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- Stigwall, Johan, 1977, et al.
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Photonic GHz to THz tunable signal generation by chirped-pulse mixing
- 2006
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Ingår i: 2006 European ISIS Workshop, Emerging Optical Broadband Technologies, Boppard am Rhein, Germany, May 29 - June 1, 2006.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Frequency-tunable generation of pulsed tones in the millimeter to sub-millimeter range was demonstrated by mixing of two chromatically dispersing femtosecond laser pulses split up in time by an adjustable differential group delay (DGD) and a polarizer. The signal frequency was set by adjusting the amount of DGD and the amount of dispersion, and was here tuned from below 1 GHz to 0.9 THz. Time-domain measurements were conducted using a sampling oscilloscope for the lower frequencies and an auto-correlator for the higher frequencies. Near 100% modulation depth was obtained, and the signal phase was very stable, being locked to the pulses from the femtosecond laser. The line-width of the mm-wave waveform was found to be transform-limited if the signal chirp induced by higher order dispersion was compensated for. Suggested applications for this system are for instance THz spectroscopy, characterization of high performance photo-diodes and real-time dispersion measurements.
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- Liu, Yang, et al.
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A Study Towards Enhanced Reliability Performance of Remote Control and Monitoring Application Over Commercial Wireless Communication Networks
- 2006
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Ingår i: 2006 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 1424405173 - 1424405173 ; , s. 1-4
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Remote control and monitoring systems provide many useful operating advantages in industrial automation and demand highly reliable and secure communication means. Their widespread use is, however, limited because of the high cost of current communications in use making them economically infeasible. Hence, there is a need to develop new low cost communication and control concepts by making such solutions economically feasible. In this paper, we present a scheme for implementing reliable wireless communication links for application of remote control and monitoring system based on current available commercial wireless communication networks, e.g. GPRS/EDGE/UMTS. The reliability enhancement over wireless networks has been proposed and its performance has been studied. This paper examines the proposed solution by means of both analytical and numerical evaluation, and has shown that the demanded reliability performance can be met by using only commercial wireless communication networks.
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- Liu, Yang, et al.
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A Study Towards Reliability- and Delay-Critical Wireless Communication for RoboCup Robotic Soccer Application
- 2007
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Ingår i: 2007 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 1424413117 - 9781424413119 - 1424413125 - 1424413125 - 1424413117 ; , s. 633-636
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- RoboCup is an international competition for a team of multiple fast-moving robots under a dynamic environment to autonomously play soccer game against another team. Due to the nature of the competition, the requirements and constraints for the wireless communication are extremely tight. The challenge is that wireless communication is involved in the control loop and therefore the reliability and propagation delay are vital factors which directly affect the team performance. Beside, various interferences with known and unknown frequency / transmission power usually exist at the competition site, which are hazardous environment to achieve reliable and low latency performance for wireless communication. This paper investigates the performance strengths and weaknesses of wireless communication means e.g. RF, IEEE 802.11a/b, IEEE 802.15.4, DECT, Linx, etc, which are commonly used nowadays in different RoboCup teams and propose improvements towards reliable and delay-critical wireless communication.
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- Axelberg, Peter
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On Tracing Flicker Sources and Classification of Voltage Disturbances
- 2007
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Developments in measurement technology, communication and data storage have resulted in measurement systems that produce large amount of data. Together with the long existing need for characterizing the performance of the power system this has resulted in demand for automatic and efficient information-extraction methods. The objective of the research work presented in this thesis was therefore to develop new robust methods that extract additional information from voltage and current measurements in power systems. This work has contributed to two specific areas of interest. The first part of the work has been the development of a measurement method that gives information how voltage flicker propagates (with respect to a monitoring point) and how to trace a flicker source. As part of this work the quantity of flicker power has been defined and integrated in a perceptionally relevant measurement method. The method has been validated by theoretical analysis, by simulations, and by two field tests (at low-voltage and at 130-kV level) with results that matched the theory. The conclusion of this part of the work is that flicker power can be used for efficient tracing of a flicker source and to determine how flicker propagates. The second part of the work has been the development of a voltage disturbance classification system based on the statistical learning theory-based Support Vector Machine method. The classification system shows always high classification accuracy when training data and test data originate from the same source. High classification accuracy is also obtained when training data originate from one power network and test data from another. The classification system shows, however, lower performance when training data is synthetic and test data originate from real power networks. It was concluded that it is possible to develop a classification system based on the Support Vector Machine method with “global settings” that can be used at any location without the need to retrain. The conclusion is that the proposed classification system works well and shows sufficiently high classification accuracy when trained on data that originate from real disturbances. However, more research activities are needed in order to generate synthetic data that have statistical characteristics close enough to real disturbances to replace actual recordings as training data.
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- Banik, Biddut Kumar, 1978, et al.
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Catadioptric Dielectric Lens for Imaging Applications
- 2008
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Ingår i: Proceedings of 33rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves. - 9781424421190 ; , s. 1 - 2
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The design and characterization results of a novel catadioptric dielectric lens are presented. Although being electrically small, the lens provides a focus in the close vicinity which makes it suitable to be used in microwave and terahertz systems. Several lenses of different dielectric materials and dimensions have been fabricated. A simple backscattering measurement method has been implemented in order to determine the focusing property of the lens.
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- Banik, Biddut Kumar, 1978, et al.
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Millimeter Wave Characterization of a Catadioptric Lens for Imaging Applications
- 2009
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Ingår i: IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. - 1558-1764 .- 1531-1309. ; 19:11, s. 680-682
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Characterization of a catadioptric dielectric lens-horn configuration for short-range sensing and imaging is presented. The focusing property is investigated both numerically and experimentally at 108 GHz. The lens-horn provides a focal spot of ~ 0.9λ at a distance of ~ 4.5λ. An imaging example employing the lens in a CW imaging setup is presented. A test pattern was imaged and a marked improvement in image resolution was observed. With the aid of the lens, features close to the wavelength are resolved, which are absent or indistinguishable otherwise.
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- Banik, Biddut Kumar, 1978
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Photonic THz Generation and Quasioptical Integration for Imaging Applications
- 2009
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis deals with the analysis and optimisation of the uni-travelling-carrier photodiode (UTC-PD) for continuous-wave generation in terahertz (THz) frequencyrange. Photonic THz generation using UTC-PDs is extremely promising as it offers wide tunability, adequate output power and room temperature operation. Furthermore, a noveland compact catadioptric lens is proposed and investigated for realising compact sensing systems. Radiating elements and components can be physically coupled to the lens inorder to achieve short-range focusing and sensing ability. Using physical device modelling, the limitations and optimisation of InGaAs/InP based UTC-PDs for attaining higher bandwidth as well as higher output power are discussed. A hydrodynamic (HD) carrier transport model is used to analyse the device. Optimising for output power requires trade-offs involving the epitaxial layer design, optical coupling, circuit design and antenna design. An example of UTC-PD epitaxial layer optimisationfor continuous-wave THz generation at 340 GHz is shown using the HD model. The output power and the optimum embedding impedance for the UTC-PD, as a function ofdevice parameters, are also studied at different optical injection levels. Several plausible integration schemes and antenna design examples at 340 GHz are explored. A novel catadioptric lens, suitable for microwave and terahertz applications, is presented. The focusing property of the lens is investigated using 3D full-wave electromagnetic solvers. The proposed catadioptric lens is designed and fabricated from Delrin and Macor. Simulation and characterisation results are presented at microwave and terahertz frequencies (108 GHz). The results show that although being a few wavelengths (λ) in dimension, the catadioptric lens provides short-range focusing in theclose vicinity (~λ) and therefore provides a compact solution for short-range imaging systems. Finally, several short-range imaging examples at 108 GHz, employing thecatadioptric lenses, are also presented and discussed.
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- Bollen, Math, et al.
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Classification of Underlying Causes of Power Quality Disturbances: Deterministic versus Statistical Methods
- 2007
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Ingår i: Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1110-8657 .- 1687-0433 .- 1687-6172 .- 1687-6180. ; , s. 17 pages (Article ID 79747)-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents the two main types of classification methods for power quality disturbances based on underlying causes: deterministic classification, giving an expert system as an example, and statistical classification, with support vector machines as an example. An expert system is suitable when one has limited amount of data and sufficient power system expert knowledge, however its application requires a set of threshold values. Statistical methods are suitable when large amount of data is available for training. Two important issues to guarantee the effectiveness of a classifier, data segmentation and featureextraction, are discussed. Segmentation of a sequence of data recording is pre-processing to partition the datainto segments each representing a duration containing either an event or transition between two events. Extraction of features is applied to each segment individually. Some useful features and their effectiveness are then discussed. Some experimental results are included for demonstrating theeffectiveness of both systems. Finally, conclusions are given together with the discussion of some future research directions.
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- Haasl, Sjoerd, et al.
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Hybrid mounted micromachined aluminium hot-wire for near-wall turbulence measurements
- 2002
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Ingår i: FIFTEENTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. - : IEEE. - 0780371852 ; , s. 336-339
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present the first micromachined metal hot-wire anemometer sensor for use in near-wall turbulence measurements. To measure close to the surface without the circuitry interfering with the flow, a novel hybrid assembly of the sensor has been developed. We present the design, fabrication and characteristics of this sensor.
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