Publications related to Insulation-displacement connector

Extended-gate field-effect transistor with aptamer functionalisation layer for measuring hormone concentration in biofluids and corresponding fabrication method

Mihai Adrian Ionescu, Shokoofeh Sheibani

The present invention concerns a biosensor (1) for sensing stress hormone cortisol concentration in a biofluid (27). The biosensor (1) comprises: an electrical transistor transducer (3) comprising a transistor gate electrode (17); a sensing electrode eleme ...

2022

High Performance Low cost Transition Connectors for 5G mmWave Applications

Anja Skrivervik, Abolfazl Azari

Millimeter wave (mmWave) is an interesting research area in recent years. Transition connectors are key components of mmWave passive systems. The commercially available cable connectors are lossy and expensive in mmWave frequencies. In this paper, various ...

IEEE2022

Hybrid soft-rigid electrical interconnection system

Stéphanie Lacour, Giuseppe Schiavone, Florian Dylan Fallegger

It is disclosed an electrical interconnection system comprising: i) an interconnection board comprising an intrinsically non elastic substrate, said substrate having a first face and an opposed second face, and at least one conductive track on and/or withi ...

2021

The Cost of Scaling a Reliable Interconnection Topology

Rachid Guerraoui, Alexandre David Olivier Maurer

In distributed computing, many papers try to evaluate the message complexity of a distributed system as a function of the number of nodes n. But what about the cost of building the distributed system itself? Assuming that we want to reliably connect n node ...

2020

Endoluminal nerve modulation device and methods for using thereof

Philippe Renaud, Guillaume Cédric Yves Petitpierre

The invention provides for a device (100) for use in electrical nerve modulation in a subject, characterized in that it comprises a rotational and linear actuator (110); a tubular element (101) having a proximal end connected to the actuator (110) and a di ...

2017

Driven dual phase lock loop

Steve Tanner, Pierre-André Farine, Yazhou Zhao

The invention relates to a phase lock loop (100) comprising: - a loop filter (140), - a voltage controlled oscillator (150), - a frequency divider (160), - a frequency lock detector (113), able to emit a frequency lock indication signal (LOCK), - a digital ...

2016

System and method for cooperative data streaming

Christina Fragouli, Lorenzo Keller

A system and method for cooperative data streaming are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system for cooperative data streaming comprises a group of devices comprising at least two devices, which are interested in obtaining the same content from the ...

2015

Results and analysis of the hot-spot temperature experiment for a cable-in-conduit conductor with thick conduit

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák

In the design of future DEMO fusion reactor a long time constant (similar to 23 s) is required for an emergency current dump in the toroidal field (TF) coils, e.g. in case of a quench detection. This requirement is driven mainly by imposing a limit on forc ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2015

Impact of Cable Twist Pitch on T-cs-Degradation and AC Loss in Nb3Sn Conductors for ITER Central Solenoids

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Boris Stepanov

The performance of tour Nb3Sn conductors for the ITER central solenoids was tested. The current sharing temperatures (T-cs) were measured over approximately 9000 electromagnetic cycles, including two or three thermal cycles between 4.2 K and room temperatu ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2014

A microfluidic D-subminiature connector

Elise Marie Catherine Vinckenbosch

Standardized, affordable, user-friendly world-to-chip interfaces represent one of the major barriers to the adoption of microfluidics. We present a connector system for plug-and-play interfacing of microfluidic devices to multiple input and output lines. T ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2013

Heat transfer through cable insulation of Nb-Ti superconducting magnets operating in He II

Pier Paolo Granieri

The operation of Nb–Ti superconducting magnets in He II relies on superfluidity to overcome the severe thermal barrier represented by the cable electrical insulation. In wrapped cable insulations, like those used for the main magnets of the Large Hadron Co ...

Elsevier2013

System and method for cooperative data streaming

Christina Fragouli, Lorenzo Keller

A system and method for cooperative data streaming are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system for cooperative data streaming comprises a group of devices comprising at least two devices, which are interested in obtaining the same content from the ...

2013

Results of the TFEU6 Sample Tested in SULTAN

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Boris Stepanov, Stephen Alfred March

This paper presents the results of the latest European Conductor Performance Qualification Sample for the ITER toroidal field coils. The standard qualification test was performed in the SULTAN facility at CRPP. The sample consisted of two 3.5-m lengths of ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2013

Decreasing the size of printed comb electrodes by the introduction of a dielectric interlayer for capacitive gas sensors on polymeric foil: Modeling and fabrication

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Francisco Molina Lopez

In this work we present a novel strategy to fabricate printed comb electrodes devices with decreased size by the introduction of a thin dielectric layer between the two combs. The electrical insulation of the two polarities prevents short-cuts occurring be ...

Elsevier2013

Heat Transfer between the Superconducting Cables of the LHC Accelerator Magnets and the Superfluid Helium Bath

Pier Paolo Granieri

In this thesis work we investigate the heat transfer through the electrical insulation of superconducting cables cooled by super fluid helium. The cable insulation constitutes the most severe barrier for heat extraction from the superconducting magnets of ...

EPFL2012

Review of design aspects for high current Nb3Sn conductors

Pierluigi Bruzzone

Cabled conductors based on Nb3Sn technology with operating current in the range of 20 kA and above are mainly restricted to fusion magnets and high field facilities. The experience of last decade has dramatically shown that, opposite to the NbTi conductors ...

2011

A single nanotrench in a palladium microwire for hydrogen detection

Jürgen Brugger, Luis Guillermo Villanueva Torrijo, Oscar Vazquez Mena, Thomas Kiefer

The hydrogen sensing characteristics of a single nanotrench fabricated by focused ion beam milling (FIB) in an evaporated palladium microwire are presented. In situ atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements proved that, in the presence of H2, the trench c ...

2008

High Power SMA Connectors

Michael Mattes, Francisco Edén Sorolla Rosario

On board of satellites traditionally Travelling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs) together with standard waveguide technology were used for transmitters in telecommunication payload systems. With the advent of Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) printed circui ...

2008

Results of contact resistance distribution in NbTi and Nb3SnITER conductor termination

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Boris Stepanov

The contact resistance distribution among the current-carrying elements of three ITER conductor terminations is measured in the JORDI (JOint Resistance DIstribution) test facility at CRPP. One sample is based on Nb3Sn strands, the other two are NbTi cable- ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2007

Fabrication de capteurs pyroelectriques comprenant une couche pyroelectrique mince necessitant une polarisation electrique

Paul Muralt

The method for group manufacturing of pyroelectric sensors by forming a thin pyroelectric layer on the upper side of a silicon wafer, where each sensor comprises several pixels (4) and each pixel is defined by an upper electrode (6) situated on the face si ...

2006