This study introduces a field oriented controlled (FOC) induction machine based flywheel energy storage (FES) system fed from a 20kHz ac link and Pulse Density Modulated (PDM) Converter. The feasibilty of FES system is investigated both in software and hardware and is demonstrated succesfully in both cases. The investigated system offers a good potential as a temporary energy storage system for...

This work presents a novel measurement method to characterize long-term and short-term variations of the LV grid impedance from 20 kHz 10 MHz with configurable time, frequency amplitude resolutions. The characterization access in this range is vital for design development NB-PLC BB-PLC technologies. system valid in-home, indoor cable networks harsh conditions distribution grid, where large inpu...

Background Paired associative stimulation (PAS) is the repeated combination of a sensory stimulus with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in close temporal association. Recently, a study demonstrated that PAS of an auditory stimulus together with TMS of the temporal cortex is capable of changing the amplitude of auditory evoked potentials (AEP). Objective This study examined the influenc...

We demonstrate a high-speed tunable, continuous wave laser source for Fourier domain OCT. The laser source is based on a fiber coupled, semiconductor optical amplifier and a tunable ultrahigh finesse, fiber Fabry Perot filter for frequency tuning. The light source provides frequency scan rates of up to 20,000 sweeps per second over a wavelength range of >70 nm FWHM at 1330 nm, yielding an axial...

A fourth-order single-bit delta–sigma modulator is presented for sensor applications. The loop filter is composed of both feedback and feedforward paths, and the modulator is implemented using fully differential switched-capacitor techniques. A test chip was fabricated in a 0.18-μm standard complementary metal–oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process. The chip core area is 1.22 mm, and its power cons...

Guadeloupe, the largest of the Leeward Islands, harbors three species of Pseudophyllinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) belonging to distinct tribes. This study examined the basic aspects of sound production and acousto-vibratory behavior of these species. As the songs of many Pseudophyllinae are complex and peak at high frequencies, they require high quality recordings. Wild specimens were theref...

The ability of listeners to detect level differences between two sinusoidal stimuli in a two-interval forced-choice procedure was measured as a function of duration and level in three conditions: (1) the pedestal was fixed in level and the stimuli in the two intervals had the same frequency of either 1 or 2 kHz (fixed-level condition); (2) the pedestal was roved in level over a 20-dB range from...

Although lizards have highly sensitive ears, it is difficult to condition them to sound, making standard psychophysical assays of hearing sensitivity impractical. This paper describes non-invasive measurements of the auditory brainstem response (ABR) in both Tokay geckos (Gekko gecko; nocturnal animals, known for their loud vocalizations) and the green anole (Anolis carolinensis, diurnal, non-v...

Two experiments are reported in this study. In the first experiment the masking effect of five different types of narrow-band maskers was compared. The masker was either a tone, a narrow-band Gaussian noise, or a multiplication noise obtained by multiplying a sinusoid with a low-pass Gaussian noise. The noise maskers had a bandwidth of either 20 or 100 Hz. In all cases the masker had a center f...

Acoustic recordings from Palmyra Atoll, northern Line Islands, central Pacific, showed upsweep frequency modulated pulses reminiscent of those produced by beaked whales. These signals had higher frequencies, broader bandwidths, longer pulse durations and shorter inter-pulse intervals than previously described pulses of Blainville's, Cuvier's and Gervais' beaked whales [Zimmer et al. (2005). J. ...