High density three-dimensional AZO/Al2O3/AZO nanocapacitor arrays have been fabricated for energy storage applications. Using atomic layer deposition technique, the stack of AZO/Al2O3/AZO has been grown in the porous anodic alumina template which is directly formed on the Si substrate. The fabricated capacitor shows a high capacitance density of 15.3 fF/μm2 at 100 kHz, which is nearly 2.5 times...

AbstructThis paper describes the design of a CMOS capacitor-ratio-independent and gain-insensitive algorithmic analog-to-digital (A/D) converter. Using the fully differential switched-capacitor technique, the A/D converter is insensitive to capacitor-ratio accuracy as well as finite gain and offset voltage of operational amplifiers. The switch-induced error voltage becomes the only major error ...

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...

In this paper induction heating system is modeled and effective factors on induction heater system losses are represented. Respective to the intensive importance of capacitor losses and its potential ability of being harmful, furnace parameters must be designed in a way to minimize capacitor losses and maximize the transmitted power into the load. The effective parameters are the number of turn...

We studied the possibility that an air capacitor can be used as a humidity sensor by measuring capacitance change. In order to investigate the possibility, the change of capacitance of an air capacitor due to moisture in air was first considered theoretically, and was then experimentally verified. The capacitance was measured by an LCR impedance meter with a 100-kHz and 1-V ac. The results reve...

The aim of this work is to study the effect of rotational motion generated by wind on the capacitance variation of the multipole variable capacitor. AutoCAD software was used to model the variable capacitor and to calculate the capacitance variation relative to the angular position caused by wind. Subsequently, experiments were carried out to measure the capacitance variation relative to the an...

The series capacitor buck converter is a dc-dc converter topology that uniquely merges a switched capacitor circuit and a multiphase buck converter. Many of the challenges faced by conventional buck converters are overcome by this converter topology. This enables efficient, high frequency operation and significantly smaller solution size. The series capacitor buck converter has beneficial chara...

This paper proposes a low power EHC that performs synchronous energy conversion on a tri-plate variable capacitor to improve the maximum achievable power. A tri-plate macro electrostatic generator with capacitor variation of 405 pF to 1.15 nF and 405 pF to 1.07 nF on two complementary adjacent capacitors operating 180° out of phase at 98 Hz is fabricated and used in the characterization of the ...

In this paper, battery/ultracapacitor hybrid energy storage system (HESS) is proposed for electric vehicles, it is used to large dc-dc converter by using ultra capacitor and battery. It is also use the dc link for the purpose of maintain the peak voltage value. By the help of battery and ultracapacitor they are operate. The battery is used to charging the capacitor in case of discharge the capa...

We contrast the spatial mismatch hypothesis with what we term the racial mismatch hypothesis - that the problem is not a lack of jobs, per se, where blacks live, but a lack of jobs where blacks live into which blacks are hired. We first report new evidence on the spatial mismatch hypothesis, using data from Census Long-Form respondents. We construct direct measures of the presence of jobs in de...