A theoretical and experimental analysis of the impact of pulse modulation format on Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (BOTDA) sensors using pulse coding techniques has been carried out. Pulse coding with conventional non-return-to-zero (NRZ) modulation format is shown to induce significant distortions in the measured Brillouin gain spectrum (BGS), especially in proximity of abrupt changes ...

This paper presents a switching strategy for multilevel cascade inverters, based on the space-vector theory. The proposed high-performance strategy generates a voltage vector across the load with minimum error with respect to the sinusoidal reference. In addition, it generates very low harmonic distortion operating with reduced switching frequency, without the use of traditional sinusoidal puls...

This paper deals with the control of pulsewidth modulation inverters connected to the grid through resonant LCL filters. It proposes two alternative (piecewise affine) models that account for the switched behavior of the converter. Based on these improved models, an explicit model-predictive control scheme is derived in order to provide a fast response, making it very suitable for applications,...

This paper describes the design and simulation of a cockroach-like hexapod robot which is under construction for the purpose of testing control principles which are being extracted from the cockroach. The cockroach was chosen because of its remarkable running and climbing capabilities and because much is known about its biomechanics and control. The robot is designed with five, four, and three ...

This paper describes a silicon implementation of an Arti cial Neural Networks based on Coherent Pulse Width modulation techniques. Synapses use current generators controlled by an input Pulse Stream. Net charge generated is the product of synaptic current by pulse width. Neurons accumulate synaptic contributions and convert internal activation into an output Pulse Stream. A system optimized for...

A unified framework is developed in which to compare several techniques for synthesizing sounds with desired spectra, using AM, FM, waveshaping, and pulse width modulation.

Pulse width modulation and pulse density are deemed to be main techniques, even PDM could not emulate PWM, in terms of, basically, simplicity. bitstream is encoded through sigma-delta modulation. Since modulation, compared needs very high switching frequency more complicated materials compose circuits, it’s difficult design one. In this article we a low-power class-D audio amplifier circuit whe...

Sensitive Arecibo observations provide an unprecedented ability to detect nulls for an accurate pulse-modulation quelling (PMQ) analysis. We demonstrate that a number of conal pulsars show “periodic nulling” similar to the phenomenon found earlier in pulsar B1133+16.

This paper is a simple and systematic approaches to the design and analysis a pulse width modulation (PWM) based sliding mode controller for buck DC-DC Converters. Various aspects of the design, including the practical problems and the proposed solutions, are detailed. However, these control strategies can't compensate for large load current and input voltage variations. In this paper, a new co...