The Circuits and Systems group consists of 26 researchers working at the Electronics Laboratory of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Oulu. Its main activity is in the field of electronic and optoelectronic circuit and system design. The main interest of the group is devoted to certain novel devices, circuit topologies and functional units, although the group is also ...

Nowadays, due to the increasing complexity of circuits and systems incorporating mixedsignal components, many designers recognise the advantages of, and in some cases the necessity for, mixed-signal modelling and simulation of the circuits and systems as a whole prior to, during and post production of the circuit or system. This is particularly so within the microelectronics (semiconductor) are...

The paper presents a methodology for simulating the static and dynamic performance of integrated circuits in the presence of electro-thermal interactions on the integrated circuit die. The technique is based on the coupling of a FEM program with a circuit simulator. In difference to other known simulator couplings the time step algorithm is used. Its implementation into simulation tools is desc...

The potential for presynaptic information processing within the arbor of a single axon will be discussed in this paper. Current knowledge about the activity dependence of the firing threshold, the conditions required for conduction failure, and the similarity of nodes along a single axon will be reviewed. An electronic circuit model for a site of low conduction safety in an axon will be present...

Objective Preferably (in general) electronic circuitry is energized from a voltage source, i.e., a source for which ideally no current flows under open-circuit conditions. Absent the need to maintain the load current stand-by power dissipation will be minimal. In addition a DC (unipolar constant voltage) power supply virtually always is preferable over an AC supply for electronic equipment. An ...

Many real-world systems are governed by the timedependent, nonlinear differential equations. Dynamics of an electrical system are also best described using the very equations. Being one of the preferred machines when using advanced control algorithms for electric drives, DC motor has been selected for position tracking. Defining dynamic equations of the motor derived from the theory of nonlinea...

The use of electromagnetic induction lamps without electrodes has increased because of their long life and energy efficiency. The control of the ignition and luminosity of the lamp is provided by an electronic ballast. Beyond that, the electronic ballast also provides a power factor correction, allowing the minimizing of the lamps impact on the quality of service of the electrical network. The ...