A high-speed compact silicon modulator based on the lateral capacitor configuration is experimentally demonstrated with low-power consumption and 3 dB modulation depth. The capacitor layout is introduced to scale down the total modulator capacitance to 30x10(-15) F, which effectively reduces the rf power consumption to 0.54 pJ/bit. Exploiting the slow group velocity of light in the slot photoni...

In order to miniaturize a very low-level dc current amplifier and to speed up its output response speed, we proposed to employ the switched-capacitor circuit (SCC) as its negative feedback circuit, instead of the conventionally used high-ohmage resistor. However, in the case of using SCC, the output waveform had unnecessary components. To decrease the effect of these components and to speed up ...

In this paper, we present a Solar Energy harvesting and storing system. The solar energy is converted to electric charge by photosensitizing film and the charge generated is stored between the upper membrane and lower membrane of a capacitor. A PZT material based capacitor is used to retain the charge. The proposed system not only harvest energy from solar sources but also stores the charge bot...

The charge of the electron can be determined by simply placing a known number of electrons on one electrode of a capacitor and measuring the voltage, Vs, across the capacitor. If Vs is measured in terms of the Josephson volt and the capacitor is measured in SI units then the fine-structure constant is the quantity determined. Recent developments involving single electron tunneling, SET, have sh...

Capacitors in power systems are used to supply reactive power for the purpose of loss minimization and voltage profile improvement. Besides, appropriate placement of capacitors is also important so as to ensure that system power loss and total capacitor costs is reduced. Most of the capacitor placement techniques assume that the system is balanced and ignore the effect of harmonics. In this pap...

Barnett’s experiment demonstrates that the induction on a stationary cylindrical capacitor in the presence of a rotating magnet or solenoid is zero. In this investigation, based on the modified Lorentz force law, which complies with Galilean transformations and depends on relative velocities, the induction on the capacitor is reexamined. When the rotating solenoid is long and the capacitor is p...

Attempts up to now to develop an analog realization of a fractional order control (FOC) element have focused on constructing an approximation of the FOC using ideal resistor/capacitor networks.[1] In fact, an ideal capacitor cannot exist. An ideal dielectric in a capacitor having an impedance of the form 1/(jωC) would violate causality. It seems sensible to look for dielectric materials exhibit...

The double-layer capacitor (DLC) is a low voltage device exhibiting an extremely high capacitance value in comparison with other capacitor technologies of similar physical size. It’s also a promising device for certain power electronic application as energy storage. In this work, a three RC branch equivalent circuit is used to characterize its terminal behavior and the equivalent circuits resul...

We present the design and analysis of a MEMS variable capacitor coupled to thermal actuators. The variable capacitor is composed by two main components: 1) the capacitor built by two squared plates, which one plate is mechanically fixed to the substrate and the other is a moving plate having mechanical suspensions (springs) connected from each corner of it to the substrate, and 2) a set of ther...

This paper presents two novel active-feedback single Miller capacitor frequency compensation techniques for low-power three-stage ampli ̄ers. These techniques include the active-feedback single Miller capacitor frequency compensation (AFSMC) and the dual active-feedback single Miller capacitor frequency compensation (DAFSMC). In the proposed techniques, only one Miller capacitor in series with a...