{"title":"Sub-sircuit model of fully-depleted double-gate FinFET including the effects of oxide and interface trapped charge","authors":"Tatjana Pesic-Brdjanin, N. Jankovic","doi":"10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313741","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a method for including the effects of oxide and interface trapped charge in standard SPICE model of fully-depleted double-gate FinFET is described. It is based on the auxiliary sub-circuit connected in series with the gate input of FinFET which accounts for the bias-dependent voltage shifts due to the trapped charge. The sub-circuit model efficiency is verified using two-dimensional TCAD device simulations.","PeriodicalId":133824,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EUROCON 2015 - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124058236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Core-shell microstructure of RE-Fe-B grains to achieve maximum coercivity: Industrial application","authors":"M. Soderznik, K. Zagar, S. Kobe","doi":"10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313719","url":null,"abstract":"Permanent magnets are vital components in the rapidly-developing renewable energy sector, where the motors for electric vehicles and the generators in wind turbines require strong magnets with the ability to operate at temperatures well over 100°C. To achieve high coercivity, remanence and consequently high energy product at elevated temperatures the addition of heavy rare earth (HRE) to the basic Nd-Fe-B composition is needed. To minimize the amount of critical elements such as dysprosium or terbium the grain boundary diffusion process is applied on sintered magnets. Instead of using dipping in slurry of HRE or expensive sputtering a new chemical process was invented - electrophoretic deposition (EPD).","PeriodicalId":133824,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EUROCON 2015 - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON)","volume":"302 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122313015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low-power front-end and local oscillator for millimeter-wave receivers","authors":"A. S. Ahmed, M. Aboudina, A. Mohieldin, I. Eshrah","doi":"10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313742","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design of a 60-GHz millimeter wave (mm-wave) receiver RF front-end (LNA and mixer) and the local oscillator in CMOS65nm and 1.2-V supply. The system-level design and specifications of all blocks are discussed. Two-stage LNA is used to provide a total gain of 11dB with 6-dB NF. The power consumption for the LNA is 10mW and occupies an area of 0.08mm2. Fully differential Gilbert mixer is used with current bleeding technique to increase the gain. The conversion gain is more than 4dB at 10-MHz intermediate frequency. The area of the mixer is 0.0054mm2 and the power dissipation is 5mW. A differential Clapp oscillator is used for the push-push oscillator topology, which is suitable for mm-wave generation. The oscillator is single-ended and an on-chip balun is used to convert the output to differential. The receiver achieves 16-dB conversion gain and consumes 24mW.","PeriodicalId":133824,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EUROCON 2015 - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128076201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phase formation in mechanically alloyed powders for potential magnetocaloric applications","authors":"S. Deledda","doi":"10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313787","url":null,"abstract":"Ball milling techniques have been used extensively in the last 30 years for the synthesis and processing of novel materials. The continuous fracturing and cold welding processes during milling allows to mechanically mix elements/compounds at an atomic scale, extend the solid solubility of metals and, in turn, obtain new alloys that might show interesting functional properties. In this contribution, we explored the possibility of using ball milling at different operating conditions to produce Mn-based or Ge-based alloys with attractive magnetocaloric properties. Ball milling was performed either at room temperature in argon, at liquid nitrogen temperature (cryomilling) or in a reactive hydrogen atmosphere. The as-milled powders were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. The effect of substitution of Mn for other 3d transition elements or substitution of Ge for other p-block elements is investigated with respect to the phase selection process during ball milling.","PeriodicalId":133824,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EUROCON 2015 - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133740111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrective term usage in the improvement of gradient-based bayer CFA demosaicking algorithms","authors":"Kinyua Wachira","doi":"10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313800","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel scrutiny into the role of corrective terms in gradient-based demosaicking algorithms and how they can be used to improve image reconstruction. The terms analysed are the non-zero corrective term ε and a new inter-plane weighting term β. Two new techniques are proposed using these terms to highlight their contribution. Four performance metrics have been used (PSNR, CPSNR, SSIM and FSIM) for testing over four different image sets. Comparison of one the proposed algorithms is made with established current techniques and an improvement in image fidelity is observed over several image sets.","PeriodicalId":133824,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EUROCON 2015 - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON)","volume":"295 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131659437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of structure scaling on the offset levels for CMOS Hall Effect sensors","authors":"M. Paun","doi":"10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313671","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of the structure scaling on the Hall Effect sensors performance (including offset values) is investigated. To this purpose, the Hall devices have been integrated in a regular bulk CMOS technology and tested for their main parameters. The comparative analysis is focused on three Hall cells (basic, L, XL), with progressive scaled up dimensions. Measurements results for the sensitivity, offset voltage and magnetic equivalent offset are included for the three considered Hall cells.","PeriodicalId":133824,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EUROCON 2015 - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON)","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133919059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Schiopu, C. Barbulescu, S. Kilyeni, A. Deacu, A. Vernica
{"title":"ANN backpropagation power consumption forecasting","authors":"R. Schiopu, C. Barbulescu, S. Kilyeni, A. Deacu, A. Vernica","doi":"10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313774","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is focusing on artificial neural networks (ANN) based load forecasting. It is applied for hourly load and daily load curves forecasting. The backpropagation algorithm is presented. The basic propagation algorithm is completed with conjugated gradient and parabolic interpolation. A software tool has been developed in Matlab environment. The results are compared with the ones provided by classic forecasting methods.","PeriodicalId":133824,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EUROCON 2015 - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130035033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Challenges and necessity of systematic uncertainty quantification in smart grid co-simulation","authors":"C. Steinbrink, S. Lehnhoff","doi":"10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313679","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing installation of renewable energy generation requires the integration of new automation and communication components into a (smart) power grid. This, in turn, requires rigorous testing of these components and their interaction in order to guarantee safe, reliable energy supply. Co-simulation will become more and more important as means of testing since smart grids are multi-domain systems and as such too complex for one expert to model and analyze. However, simulation always carries uncertainty, which might defeat the purpose of testing safety-critical systems if not considered properly. The quantification of this uncertainty is of paramount importance for the design of reliable testing frameworks. Since this issue has not yet gained much attention in the smart grid simulation community, this paper presents an exemplary uncertainty quantification of a grid simulation to underline the acuteness of the issue. The groundwork of an uncertainty analysis framework for co-simulation is presented and further requirements of such a framework are discussed.","PeriodicalId":133824,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EUROCON 2015 - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON)","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132160214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Pouresmaeil, M. Mehrasa, M. Shokridehaki, E. Rodrigues, J. Catalão
{"title":"Control and stability analysis of interfaced converter in distributed generation technology","authors":"E. Pouresmaeil, M. Mehrasa, M. Shokridehaki, E. Rodrigues, J. Catalão","doi":"10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313762","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a control technique of an interfaced converter for the integration of Distributed Generation (DG) sources into the power grid. The proposed control technique provides compensation for the active, reactive, and harmonic current components of grid-connected loads. Proper switching functions of the interfaced converter have been defined based on passivity control theory by achieving space equations and suitable series damping injection. Comprehensive simulation results under steady-state and dynamic operating conditions are provided. The effectiveness of the proposed control technique is demonstrated and validated by injecting the maximum available power from DG sources to the power grid, correcting power factor (PF) between grid current and load voltage, generating a fixed voltage at the point of common coupling (PCC) and reducing total harmonic distortion (THD) of grid current.","PeriodicalId":133824,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EUROCON 2015 - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON)","volume":"148 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123076602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"QUINTA: A question tagging assistant to improve the answering ratio in electronic forums","authors":"F. Charte, A. J. Rivera, M. J. Jesús, F. Herrera","doi":"10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON.2015.7313677","url":null,"abstract":"The Web is broadly used nowadays to obtain information about almost any topic, from scientific procedures to cooking recipes. Electronic forums are very popular, with thousands of questions asked and answered every day. Correctly tagging the questions posted by users usually produces quicker and better answers by other users and experts. In this paper a prototype of a system aimed to assist the users while tagging their questions is proposed. To accomplish this task, firstly the text of each post is processed to produce a multilabel dataset, then a lazy nearest neighbor multilabel classification algorithm is used to predict the tags on new posts. The obtained results are promising, opening the door to the developing of a full automated system for this task.","PeriodicalId":133824,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EUROCON 2015 - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126602642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}