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Efficient diverse redundant DNNs for autonomous driving
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
Conference report
Open AccessAutomotive applications with safety requirements must adhere to specific regulations such as ISO 26262, which imposes the use of diverse redundancy for the highest integrity levels (i.e., ASIL D). While this has been often ... -
Epitaxially grown crystalline silicon as electron selective contact layer for crystalline germanium TPV cells
(2023)
Conference lecture
Restricted access - publisher's policyCrystalline germanium has been proposed as a cost-effective absorber for the fabrication of thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells which require, among other technologies, the development of electron-selective contacts. In this ... -
Active-power voltage-support for a microgrid under short-circuits, modelled in complex valued domain
(2023)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe growing number of electric vehicles (EVs) connected to the grid are a promising potential to support the overall system stability, known as vehicle to grid concept. During grid faults these vehicles can be seen as ... -
An improved estimation of unsuitable segments of ballistocardiography records using wavelet transforms
(Computing in Cardiology, 2023)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyA major challenge in BCG measurements is their high sensitivity to motion artifacts, which degrade the signal quality. Several techniques have been developed, especially for BCG measurements during sleep, to automatically ... -
A novel wearable insole BCG as a surrogate of the standard vertical weighing scale BCG
(Computing in Cardiology, 2023)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThis work presents a new wearable system based on a piezoelectric sensor embedded in a shoe insole to obtain the ballistocardiogram (BCG). The vertical BCG can be related to relevant cardiovascular parameters such as aortic ... -
Analysis of a gate-driving technique for enhancing the GaN power transistors performance
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
Conference report
Open AccessThis paper presents an analysis of a gate-driving technique for enhancing the switching performance of gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors. The technique consists of modifying the Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) signal ... -
Strategies for high fill factor and open-circuit voltage in low-doped c-Ge TPV cells with partially contacted surfaces using 3D simulations
(2023)
Conference lecture
Open AccessDielectric passivated surfaces provide excellent surface recombination properties while point-like contacts are defined to locally extract the current. In this solution, the distance between contacts, or pitch, is critical ... -
Analysis of the effect of deviated modulating signal characteristics on the susceptibility of a small medical device
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyA variety of modulation techniques using various signal characteristics are used by the telecommunication industry in real-life applications. Despite this, the radiated immunity test based on the IEC 61000-4-3 only modulates ... -
WFAsic: A high-performance ASIC accelerator for DNA sequence alignment on a RISC-V SoC
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2023)
Conference report
Open AccessThe ever-increasing yields in genome sequence data production pose a computational challenge to current genome sequence analysis tools, jeopardizing the future of personalized medicine. Leveraging hardware accelerators ... -
Novel circuit design methodology with graphene nanoribbon based devices
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
Conference report
Open AccessGraphene has attracted a high amount of interest in recent years in many research fields, including the field of electronics. Due to its spectacular properties, it is investigated as a candidate material for the realization ... -
Study and design of an RF energy harvesting system for WSN networks
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe objective of RF (radio frequency) energy harvesting in wireless sensor networks (WSN) is to reduce the reliance on batteries and extend the lifespan of sensor nodes. This technique involves capturing and storing energy ... -
Energy efficient object detection for automotive applications with YOLOv3 and approximate hardware
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
Conference report
Open AccessDeep neural networks are the dominant models for perception tasks in the automotive domain, but their high computational complexity makes it difficult to execute them in real time with an acceptable power consumption on ...