• DocumentCode
    3076596
  • Title

    Analog Computing of Control Laws by Periodic Network of Resistances

  • Author

    Ratier, Nicolas

  • Author_Institution
    Time-Freq. Dept., FEMTO-ST Inst., Besancon, France
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    28-29 June 2010
  • Firstpage
    64
  • Lastpage
    71
  • Abstract
    We show in this paper that a class of Periodic Networks of Resistances (called PNR) can be used to solve partial differential equations. More precisely, each cell of this periodic network computes locally a finite difference approximation of the partial differential equation. The PNR circuits are composed of current source, voltage–controlled voltage source and positive and negative resistances. An example of application of PNR could be the real time control of distributed MEMS.
  • Keywords
    Analog computers; Boundary conditions; Circuits; Computer networks; Distributed control; Finite difference methods; Micromechanical devices; Partial differential equations; Sensor arrays; Voltage; PDE; PNR; analog computing; finite difference; partial differential equations; periodic networks of resistances;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Hardware and Software Implementation and Control of Distributed MEMS (DMEMS), 2010 First Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Besan, TBD, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7222-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7223-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/dMEMS.2010.17
  • Filename
    5514141