Publications related to Open-loop gain

A geometric optimal control approach for imitation and generalization of manipulation skills

Sylvain Calinon, Amirreza Razmjoo Fard, Jie Zhao

Daily manipulation tasks are characterized by regular features associated with the task structure, which can be described by multiple geometric primitives related to actions and object shapes. Only using Cartesian coordinate systems cannot fully represent ...

Elsevier2023

Feedback Control Design Maximizing the Region of Attraction of Stochastic Systems Using Polynomial Chaos Expansion

Petr Listov

A feedback control design is proposed for stochastic systems with finite second moment which aims at maximising the region of attraction of the equilibrium point. Polynomial Chaos (PC) expansions are employed to represent the stochastic closed loop system ...

ELSEVIER2020

A high sensitivity low-power capacitive front-end for insulin injection pens

Maher Kayal, François Krummenacher, Jean-Baptiste Robert Orhan, François Pierre Gaugaz

A low-power 14-bits first order incremental Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) is presented. Based on the charge balancing principle, this switched-capacitor (SC) circuit integrates the input signal multiple times to reach the targeted resolution, linearity ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2019

Switched-capacitor high-speed emulator for real-time fault location in electrical power systems

Maher Kayal, François Krummenacher, François Pierre Gaugaz

This research presents a discrete-time transmission line model based on the propagation of travelling waves. In this approach, the transmission line is emulated by means of many interconnected unit delay cells implemented with switched-capacitor (SC) circu ...

SPRINGER2018

Quantum-Limited Directional Amplifiers with Optomechanics

Tobias Kippenberg, Nathan Rafaël Bernier, László Dániel Tóth

Directional amplifiers are an important resource in quantum-information processing, as they protect sensitive quantum systems from excess noise. Here, we propose an implementation of phase-preserving and phase-sensitive directional amplifiers for microwave ...

2018

Diamond Configuration for Non-Reciprocal Transmission

Sina Khorasani

A system scheme is presented, which allows non-reciprocal wave transmission or directional amplification of electromagnetic signals, using a boxed four-node method. Edges represent strong hopping interactions and diagonals stand for weak parametric interac ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2017

OTA-C based high-speed analog processing for real-time fault location in electrical power networks

Maher Kayal, François Krummenacher, François Pierre Gaugaz

This paper explores the potential and limitations of analog integrated circuit techniques for the simulation of low-loss or lossless 1D or 2D transmission mediums. In this approach, a transmission line is mapped into a ladder consisting of N identical LC e ...

Springer Verlag2016

Sensitivity and open-loop control of stochastic response in a noise amplifier flow: the backward-facing step

François Gallaire, Edouard Boujo

The two-dimensional backward-facing step flow is a canonical example of noise amplifier flow: global linear stability analysis predicts that it is stable, but perturbations can undergo large amplification in space and time as a result of non-normal effects ...

Cambridge University Press2015

Digitization Technique for UWB Receiver and Capacitive Sensor Interface

Shenjie Wang

As CMOS processes continue to scale to smaller dimensions, the increased fT of the devices and smaller parasitic capacitance allow formore power efficient and faster digital circuits to be made. But at the same time, output impedance of transistors has gon ...

EPFL2014

Toward broadband electroacoustic resonators through optimized feedback control strategies

Hervé Lissek, Romain Boulandet

This paper presents a methodology for the design of broadband electroacoustic resonators for low-frequency room equalization. An electroacoustic resonator denotes a loudspeaker used as a membrane resonator, the acoustic impedance of which can be modified t ...

Elsevier2014

Open-loop control of noise amplification in separated boundary layers

François Gallaire, Edouard Boujo

Linear optimal gains are computed for the subcritical two-dimensional separated boundary-layer flow past a bump. Very large optimal gain values are found, making it possible for small-amplitude noise to be strongly amplified and to destabilize the flow. Th ...

2013

Demonstration of sawtooth period locking with power modulation in TCV plasmas

Olivier Sauter, Timothy Goodman, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici

Corroborating evidence is presented that the sawtooth period can follow the modulation frequency of an externally applied high power electron cyclotron wave source. Precise, fast and robust open loop control of the sawtooth period with a continuously chang ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2012

Model Predictive Perimeter Control for Urban Areas with Macroscopic Fundamental Diagrams

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Mohsen Ramezani Ghalenoei, Jack Haddad

Recent analysis of empirical data from cities showed that a macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) of urban traffic provides for different network regions a unimodal, low-scatter relationship between network vehicle density and network space-mean flow. In t ...

Ieee Computer Soc2012

Power-Efficient Pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter Architectures for Advanced CMOS Technologies

Among different analog-to-digital converter (ADC) architectures pipelined ADCs are the most suited for medium sampling frequencies (50-300MSPS) and medium resolutions, i.e. 8 to 14 bits. Having the lowest figure-of-merit (FOM) in its bandwidth and resoluti ...

EPFL2012

Sensorless Position Control of Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motors : a Mechatronic Design Approach

Markus Flückiger

This dissertation considers mechatronic systems driven by piezoelectric ultrasonic motors (PUM). The focus is set on optimal system design and sensorless position control. Mechatronic industry faces the challenge to deliver ever more efficient and reliable ...

EPFL2010

Design and Optimization of Operational Amplifiers for SC Systems - a Comparative Study in CMOS 0.8 μm, 0.35 μm, 0.18 μm Technologies

Rafal Tomasz Dlugosz

Design and optimization of a simple but efficient operational amplifier (OA) for switched-capacitor finite impulse response (SC FIR) filters are presented. The main design criteria are: proper characteristics for application in SC FIR filters, simplicity o ...

2009

New error amplifier topology for Low Dropout Voltage regulators using compound OTA-OPAMP

Maher Kayal

Typical Low Dropout Voltage regulators (LDO), uses an error amplifier in a linear closed loop. The main advantage of such linear regulators is the low standby current due to the absence of switching. In addition, a fully integrated linear regulator with no ...

2007

Chronic activation in presymptomatic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) mice of a feedback loop involving Fas, Daxx, and FasL

Patrick Aebischer

The reasons for the cellular specificity and slow progression of motoneuron diseases such as ALS are still poorly understood. We previously described a motoneuron-specific cell death pathway downstream of the Fas death receptor, in which synthesis of nitri ...

National Academy of Sciences2006