{"title":"Impact of PWM methods and load configuration in the design of intercell transformers used in parallel three-phase inverters","authors":"B. Cougo, T. Meynard, G. Gateau","doi":"10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648940","url":null,"abstract":"Interleaving techniques applied to the parallel association of converters provide the reduction of the output current ripple and the increase of its frequency, leading to a reduction of the associated filters. The best way of paralleling commutation cells is by means of InterCell Transformers (ICT). The design of such special magnetic components strongly depends on the magnetic flux flowing through their core. This flux is modified by different PWM methods if ICTs are used in three-phase systems. The main objective of the paper is to show how different PWM methods (related to the carrier disposition and also to zero sequence signal injection) influence the flux inside ICTs used in different topologies of three-phase systems. In addition, the most popular PWM methods are compared in order to find the best ones regarding the flux in the ICT. Experimental results validate the analysis presented in this work as well as the reduction on the ICT flux provided by the optimal zero sequence signals.","PeriodicalId":174767,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 11th International Workshop of Electronics, Control, Measurement, Signals and their application to Mechatronics","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128776087","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":"GNU/Linux and reconfigurable multiprocessor FPGA platform","authors":"Petr Cvek, Tomas Drahonovsky, M. Rozkovec","doi":"10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648932","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents multiprocessor system on chip (MPSoC), which uses dynamic partial reconfiguration of FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) to change parts of system depending on performed task requirements. The multiprocessor system is based on softcore processors running modified GNU/Linux operating system. The individual parts are designed for connection via standard interface for high performance and bandwidth intensive applications with support for multiprocessor system. Operating system will be modified for choosing most suitable hardware module from set of partial bitstreams stored in application or in operating system.","PeriodicalId":174767,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 11th International Workshop of Electronics, Control, Measurement, Signals and their application to Mechatronics","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132294225","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":"Multi class object recognition with an adaptive confidence: Cascade of weak descriptors for fast hypothesis elimination","authors":"Guido Manfredi, M. Devy, D. Sidobre","doi":"10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648970","url":null,"abstract":"This paper points out the fact that object recognition methods are usually too complex for everyday life scenes. A robot helping humans in daily activities will need to recognize hundreds of different objects. In order to filter out unlikely models during recognition we propose the use of a cascade of simple visual descriptors. Our experiments use two global descriptors : spatial and color minimum volume bounding boxes. Results show this simple cascade can discard unlikely models up to 295 out of 300 instances and 50 out of 51 classes.","PeriodicalId":174767,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 11th International Workshop of Electronics, Control, Measurement, Signals and their application to Mechatronics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131251810","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":"New human-centered kinetostatic criteria for tele-operated robots, validation with medical tele-sonography robots","authors":"F. Courrèges, M. Laribi","doi":"10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648962","url":null,"abstract":"This paper revisits global kinematical performance indexes within the scope of manually teleoperated serial robots in accounting for the human operator. The proposed theory is grounded on the knowledge of a human-centered coordinate system to parameterize the task space. Perceptual parameters are also introduced in the Man-system interaction effort. The resulting expression is used to derive a local kinematical index and a probability density. The global index is computed by integration over the whole robot's jointspace. The proposed index is proved to be relevant by outperforming classical indexes in predicting the end-user satisfaction of medical tele-sonography robots. Therefore this index could be considered as a criterion design to optimize the kinematics of homogenous non-redundant serial telerobots.","PeriodicalId":174767,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 11th International Workshop of Electronics, Control, Measurement, Signals and their application to Mechatronics","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132871860","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}
F. Raymundo, P. Martin-Gonthier, R. Molina, S. Rolando, P. Magnan
{"title":"Exploring the 3D integration technology for CMOS image sensors","authors":"F. Raymundo, P. Martin-Gonthier, R. Molina, S. Rolando, P. Magnan","doi":"10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648935","url":null,"abstract":"3D fabrication technologies allow microelectronic circuits such as processors or memories to achieve very high integration densities. These technologies applied to CMOS image sensors, make possible the implementation of specific processing architectures without damaging key parameters of CMOS imagers. This paper illustrates these benefits with an implementation of a 3D image sensor integrating at the pixel level a low noise circuit coupled to an analog to digital converter.","PeriodicalId":174767,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 11th International Workshop of Electronics, Control, Measurement, Signals and their application to Mechatronics","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133940624","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":"The possibility of kohonen self-organizing map applications in medicine","authors":"J. Tucková","doi":"10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648946","url":null,"abstract":"In many instances, artificial neural networks (ANN) are used as interfaces between real situations with real data and machines or computers. Often, situations arise in which the real environment cannot be eliminated, among them data collection and medical data processing. This contribution deals with several medical domains in which ANNs prove to be a very good alternative to standard methods. The text of the contribution starts from a research project in which we cooperate with several medical facilities. At the centre of concern in our research orientation is improvement of diagnostics, and the ensuing improvement in the treatment of both children and adult patients suffering from diseases affecting social interaction. In all cases described, we apply one of the ANN methods, with particular attention given to alternatives to self-organizing maps (SOM).","PeriodicalId":174767,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 11th International Workshop of Electronics, Control, Measurement, Signals and their application to Mechatronics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117129889","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":"Investigating diachrony of programmable microelectronic nanostructures","authors":"P. Pfeifer, Z. Plíva","doi":"10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648931","url":null,"abstract":"New technologies of design and manufacturing of advanced integrated circuits allow higher integration of complex structures in ultra-high nano-scale densities. The rapidly growing world of FPGA devices creates important platform for analyses of process scaling and new study opportunities in case of new process variations and degradation effects. However the real devices are not the ideal ones and they are subjects of aging of the internal nanostructures. Changes in parameters of FPGAs in time, or under either power supply voltage or temperature variations, can result in significant delays and may affect the final design quality and dependability. Such timing variations may result in delay faults, up to the final device or equipment malfunction or failure. Especially the world of ASIC devices is comprehensively investigated again and again with the new processes coming every (approximately) 2 years. This paper presents an unusual solution of the aging measurement, analysis and test unit, based on especially designed ring oscillators and utilization of the internal block RAMs (BRAM) in Xilinx FPGAs, selected from 65 nm down to the 40 nm technology node.","PeriodicalId":174767,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 11th International Workshop of Electronics, Control, Measurement, Signals and their application to Mechatronics","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114667000","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}
D. Benachir, S. Hosseini, Y. Deville, M. S. Karoui, A. Hameurlain
{"title":"Modified independent component analysis for initializing non-negative matrix factorization: An approach to hyperspectral image unmixing","authors":"D. Benachir, S. Hosseini, Y. Deville, M. S. Karoui, A. Hameurlain","doi":"10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648948","url":null,"abstract":"Hyperspectral unmixing consists of identifying, from mixed pixel spectra, a set of pure constituent spectra (endmembers) in a scene and a set of abundance fractions for each pixel. Most linear blind source separation (BSS) techniques are based on Independent Component Analysis (ICA) or Non-Negative Matrix Factorization (NMF). Using only one of these techniques does not resolve the unmixing problem because of, respectively, the statistical dependence between the abundance fractions of the different constituents and the non-uniqueness of the NMF results. To overcome this issue, we propose an unsupervised unmixing approach called ModifICA-NMF (which stands for modified version of ICA followed by NMF). Consider the ideal case of a hyperspectral image combining (M-1) statistically independent source images, and an Mth image depending on them due to the sum-to-one constraint. Our modified ICA first estimates these (M-1) sources and associated mixing coefficients, then derives the remaining source and coefficients, while it also removes the BSS scale indeterminacy. In real conditions, the above (M-1) sources may be somewhat dependent. Our modified ICA method then only yields approximate data. These are then used as the initial values of an NMF method, which refines them. Our tests show that this joint modifICA-NMF approach significantly outperforms the considered classical methods.","PeriodicalId":174767,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 11th International Workshop of Electronics, Control, Measurement, Signals and their application to Mechatronics","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125064850","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}
Xuan Wang, V. Pommier-Budinger, Y. Gourinat, Aurélien Reysset
{"title":"A modified Preisach model for hysteresis in piezoelectric actuators","authors":"Xuan Wang, V. Pommier-Budinger, Y. Gourinat, Aurélien Reysset","doi":"10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648956","url":null,"abstract":"Piezoelectric actuators (PEAs) exhibit hysteresis nonlinearity in open-loop operation, which may lead to undesirable inaccuracy and limit system performance. Classical Preisach model is widely used for portraying hysteresis but it requires a large number of first-order reversal curves to ensure the model accuracy. All the curves may not be obtained due to limitations of experimental conditions, and the detachment between the major and minor loops is not taken into account. This paper aims to propose a modified Preisach model that demands relatively few measurements and that describes the detachment. The modified model is implemented by adding a derivative term in parallel with the classical Preisach model. The derivative gain is adjusted to an appropriate value so that the measured and predicted hysteresis loops are in good agreement. Experimental results prove that the proposed modified Preisach model can characterize hysteresis more accurately than the classical model.","PeriodicalId":174767,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 11th International Workshop of Electronics, Control, Measurement, Signals and their application to Mechatronics","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128260824","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}
Mounir Amokrane, Arnaud Baysse, B. Nogarede, M. Rguiti
{"title":"Pyroelectric power harvesting using a lead-lanthanum-zirconate-titanate (7/60/40 PLZT) pyroelectric cell","authors":"Mounir Amokrane, Arnaud Baysse, B. Nogarede, M. Rguiti","doi":"10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECMSM.2013.6648972","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this work is to study the ability of harvesting energy using a lead-lanthanum-zirconate-titanate (7/60/40 PLZT) pyroelectric cell. For this purpose, the active element is subjected to temperature variations. The pyroelectric cell is directly connected to a load to realize a resistive cycle of energy harvesting. In this work, an analytical calculation of the electrical output power and voltage obtained for a time variation of the pyroelectric element temperature is done. The theoretical results show a dependence of the output voltage and power according to the load value, temperature amplitude and frequency of variation. Moreover a matched value of load is observed according to the frequency of variation. This matched load gives a maximum output power. The experimental study shows maximum voltage values on the load ranging form 7.25 V to 11 V for frequencies of 50 and 100 mHz, respectively. This results show an increase of voltage according to the frequency increase. The same evolution is observed for the load power, it evolves from 0.64 to 1.65 μ W according to frequency for the matched load (26.9 MΩ). This study demonstrated the feasibility of harvesting energy using a 20 mm diameter pyro-cell and that for values of load voltage compatible with a power supply level of sensors.","PeriodicalId":174767,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 11th International Workshop of Electronics, Control, Measurement, Signals and their application to Mechatronics","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132022665","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}