Kategoria BISAC: Technology & Engineering >> Electrical

The impressive growth in Information Technology (IT) is opening new challenging frontiers for computational electromagnetics (EM). Indeed, parallel and distributed computing play a relevant role in the solution of large or complex EM numerical problems. They also represent the ideal starting point to approach the world of grid computing and service-oriented architectures, probably the most attractive and promising area of IT research in the next future.

Advances in Information Technologies for Electromagnetics offers a broad panorama on recently achieved and...

This advanced text introduces the foundations, interpretations, and data-analytic applications of symmetry studies in optical sciences. It discusses the underlying theory that supports symmetry studies by explaining the background of the symmetry studies in physics. It also demonstrates the usefulness of a unified view of algebra and symmetry studies to address data-analytic questions in optics. Computational tools and various examples from diverse areas of optical science are included, as is a brief review of finite group theory and distribution, quadratic forms, and elements of...

Compact Models for Integrated Circuit Design: Conventional Transistors and Beyond provides a modern treatise on compact models for circuit computer-aided design (CAD). Written by an author with more than 25 years of industry experience in semiconductor processes, devices, and circuit CAD, and more than 10 years of academic experience in teaching compact modeling courses, this first-of-its-kind book on compact SPICE models for very-large-scale-integrated (VLSI) chip design offers a balanced presentation of compact modeling crucial for addressing current modeling challenges and understanding...

Signal Processing: A Mathematical Approach is designed to show how many of the mathematical tools the reader knows can be used to understand and employ signal processing techniques in an applied environment. Assuming an advanced undergraduate- or graduate-level understanding of mathematics including familiarity with Fourier series, matrices, probability, and statistics this Second Edition:

• Contains new chapters on convolution and the vector DFT, plane-wave propagation, and the BLUE and Kalman filters
• Expands the material on Fourier analysis to three new chapters to...

Harmonics, Power Systems, and Smart Grids, Second Edition compiles the most relevant aspects of harmonics in a way that the unfamiliar reader can better grasp the subject matter and the experienced reader can directly access specific subjects of interest. The text begins with a definition of harmonics, along with analytical expressions for electrical parameters under nonsinusoidal situations, and then:

• Discusses important and widely used industry standards to control harmonic distortion levels
• Describes methods to mitigate the effects of harmonics, detailing...

The book provides a detailed analysis of issues related to sub-threshold interconnect performance from the perspective of analytical approach and design techniques. Particular emphasis is laid on the performance analysis of coupling noise and variability issues in sub-threshold domain to develop efficient compact models. The proposed analytical approach gives physical insight of the parameters affecting the transient behavior of coupled interconnects. Remedial design techniques are also suggested to mitigate the effect of coupling noise. The effects of wire width, spacing between the...

Foreword from Arogyaswami Paulraj, Professor (Emeritus), Stanford University (USA)

• The first book to show how MIMO principles can be implemented in today's mobile broadband networks and components
• Explains and solves some of the practical difficulties that arise in designing and implementing MIMO systems
• Both theory and implementation sections are written in the context of the most recent standards: IEEE 802.11n (WiFi); IEEE 802.16 (WIMAX); 4G networks (3GPP/3GPP2, LTE)

Distributed robotics is a rapidly growing, interdisciplinary research area lying at the intersection of computer science, communication and control systems, and electrical and mechanical engineering. The goal of the Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS) is to exchange and stimulate research ideas to realize advanced distributed robotic systems.

This volume of proceedings includes 43 original contributions presented at the Tenth International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2010), which was held in November 2010 at the Ecole Polytechnique...

Diese kurz gefasste, systematische und in sich geschlossene Gesamtdarstellung der Technik elektrischer Triebfahrzeuge befasst sich bereits in ihrer 5. Auflage mit Fahrmotoren und deren Steuerung. Die elektrische Ausrustung von Lokomotiven und Triebwagen, das Betriebsverhalten und die Mechanik sowie der Sonderfall der Zahnradbahnen sind Schwerpunkte des Buches. Es befasst sich mit allgemeinen Aspekten, Grundlagen der Zugforderung und der Traktionsberechnung. Aber auch angrenzende Fachgebiete, wie Thermoelektrische Antriebe, Transrapid und Energieversorgung werden berucksichtigt. Die...

Autonomous sensors transmit data and power their electronics without using cables. They can be found in e.g. wireless sensor networks (WSNs) or remote acquisition systems. Although primary batteries provide a simple design for powering autonomous sensors, they present several limitations such as limited capacity and power density, and difficulty in predicting their condition and state of charge. An alternative is to extract energy from the ambient (energy harvesting). However, the reduced dimensions of most autonomous sensors lead to a low level of available power from the energy...

Shows how the concepts of vectorization and design masks can be used to help the designer in comparing different designs and making the right choices. The book addresses series and parallel multicell conversion directly, and the concepts can be generalized to describe other topologies.

Ground Vehicle Dynamics is devoted to the mathematical modelling and dynamical analysis of ground vehicle systems composed of the vehicle body, the guidance and suspension devices and the corresponding guideway. Automobiles on uneven roads and railways on flexible tracks are prominent representatives of ground vehicle systems. All these different kinds of systems are treated in a common way by means of analytical dynamics and control theory. In addition to a detailed modelling of vehicles as multibody systems, the contact theory for rolling wheels and the modelling of guideways by finite...

Silicon is an abundant element and is produced in large quantities for the electronic industry. The falling price of this commodity also feeds the growth of solar photovoltaics (PV). However, solar cells (SCs) based on bulk semiconductors have quite limited maximum attainable performance. Therefore, new principles and materials are being investigated to build the third generation of SCs with improved conversion efficiency achieved by the optimized harvesting of the solar spectrum, improved carrier generation, better light management, etc. The unique properties of semiconductor...