This study investigates the variance and invariance in speech rate as a reflection of conceptual planning and cognitive rhythm. A four-frame comic strip was used to elicit speech and low-pass smoothing was done afterwards to filter out high frequency noise. Results showed that subjects invariably planned narration in terms of story plots. Variance lies in the way subjects synchronize planning a...

This letter describes a zero-speed start-up method of a speed sensorless stator-flux-oriented direct vector-controlled induction motor drive with the help of a machine current model that does not use any speed signal. The machine starts smoothly with vector control at finite developed torque and then transitions to the standard direct vector-control mode with the voltage model signals as the sp...

This paper describes a low-voltage and low-power Gm-C low pass filter. The low-pass filter that precedes the A/D converter is called anti-aliasing filter. In the analog signal processing, the anti-aliasing filter would be one of the most important circuits in the transceiver architecture. This filter is located in the analog front-end circuits of DAB receivers. The 4 – order butterworth Gm-C lo...

Can the foreign accent of a speaker be recognized based on suprasegmental temporal information? For a perception experiment we created stimuli based on German sentences read by six French and six English speakers. These foreignaccented sentences were manipulated by (1) applying a lowpass filter with a cutoff frequency of 300 Hz and (2) applying the same lowpass filter and monotonizing F0. In a ...

This paper deals with voltage model flux estimators for speed sensorless induction motor drives. In order to eliminate the drift problems, the pure integrator of the voltage model is replaced with a first-order low-pass filter, and the error due to this replacement is compensated. An effective way to calculate the compensation is presented, and the compensation is carried out before the low-pas...

This paper deals with a design method of the analog all-pass filter designated for equalization of the group delay frequency response of the analog filter. This method is based on usage of evolutionary algorithm, the Differential Evolution algorithm in particular. We are able to design such equalizers to be obtained equal-ripple group delay frequency response in the pass-band of the low-pass fi...

This paper proposes a new adaptive filter for wind generators that combines instantaneous reactive power compensation technology and current prediction controller, and therefore this system is characterized by low harmonic distortion, high power factor, and small DC-link voltage variations during load disturbances. The performance of the system was first simulated using MATLAB/Simulink, and the...

A novel analogue power-efficient 2-D programmable finite impulse response image filter is proposed. This solution is based on the current-mode Gilbert-vector-multiplier operating in the weak inversion region, which allows for ultra low power operation. The main advantage is in the asynchronous and parallel calculation of all pixel values without using any clock generator. The filter is a progra...