Prospects and Challenges of 4H-SiC Thyristors in Protection of HB-MMC-VSC-HVDC Converters
IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, 2021 Pole-to-pole DC faults on HB-MMC-VSC-HVDC schemes impose significant risk of cascade failure on IGBT/diode pairs. Other novel topologies with fault blocking capability, i.e. AAC converters, and DC circuit breakers are not yet fully matured.
Chengjun Shen +5 more
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
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The Role of Ionic Liquids at the Biological Interfaces in Bioelectronics
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Ionic liquids (ILs) are highlighted as key artificial ionic materials that bridge biological ion‐based signaling and electronic devices. By understanding their composition, structure, function relationships, and mechanisms, ILs can advance from high performance electrolyte to core materials enabling integrated, multifunctional bioelectronics for ...
Yeong‐sinn Ye +5 more
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Experimental Analysis and Modeling of the Electrical and Thermal Transients of the Diode-By-pass for the LHC- Magnet Protection at Cryogenic Temperatures [PDF]
, 1999 For the protection of the LHC superconducting lattice magnets cold bypass diodes will be installed inside the magnet cryostat, subjecting them to superfluid helium temperatures and radiation.
Denz, R, Hagedorn, Dietrich
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, 2005 The critical-velocity behavior of oscillatory superfluid Helium-4 flow through a 2-micrometer by 2-micrometer aperture in a 0.1-micrometer-thick foil has been studied from 0.36 K to 2.10 K at frequencies from less than 50 Hz up to above 1880 Hz.
A. Amar +27 more
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Time domain reflectometry applied to MMIC passive component modeling [PDF]
, 1989 The time domain facilities of a network analyzer, combined with the tools of network synthesis, were recently used for experimental modeling of discontinuities in an S-parameter measurement set, so as to allow the instrument calibration directly to the ...
Beccari, C. +2 more
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Emerging Memory and Device Technologies for Hardware‐Accelerated Model Training and Inference
Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.This review investigates the suitability of various emerging memory technologies as compute‐in‐memory hardware for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Distinct requirements for training‐ and inference‐centric computing are discussed, spanning device physics, materials, and system integration.
Yoonho Cho +6 more
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Development of a 1000V, 200A, low-loss, fast-switching, gate-assisted turn-off thyristor [PDF]
Feasibility was demonstrated for a thyristor that blocks 1000V forward and reverse, conducts 200A, and turns on in little more than 2 microsec with only 2A of gate drive.
Lowry, L. R., Schlegel, E. S.
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Venting of fission products and shielding in thermionic nuclear reactor systems [PDF]
, 1972 Most thermionic reactors are designed to allow the fission gases to escape out of the emitter. A scheme to allow the fission gases to escape is proposed.
Salmi, E. W.
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Spontaneous Perovskite Passivator Featuring Dual Functional Groups
Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.A novel strategy to suppress multiple defect sites in perovskite crystals using a spontaneous passivator with dual functional groups is proposed, addressing an intrinsic drawback of conventional spontaneous perovskite passivators. 2‐thiophene‐ethyl‐ammonium‐bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (TEA‐TFSI) is newly synthesized and successfully demonstrate ...
Naoyuki Nishimura +9 more
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