To address the issue of large inductor current ripple in the existing finite switching sequence model predictive control (FSS-MPC) strategy for quasi-Z-source inverters (qZSI), an improved switching sequence model predictive control strategy is proposed. First, the switching sequences and inductor current ripple characteristics of the existing strategy are analyzed. Then, the voltage vectors are rearranged, and eight switching sequences with shoot-through vectors are designed within one sector. Next, the duty cycles of the voltage vectors are calculated based on the inverse relationship between the duty cycle and the cost function value. Additionally, a weighting coefficient for switching times is introduced into the cost function. Finally, simulations and experiments are conducted to compare the proposed method with the conventional FSS-MPC strategy. The results verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.

This paper presents a study of a novel optically transparent planar antenna operating at a resonant frequency of 8.5 GHz, specifically designed for WiMAX wireless communication systems. The antenna is fed by a 50 Ω microstrip line and exhibits a wide operational bandwidth. Measuring 30 × 30 mm² and achieving an optical transparency exceeding 70% of glass, the proposed antenna delivers outstanding performance while minimizing its visual impact. It is fabricated using an innovative rectangular meshed pure copper grid layer, deposited on a 0.7-mm-thick borosilicate flat glass substrate, optimizing both transparency and conductivity. Experimental evaluations of key performance parameters, including the reflection coefficient, radiation pattern, and gain, were conducted to assess the antenna's effectiveness at the target frequency of 8.5 GHz. The measured results confirm that the antenna exhibits excellent impedance matching at 8.5 GHz, achieving a peak realized gain of 5.2 dBi. These findings demonstrate the feasibility of transparent antennas that offer performance on par with non-transparent alternatives, while providing distinct aesthetic advantages. As a result, the proposed antenna presents a viable solution for applications requiring both functionality and visual integration, such as smart devices and architectural installations.

In this letter, a compact passband filter with dual desirable attenuation narrow bands is developed for ultra wideband application. Indeed, a grounded stepped impedance resonator in defected microstrip structure (GSIR-DMS) is realized with a specified high pass cutoff frequency of (f GSIR ). Next, two cells of the designed GSIR-DMSs are cascaded to perform the proposed ultra wide passband filter. In addition, four λ_g/4 open-circuited stubs are inserted beside the GSIR-DMSs to create two transmission zeros and improve the filter rejection performance. In order to suppress interference with some expected network channels, two desirable λ_g/4 short-circuited microstrip stubs are implemented and coupled to the body of the UWB filter. Finally, the filter is constructed, simulated, and measured using a Rogers-ceramic RO4360 substrate with a permittivity of ε_r = 6.15 and a thickness of h = 1.016 mm. The filter responses from measurement and simulation are compared and discussed. The produced filter is very small covering circuit area of about (0.433λ_g × 0.244λ_g) excluding the feeding ports.

A circular-slot embedded elliptical patch antenna with DGS ground is introduced for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Sub 6 GHz 5G, IRNSS, Wi-Max, and WLAN wireless network applications. The design consists of an elliptical radiating patch featuring a circular cutout positioned on the uppermost layer of the substrate, while the under layer incorporates a DGS structure with two symmetrical slots. The antenna is implemented on an FR4 substrate having a thickness of 1.6 mm and is excited using a microstrip line feed. The structural layout of the antenna corresponds to dimensions of 0.87λ × 0.81λ × 0.02λ. The developed antenna achieved a bandwidth of 86.74%, encompassing a BW extending from 1.73 to 4.38 GHz maintaining a reflection coefficient (S₁₁) lower than -10 dB, exhibiting 5.1 dB of peak gain. The radiation characteristics and surface current density distribution are examined at specific frequencies of 2.4 GHz, 2.78 GHz, 3.5 GHz, and 3.95 GHz. Additionally, the antenna's evolution and parameter effects were examined to better understand its performance characteristics.

To reduce the prediction times and algorithm complexity of model predictive current control (MPCC) for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), a simplified duty cycle modulation model predictive current control without cost function (SDCM-MPCC) method is proposed. The proposed method uses two fixed voltage vectors to generate the three-phase duty cycles for any sector, which is directly applied to the inverter after correction, without using a cost function to traverse the combination and modulation of voltage vectors in different sectors with only 1 prediction. Deadbeat control on the d-q axis current is performed simultaneously to obtain the duty cycle for two fixed voltage vectors. The output voltage vectors can cover any amplitude and direction, effectively reducing current ripple and phase current harmonics. Simulations and experiments confirm the method's effectiveness and feasibility.

In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of intra- and peritumoral artificial intelligence (AI)-based radiomics from Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) for preoperative prediction of lymphatic vascular invasion (LVI) in invasive breast cancer (IBC). Our results demonstrated that a radiomic model (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve AUC = 0.951) outperformed a clinical model (AUC = 0.644) in 193 patients. Optimal tumor segmentation using 3D RU-Net (Dice score > 0.75) and 3 mm to 4 mm isotropic 3D peritumoral expansion yielded the strongest predictive performance.

A four-element compact planar MIMO antenna is developed for the 3.5 GHz 5G sub-6 GHz band, ensuring reliable radiation performance and enabling simultaneous downlink and uplink communication. The proposed MIMO system incorporates four isosceles triangular elements, where two are allocated for uplink and the other two for downlink. Its compact structure facilitates simultaneous communication with separate provisions for uplink and downlink operations. The FR4 substrate has four antennas printed orthogonally to minimize mutual interaction between the elements. Triangles are more isolated and efficient when their corners are trimmed. Cutting the semi-circle yields the desired resonance frequencies. The proposed MIMO system measures 90 × 90 × 1.6 mm³. The performance of the proposed system was evaluated using multiple metrics, including far-field radiation patterns, S-parameters, channel capacity loss, envelope correlation coefficient, peak gain, diversity gain, and radiation efficiency. The simulated results closely aligned with the measured data, demonstrating strong agreement.

To meet the demands for a broader bandwidth, lower frequency, and enhanced gain, this article presents an innovative ultra-wideband miniaturized ground penetrating radar antenna based on traditional Vivaldi designs. The proposed antenna achieves an operational bandwidth spanning from 100 MHz to 2000 MHz (20:1 bandwidth ratio), with a peak gain reaching up to 9 dBi. Furthermore, it exhibits remarkable miniaturization. The antenna introduces novel dual-slotline configurations, side elliptical slots, metallic loading, and top-mounted lumped resistors, which collectively optimize its bandwidth and voltage standing wave ratio. These improvements make it particularly suitable for ground penetrating radar systems.

In this paper, a fast electromagnetic coupling model analysis method is proposed to solve the challenging problems such as complex switching state, difficult electromagnetic modeling and long parameter optimization process of multi-switch modular circuits with wide application prospects. In this method, a multi-loop circuit connected by multiple series-parallel high-speed switching devices is used as the research object, and each single loop can be regarded as a modular switching circuit for spatial electromagnetic coupling analysis. Considering the six complex states of the switching device, the speed and time change law dI/dt of the multi-loop electromagnetic coupling and the multi-switch switching state are simulated by using the circuit current change rate, and the circuit voltage fluctuation value dV is simplified to calculate the fast electromagnetic coupling model of the modular high-frequency switching circuit. By comparing with the electromagnetic coupling relationship calculated by the traditional Maxwell equations, the validity and rapidity of the fast electromagnetic coupling model are verified for the spatial electromagnetic field calculation of multi-switch modular circuit topology. By using the model analysis method, the optimal switching path with minimum power loss and maximum output efficiency can be predicted.

Target tracking in a low-grazing angle scenario is a challenging problem in radar because of the multipath phenomenon. When the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is low, this problem becomes more difficult. This paper applies a Bernoulli filter for low-grazing angle track-before-detect with monopulse radar. A measurement model is established using the Swerling II radar target model. The filter is implemented approximately as a particle filter. Simulation results show that the proposed filter is effective at detection and tracking in a multipath scenario and under low SNR.

This paper presents a novel compact, broadband, and low-loss slow-wave folded substrate integrated waveguide (SW-FSIW) structure, achieved by integrating grounded patches into a conventional FSIW configuration. The slow-wave effect is generated through enhanced capacitive coupling between the grounded patches and the signal trace grid patterned on the FSIW's middle metal layer. Compared to a conventional SIW with the same cutoff frequency, the SW-FSIW achieves a 66% reduction in lateral dimension and a 37% reduction in longitudinal dimension, resulting in a total area reduction of 78.6%. The design exhibits superior performance to state-of-the-art slow-wave SIWs in lateral size reduction, fractional bandwidth (92%), and attenuation constant. Experimental validation shows excellent agreement between measurements and simulations for a fabricated prototype operating across the 4.07-11 GHz frequency range, confirming the structure's strong potential for applications in compact microwave systems, 5G/6G front-ends, and satellite communications.

Antennas are one of the most important elements in modern communication systems. Recently, significant progress has been made in developing metasurface antennas as an alternative for beam steering, commonly used in radar and communication applications. Metasurface antennas consist of an array of metamaterial elements, uniformly distributed and with subwavelength dimensions, which can be excited by a progressive wave. This work focuses on the application of the Incremental Difference Method for estimating the magnetic polarizability of metamaterial arrays embedded in a waveguide-fed linear configuration. The method is validated through full-wave simulations and further assessed using a weighting function introduced in prior studies. The design is demonstrated using a WR340 waveguide-based metasurface antenna model.

Long-range near-field magnetic resonance wireless power transfer (WPT) technology holds broad application prospects in fields such as medical implants and industrial manufacturing robots. However, it faces challenges of low efficiency and poor robustness in long-distance transmission. This study proposes an innovative collaborative optimization approach that integrates the machine learning gradient descent optimization algorithm (GDOA) with non-Hermitian topological physics to precisely regulate the coupling strength distribution, thereby realizing a highly flexible, efficient, and robust WPT system capable of anchoring transmission frequencies and accommodating an arbitrary number of resonators. Experimental results demonstrate that the GDOA-optimized Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH)-like topological chain achieves a transmission efficiency of 65% at the target frequency and maintains 57.9% efficiency under 30% structural perturbations, significantly outperforming the SSH chain (45.6%) and uniform chain (24.1%) in control groups. This research provides theoretical and experimental support for the design of machine learning-based topological long-range WPT systems, offering substantial practical value, particularly in medical electronic power supply and wireless industrial equipment applications.

This paper presents an innovative magnetic gearbox with a three-rotor coaxial structure capable of providing a single input and dual identical outputs. The low-speed rotor magnets of this gear are flux-focusing, while the high-speed rotors magnets are surface-mounted. The performance of this gear was analyzed using finite element analysis. Initially, the gear with initial dimensions was modeled and simulated in ANSYS/Maxwell software, and the results of static and time-dependent analyses were examined. Subsequently, a parametric study of the gear was conducted to investigate the impact of geometric dimension variations on rotor torques and volumetric torque density. The optimal dimensions for achieving the highest volumetric torque density were then selected. The gear was then simulated with the final dimensions, demonstrating that this multi-rotor design is capable of achieving high torque densities (291.61 Nm/L in this gear). Following this, the proposed magnetic gear was compared with another gear of similar dimensions but with three flux-focusing rotors. Additionally, the slicing method was employed for the high-speed rotors magnets to reduce cogging torque, and it was shown that this method successfully reduces the cogging torque of the gear's rotors.

This study investigates the Absorbed Power Density (APD) and Power Loss Density (PLD) of 5G downlink signals in Frequency Range 2 (FR2), in particular at millimetre-wave (mmWave) frequencies, in an outdoor scenario in Malaysia. The electric field (E-field) was measured, and the data were collected from a base station (BS) located in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, operating at 29.5 GHz, as documented in the previous work of authors. The APD and PLD were simulated using Computer Simulation Technology (CST) software. The radiation source was modelled using a patch antenna, while a four-layer human skin model represented the sample. This work simulated three different types of applications: voice calls, video calls, and video streaming. It was found that the maximum APD is 0.0364 W/m² for voice calls, 0.0498 W/m² for video calls, and 0.0584 W/m² for video streaming. All the investigated applications produced APD within the safe limit of 20 W/m² set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). PLD was analysed to investigate the depth of radiation penetration into the skin. The results show that the PLD decreased from 18.1 W/m³ to 3.1 W/m³, 24.8 W/m³ to 4.1 W/m³, and 29.1 W/m³ to 4.8 W/m³ from the skin surface to the skin at 1 mm depth for voice call, video call and video streaming, respectively. It shows a significant drop in PLD due to the short wavelength of the mmWave frequencies.

Focusing on the instability problems of power grid transformer caused by geomagnetically induced current (GIC), this paper investigates the multi-physics coupling characteristics of transformer under GIC. First, the propagation path of GIC is analyzed, and the variation characteristics are further studied based on measurement data. The variational signatures can be characterized by two key parameters: the GIC distortion rate (Δk) and the distortion time (t_τ). A multi-physics coupling model considering GIC distortion is proposed, which includes mechanical domain coupling between electromagnetic and acoustic domains. Simulations are conducted on a three phase transformer under varying conditions of distortion rate (Δk), distortion time (t_τ), and load factor (ƞ). Then the spatial-temporal variations of winding current, magnetic leakage, core vibration acceleration, and noise can be analyzed. Results reveal that vibration and noise exhibit abnormal intensification under GIC interference. Meanwhile, dynamic experimental platform is established. And the result is verified through consistency of virtual model and physical entity. On this basis, a nonlinear mapping relationship between distortion rate (Δk) and sound pressure level (L_p) is established. Finally, a stability criterion is developed, providing a foundation for situational awareness and full lifecycle management of grid equipment under GIC interference.

This paper presents an enhanced design of a reconfigurable fractal ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna, improved through the inclusion of parasitic elements. The antenna incorporates two plus-shaped parasitic elements and a hexagonal radiating patch, while maintaining compact dimensions of 30 mm × 22 mm × 1.6 mm on an FR4 substrate. A partial ground plane with an integrated rectangular slot is etched on the backside of the resonator. The antenna was designed using HFSS, fabricated, and experimentally validated. The measured results show good agreement with the simulations. It operates over a frequency range of 4 to 10.57 GHz, with resonant frequencies at 4.7, 7.92, and 10 GHz. The design achieves a gain between 2.76 and 5.83 dB and maintains high radiation efficiency ranging from 82% to 95%. To further enhance performance, two strategically placed HPND-4005 PIN diodes are incorporated, allowing tunable resonance characteristics by altering current distribution under various switch configurations. As a result, the reconfigurable antenna extends its operational bandwidth from 3 to 14 GHz, making it suitable for a variety of wireless applications such as Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WLAN, and C-, X-, and Ku-band communications. Notably, the design achieves this wideband reconfigurability using only two PIN diodes while maintaining a compact footprint - offering an advantage over previous designs. Its features support seamless integration into compact electronic devices, enabling manufacturers to incorporate multiple antennas with minimal complexity.

This paper investigates the modeling of lightning electromagnetic (EM) fields over mixed propagation paths, including land-ocean and land-lake interfaces with slope angles, using Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method combined with staircase approximation. Two scenarios are considered: a land strike involving a soil-ocean domain and a real-world lightning strike to the CN Tower with a land-Lake Ontario interface. The return stroke currents are modeled using established MTLE model, and electromagnetic fields are computed above and below ground. Simulation results demonstrate strong agreement with previously published Finite Element Method (FEM) results, confirming the accuracy of the proposed approach. The study highlights the significant impact of slope angles on electromagnetic field components, particularly underground fields near mixed interfaces, and confirms the effectiveness of the staircase approximation for modeling sloped geometries in FDTD. These findings contribute to improving the assessment of lightning effects in complex environments, including urban areas and mixed land-water regions.

To address the issues of large speed fluctuations and slow current convergence in traditional model reference adaptive system (MRAS) algorithms, this paper proposes an improved model reference adaptive algorithm based on the fast super-twisting algorithm (FASTA). First, a feedforward compensation term is introduced into the traditional MRAS framework. Additionally, an adaptive feedback gain coefficient is designed, which can be dynamically adjusted in real-time to track speed variations and adapt to different external operating conditions, thereby effectively reducing speed fluctuation amplitude. Furthermore, a fast super-twisting algorithm with a dynamic adjustment exponential gain term is designed and integrated with the model reference adaptive system, replacing the traditional PI controller used in MRAS, significantly improving convergence speed of the system. Finally, experimental results verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed strategy.

This paper presents the conception and fabrication of a new steerable microstrip antenna for ISM band applications. At first, the fundamental antenna element is designed, optimized, and miniaturized to operate at 2.45 GHz, exhibiting a narrow impedance bandwidth and a good gain. However, the standalone element lacks beam steering capability. To enable directional control of its radiation pattern, a novel 3 dB hybrid coupler is used to feed two identical optimized elements, forming a switched array antenna. The resulting configuration achieves a wide impedance bandwidth and improved gain with beam steering capability. The proposed steerable antenna is designed and fabricated on a Rogers RT/duroid 5880 substrate. The simulated results are validated with measured data, showing good agreement and confirming the design's performance.