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An observer based adaptive detection methodology (ADM) is proposed for estimating frequency and its rate of change (RoCoF) of the voltage and/or current measurements acquired from an instrument transformer. With guaranteed convergence and…
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For the characterization of components, systems and signals in the RF and microwave range, several dedicated instruments are in use. In this paper the fundamentals of the RF-signal sampling technique, which has found widespread applications…
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The basic principle of operation of silicon sensors with resistive read-out is built-in charge sharing. Resistive Silicon Detectors (RSD, also known as AC-LGAD), exploiting the signals seen on the electrodes surrounding the impact point,…
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Fast digitisers and digital pulse processing have been widely used for spectral application and pulse shape discrimination (PSD) owing to their advantages in terms of compactness, higher trigger rates, offline analysis, etc. Meanwhile, the…
PARISROC is a complete read out chip, in AMS SiGe 0.35 micron technology, for photomultipliers array. It is a front-end electronics ASIC which allows triggerless acquisition for the next generation of neutrino experiments. These detectors…
The low-resolution analog-to-digital convertor (ADC) is a promising solution to significantly reduce the power consumption of radio frequency circuits in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. In this letter, we investigate…
The ubiquitous use of sensing and signal processing is increasing exponentially with the advance of the Internet of Everything (IoE). In this context, the design of every time more power efficient sensor nodes is a must. Within these nodes,…
High precision and large dynamic range measurement are required in the readout systems for the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) in Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). This paper presents a prototype of 12-bit 40 MSPS…
Measuring a qubit state is a fundamental yet error-prone operation in quantum computing. These errors can arise from various sources, such as crosstalk, spontaneous state transitions, and excitations caused by the readout pulse. Here, we…
The next generation of atomic frequency standards based on an ensemble of neutral atoms or a single-ion will provide very stringent tests in metrology, applied and fundamental physics requiring a new step in very precise control of external…
PARISROC is a complete read out chip, in AMS SiGe 0.35 micron technology [1], for photomultipliers array. It allows triggerless acquisition for next generation neutrino experiments and it belongs to an R&D program funded by the French…
This paper analyzes the performance of multicell massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) systems with variable-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). In such an architecture, each ADC uses arbitrary quantization…
Silicon photo-multipliers (SiPM) have been replacing traditional photomultiplier tubes in most light sensing applications. However, when large detection surface coverage is needed, photomultipliers (PMTs) are still the preferred choice. The…
To detect M-ary pulse amplitude modulation signals reliably in an FSO communication system, the receiver requires accurate knowledge about the instantaneous channel attenuation on the signal. We derive here an optimum, symbol-by-symbol…
The paper presents the design and measurement results of a transient waveform recording ASIC based on the Switched Capacitor Array (SCA) architecture. This 0.18 {\mu}m CMOS prototype device contains two channels and each channel employs a…
Phase-modulated continuous-wave (PMCW) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar systems are known to possess excellent mutual interference mitigation capabilities, but require costly and power-hungry high sampling rate and high-precision…