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Constructive theory of characterization test is considered. The theory is applicable to a nano devices characterization: current-voltage, Auger current dependence. Generally small response of device under test on an applied stimulus is…
A low-cost and simple setup for measuring the high-frequency hysteresis loops of magnetic samples is described. An AMF in the range 6-100 kHz with amplitude up to 80 mT is produced by a Litz wire coil. The latter is air-cooled using a…
We compare automatically and manually parallelized NAS Benchmarks in order to identify code sections that differ. We discuss opportunities for advancing automatic parallelizers. We find ten patterns that pose challenges for current…
Statistical static timing analysis deals with the increasing variations in manufacturing processes to reduce the pessimism in the worst case timing analysis. Because of the correlation between delays of circuit components, timing model…
Switching uniformity, as a major challenge, hinders the practical implementation of \ac{RRAM} in memory application. Operating \ac{RRAM} in current mode, is proposed as an efficient method to improve programming schemes accuracy within the…
A new resistance bridge has been built at the Laboratoire national de m\'etrologie et d'essais (LNE) to improve the ohm realization in the $Syst\`eme International$ (SI) of units from the quantum Hall effect. We describe the instrument, the…
Relaxation oscillator-based circuits are widely used for interfacing various resistive and capacitive sensors. The electrical equivalent of most resistive and capacitive sensors is represented using a parallel combination of resistor and…
Current-steering (CS) digital-to-analog converters (DACs) generate analog signals by combining weighted current sources. Ideally, the current sources are combined at each switching instant simultaneously. However, this is not true in…
Exciting high-power resonators pose challenges such as managing power reflections, which can cause energy losses and damage system components. This is crucial for applications like Lower Hybrid Current Drive (LHCD) systems in tokamaks,…
During grid faults, grid-forming converters are typically suggested to switch from a voltage-source to a current-source mode to limit the current and protect the electronics. This transition has the potential for the converter to…
Power quality monitoring has become a vital need in modern power systems owing to the need for agile operation and troubleshooting scheme. On the other hand, the nature of load in modern power system is changing in many ways. Digital loads,…
The CALICE collaboration is developing an engineering prototype of an analog hadron calorimeter for a future linear collider detector. The prototype has to prove the feasibility of building a realistic detector with fully integrated…
A new high-level interface to multi-threading in Prolog, implemented in hProlog, is described. Modern CPUs often contain multiple cores and through high-level multi-threading a programmer can leverage this power without having to worry…
Analyzing the stability of the power system by using a few machines is promising for transient stability assessment. A hybrid direct-time-domain method that is fully based on the thinking of partial energy function is proposed in this…
A low noise constant current source used for measuring the $1/f$ noise in disordered systems in ohmic as well as non-ohmic regime is described. The source can supply low noise constant current starting from as low as 1 $\mu$A to a few tens…
In [1] a new adaptive phase-locked loop scheme for synchronization of a grid connected voltage source converter with guaranteed (almost) global stability properties was reported. To guarantee a suitable synchronization with the angle of the…
Several modern accelerator facilities require the synchronization of equipment, which is distributed over large distances, down to the femto-second scale. This document describes the resulting problems, gives a basic description of concepts…
Analog multiplexing appears to be a promising solution for modern transmitters, where speed is the primary limitation. The objective is the development of a low-cost solution to compare different digital to analog (DAC) schemes. In…
The coupling of superconducting systems to mechanical resonators is an emerging field, with wide reaching implications including high precision sensing and metrology. Experimental signatures of this coupling have so far been small, seldom…
Comparing time series is essential in various tasks such as clustering and classification. While elastic distance measures that allow warping provide a robust quantitative comparison, a qualitative comparison on top of them is missing.…