Exploració per tema "Detectors"

Ara es mostren els items 1-20 de 621

    • 3D printed microwave sensors for fusion plasma characterization - photonic crystal temperature sensor 

      Comas Álvarez, Maite Izaskun (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-29)
      Treball Final de Grau
      Accés obert
      Realitzat a/amb:   Stichting Fontys
      This BeCreative minor project is focused on the development of an 3D-printed sensor. This sensor is being made to help the development of a fusion reactor. There are still issues with a fusion reactor, this BeCreative project ...

    • A 12-bit SAR ADC for a flexible tactile sensor 

      Nogué I Torrent, Alex (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-20)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Accés obert
      Realitzat a/amb:   Technische Universität München
      Successive Approximation Register (SAR) Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) are some of the most efficient ADC topologies available, allowing excellent performance values at low power consumption across a wide range of ...

    • A 36 µW 1.1 mm2 reconfigurable analog front-end for cardiovascular and respiratory signals recording 

      Xu, Jiawei; Konijnenburg, Mario; Ha, Hyunsoo; van Wegberg, Roland; Song, Shuang; Blanco Almazán, María Dolores; Van Hoof, Chris; Van Helleputte, Nick (2018-04-06)
      Article
      Accés obert
      This paper presents a 1.2 V 36 µW reconfigurable analog front-end (R-AFE) as a general-purpose low-cost IC for multiple-mode biomedical signals acquisition. The R-AFE efficiently reuses a reconfigurable preamplifier, a ...

    • A calibratable detector for invasive attacks 

      Weiner, Michael; Wieser, Wolfgang; Lupón Roses, Emilio; Sigl, Georg; Manich Bou, Salvador (2019-01-25)
      Article
      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      Microprobing is commonly used by adversaries to extract firmware or cryptographic keys from microcontrollers. We introduce the calibratable lightweight invasive attack detector (CaLIAD) to detect microprobing attacks. The ...

    • A clinically assisted collaborative system architecture for preventing falls in elderly people 

      Orozco, Javier; Santos, Rodrigo; Ochoa, Sergio; Meseguer Pallarès, Roc; Baloian, Nelson (2014)
      Text en actes de congrés
      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      Falls in older adults are not only frequent but also potentially disabling for them. Detecting and preventing these falls have an important impact in the life of the elderly people. This paper presents the architecture ...

    • A closed-loop capacitance-to-frequency converter for single-element and differential capacitive sensors 

      Areekath, Lakshmi; George, Boby; Reverter Cubarsí, Ferran (2020-11-01)
      Article
      Accés obert
      A novel closed-loop switched-capacitor(SC) capacitance-to-frequency converter (CFC) is presentedin this paper. The proposed CFC is capable of measuring from either a single-element or a differential capacitive sensor, ...

    • A comparison of heartbeat detectors for the seismocardiogram 

      García González, Miguel Ángel; Argelagós Palou, Ariadna; Fernández Chimeno, Mireya; Ramos Castro, Juan José (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
      Comunicació de congrés
      Accés obert
      The study aimed to study the accuracy in RR time series derived from the seismocardiogram when employing different heartbeat detectors in subjects measured in a quiet environment. The ECG and seismocardiogram of 17 healthy ...

    • A comprehensive high-level model for CMOS-MEMS resonators 

      Banerji, Saoni; Fernández, Daniel; Madrenas Boadas, Jordi (2018-01-24)
      Article
      Accés obert
      This paper presents a behavioral modeling technique for CMOS microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microresonators that enables simulation of an MEMS resonator model in Analog Hardware Description Language format within a ...

    • A contactless capacitive angular-position sensor 

      Gasulla Forner, Manuel; Li, Xiujun; Meijer, Gerard C. M.; Van der Ham, Lucas; Spronck, Jo W. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2003-10)
      Article
      Accés obert
      This paper presents an absolute capacitive angular-position sensor with a contactless rotor. The sensor is mainly composed of three parts: the capacitive sensing element, a signal processor, and a microcontroller. The ...

    • A critical period of susceptibility to sound in the sensory cells of cephalopod hatchlings 

      Solé Carbonell, Marta; Lenoir, Marc; Fortuño Alós, Jose-Manuel; Van der Schaar, Mike Connor Roger Malcolm; André, Michel (2018-01-01)
      Article
      Accés obert
      The cephalopod statocyst and lateral line systems are sensory organs involved in orientation and balance. Lateral lines allow cephalopods to detect particle motion and are used for locating prey or predators in low light ...

    • A front-end circuit for two-wire connected resistive sensors with a wire-resistance compensation 

      Reverter Cubarsí, Ferran (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-10-03)
      Article
      Accés obert
      In this article, a novel front-end circuit for remote two-wire resistive sensors that is insensitive to the wire resistances is proposed and experimentally characterized. The circuit relies on an OpAmp-based current source ...

    • A full textile capacitive woven sensor 

      Martínez Estrada, Marc; Ventura Casellas, Heura; Gil Galí, Ignacio; Fernández García, Raúl (Wiley, 2023-01-10)
      Article
      Accés obert
      In this paper, a full textile capacitive woven sensor integrated over a textile substrate is presented. The sensor consists in an interdigitated capacitance prepared to measure moisture and/or presence detection. In order ...

    • A fully data-driven approach for leak localization in water distribution networks 

      Romero Ben, Luis; Puig Cayuela, Vicenç; Cembrano Gennari, Gabriela; Blesa Izquierdo, Joaquim; Meseguer Amela, Jordi (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
      Text en actes de congrés
      Accés obert
      This paper presents a data-driven technique for the localization of leaks in water distribution networks (WDN). The methodology requires hydraulic data, i.e., pressure measurements from a set of sensors installed throughout ...

    • A Fully Differential Synchronous Demodulator for AC Signals 

      González Landaeta, Rafael; Cota Ruiz, Juan; Sifuentes, Ernesto; Díaz, José; Casas Piedrafita, Óscar (2019-02-22)
      Article
      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      A novel fully differential (FD) demodulator is presented. Using different design strategies, the circuit can be used for processing amplitude-modulated (AM) signals obtained from impedance measurements or coming from ...

    • A high-speed capacitive-sensor interface using a relaxation oscillator and a fast counter 

      Gasulla Forner, Manuel; Li, Xiujun; Meijer, Gerard C. M. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2003-05)
      Text en actes de congrés
      Accés obert
      This paper presents the analysis and experimental results on the jitter of a capacitive-sensor interface. The interface is implemented with a simple relaxation oscillator, a fast counter and a microcontroller. The goal ...

    • A joint model for 2D and 3D pose estimation from a single image 

      Simó Serra, Edgar; Quattoni, Ariadna Julieta; Torras, Carme; Moreno-Noguer, Francesc (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
      Text en actes de congrés
      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      We introduce a novel approach to automatically recover 3D human pose from a single image. Most previous work follows a pipelined approach: initially, a set of 2D features such as edges, joints or silhouettes are detected ...

    • A knowledge-based approach to automatic detection of equipment alarm sounds in a neonatal intensive care unit environment 

      Raboshchuk, Ganna; Nadeu Camprubí, Climent; Jancovic, Peter; Peiró Lilja, Alexandre Cristian; Kokuer, Munevver; Muñoz Mahamud, Blanca; Riverola de Veciana, Ana (2017-12-21)
      Article
      Accés obert
      A large number of alarm sounds triggered by biomedical equipment occur frequently in the noisy environment of a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and play a key role in providing healthcare. In this paper, our work on ...

    • A method for fault detection and diagnostics in ventilation units using virtual sensors 

      Giovanni Mattera, Claudio; Quevedo Casín, Joseba Jokin; Escobet Canal, Teresa; Reza Shaker, Hamir; Jradi, Muhyiddine (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2018-11-14)
      Article
      Accés obert
      Buildings represent a significant portion of global energy consumption. Ventilation units are complex components, often customized for the specific building, responsible for a large part of energy consumption. Their faults ...

    • A method to build unique calibration models for batches of chemical sensor arrays 

      Fonollosa Magrinyà, Jordi; Rodriguez-Perez, Raquel; Solórzano, Ana; Padilla, Marta; Graunke, Thorsten; Marco, Santiago (2016)
      Text en actes de congrés
      Accés obert

    • A microcontroller-based interface circuit for non-linear resistive sensors 

      Reverter Cubarsí, Ferran (2021)
      Article
      Accés obert
      This article proposes a circuit based on a microcontroller unit (MCU) for the direct measurement and linearization of non-linear resistive sensors, such as thermistors. The measurement relies on an embedded digital timer ...