When thinking about mobile radio engineers there is a tendency to
assume that the engineering function relates solely to the technical
aspects of the network, such as the equipment design or the network
design. That is certainly a key part of the role of a mobile radio engineer.
However,increasinglyengineersarerequiredtointeractwithprofession-
als from other divisions.
In the two years since this book was first published, ultra wideband (UWB) has
advanced and consolidated as a technology, and many more people are aware of the
possibilities for this exciting technology. We too have expanded and consolidated
materials in this second edition in the hope that ‘Ultra Wideband: Signals and Systems
in Communication engineering’ will continue to prove a useful tool for many students
and engineers to come to an understanding of the basic technologies for UWB.
This effort started as an answer to the numerous questions the authors have
repeatedly had to answer about electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and
input/output (1/0) designs. In the past no comprehensive book existed suffi-
ciently covering these areas, and these topics were rarely taught in engineering
schools. Thus first-time I/O and ESD protection designers have had consider-
able trouble getting started. This book is in part an answer to such needs.
Applications of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microfabrica-
tion have spread to different fields of engineering and science in recent years.
Perhaps the most exciting development in the application of MEMS technol-
ogy has occurred in the biological and biomedical areas. In addition to key
fluidic components, such as microvalves, pumps, and all kinds of novel
sensors that can be used for biological and biomedical analysis and mea-
surements, many other types of so-called micro total analysis systems (TAS)
have been developed.
This is a practical book, to be sure, but it is also a book about hope and posi-
tive change. I am quite sincere. The delivery of electricity is deeply rooted
in the principle of universal access; when clean, reliable energy is available it
contributes to poverty alleviation, improved social conditions, and enhanced
economic development. In the developed world, we know this to be true. The
digital fabric of our lives is a testimony to the importance of energy security.
Across the globe, we have seen the vital contributions that electrification has
brought to the development of economies and an enhanced quality of life.
Nonetheless, this supreme engineering achievement has languished, and we are
deeply challenged.
With the rapid development of electric vehicles (EVs) as well as the promotion and
application of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies, EVs charging loads, as flexible
loads, have the potential to participate in the grid services, including peak shaving
and valley filling, frequency regulation (FR), emergency power, energy market
participation, and so on. Therefore, great attention has been paid to EVs and V2G.
Focusing on the interactions between EVs and power system, this book aims to
bring readers with basic knowledge of electrical engineering promptly to the
frontier of the EVs’ influence on power system and environment. This book may
serve as a reference for scientists, electrical engineers, and postgraduate students
majoring in electrical engineering or other related fields.
Why did an electricity market emerge? How does it really work? What are the perfor-
mance measures that we can use to tell that the electricity market under consideration
is well functioning? These are the questions that will be explored in this book. The
main purpose of this book is to introduce the fundamental theories and concepts that
underpintheelectricitymarketswhicharebasedonthreemajordisciplines:electrical
power engineering, economics, and optimization methods.
Power Electronics is one of modern and key technologies in Electrical and
Electronics engineering for green power, sustainable energy systems, and smart
grids. Especially, the transformation of existing electric power systems into smart
grids is currently a global trend. The gradual increase of distributed generators in
smart grids indicates a wide and important role for power electronic converters in
the electric power system, also with the increased use of power electronics devices
(nonlinear loads) and motor loadings, low cost, low-loss and high-performance
shunt current quality compensators are highly demanded by power customers to
solve current quality problems caused by those loadings.
RFID Applied is just that. It’s about the application of RFID. If you want a
book about electrical and computer engineering you need another source.
Let’s say that you have been asked to lead an effort at your company to
use RFID in your supply chain. You have heard about RFID because so
much has been written on the topic since Wal-Mart and the US DoD made
their proclamations that shippers attach RFID tags to their deliveries. This
book is for you!
Sound is simply an airborne version of vibration. The air which carries sound is a mixture
of gases. In gases, the molecules contain so much energy that they break free from
their neighbors and rush around at high speed. As Figure 1.1(a) shows, the innumerable
elastic collisions of these high-speed molecules produce pressure on the walls of any
gas container. If left undisturbed in a container at a constant temperature, eventually the
pressure throughout would be constant and uniform.
