A Publication of Industry Applications Society
2001 Vol. 121-D Contents
The Transactions of The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan

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JANUARY 2001 Volume 121-D Number 1
Review
A Survey on Information Technologies in Manufacturing and Distribution Systems
I. Manufacturing System in Digital Information Network Era
..........S. Fujii 1
II. Mechatronics Technology for Information-enhanced Manufacturing and Distribution Systems
..........K. Tsukamoto 3
III. Trends on Information Technology in Distribution System
..........T. Kaihara 5
Paper
A Study for Improvement Performance Characteristics of Driving Permanent Magnet Type Synchronous Motor without Position Sensor at Low Speed Range
..........M. Kawaji, N. Yamamura,&Y. Tsunehiro 7
A Proposal of a Job Shop Scheduling Method for Solving Resources Contention Problems and its Verification
H. Sugihara, H. Koizumi, N. Kataoka,&T. Takahara 14
Structural Design Measures to Suppress Fluid Noises of Large Capacity Open Type Motors
T. Nakahama&H. Naitoh 24
A Development Measures for Disturbances caused by Different Frequencies supplies for ATC with Hokuriku-Shinkansen
T. Okutani, J. Saikawa,&Y. Tate 31
Load Balancing Control by Symmetrical Coordinates Frame for PWM Inverter Based Reactive Power Compensators
..........A. Akdag, S. Tadakuma,&H. Minakata 43
Verification of a Travel Time Estimation Method using Data obtained from the Toll Collection System
..........Y. Ohba, H. Ueno,&M. Kuwahara 52
Linear Electromagnetic Pump for the Lead Free Soldering
..........J. Onozaki, T. Masuda, M. Sasaki,&Y. Kano 60
Determination of Equivalent Circuit Constants of Synchronous Machine from the Extended Dalton-Cameron Method
T. Ara, A. Hiraga,&S. Yamamoto 66
Simplified Resonant DC-DC Converter with High Frequency Drive
K. Murata, K. Harada,&K. Ozawa 74
Short-Current-Pulse Based Adaptive Maximum-Power-Point Tracking for Photovoltaic Power Generation System
T. Noguchi, S. Togashi,&R. Nakamoto 78
FeCoBN Magnetic Thin Film Inductor for MHz Switching Micro DC-DC Converters
T. Sato, K. Yamasawa, H. Tomita, T. Inoue,&T. Mizoguchi 84
Electric Brake Force Increase of Regenerative Brake in the High-Speed Range by Inserted Rheostats
M. Yamashita, M. Ogasa,&T. Watanabe 90
A Spatial Image Processing Traffic Flow Sensor and it's application for Signal Control, Surveillance and Warning System
K. Goto, M. Higashikubo,&M. Aoki 99
Characterizing IGBT Losses for Switched Mode Operation
R.H. Randall, A. Laprade,&B. Wood 105
Electromagnetic Characteristics of a High Density Motor Drive System Using a Printed Power Circuit Board
N. Mutoh, S. Shirakawa, K. Komatu,N. Ohnuma, S. Hokari,&F. Harashima 111
Hybrid Type Immittance Converter
H. Irie&Y. Kawabata 119
Design Quality Review System Based on Design-rules and Fault Document Databases for Motors
M. Nagae, S. Hori, H. Taki, K. Hirata,&I. Serikawa 125
Investigation on Stator Teeth Arrangement for Minimizing Cogging Torque and Linkage Flux Distortion in Hybrid Stepping Motors
K. Ohnishi 133
Letter
Influence of Coating of PM on Eddy Currents in PM of Surface-Mounted-PM SM
K. Yoshida, S. Nakayama,&K. Kesamaru 139
X-Y Linear Synchronous Motor Without Iron Armature Core
N. Fujii, S. Tanaka,&K. Okinaga 141
Dynamic System Modeling of Active Three-Phase Current-Source PWM Converter and Finite-Time Settling Controller
K.Nishida, Y. Konishi,&M. Nakaoka 143

FEBRUARY 2001 Volume 121-D Number 2
Special Issue on "Electoromagnetic Fied Analysis and Its Applications to Rotating Machines"
Special Issue Review
Electromagnetic Field Analysis and Its Applications to Rotating Machines
.....Y.Kawase 153
Special Issue Paper
The Shape Optimization of Ventilation Holes in An Induction Motor by The Hybrid Design Approach of Numerical Analysis and Analytical Design Methodology
.....S.Wakao, M.Tokuhisa, A.Maeda,&T.Onuki 159
Fast Analysis Method of Eddy Current Fields for Rotating Machines
.....K.Miyata&K.Maki 165
An Optimal Design Method for Efficiency of Permanent Magnet Motors
.....Y.Hosokawa, S.Noguchi, H.Yamashita,&S.Tanimoto 171
Dynamic Analysis of Scroll-Actuator Using 3-D Finite Element Method
.....T.Ota, K.Hirata,&Y.Kawase 178
Approximated Modeling of End-Rings for Electromagnetic Field Analysis of Induction Motors
.....K.Yamazaki 184
Paper
New Control Method of On-board ATC System of Shinkansen Trains
.....N.Fukuda&T.Watanabe 196
Low Cost Numerical Calculation Method for On-line Inverse Kinematics of Redundant Manipulators
.....T.Takahashi&A.Kawamura 204
Mirror-Phase Characteristics of Synchronous Reluctance Motor and Salient-Pole Orientation Methods for Sensorless Vector Controls
.....S.Shinnaka 210
A Novel Single-phase High Power Factor Converter with Load Neutral Point Applied to PM Motor Drive
.....J.Ito&S.Ishii 219
A Power Factor Correction with Two-Input Current Mode using Voltage Doubler Rectifier
.....I.Yamamoto&K.Matsui 225
A Basic Study on Defect Inspection Method for ASIC Manufacturing Lines
.....K.Sakurai, S.Fujii,&H.Morita 231
Increasing Electrical Brake Force with Capacitance in the High-Speed Range
.....H.Kato, M.Ogasa,&T.Watanabe 239
A Computer-Aided Method for Detecting Damage to Seepage Control Sheets used at Final Disposal Sites
.....M.Ebihara, H.Ishii, T.Ono,&T.Oshikata 245
A New Multivariable Filter with Variable-Frequency Characteristics for Three-Phase Signal Processing--Simple Production of Effects by Filters Accompanied with Vector Rotators--
..........S.Shinnaka 253
Diagnosis System for Detecting Plant and Sensor Deterioration Using Immune Network Integrated with Plant Knowledge
.....Y.Sugita, M.Kayama,&Y.Morooka 261
Control Strategies for Brushless Doubly Fed Reluctance Machines
.....M. G. Jovanovic &R. E. Betz 272
Letter
A Predictive Instantaneous Current Control Method Taking into Consideration AC Side LC Filters in Three Phase PWM Voltage-Source Rectifier
.....K.Hara, H.Funato,&K.Kamiyama 279
Amplitude Modulated Inverter with 3-level DC-DC Converter System for Utility Interactive Photovoltaic Power System
.....N.Kikuchi, H.Watanabe, T.Ohnishi,&F.Harashima 281
A Consideration on Inertia-Ratio and Damping Property of Vibration of Two-Inertia System
.....N.Takesue&J.Furusho 283

MARCH 2001 Volume 121-D Number 3
Special Issue on ''Semiconductor Power Conversion Technologyand Its Application''
Preface to a Special Issue on ''Semiconductor Power Conversion Technology and its Applications''
..........H. Akagi 295
Special Issue Review
Power Conversion Technology Applications for Power System
..........S. Tamai&H. Yamamoto 296
Special Issue Paper
Characteristics Analysis and Improvement of Input Current Waveform for Boost DCM Converter with Unity Power Factor
..........K. Taniguchi 302
A High Voltage Switch (50kV 2kA) with IGBTs Driven by Displacement Current
..........A. Suzuki, A. Iwata, A. Teramoto, T. Koseki,N. Nakamura,&Y. Kamiya 308
Considerations of a Fully-Digital-Controlled Active Filter for Installation on Power Distribution Systems
..........P. Jintakosonwit, H. Fujita,&H. Akagi 316
Waveform Shaping of Output Pulse of Pulse Forming Network for Klystron Modulator Using a Waveform Compensation Circuit
..........A. Suzuki, H. Itoh, A. Iwata,&M. Akemoto 325
Analysis and Measurement of Chip Current Imbalance Caused by the Difference of Impedance of Each Parallel Circuit in a Power Module
..........T. Ohi, T. Okuda, H. Muto, T. Kikunaga,&H. Matsumoto 333
Investigation of Shinkansen Static Changeover Switch Capable of Suppression of Exciting Inrush Current into Transformer on Train
..........K. Ajiki, Y. Mochinaga, T. Uzuka, T. Saitoh,&Y. Yoshiki 340
Suppression Control Method of Vibration for PMSM Utilizing Repetitive Control with Auto-tuning Function and Fourier Transform
..........S. Hattori, M. Ishida,&T. Hori 347
IEGT Power Converters for the Shinkansen Traction Systems
..........Y. Oi, S. Kato, T. Kato, A. Yajima, A. Ujiie,&E. Takahara 356
Paper
A Guideline for the Design of Inverter-Fed Three-Phase Small Induction Motor
..........K. Obayashi, Y. Okada, S. Dobashi,&S. Ikeda 364
IPMSM with Adjustable PM Armature Flux Linkage for High Efficiency and Wide Range Operation
..........L. Ma, M. Sanada, S. Morimoto,&Y. Takeda 371
A Cooperative Task with Vehicle and Arm in a Mobile Manipulator
..........T. Yakoh&D. Nakamura 377
A New Approach to Individual-Phase Reactive Power Compensator for Non-Sinusoidal and Unbalanced Three-Phase Systems
..........T. Tanaka, S. Funabiki,&A. Nabae 383
Linear Electromagnetic Pump for the Flow Soldering Equipment
..........J. Onozaki, T. Masuda, M. Sasaki,&Y. Kano 391
Investigation of Optimal Design of IPM Motor using Finite Elements and Optimization Technique
..........T. Ohnishi&N. Takahashi 397
A Study on the Moving of an AC Attraction-type Magnetic Levitation Transport System Using a Two-phase Linear Motor
..........H. Konishi&Y. Hirane 403
Consideration on SVC Control Instability with Detailed Model and Verification on Stabilization by On-line Gain Adjustment Function
..........T. Yoshino&K. Takagi 410
Effect of the Damper Coils on the Three-Dimensional Motion of the Superconducting Magnetically Levitated Bogie
..........S. Ohashi, H. Nishioka,&Y. Hirane 417

APRIL 2001 Volume 121-D Number 4
Review
Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering in AutomobilesI. Vehicular Technology and Electrical Engineering
..........S. Okuma 431
II. 21'st Century's Vehicles and 42V Power Net
..........T. Teratani 433
III. Support Systems and Sensors for Safety Driving
..........Y. Fujita 435
Paper
Control Aspects of a Transformerless Five Level Cascaded Inverter Based Single Phase Photovoltaic System
..........M. Calais, L. J. Borle, V. G. Agelidis,&M. S. Dymond 437
Modeling and Robust Control of Wavemaker for Small Water Tank
..........D. Katayama&R. Watanabe 445
High Repetition Rate Operation of a KrF Exchmer Laser Using a High Voltage Switch with MOSFETs
..........A. Suzuki, A. Iwata,&K. Haruta 453
Modeling of Sequential Control System with Cyclic Scan by Petri Net
..........Y. Itoh, I. Miyazawa,&T. Sekiguchi 461
Practical Use of a Pump Control System Using Fuzzy Control
..........T. Shamoto, Y. Terao, A. Nagaiwa, Y. Hiraoka,A. Nari, &Y. Hatsushika 468
PWM Control Method Suitable for High Voltage Multilevel Inverters
..........Y. Iwaji, T. Okuyama, D. Kaneko,&S. Okamatsu 476
Analysis on the Instability of ICB Energy Transfer Circuit during Ripple Reduction Operation
..........J. Baba, T. Nitta, Y. Shirai, Y. Hayashi,&Y. Kobayashi 484
Investigation of pH Dependency of Solubility and Physical Property about Plasma Molten Slag from Fly Ash
..........Y. Kubo, T. Hosoi, Y. Kaneko, M. Ohata,T. Iwao, N. Furuta,&T. Inaba 493
D. C. Powers System for Excitation of Large Current Superconducting Coils for Fusion Plasma Experimental Facility
..........H. Chikaraishi, S. Yamada, S. Tanahashi,T. Inoue, S. Takami, O. Motojima, H. Niwa,&T. Haga 501
Transient Characteristics of a UPFC, and its Effect on Suppressing Power Flow Variation
..........Y. Watanabe, H. Fujita,&H. Akagi 508
Suppression Control Method for Torque Vibration of 3-Phase HB-Type Stepping Motor Utilizing Feedforward Compensation Control
..........T. Su, M. Ishida,&T. Hori 516
Letter
A Novel Type of Active Auxiliary Resonant Soft Commutation Snubber with Pulse Current Transformer for Voltage Source Inverter and Its Optimum Circuit Design Procedure
..........H. Yamamoto, E. Hiraki, A. Okuno,&M. Nakaoka 522
Three-Phase Soft-Switched Current-Source Rectifier Operated in Pulse Width Modulation
..........R. Itoh, K. Ishizaka, S. Matsueda,&H. Okada 524
Sterilization Effect by the Floating Multipole Discharge
..........T. Nagasawa, Y. Nishida, Y. Uda,&T. Kawatsu 526

MAY 2001 Volume 121-D Number 5
Review
Existing State of Electromagnetic Environments
..........E. Masada 535
Paper
A Method of Execution Time Adjustment in Parallel Projects Based on Critical Path Analysis
H. Sugihara 541
A New Coil Configuration of a Linear DC Motor to Improve Thrust
I. Kikutani, R. Okuno,&K. Akazawa 550
Application of Statistical Analysis to DC-DC Converters
O. Woywode&H. Gu ldner 557
Dual Frequency Output Quasi-Resonant Inverter for Induction Heating
S. Okudaira&K. Matsuse 563
Development of Traction Motor for Gauge Change Train
K. Matsuoka, M. Kondoh, S. Shiraishi,&K. Yamawaki 569
Thrust Analysis of Permanent Magnet Linear Synchronous Motor Using 3-D Finite Element Method
T. Yamaguchi, Y. Kawase,&A. Fuseya 577
A Method for Elimination of Higher Harmonics in a PWM Waveform
T. Nakae, Y. Kanamaru,&Y. Amemiya 584
Study on Performance Improvement of a Magnetic Fluid Type Semi-Active Damper
T. Nakagawa, T. Furukawa,&A. Yamada 590
A Study of Rotor Configuration for IPMSM with Concentrated Winding Considering the Iron Loss
H. Murakami, Y. Honda, S. Morimoto,&Y. Takeda 597
High-Speed Image Matching Using Partial Template Extracted by Genetic Algorithm
F. Saitoh 604
Letter
Single-Phase Switch-Mode Voltage-Doubler Rectifier Using Pump Circuits
H. Kiyotake, H. Okada, K. Ishizaka,&R. Itoh 612
Effects of DC-Current for Short-Time Negative Sequence Current of Synchronous Machine
S. Moriyasu 614
The Application of the IIR-Type Neural Network to the Magnetic Pole Shape Optimization
A. Kimura, T. Matsuzaka,&Y. Kagawa 616
Starting Performance Analysis of Self-Starting Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor--The Effect of Time Step--
..........K. Kurihara, Y. Baba, T. Nakada, T. Kubota,&H.W. Gao 618

JUNE 2001 Volume 121-D Number 6
Review
Human Factor in Total Production Life Cycle
..........S. Hata, H. Koshimizu,&H. Tomita 629
Paper
H Controller Design and Implementation for Induction Motors
..........C. Attaianese&G. Tomasso 635
A Study of Simulation Model of Human-Oriented Production Process in Consideration of Human Factors
..........A. Ohuchi, Y. Okuda, Y. Nakamura, M. Hitomi,&H. Tomita 643
Stability Analysis of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Traction Main Circuit with Regenerative Braking on Insufficient Load's Power Consuming
..........F. Yusivar, K. Uchida, T. Kihara, S. Wakao, K. Kondo,&K. Matsuoka 651
On the Switching Surge in the Current Resonant Inverter for the Induction Furnace Application
..........M.P. Chen, J.K. Chen, K. Murata, M. Nakahara,&K. Harada 658
A Study on Agent Learning in Self-organised Manufacturing Scheduling
..........T. Kaihara&S. Fujii 669
A Novel Slip-Power Recovery System using PWM Boost Rectifier
..........N. Hoshi&K. Oguchi 676
Anti-Windup Strategy for Feedback Control System Based on Youla Parameterization
..........F. Suzuki&Y. Hori 683
Maximum Power Control for a Photovoltaic Power Generation System by Adaptive Hill-climbing Method
..........K. Takahara, Y. Yamanouchi,&H. Kawaguchi 689
Critical Path Identification and Load Balancing Strategy for Concurrent Projects
..........H. Sugihara, Y. Fujimoto, J.T. Ootsuki,&T. Sekiguchi 695
Train Service on a Triple-Track Line as Rapid and Frequent as on a Quadruple-Track Line
..........K. Katsuta, T. Koseki,&S. Sone 705
Letter
Feedforward Controller Design Method for Position Control
..........R. Nakashima, R. Oguro,&T. Tsuji 713

JULY 2001 Volume 121-D Number 7
Address of President of Industry Applications Society
..........N. Matsui 723
Review
The State of the Art in Developments of Bearingless Drives
..........A. Chiba&T. Fukao 724
Paper
Compensation for Magnetizing Inrush Currents in Transformers using PWM Inverter
..........K. Shinohara, K. Yamamoto, K. Iimori, Y. Minari, O. Sakata,&M. Miyake 730
A Simulation Method for High-Speed and High-Accuracy Calculation--Application to a Position-Sensorless IPM Motor Drive System--
..........Y. Kazunori, S. Ogasawara,&H. Akagi 739
A Novel Parallel-Connected Multiple Induction Motors Vector Control Method for the Rolling Stock Traction System
..........Y. Matsumoto, S. Ozaki,&A. Kawamura 747
PWM Power Amplifier with Digital Optimal Preview Current Control Scheme for Gradient Magnetic Field in MRI Systems
..........S. Watanabe, H. Takano, E. Hiraki,&M. Nakaoka 756
A Neural Network Based Behavioral Model of a Monolithic Cascode Power Switch
..........M. Cacciato, A. Consoli, D. Tagliavia,&A. Testa 764
A New Biometorics Using Footprint
..........K. Nakajima, Y. Mizukami, K. Tanaka,&T. Tamura 770
Unified Proposal for Characteristics Testing Methods and Figure of Merit of 8kVE3.5kA Class Light-Triggered Thyristors
..........K. Asano&Y. Sugawara 777
A Comparison of the Characteristics between Buck and Buck-Boost High-Power-Factor Converters with Pulse-Space-Modulation
..........S. Motegi, A. Nakajima,&A. Maeda 785
Anti-Windup Strategy for Two Degree of Freedom Control System Based on Left Coprime Factorization
..........F. Suzuki&Y. Hori 792
Electromagnetic Analysis of a Superconducting Magnet for a Combined-type Linear Generator
..........H. Hasegawa, T. Murai,&T. Sasakawa 799
13.56MHz Current Source Inverter Based on Immittance Conversion Topology
..........H. Ohguchi, R. Shimotaya, T. Shimizu, H. Takagi,&M. Ito 805
The Reactance Calculation for a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Considering Magnetic Saturation
..........M. Sasaki, K. Shima, K. Ide, H. Koharagi,&M. Takahashi 814
Letter
Feasible Evaluations of 3-Level 3-Phase Voltage-Fed Soft-Switching Inverter with Two Active Resonant Snubbers
..........M. Yamamoto, E. Hiraki,&M. Nakaoka 821
Space Vector Modulated Three Phase Voltage Source Soft Commutation Inverter with Pulse Current Transformer-assisted Active Auxiliary Resonant Commutation Snubbers
..........H. Yamamoto, H. Iwamoto, M. Yoshida, E. Hiraki,&M. Nakaoka 823

AUGUST 2001 Volume 121-D Number 8
Review
Present Situation and Subjects of Protective Earthing Technologies
..........T. Takahashi 829
Paper
Tolerance Computation of a Power Electronic Circuit by Higher Order Sensitivity Analysis Method
..........T. Fukuyama&T. Kato 835
Characteristics Analysis of Induction Motor with an Unequal Slot Pitch Cage Rotor
..........M. Morimoto&I. Morita 841
Swing up and Stability Control of Inverted Pendulum with Inertia Rotor under Energy Control and Sliding Mode Schemes
..........S. Yura, T. Kamano, T. Yasuno, T. Suzuki, H. Harada,&S. Urushihara 848
Compensation for Neutral Point Potential in Three Level Inverter by using Motor Currents of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor and its Characteristics
..........K. Shinohara&E. Sakasegawa 855
Diagnosis of Breast Cancer by Using Competitive Learning with Modified Confidential Voting
..........I. Nagayama, M. Nakamura,&T. Yamashiro 862
High Efficiency Control Method of Speed-Sensorless Vector Controlled Induction Motor Taking Core Loss into Consideration
..........K. Matsuse, S. Taniguchi, T. Yoshizumi,&K. Namiki 869
Ultra-High Speed Positioning Control of a Piezoelectric Actuator by Using Discrete-Time Two-Degree-of-Freedom H Control
..........M. Hirata, D. Tang, K. Nonami, H. Ogawa,&Y. Taniguchi 879
Linear Encoders Applied High Resolution Technology which is Compatible with High Speed Response
..........S. Fujisawa 887
Position-Velocity-Based Trajectory Control for Manipulator and Its Application to Visual Tracking System
..........D. Purwanto, T. Murakami,&K. Ohnishi 894
Vector Control of Induction Motor Using Robust Optimal Observer
..........Y. Kinpara, S. Doki, & S. Okuma 902
Letter
Synchronization of Self-Starting Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor --The Relation between Depth of Rotor Bars and Load Inertia--
..........K. Kurihara, Y. Baba, T. Nakada, T. Kubota,&H.W. Gao 908
A New Interleaved Two Switch Forward PWM DC-DC Converter Operating with Soft-Switching
..........S. Hamada&M. Nakaoka 910

SEPTEMBER 2001 Volume 121-D Number 9
Review
Research Trends of Making Spaces Intelligent
..........H.Hashimoto 917
Paper
Consideration of wheel Slip and Re-adhesion Control for Railcars-Anti-slip and Re-adhesion Control beaed on a Relation of Adhesion Force and Slip Speed-
..........S.Toda, T.Henmi, Y.Nakazawa,&I.Yasuoka 923
A Transfer-Function Approach to the Analysis and Design of Zero Power Controllers for Magnetic Suspension System
..........T.Mizuno&Y.Takemori 933
Current Waveform Control of High-Power-Factor Rectifier Circuit for Harmonic Suppression of Voltage and Current in Distribution System
..........T.Takeshita, H.Goto, T.Masuda,&N.Matsui 941
Speed up of Reinforcement Learning using Chaotic Evolutionary Computation and its Application to Driver's Support Display System
..........T.Yamaguchi, M.Takahide, Y.Nakamura,&N.Kohata 948
Re-composition of Information based on Distributed-Sensory-Intelligence Architecture and its Application for ITS
..........T.Yamaguchi, K.Hirayama,&H.Hashimoto 956
Characteristics of Single-Phase Voltage-Doubler Rectifier with Balanced Capacitor Voltages
..........H.Kiyotake, H.Okada, K.Ishizaka,&R.Itoh 964
Loss Analysis and Efficiency Improvement of the Axial Flux Type Generator with Coreless Windings
..........A.Hoshino, S.Isobe, M.Morimoto, M.Sanada, Y.Takeda,&N.Matsui 971
Voltage Sag Compensation with Minimum Energy Injection by Use of a Micro-SMES
..........S.Polmai, T.Ise,&S.Kumagai 978
A Novel Strategy of High Power Utility Interactive Inverter with Series Active Filter
..........M.Saito&T.Shimizu 988
Letter
Fuzzy Control of 2-Inertia System with Scaling Factors Determined by GA
..........H.Ikeda, T.Hanamoto, T.Tsuji,&Y.Tanaka 996
The Commutation Spark on a Commutator Segment of Universal Motors
..........T.Hanazawa&T.Egashira 998
Zero-cross Switch for the Starter of Single-phase Induction Motors
..........K.Kukihara 1000
Nonlinear Friction Compensation Method in Linear Motors Using Neural Network
..........K.Koishi, T.Hosaka, H.Kubota,&K.Matsuse 1002
Influence of Iron-Core Loss on Parameter Identification of Induction Motor
..........T.Noguchi, T.Omura,&D.Hiraishi 1004

OCTOBER 2001 Volume 121-D Number 10
Review
Evaluation of Personal Computer based Control System for Public Utility Plant
..........S. Shin&T. Nakazato 1011
Paper
Speed-up for Finite Element Analysis by Using Multigrid Method
..........K. Tsubota, S. Noguchi,&H. Yamashita 1017
Novel Analytical Approach for Vector Controlled Adjustable Speed Synchronous Machines
..........T. Chin, M. Nakano,&G. Zeng 1024
A New Position-Sensorless Position Control Method for High-Speed Spindle Systems
..........S. Shinnaka 1032
DC Voltage Control and Harmonic Current Suppression of Single-Phase PFC Converter
..........T. Takeshita, Y. Toyoda,&N. Matsui 1041
Electro-magnetic Analysis of Inductrack Magnetic Levitation
..........T. Murai&H. Hasegawa 1049
Development and Fundamental Characteristic of One-Shaft Type ER Clutch
..........N. Saga, T. Nakamura,&M. Nakazawa 1055
Robust Performance Analysis of Magnetic Bearings
..........T. Namerikawa&M. Fujita 1061
Application of the Core-type Rotary Transformer for Power Supply to a Rotating Detector without Contact
..........Y. Odawara 1068
A PWM Rectifier/Inverter System Being Capable of Suppressing Both Harmonics and EMI
..........S. Ogasawara, M. Fujikawa,&H. Akagi 1075
Transient Characteristics of Tapped-Winding Capacitor Motor
..........A. Tozune, T. Takeuchi,&M. Saito 1083
Letter
A Novel Control Method on Single Phase Grid Connectable Inverter with Hilbert Transformer
..........M. Saitou&T. Shimizu 1089
ZCS High Frequency Inverter for Induction Heating with Duplicated Tuned Load Circuit
..........H. Ogiwara&M. Nakaoka 1091
Rotor Oscillation Damping of a Stepping Motor Using PWM-Type Switching Sequence
..........T. Miura&T. Taniguchi 1093
Very High Off-gate Gain GTO Thyristor
..........K. Kukihara 1095

NOVEMBER 2001 Volume 121-D Number 11
Review
Project of ''Control of Electromagnetic Environment in Low Frequency Band Less Than 100 kHz"
N.Matsui, T.Ohmae,&A.Kawamura 1105
Paper
Reduction of Conducted Electromagnetic Emissions in Multi-Inverter Drive Systems
M.Cacciato, A.Consoli, G.Scarcella,&A.Testa 1111
Comparison of the Characteristics of Linear Induction Motors with Various Secondary-Side Conductors on the Basis of the Simple Calculation Method Using DC Decay Test
S.Yamamoto, H.Hirahara,&T.Ara 1117
Current Sensorless Drive System of Synchronous Motor with Low-resolution Position Sensor
S.Morimoto, K.Kinoshita,&Y.Takeda 1126
Vehicles Recognition Method using Spatio-Temporal Images
H.Taniguchi, T.Nakamura, H.Furusawa,&S.Ozawa 1134
Usefulness of Frequency-Hybrid Vector Control for Sensorless Induction Motor Drive
S.Shinnaka 1143
A Sensorless Drive System of Brushless DC Motors Using a Digital Phase Locked Loop
B.H.Xu, T.Tsuji, A.Takahashi, S.Ouchi,K.Hamatsu,&M.Iijima 1155
A Control IC for an Optocoupler-less DC-DC Converter with a Current Mirror Detection Circuit
M.Inaba, M.Iwamura, N.Akiyama, M.Ono,N.Tajimi,&K.Sukegawa 1163
Restraint Method of Torque Ripple with d-q Transformation and Torque Current Feedback in Power Converter System for AC Electric Cars
S.Inarida, T.Tanamachi,&K.Nakata 1169
Development of Wheel Mounted Direct Drive Traction Motor for Rail Vehicle
K.Matsuoka, K.Kondoh, Y.Kobayashi,&S.Shiraishi 1176
Reduction of Vibration on Concentrated Winding Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors with Considering Radial Stress
Y.Asano, Y.Honda, Y.Takeda,&S.Morimoto 1185
Anti-Slip Re-adhesion Control of Electric Motor Coach (2M1C) Based on Disturbance Observer and Speed Sensor-less Vector Control
S.Kadowaki, K.Ohishi, I.Miyashita,&S.Yasukawa 1192
Letter
A Maximum Power Point Tracking Control Scheme for PV System Based on Limit Cycle Operation
M.Matsui, T.Kitano,&D.Xu 1199
A Method to Calculate the Mutual Inductance of Linear Induction Motors by DC Decay Testing Method
H.Hirahara, S.Yamamoto,&T.Ara 1201
Numerical Calculations of Flux-Canceling Maglev with DC&AC excited SCMs
..........T.Sakamoto, K.Yamada,&M.T.Thompson 1203

DECOMBER 2001 Volume 121-D Number 12
Paper
Design Method of Robust Full-Order Observer to Suppress Axis Deviation for Vector Controlled Induction Motor using Positive Real Problem and Gain Scheduled H Control
..........M. Hasegawa, S. Doki, S. Okuma, T. Fukumori,&F. Fujiwara 1218
Estimation of Piecewise-Linearized Torque Coefficient and Moment of Inertia of Windmill using Genetic Algorithm
..........H. Sori, T. Kamano, T. Suzuki, T. Yasuno,&H. Harada 1228
Genetic Algorithm-Based Autonomous Design of Weighting Functions for H Compensator
..........M. Iwasaki, N. Tsumagi, H. Hirai,&N. Matsui 1235
Study on Temperature Characteristics of a Clutch using Homogeneous ER Fluid
..........T. Nakamura, N. Saga, M. Nakazawa,&Y. Takahashi 1243
Attempt of Object Tranfer by Linear Actuator Array--Aiming for Magic Carpet--
..........H. Oyobe&Y. Hori 1250
DSP-Based Direct Torque Control (DTC) of Five-Phase Induction Motors
H. Xu, H.A. Toliyat,&L.J. Petersen 1256
A Maximum Power Point Tracking Control Scheme for PV System Based on Power Equilibrium and Its System Design
T. Kitano, M. Matsui,&D. Xu 1263
Current Sensorless Speed Servo System of PM Motor Based on Current Estimation Method
K. Ohishi&Y. Nakamura 1270
Autonomous Flight Control for a Large-Scale Unmanned Helicopter--System Identification and Robust Control Systems Design--
..........S. Adachi, S. Hashimoto, G. Miyamori,&A. Tan 1278
Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance of Autonomous Mobile Robot Based on Probabilistic Potential Field
..........S. Katsura&K. Ohnishi 1284
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Fixed Frequency PWM High Frequency Inverter for Induction Heating
H. Ogiwara&M. Nakaoka 1291
AC Motor Shaft Current Suppression Using Active Auxiliary Quasi-Resonant DC Link Snubber-Assisted Inverter
J. Yoshitsugu, K. Inoue,&M. Nakaoka 1293
A Study of High Frequency Electronic Ballast for HID Lamps Based on Immittance Conversion Theory with A Hot Restarting Circuit
H. Ohguchi, R. Shimotaya, T. Shimizu, H. Takagi,&M. Ito 1295
High-Torque Microstep Drive of a Two-Phase Stepping Motor
T. Miura&T. Taniguchi 1297

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