPPT methods, namely fuzzy logic controller (FLC) and perturb
and observe (P&O), have been modified. This research paper aims to
simulate and validate the step size of the proposed modified P&O and FLC
techniques within the MPPT algorithm using MATLAB/Simulink for
efficient power tracking in photovoltaic systems.
Adaptive synchronous sliding control for a robot manipulator based on neural ...IJECEIAES
Robot manipulators have become important equipment in production lines, medical fields, and transportation. Improving the quality of trajectory tracking for
robot hands is always an attractive topic in the research community. This is a
challenging problem because robot manipulators are complex nonlinear systems
and are often subject to fluctuations in loads and external disturbances. This
article proposes an adaptive synchronous sliding control scheme to improve trajectory tracking performance for a robot manipulator. The proposed controller
ensures that the positions of the joints track the desired trajectory, synchronize
the errors, and significantly reduces chattering. First, the synchronous tracking
errors and synchronous sliding surfaces are presented. Second, the synchronous
tracking error dynamics are determined. Third, a robust adaptive control law is
designed,the unknown components of the model are estimated online by the neural network, and the parameters of the switching elements are selected by fuzzy
logic. The built algorithm ensures that the tracking and approximation errors
are ultimately uniformly bounded (UUB). Finally, the effectiveness of the constructed algorithm is demonstrated through simulation and experimental results.
Simulation and experimental results show that the proposed controller is effective with small synchronous tracking errors, and the chattering phenomenon is
significantly reduced.
Remote field-programmable gate array laboratory for signal acquisition and de...IJECEIAES
A remote laboratory utilizing field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technologies enhances students’ learning experience anywhere and anytime in embedded system design. Existing remote laboratories prioritize hardware access and visual feedback for observing board behavior after programming, neglecting comprehensive debugging tools to resolve errors that require internal signal acquisition. This paper proposes a novel remote embeddedsystem design approach targeting FPGA technologies that are fully interactive via a web-based platform. Our solution provides FPGA board access and debugging capabilities beyond the visual feedback provided by existing remote laboratories. We implemented a lab module that allows users to seamlessly incorporate into their FPGA design. The module minimizes hardware resource utilization while enabling the acquisition of a large number of data samples from the signal during the experiments by adaptively compressing the signal prior to data transmission. The results demonstrate an average compression ratio of 2.90 across three benchmark signals, indicating efficient signal acquisition and effective debugging and analysis. This method allows users to acquire more data samples than conventional methods. The proposed lab allows students to remotely test and debug their designs, bridging the gap between theory and practice in embedded system design.
Detecting and resolving feature envy through automated machine learning and m...IJECEIAES
Efficiently identifying and resolving code smells enhances software project quality. This paper presents a novel solution, utilizing automated machine learning (AutoML) techniques, to detect code smells and apply move method refactoring. By evaluating code metrics before and after refactoring, we assessed its impact on coupling, complexity, and cohesion. Key contributions of this research include a unique dataset for code smell classification and the development of models using AutoGluon for optimal performance. Furthermore, the study identifies the top 20 influential features in classifying feature envy, a well-known code smell, stemming from excessive reliance on external classes. We also explored how move method refactoring addresses feature envy, revealing reduced coupling and complexity, and improved cohesion, ultimately enhancing code quality. In summary, this research offers an empirical, data-driven approach, integrating AutoML and move method refactoring to optimize software project quality. Insights gained shed light on the benefits of refactoring on code quality and the significance of specific features in detecting feature envy. Future research can expand to explore additional refactoring techniques and a broader range of code metrics, advancing software engineering practices and standards.
Smart monitoring technique for solar cell systems using internet of things ba...IJECEIAES
Rapidly and remotely monitoring and receiving the solar cell systems status parameters, solar irradiance, temperature, and humidity, are critical issues in enhancement their efficiency. Hence, in the present article an improved smart prototype of internet of things (IoT) technique based on embedded system through NodeMCU ESP8266 (ESP-12E) was carried out experimentally. Three different regions at Egypt; Luxor, Cairo, and El-Beheira cities were chosen to study their solar irradiance profile, temperature, and humidity by the proposed IoT system. The monitoring data of solar irradiance, temperature, and humidity were live visualized directly by Ubidots through hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) protocol. The measured solar power radiation in Luxor, Cairo, and El-Beheira ranged between 216-1000, 245-958, and 187-692 W/m 2 respectively during the solar day. The accuracy and rapidity of obtaining monitoring results using the proposed IoT system made it a strong candidate for application in monitoring solar cell systems. On the other hand, the obtained solar power radiation results of the three considered regions strongly candidate Luxor and Cairo as suitable places to build up a solar cells system station rather than El-Beheira.
An efficient security framework for intrusion detection and prevention in int...IJECEIAES
Over the past few years, the internet of things (IoT) has advanced to connect billions of smart devices to improve quality of life. However, anomalies or malicious intrusions pose several security loopholes, leading to performance degradation and threat to data security in IoT operations. Thereby, IoT security systems must keep an eye on and restrict unwanted events from occurring in the IoT network. Recently, various technical solutions based on machine learning (ML) models have been derived towards identifying and restricting unwanted events in IoT. However, most ML-based approaches are prone to miss-classification due to inappropriate feature selection. Additionally, most ML approaches applied to intrusion detection and prevention consider supervised learning, which requires a large amount of labeled data to be trained. Consequently, such complex datasets are impossible to source in a large network like IoT. To address this problem, this proposed study introduces an efficient learning mechanism to strengthen the IoT security aspects. The proposed algorithm incorporates supervised and unsupervised approaches to improve the learning models for intrusion detection and mitigation. Compared with the related works, the experimental outcome shows that the model performs well in a benchmark dataset. It accomplishes an improved detection accuracy of approximately 99.21%.
Developing a smart system for infant incubators using the internet of things ...IJECEIAES
This research is developing an incubator system that integrates the internet of things and artificial intelligence to improve care for premature babies. The system workflow starts with sensors that collect data from the incubator. Then, the data is sent in real-time to the internet of things (IoT) broker eclipse mosquito using the message queue telemetry transport (MQTT) protocol version 5.0. After that, the data is stored in a database for analysis using the long short-term memory network (LSTM) method and displayed in a web application using an application programming interface (API) service. Furthermore, the experimental results produce as many as 2,880 rows of data stored in the database. The correlation coefficient between the target attribute and other attributes ranges from 0.23 to 0.48. Next, several experiments were conducted to evaluate the model-predicted value on the test data. The best results are obtained using a two-layer LSTM configuration model, each with 60 neurons and a lookback setting 6. This model produces an R 2 value of 0.934, with a root mean square error (RMSE) value of 0.015 and a mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.008. In addition, the R 2 value was also evaluated for each attribute used as input, with a result of values between 0.590 and 0.845.
A review on internet of things-based stingless bee's honey production with im...IJECEIAES
Honey is produced exclusively by honeybees and stingless bees which both are well adapted to tropical and subtropical regions such as Malaysia. Stingless bees are known for producing small amounts of honey and are known for having a unique flavor profile. Problem identified that many stingless bees collapsed due to weather, temperature and environment. It is critical to understand the relationship between the production of stingless bee honey and environmental conditions to improve honey production. Thus, this paper presents a review on stingless bee's honey production and prediction modeling. About 54 previous research has been analyzed and compared in identifying the research gaps. A framework on modeling the prediction of stingless bee honey is derived. The result presents the comparison and analysis on the internet of things (IoT) monitoring systems, honey production estimation, convolution neural networks (CNNs), and automatic identification methods on bee species. It is identified based on image detection method the top best three efficiency presents CNN is at 98.67%, densely connected convolutional networks with YOLO v3 is 97.7%, and DenseNet201 convolutional networks 99.81%. This study is significant to assist the researcher in developing a model for predicting stingless honey produced by bee's output, which is important for a stable economy and food security.
A trust based secure access control using authentication mechanism for intero...IJECEIAES
The internet of things (IoT) is a revolutionary innovation in many aspects of our society including interactions, financial activity, and global security such as the military and battlefield internet. Due to the limited energy and processing capacity of network devices, security, energy consumption, compatibility, and device heterogeneity are the long-term IoT problems. As a result, energy and security are critical for data transmission across edge and IoT networks. Existing IoT interoperability techniques need more computation time, have unreliable authentication mechanisms that break easily, lose data easily, and have low confidentiality. In this paper, a key agreement protocol-based authentication mechanism for IoT devices is offered as a solution to this issue. This system makes use of information exchange, which must be secured to prevent access by unauthorized users. Using a compact contiki/cooja simulator, the performance and design of the suggested framework are validated. The simulation findings are evaluated based on detection of malicious nodes after 60 minutes of simulation. The suggested trust method, which is based on privacy access control, reduced packet loss ratio to 0.32%, consumed 0.39% power, and had the greatest average residual energy of 0.99 mJoules at 10 nodes.
Fuzzy linear programming with the intuitionistic polygonal fuzzy numbersIJECEIAES
In real world applications, data are subject to ambiguity due to several factors; fuzzy sets and fuzzy numbers propose a great tool to model such ambiguity. In case of hesitation, the complement of a membership value in fuzzy numbers can be different from the non-membership value, in which case we can model using intuitionistic fuzzy numbers as they provide flexibility by defining both a membership and a non-membership functions. In this article, we consider the intuitionistic fuzzy linear programming problem with intuitionistic polygonal fuzzy numbers, which is a generalization of the previous polygonal fuzzy numbers found in the literature. We present a modification of the simplex method that can be used to solve any general intuitionistic fuzzy linear programming problem after approximating the problem by an intuitionistic polygonal fuzzy number with n edges. This method is given in a simple tableau formulation, and then applied on numerical examples for clarity.
The performance of artificial intelligence in prostate magnetic resonance im...IJECEIAES
Prostate cancer is the predominant form of cancer observed in men worldwide. The application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a guidance tool for conducting biopsies has been established as a reliable and well-established approach in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The diagnostic performance of MRI-guided prostate cancer diagnosis exhibits significant heterogeneity due to the intricate and multi-step nature of the diagnostic pathway. The development of artificial intelligence (AI) models, specifically through the utilization of machine learning techniques such as deep learning, is assuming an increasingly significant role in the field of radiology. In the realm of prostate MRI, a considerable body of literature has been dedicated to the development of various AI algorithms. These algorithms have been specifically designed for tasks such as prostate segmentation, lesion identification, and classification. The overarching objective of these endeavors is to enhance diagnostic performance and foster greater agreement among different observers within MRI scans for the prostate. This review article aims to provide a concise overview of the application of AI in the field of radiology, with a specific focus on its utilization in prostate MRI.
Seizure stage detection of epileptic seizure using convolutional neural networksIJECEIAES
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), seventy million individuals worldwide suffer from epilepsy, a neurological disorder. While electroencephalography (EEG) is crucial for diagnosing epilepsy and monitoring the brain activity of epilepsy patients, it requires a specialist to examine all EEG recordings to find epileptic behavior. This procedure needs an experienced doctor, and a precise epilepsy diagnosis is crucial for appropriate treatment. To identify epileptic seizures, this study employed a convolutional neural network (CNN) based on raw scalp EEG signals to discriminate between preictal, ictal, postictal, and interictal segments. The possibility of these characteristics is explored by examining how well timedomain signals work in the detection of epileptic signals using intracranial Freiburg Hospital (FH), scalp Children's Hospital Boston-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (CHB-MIT) databases, and Temple University Hospital (TUH) EEG. To test the viability of this approach, two types of experiments were carried out. Firstly, binary class classification (preictal, ictal, postictal each versus interictal) and four-class classification (interictal versus preictal versus ictal versus postictal). The average accuracy for stage detection using CHB-MIT database was 84.4%, while the Freiburg database's time-domain signals had an accuracy of 79.7% and the highest accuracy of 94.02% for classification in the TUH EEG database when comparing interictal stage to preictal stage.
Analysis of driving style using self-organizing maps to analyze driver behaviorIJECEIAES
Modern life is strongly associated with the use of cars, but the increase in acceleration speeds and their maneuverability leads to a dangerous driving style for some drivers. In these conditions, the development of a method that allows you to track the behavior of the driver is relevant. The article provides an overview of existing methods and models for assessing the functioning of motor vehicles and driver behavior. Based on this, a combined algorithm for recognizing driving style is proposed. To do this, a set of input data was formed, including 20 descriptive features: About the environment, the driver's behavior and the characteristics of the functioning of the car, collected using OBD II. The generated data set is sent to the Kohonen network, where clustering is performed according to driving style and degree of danger. Getting the driving characteristics into a particular cluster allows you to switch to the private indicators of an individual driver and considering individual driving characteristics. The application of the method allows you to identify potentially dangerous driving styles that can prevent accidents.
Hyperspectral object classification using hybrid spectral-spatial fusion and ...IJECEIAES
Because of its spectral-spatial and temporal resolution of greater areas, hyperspectral imaging (HSI) has found widespread application in the field of object classification. The HSI is typically used to accurately determine an object's physical characteristics as well as to locate related objects with appropriate spectral fingerprints. As a result, the HSI has been extensively applied to object identification in several fields, including surveillance, agricultural monitoring, environmental research, and precision agriculture. However, because of their enormous size, objects require a lot of time to classify; for this reason, both spectral and spatial feature fusion have been completed. The existing classification strategy leads to increased misclassification, and the feature fusion method is unable to preserve semantic object inherent features; This study addresses the research difficulties by introducing a hybrid spectral-spatial fusion (HSSF) technique to minimize feature size while maintaining object intrinsic qualities; Lastly, a soft-margins kernel is proposed for multi-layer deep support vector machine (MLDSVM) to reduce misclassification. The standard Indian pines dataset is used for the experiment, and the outcome demonstrates that the HSSF-MLDSVM model performs substantially better in terms of accuracy and Kappa coefficient.
Overview of the fundamental roles in Hydropower generation and the components involved in wider Electrical Engineering.
This paper presents the design and construction of hydroelectric dams from the hydrologist’s survey of the valley before construction, all aspects and involved disciplines, fluid dynamics, structural engineering, generation and mains frequency regulation to the very transmission of power through the network in the United Kingdom.
Author: Robbie Edward Sayers
Collaborators and co editors: Charlie Sims and Connor Healey.
(C) 2024 Robbie E. Sayers
Quality defects in TMT Bars, Possible causes and Potential Solutions.PrashantGoswami42
Maintaining high-quality standards in the production of TMT bars is crucial for ensuring structural integrity in construction. Addressing common defects through careful monitoring, standardized processes, and advanced technology can significantly improve the quality of TMT bars. Continuous training and adherence to quality control measures will also play a pivotal role in minimizing these defects.
Automobile Management System Project Report.pdfKamal Acharya
The proposed project is developed to manage the automobile in the automobile dealer company. The main module in this project is login, automobile management, customer management, sales, complaints and reports. The first module is the login. The automobile showroom owner should login to the project for usage. The username and password are verified and if it is correct, next form opens. If the username and password are not correct, it shows the error message.
When a customer search for a automobile, if the automobile is available, they will be taken to a page that shows the details of the automobile including automobile name, automobile ID, quantity, price etc. “Automobile Management System” is useful for maintaining automobiles, customers effectively and hence helps for establishing good relation between customer and automobile organization. It contains various customized modules for effectively maintaining automobiles and stock information accurately and safely.
When the automobile is sold to the customer, stock will be reduced automatically. When a new purchase is made, stock will be increased automatically. While selecting automobiles for sale, the proposed software will automatically check for total number of available stock of that particular item, if the total stock of that particular item is less than 5, software will notify the user to purchase the particular item.
Also when the user tries to sale items which are not in stock, the system will prompt the user that the stock is not enough. Customers of this system can search for a automobile; can purchase a automobile easily by selecting fast. On the other hand the stock of automobiles can be maintained perfectly by the automobile shop manager overcoming the drawbacks of existing system.
Industrial Training at Shahjalal Fertilizer Company Limited (SFCL)MdTanvirMahtab2
This presentation is about the working procedure of Shahjalal Fertilizer Company Limited (SFCL). A Govt. owned Company of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation under Ministry of Industries.
Welcome to WIPAC Monthly the magazine brought to you by the LinkedIn Group Water Industry Process Automation & Control.
In this month's edition, along with this month's industry news to celebrate the 13 years since the group was created we have articles including
A case study of the used of Advanced Process Control at the Wastewater Treatment works at Lleida in Spain
A look back on an article on smart wastewater networks in order to see how the industry has measured up in the interim around the adoption of Digital Transformation in the Water Industry.
Democratizing Fuzzing at Scale by Abhishek Aryaabh.arya
Presented at NUS: Fuzzing and Software Security Summer School 2024
This keynote talks about the democratization of fuzzing at scale, highlighting the collaboration between open source communities, academia, and industry to advance the field of fuzzing. It delves into the history of fuzzing, the development of scalable fuzzing platforms, and the empowerment of community-driven research. The talk will further discuss recent advancements leveraging AI/ML and offer insights into the future evolution of the fuzzing landscape.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Technical Specifications
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
Key Features
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system
• Copatiable with IDM8000 CCR
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
Application
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Water scarcity is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two type of water scarcity. One is physical. The other is economic water scarcity.
CFD Simulation of By-pass Flow in a HRSG module by R&R Consult.pptxR&R Consult
CFD analysis is incredibly effective at solving mysteries and improving the performance of complex systems!
Here's a great example: At a large natural gas-fired power plant, where they use waste heat to generate steam and energy, they were puzzled that their boiler wasn't producing as much steam as expected.
R&R and Tetra Engineering Group Inc. were asked to solve the issue with reduced steam production.
An inspection had shown that a significant amount of hot flue gas was bypassing the boiler tubes, where the heat was supposed to be transferred.
R&R Consult conducted a CFD analysis, which revealed that 6.3% of the flue gas was bypassing the boiler tubes without transferring heat. The analysis also showed that the flue gas was instead being directed along the sides of the boiler and between the modules that were supposed to capture the heat. This was the cause of the reduced performance.
Based on our results, Tetra Engineering installed covering plates to reduce the bypass flow. This improved the boiler's performance and increased electricity production.
It is always satisfying when we can help solve complex challenges like this. Do your systems also need a check-up or optimization? Give us a call!
Work done in cooperation with James Malloy and David Moelling from Tetra Engineering.
More examples of our work https://www.r-r-consult.dk/en/cases-en/
2. ISSN:2088-8708
IJECE Vol. 7, No. 2, April 2017 : 791–798
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After that, research continued for the design of reflectometer applicable for higher frequency, at
millimeter wave up to 100 GHz [3] due to the fact that not many existing network analyzers at that time are
capable of measurement up to such a high frequency. Recent works show an increase interest on researches
on design of reflectometers for specific applications. Some of the applications include aqueous concentration
measurement [4], moisture monitoring of building [5] and soil quality processing [6]. At the same time,
computer interfaces and LCD displays are implemented together with the reflectometer system to ease data
analysis and interpretation [7-9]. Surface mounted device (SMD) are started to be implemented in the design
of reflectometer especially for industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band applications [8-9]. Another
highlight is self-calibrating reflectometer system introduced to obtain more consistent and accurate
measurement without the need for manual calibration [5].
This paper proposed a compact single port reflectometer with only one output port for DUT and one
detector for magnitude and phase measurement. The reflectometer utilizes surface mounted integrated circuit
AD8302 for the detection of magnitude and phase of the reflection coefficient. Frequency range for this
reflectometer is from 450 MHz to 550 MHz. A microcontroller Arduino Nano 3.0 controls the analog to
digital converters (ADC) and digital to analog converter (DAC) for data acquisition. Hardware
implementation for this project involves fabrication of reflectometer prototype by assembling voltage
controlled oscillator, bidirectional coupler and detector. Two ADC and a DAC are fabricated to enable
controlling by using microcontroller, followed by fabrication of main board for the microcontroller and its
peripherals. Software implementation includes programming of microcontroller to obtain measurement
result.
2. SINGLE PORT REFLECTOMETER
The design of the reflectometer is done by utilizing a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), a
bidirectional coupler and an AD8302 gain/phase detector. The VCO is capable of generating signals with
frequency ranges from 450 MHz to 550 MHz, by supplying tuning voltage from 0.5V to 5.0V. The
bidirectional coupler operates with low mainline loss of 0.02 dB under normal conditions and a maximum of
0.2dB in worst case. AD8302 enables detection of both magnitude and phase at the same time, with scaling
slope of 28.7mV/dB and 10.1mV/Degree respectively [10].
The expression of the magnitude output voltage and phase output voltage in ideal cases are shown in
Equation (1) and Equation (2) respectively.
INBINASLPmag VVVV /log (1)
INBINAPHS VVVV (2)
where VSLP is the slope of voltage to magnitude, VΦ is the slope of voltage to phase, VINB is the incident
voltage and VINA is the reflected voltage [10].
The tuning voltage of the VCO is controlled by the microcontroller Arduino Nano 3.0 with the aid
of a DAC. The magnitude and phase voltages detected by AD8302 are input to the microcontroller through
ADCs for analysis. In this project, 24-bit resolution LT2440 is used as ADC and 1024-position AD5292 is
used as DAC to obtain precise measurement. The data transfer between the microcontroller with DAC and
ADCs is achieved by using master in slave out (MISO) and master out slave in (MOSI) ports within the serial
peripheral interface (SPI) of Arduino. The prototype of the fabricated reflectometer is illustrated in the block
diagram in Figure 1.
During measurement of reflection coefficient using the prototype, microcontroller will apply a
tuning voltage to the VCO through DAC so as to generate signal with a certain frequency. The incident
voltage of the generated signal, Vi will have a portion of it coupled to the detector through bidirectional
coupler, while the rest of it will be guided to the DUT. Some of the signal will be transmitted and propagated
at the DUT whereas some will be reflected back to the port, according to the performance of the DUT. The
reflected signal, Vr will be coupled to the detector through bidirectional coupler. At AD8302 gain/phase
detector, the output voltages proportional to the ratio of the reflected voltage to incident voltage in decibels,
VMAG as well as the phase difference, VPHS will be generated based on the incident and reflected voltages
input. The output voltages VMAG and VPHS are then input to the microcontroller through two individual ADCs
via SPI interface of the Arduino microcontroller. The process of data acquisition is controlled by computer
USB interface using microcontroller.
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Figure 1. Block diagram of the fabricated reflectometer prototype
In this project, VINA is used as incident voltage and VINB is used as reflected voltage. Therefore, the
magnitude of reflection coefficient can be derived from Equation (1) as shown in Equation (3).
| | (3)
However, due to the limitation of the detector, the phase values detected are in the form of absolute
phase, without positive or negative sign. The absolute phase was calculated using Equation (4).
| | (4)
Therefore, in order to determine the sign of the measured phase, an algorithm is required to be
implemented in MATLAB. In that algorithm, the phase of next frequency was compared with the phase of
current frequency as shown in the program code below.
for n=1:1:sample-1
if (phaseact(n+1)-phaseact(n))>=0
M_prePhase3(n,1)=-phaseact(n);
else (phaseact(n+1)-phaseact(n))<0
M_prePhase3(n,1)=phaseact(n);
end
end
If the phase of the next frequency is greater than the current frequency, the sign of negative phase
will be assigned. On the other hand, if the phase of the next frequency is smaller than the current frequency,
the sign of positive phase will be assigned. Figure 2 shows the fabricated single port reflectometer.
Figure 2. The fabricated single port reflectometer
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Figure 3 shows the reflectometer system which include microcontroller, ADC and DAC.
Figure 3. The reflectometer system which include microcontroller, ADC and DAC
3. ONE PORT (OPEN, SHORT AND LOAD) CALIBRATION
The reflection coefficient measured at the DUT port without calibration may not be accurate as it
takes all the reflections in the system and the components into account [12]. Therefore, in order to obtain
accurate reflection coefficient considering the DUT solely, calibration is essential to eliminate or minimize
systematic errors due to the components of the reflectometer. One port calibration is done by taking the
reflection coefficient measurement of three known standards, namely open, short and matched load (OSL),
and then obtains three correction factors for the calculation of the actual reflection coefficient.
OSL calibration standard is the most common standard for one port measurement. In order to
achieve precise measurement through calibration, the three open, short and matched (50Ω) load, are
connected to the DUT port progressively and the respective measurements of reflection coefficient are
recorded. After that, the known actual values of reflection coefficient for the three standards are used in the
calculation of the three correction factors as shown in Equation (6). The actual reflection coefficient, ΓA is
expressed in terms of measured reflection coefficient, ΓM as shown in Equation (5) below.
AC
B
M
M
A
(5)
where ΓA is the actual reflection coefficient, ΓM is the measured reflection coefficient, while A, B and C are
the three correction factors.
Equation (5) can be expanded into the form of:
MMAA CBA (6)
The three correction factors are determined by solving the matrix of OSL standards as shown in
Equation (11).
MOMOAOAO CBA (7)
MSMSASAS CBA (8)
MLMLALAL CBA (9)
ML
MS
MO
MLALAL
MSASAS
MOAOAO
C
B
A
1
1
1
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ML
MS
MO
MLALAL
MSASAS
MOAOAO
C
B
A
1
1
1
1
(11)
After the values of the three correction factors are found, they are substituted into Equation (5) in
order to calculate for the actual value of the reflection coefficient for a given measured value.
According to literatures [7, 12], the actual value of reflection coefficients for open, short and
matched loads were assumed to be ideal in the calculation as shown in Table 1. However, in real case, the
loads of the three standards were not ideal as claimed, where ΓAO=1+j0, ΓAS=-1+j0, ΓAL=0+j0. In order to
obtain a precise value of actual reflection coefficient of DUT, the actual values of the three OSL standards
need to be obtained by measuring using VNA. Curve fitting was done to the new actual values, and then they
were used as the actual reflection coefficient of OSL to calculate the actual reflection coefficient of DUT.
Table 1. Actual value of reflection coefficients for known OSL standards
Type of Load Magnitude, |Γ| Phase, Φ
Open 1 0o
Short 1 ±180o
Matched 50Ω 0 Arbitrary
4. RESULTS AND ANALYSIS
4.1. Measurement of Reflection Coefficient Magnitude
Calibration was done prior to data acquisition. A set of measurements have been taken for the
reflection coefficient magnitude and phase of DUT using the reflectometer prototype. The responses of
measurement obtained using reflectometer were compared to the measurement using vector network
analyzer. The magnitude and phase of reflection coefficient measured using the two devices were plotted and
shown in Figure 4 and Figure 6 respectively.
Based on the MATLAB plot as illustrated in Figure 4, it was found that the magnitude measurement
after calibration was only acceptable for certain range of frequency, specifically from 490 MHz to 550 MHz.
This was due to the reason that the measurement dropped to lower than -10 dB for frequency below 490
MHz. There were too many variables which may lead to the partial faulty measurement. Several possible
factors in causing the issue are incorrect design of transmission line, imperfect OSL loads, surrounding noise,
thermal noise and weak detected signals. However, the main factor was believed to be incorrectly designed
transmission line at the two bi-directional couplers as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 4. Comparison of measured reflection
coefficient magnitude using reflectometer prototype and
vector network analyzer
Figure 5. Possible source of errors due to incorrect
design of transmission line length
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The circled portion of the reflectometer in yellow box as shown in Figure 5 was believed to be the
main reason of errors in the data obtained for OSL loads and DUT. As a matter of fact, the phase difference
between input A with input B to the detector has to be 180o
in order for optimum measurement.
Unfortunately, based on the datasheet of the bi-directional couplers, there was no information regarding the
phase difference of the input/output ports and forward/reverse coupled ports. Therefore, the transmission line
connecting output of bi-directional coupler 1 to input of bi-directional coupler 2 could induce a certain phase
shift which was hardly determined [13]. In order to ensure the condition of 180o
as stated previously to be
met, the electrical length of the part of transmission line between the two bi-directional couplers have to be
designed so that the phase difference of input A with input B to the detector is 180o
[14]. However, this is just
a speculation as the remaining time did not allow more alternatives to be implemented to correct the flaws.
More future works were required to justify the hypothesis and improvements were required to obtain a better
measurement.
In the range of applicable measurement, from 490 MHz to 550 MHz, it was found that the measured
response correlates with the VNA measurement, with some error and fluctuations. The maximum deviation
from the VNA measurement was recorded as 5.95dB for the applicable frequency range. It was suspected
that these errors were due to the erroneous measured readings of reflection coefficient for the OSL loads,
which in turn, caused by the incorrectly designed transmission line as discussed previously.
4.2. Measurement of Reflection Coefficient Phase
By referring to the phase response plot in Figure 6, it was found that the measured phase difference
of the DUT correlates well with the VNA measurement throughout the frequency range of 450 MHz to 550
MHz, with minor fluctuations and errors in the acceptable range. The maximum error of measured phase was
found to be 35o
, with a significant improvement compared to measurement before calibration. It was believed
that the transmission line design issue stated previously had certain impact on the phase measurement result.
Apart from that, the magnitude and phase measurement of reflection coefficient before and after
calibration were determined and summarized in Table 2 below. It was noticed that there was a slight rise in
the maximum error from 3.18 dB to 5.95 dB for magnitude after calibration, but with significant
improvement in the maximum phase error, which dropped from 171.57o
to 35o
.
The measurement of magnitude was acceptable for frequency of 490 MHz onwards to 550 MHz, but
not for below 490 MHz. However, the phase response was considered as relatively precise as it correlates
well with the VNA measurement.
Figure 6. Comparison of measured reflection coefficient phase using reflectometer prototype and vector
network analyzer
Table 2. Comparison of maximum magnitude and phase error before and after calibration
Error Before Calibration After Calibration
Maximum magnitude error 3.18 dB 5.95 dB
Maximum phase error 171.57o
35.00o
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5. CONCLUSION
To conclude, a complete reflectometer prototype system is developed and implemented in terms of
hardware and software. Based on the comparison of the measurement obtained using the reflectometer
prototype with the measurement using Agilent E5071C VNA, the results show good correlations between the
two sets of measurements in general, especially in the phase measurement. However, there are concerns on
the measurement error for magnitude below frequency of 490MHz, where the readings fall below the
expected precision level. Primary inspection has been done and hypothetically, it is inferred that the issue is
due to some flaw in the design of transmission line connecting the two bi-directional couplers. Unfortunately,
the limitation of time does not allow more corrections or improvement to be implemented in order to obtain
more precise measurement. Therefore, future works are required to justify the flaw so as to enhance the
precision of measurement. In general, the objectives of this project are achieved.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This study was supported by a Research University Grant (GUP) from Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia under project number Q.J130000.2523.04H77 and the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia
(MOHE).
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BIOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORS
Yi Lung Then was born in Kuching, Malaysia in 1988. He received both his bachelor degree
and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai,
Malaysia. He is currently a lecturer in Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science,
Swinburne University of Technology (SUTS), based in Sarawak, Malaysia. His research
interests include RF and microwave engineering, passive microwave components design and
fabrication, antenna design and fabrication, and microwave sensors and reflectometer for modern
agriculture.
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Kok Yeow You was born in 1977. Hereceived the B.Sc. degree in physics (Hons.) from
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia, in 2001, the M.Sc. degree in
microwave from the Faculty of Science in 2003, and the Ph.D.degree in wave propagation from
the Institute for Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor,
Malaysia, in 2006. He is currently a Senior Lecturer with the Communication Engineering
Department, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai,
Malaysia. His current research interests include theory, simulation, and instrumentation of
electromagnetic wave propagation at microwave frequencies focusing on the development of
microwave sensors for agricultural applications.
Ming Hao Lee was born in Ipoh, Malaysia in 1990. He received the B. Eng. degree in electrical
- telecommunications engineering (Hons.) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Skudai,
Malaysia, in 2014. He is currently a wireless product engineer in Network Design and Bidding
Department, Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. He currently works on the wireless
network design for GSM, UMTS, LTE projects for network operators and service providers in
Malaysia.
Chia Yew Lee was born in 1988. He received the bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
(computer) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia in 2012. He involved in
research on biomedical sensor designs for his Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering.