In this article, the performance of gradient-based predictive pulse pattern control (GP $^{3}$ C) is evaluated for a medium-voltage variable-speed drive consisting three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) inverter and induction machine. ...

We model the power fluctuation as cycle-to-cycle power gradient and minimize the mean of the power gradients using ILP. We propose scheduling schemes for three modes of datapath design : single supply voltage and single frequency (SVSF), multiple supply voltages and dynamic frequency clocking (MVDFC), and multiple supply voltages and multicycling (MVMC). Various experiments are conducted on sel...

Chemotaxis is cell movement in the direction of a chemical and is composed of two component: movement and directionality. The directionality of eukaryotic chemotaxis is probably derived from orientation: the detection of the spacial gradient of chemoattractant over the cell length. Chemotaxis was investigated in eukaryotic Dictyostelium discoideum cells that were permeabilized by high-voltage d...

This paper describes computer simulations and measurements on an electron bunch from a pulsed, high gradient gap. MAFIA and PBGUNS were used to calculate the emittance, brightness and energy spread of the electron beam for peak currents ranging from 10 A to 1 kA and pulse durations ranging from 0.3 ps to 10 ps. Under optimum conditions, normalized emittance of 10 pi m-rad, beam brightness of 3x...

Recent high-voltage breakdown experiments of periodic metallic-dielectric insulating structures have suggested several interesting high-gradient applications. One such area is the employment of high-gradient insulators in high-current, electron-beam, accelerating induction modules. For this application, the understanding of the rf characteristics of the insulator plays an important role in esti...

Tunable electronic lenses using gradient polymer network liquid crystal ~PNLC! cells were demonstrated. By changing the photomask pattern, both positive and negative lenses were fabricated. The advantages of such a PNLC lens are low operation voltage, large aperture size, and simple electrode design. To overcome the polarization dependence, stacking two orthogonal homogeneous PNLC cells is cons...

This paper describes the investigation on the effects of separation length and voltage on IEF in a plastic microfluidic device. A LIF, whole-channel imaging detection (WCID) system was developed to monitor proteins while they were moving under an electric field. IEF was carried out in a separation medium consisting of carrier ampholytes and a mixture of linear polymers (hydroxyethylcellulose an...

Gradiometer resembles in functionality a magnetic field sensor where it measures the magnetic field gradient and its sensitivity is determined by the ability to quantify differential voltage change with respect to a reference value. Magnetoelectric (ME) gradiometer designed in this study is based upon the nickel (Ni)-Pb(Zr,Ti)O(3) (PZT) composites and utilizes the ring-dot piezoelectric transfo...