{"title":"Application of robust design of a PI controller using guardian maps","authors":"P. Jodouin, M. Saad, A. Kaddouri","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090308","url":null,"abstract":"An application of guardian maps to design a robust Proportional Integral (PI) controller is presented. The PI is used to control a given first order system with known nominal parameters. The guardian maps identify in the s-plane the regions where the application is stable. The objective is to select the controller's parameters so that the closed loop poles are confined to a predetermined region in the s-plane. This region is built to ensure desired performance such as rise time, overshoot, or response time, i.e. it ensures robust performance.","PeriodicalId":153464,"journal":{"name":"2009 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116052420","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":"A new multiple-access method based on FRACTIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORM","authors":"X. Sha, Rong-hui Wen, X. Qiu","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090250","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a new multiple-access technique named Frequency Band Width Division Multiple-Access (FBW-DMA). The proposed method processes signal in Fractional Fourier Transform (FrFT) domain to avoid some crucial problems in CDMA, such as high requirement of synchronization and suffering from single-frequency interference generated by other systems. By using chirp signals with different frequency band widths as carriers at the transmitter, the received signal is transformed into corresponding FrFT domain, then the narrow band matching coherent demodulation is used. Simulation results indicate that the proposed FBW-DMA achieves better Bit Error Rate (BER) performances compared with CDMA when serious single-frequency interferences exist, and the BER is lower one or two orders of magnitude.","PeriodicalId":153464,"journal":{"name":"2009 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123221325","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":"AN ultra low power fault tolerant SRAM design in 90nm CMOS","authors":"Kuande Wang, Li Chen, Jinsheng Yang","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090294","url":null,"abstract":"To mitigate the single-event effect, improve the stability and also maintain the low power characteristic of sub-threshold SRAM, a Dual Interlocked Storage Cell (DICE) based SRAM cell in 90nm CMOS technology was proposed to eliminate the drawback of conventional DICE cell during read operation. In order to make the proposed SRAM cell work under different power supply voltages from 0.3V to 0.6V, an improved replica sense scheme is applied to produce a reference control signal, with which the optimal read time could be achieved. In this paper, a 256 × 8bytes SRAM core was simulated and the operating frequency at VDD = 0.3V is up to 4.7MHz with power dissipation 6.0µW, while it is 45.5MHz at VDD = 0.6V dissipating 140µW. The layout of SRAM core was also done in 90nm CMOS technology.","PeriodicalId":153464,"journal":{"name":"2009 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123642531","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":"PC based multi-phase flow loop sensor calibration","authors":"Javier Ortiz, A. Karwal, V. Mašek","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090284","url":null,"abstract":"A small multi-phase flow loop has been developed to calibrate oil & water mixture composition sensors under various conditions. The loop features two precision gear pumps, piping manifold with a cooler and a gravity based separator. The pumps are controlled by a Linux PC based data acquisition card. This allows for an automated and compact calibration process.","PeriodicalId":153464,"journal":{"name":"2009 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122175360","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":"A mobility-based channel model for wireless systems with adaptive modulation","authors":"M. López-Guerrero, Javier Gomez","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090229","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to introduce a model intended to capture the behavior of the wireless channel at time scales which are related to packet transmission times. In this approach it is assumed that the prime factor affecting data rate selection is the path attenuation. We model the wireless channel using a multistate stochastic process where each state corresponds to the nominal data rate achieved by the station when it uses a particular combination of modulation and coding (i.e., adaptive modulation). Differently from other proposals, in the proposed model state changes are created from mobility assumptions. We illustrate the use of this model with a case study.","PeriodicalId":153464,"journal":{"name":"2009 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123919140","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":"Performance testing of a single-phase voltage-source wavelet modulated AC-DC converter","authors":"S. Saleh, M. Rahman","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090289","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the development and performance testing of a new switching strategy for single-phase (1φ) voltage-source (VS) AC-DC converters. The proposed switching strategy is based on employing scale-based linearly-combined wavelet basis functions and their dual synthesis ones for switching 1φ 4-pulse bridge AC-DC converters. The employed wavelet basis functions are meant to sample a DC reference signal in a non-uniform recurrent manner, then reconstruct it using the AC-DC converter's switching actions. The output of such an AC-DC converter is found to contain low harmonic contents along with a unity input power factor.","PeriodicalId":153464,"journal":{"name":"2009 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125154726","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":"A distributed and cooperative supervisory estimation of multi-agent systems - Part I: Framework","authors":"S. Azizi, M. M. Tousi, K. Khorasani","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090286","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we propose a framework for supervisory cooperative estimation of multi-agent linear time-invariant (LTI) systems. We introduce a group of sub-observers, each estimating certain states that are conditioned on given input, output, and state information. The cooperation among the sub-observers is supervised by a discrete-event system (DES) supervisor. The supervisor makes decisions on selecting and configuring a set of sub-observers to successfully estimate all states of the system. Moreover, when certain anomalies are present, the supervisor reconfigures the set of selected sub-observers so that the impact of anomalies on the estimation performance is minimized. This framework is applicable to any multi-agent system including large-scale industrial processes. In this paper (Part I), our proposed framework for supervisory estimation is developed based on the notion of sub-observers and DES supervisory control. In the companion paper (Part II), a DES-based combinatorial optimization method for selection of an optimal set of sub-observers is presented, the feasibility of the overall integrated sub-observers is validated, and the application of our proposed method in a practical industrial process is demonstrated through numerical simulations.","PeriodicalId":153464,"journal":{"name":"2009 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126279586","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":"On the effects of random timing jitter on spectrum sensing algorithms based on cyclostationarity","authors":"M. Oner","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090123","url":null,"abstract":"Cognitive radio is an enabling technology, which is expected to lead to a more efficient utilization of the available spectral resources due to its flexibility and its ability to sense its spectral environment. Recently, spectrum sensing methods based on exploiting the cyclostationary characteristics of communication signals have been drawing interest. In practice, imperfections in the signal generation or reception may affect the cyclic statistics of a signal of interest, leading to a degradation in the performance of cyclostationarity-exploiting spectrum sensing schemes based on an ideal signal model. A typical source of imperfection is random timing jitter, which can occur at the transmitter side, most notably in the form of pulse timing jitter for digitally modulated signals, or at the receiver side in the form of sampling jitter. In this work, we explore the effect of randomtiming jitter on the second order cyclostationary statistics of wide sense cyclostationary signals. General analytical expressions are derived for the cyclic statistics of signals in the presence of sampling and pulse timing jitter and specific results are provided for cases of practical interest. Subsequently, the effect of the both jitter types on a cyclostationary-based spectrum sensing algorithm is investigated via simulations.","PeriodicalId":153464,"journal":{"name":"2009 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126383034","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":"Efficient partial distortion search algorithm for block based motion estimation","authors":"M. G. Sarwer, Q. M. J. Wu","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090256","url":null,"abstract":"The block based full search algorithm has been widely used for motion estimation in video coding, but it has the serious problem of significant computation requirements. In order to reduce the computation, this paper proposes a novel partial distortion search algorithm which reduces the computation of each distortion measure by using partial distortion search. In this algorithm, the entire macroblock is divided into different sub-blocks and the calculation order of partial distortion is determined based on the complexity of sub-blocks. A lossy algorithm is also presented by adaptively changing the early termination threshold for the current accumulated partial sum of absolute difference value. Experimental results show that the proposed lossless and lossy algorithm can significantly save about 60% and 70% of the total computational costs, respectively. PSNR degradation of lossy algorithm is very negligible and 0.016 dB on average.","PeriodicalId":153464,"journal":{"name":"2009 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129794378","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":"Design and FPGA implementation of iterative decoders for codes on graphs","authors":"Bharathram Sivasubramanian, W. Gross, H. Leib","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090295","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) implementation of the Min-Sum iterative decoding algorithm for the (8,4) extended Hamming code using a reconfigurable computing system. The Mitrion-C high level language (HLL) is used to program the FPGAs, since it provides flexible tools for FPGA-based prototyping and functional verification for hardware design. A hardware-efficient implementation of the Min-step in the Min-Sum decoder, which eliminates the use of floating point multipliers, is also presented. The parallelism offered by the Min-Sum algorithm is exploited in hardware, resulting in a 15 fold speedup over optimized software implementations. The performance of the hardware implementation is virtually the same as that predicted by computer simulations, validating the hardware design.","PeriodicalId":153464,"journal":{"name":"2009 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129857504","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}