Piezoelectric actuator is treated as RC load when it is modeled electrically. For some piezoelectric actuator applications, arbitrary voltage is required to actuate. Especially for unidirectional arbitrary voltage driving like as sine wave, some special inverter with circuit that can charge and discharge the capacitive energy can be used. In this case, the difference between power supply level ...

Modulating the gain of the input-output function of neurons is critical for processing of stimuli and network dynamics. Previous gain control mechanisms have suggested that voltage fluctuations play a key role in determining neuronal gain in vivo. Here we show that, under increased membrane conductance, voltage fluctuations restore Na(+) current and reduce spike frequency adaptation in rat hipp...

Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) is commonly used to transmit power from a transmitting coil to various movable power devices. In the WPT system, due to a resonant tank inherent characteristic, the system cannot achieve a high output voltage gain. This paper proposes a novel current-fed push–pull circuit to realize high output voltage gain by adding a bi-directional switch between the resonant net...

DC-DC boost converters are mostly employed in renewable energy system such as photovoltaic system, fuel cell and so on, because these systems generate low output voltage which is not suitable for grid connected power applications. This paper proposes an interleaved boost converter which consists of voltage doubler cell and clamped circuit to achieve large output voltage gain without extremely i...

In this paper, a new embedded Z-H (EZ-H) buck-boost converter is proposed. In this topology, two identical dc voltage sources are embedded in a LC network in a series connection with the inductors. The proposed converter eliminates the shoot-through (ST) switching state and there is no need for a front-end diode. Other advantages of the proposed topology are having capability of buck and boost ...

Current conveyors are unity gain analog building block having high linearity, wide dynamic range and provide higher gain-bandwidth product. The current conveyors operate at low voltage supplies and consume less power. It has high input impedance, low output impedance and unity current gain (Iz/Ix=±1) as well as unity voltage gain (Vx/Vy=1). The working principle of Current Conveyors is very sim...

a novel low noise trans-impedance amplifier is proposed using low cost 0.18 µm cmos technology. a resistive-capacitive feedback is used to extend the bandwidth of the amplifier. as the structure is inductor less, it is suitable for low cost integrated optical interconnects. in this paper improved particle swarm optimization have applied to determine optimal trans-resistance and noise of propose...