n present power system, the engineers face variety of challenges in
planning, construction and operation. In some of the problems, the engineers need
to use managerial talents. In system design or upgrading the entire system into
automatic control instead of slow response of human operator, the engineers need
to exercise more technical knowledge and experience. It is principally the engi-
neer’s ability to achieve the success in all respect and provide the reliable and
uninterrupted service to the customers. This chapter covers some important areas
of the traditional power system that helps engineers to overcome the challenges. It
emphasizes the characteristics of the various components of a power system such
as generation, transmission, distribution, protection and SCADA system. During
normal operating conditions and disturbances, the acquired knowledge will pro-
vide the engineers the ability to analyse the performance of the complex system
and execute future improvement
This chapter surveys the high temperature and oxygen partial pressure
behavior of complex oxide heterostructures as determined by in situ synchrotron
X-ray methods. We consider both growth and post-growth behavior, emphasizing
the observation of structural and interfacial defects relevant to the size-dependent
properties seen in these systems.
With all the recent hype over radio frequency identification (RFID) and
the requirements to implement it, you might think that RFID can turn
water into wine, transform lead into gold, and cure the world’s diseases. You
might also be worried that RFID will enable Big Brother to track your move-
ments to within a foot of your location from a satellite five hundred miles up
in space. The truth is, RFID can do none of these things.
In this chapter, you find out the basics of what RFID is, what forces are dri-
ving RFID as a replacement for the bar code in the marketplace, and what
benefits RFID can offer
In the first chapter, the topic of this book is classified into the area of pervasive com-
puting. Further, security and privacy in the scope of RFID technology is motivated
and the vision that guides the remainder of this book is introduced.
This introductory chapter is devoted to reviewing the fundamental ideas of
control from a multivariable point of view. In some cases, the mathematics
and operations on systems (modelling, pole placement, etc.), as previously
treated in introductory courses and textbooks, convey to the readers an un-
realistic image of systems engineering. The simplifying assumptions, simple
examples and “perfect” model set-up usually used in these scenarios present
the control problem as a pure mathematical problem, sometimes losing the
physical meaning of the involved concepts and operations. We try to empha-
sise the engineering implication of some of these concepts and, before entering
into a detailed treatment of the different topics, a general qualitative overview
is provided in this chapter.
In this chapter we give a quick overview of control theory, explaining why
integral feedback control works, describing PID controllers, and summariz-
ing some of the currently available techniques for PID controller design.
This background will serve to motivate our results on PID control, pre-
sented in the subsequent chapters.
This book is intended to be a general introduction to neural networks for those with a computer
architecture, circuits, or systems background. In the introduction (chapter 1), we define key vo-
cabulary, recap the history and evolution of the techniques, and for make the case for additional
hardware support in the field.
chapter 1: THE OP AMP chapter 2: OTHER LINEAR CIRCUITS chapter 3: SENSORS chapter 4: RF/IF CIRCUITS chapter 5: FUNDAMENTALS OF SAMPLED DATA SYSTEMS chapter 6: CONVERTERS chapter 7: DATA CONVERTER SUPPORT CIRCUITS chapter 8: ANALOG FILTERS chapter 9: POWER MANAGEMENT chapter 10: PASSIVE COMPONENTS chapter 11: OVERVOLTAGE EFFECTS ON ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS chapter 12: PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) DESIGN ISSUES chapter 13: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
