In this study, a novel variable impedance control for a lower-limb rehabilitation robotic system using voltage control strategy is presented. The majority of existing control approaches are based on control torque strategy, which require the knowledge of robot dynamics as well as dynamic of patients. This requires the controller to overcome complex problems such as uncertainties and nonlinearit...

Complement to standard E2611-09 of the American Society for Testing and Materials [Standard Test Method for Measurement of Normal Incidence Sound Transmission of Acoustical Materials Based on the Transfer Matrix Method (American Society for Testing and Materials, New York, 2009)] is proposed in order to measure normal incidence sound transmission loss of materials in a modified impedance tube u...

The Inter feeder Power Flow Regulator (IFPFR) proposed in this paper consists of several voltage source inverters with common dc bus; each inverter is connected in series with one of different independent distribution feeders in the power system. This paper is concerned with how to transfer power between the feeders for load sharing purpose. The power controller of each inverter injects the pow...

Asimple analytic method for transistor oscillator design has been developed. This technique defines explicit expressions for optimum values of feedback elements and load through bipolar transistor z-parameters. Such an approach is useful for practical optimization of a series feedback microwave bipolar oscillator. Microwave oscillator design in general represents a complex problem. Depending on...

Aortic input impedance relates pressure to flow at the aortic entrance distal to the aortic valve. We designed the CircAdapt three-element model of this impedance, consisting of resistive wave impedance, arterial compliance and peripheral resistance. Direct association of the elements with physical properties facilitated incorporation of nonlinear elastic properties of wall material and adaptat...

When using bone vibrator transducers for clinical measurements, the transfer of energy from the bone driver depends on the impedance match between the driver and the load (human mastoid or otherwise) to which the driver will be applied. Current clinical calibration methods are incapable of quantifying this impedance mismatch, hence they fail to account for inter-subject variations of the energy...

Because all microstrip antennas have to be matched to the standard generator impedance or load, the input impedance matching method for antenna is particularly important. In this paper a new methodology in achieving matching impedance of a planar microstrip antenna for wireless application is described. The method is based on embedding an Interdigital capacitor. The fine results obtained by usi...