Development on Emergent Soft Computers‡T. Abstract of Development on Emergent Soft Computers

..........S.Okuma, T.Furuhashi, T.Hashiyama,&M.Matsuzaki 1

II. Principal Operations of Emergent Soft Computers and their Hardware Implementations

..........T.Kawashima, N.Chujo, M.Miwa,&M.Matsuzaki 2

III. Applications of Emergent Soft Computers to Control, Scheduling, and Image Processing

T.Aoki, T.Kumon, M.Yasuda, N.Chujo, S.Nakagawa, T.Kawashiwa, S.Yoshizawa,&M.Iwasaki 4

Robust Control of a 4-Pole Electromagnet in Semi-Zero-Power Levitation Scheme with a Disturbance Observer

J.Liu, K.Yakushi,&T.Koseki 7

SPICE Simulation of a SRM Considering the Nonlinear Magnetization Characteristics

T.Tsukii, K.Nakamura,&O.Ichinokura 16

Characteristics of Induction Motor with Reduced Turns of Terminal Coils

K.Hitosugi, S.Moriyasu,&N.Nanba 22

Performance of Automatic Gain Adjustment in a Shunt Active Filter Intended for Installation on Power Distribution Systems

P.Jintakosonwit, H.Akagi, H.Fujita,&S.Ogasawara 29

Position Sensorless Control System of IPM Motor Based on Voltage Injection Synchronized with PWM Carrier

R.Masaki, S.Kaneko, Y.Sakurai,&M.Hombu 37

Optimization of Transformer Tank Shield Model using 3-D Finite Element Method

M.Horii, N.Takahashi,&J.Takehara 45

T-LCLC Type Immittance Converter

H.Irie&H.Kisimoto 51

Support System for Passage Plan by Using Landmark Tables

Y.Hayashi, N.Wakabayashi,&T.Kitahashi 58

A Multi-mode Filtering Technique to Assure Real-time Data Sharing in Information and Control System

K. Kawano, S. Sameshima, Y. Adachi,&N. Komoda 66

Three-phase Generator with High Temperature Superconducting Bulk Permanent Magnet

H.Sugimoto, Y.Hondou, N.Sasaki, M.Sakaguchi,&M.Ishii 73

Latest Development of Involuted Type Induction Heated Hot Water Producer Using ZVS-PWM High Frequency Inverter

..........H.Sadakata, M.Nakaoka, H.Yamashita,&H.Omori 75

Quality Engineering (Taguchi Methods)-Robust Design using Simulation-

..........G.Taguchi 83

Reducing Electric Power Consumption in a Digital Input System by Controlling the Current which Flows Through the Contacts

..........Y.Tokunaga, S.Saito,&M.Shiga 89

Design of a Robust PWM Power Amplifier Using Approximate 2-Degree-of-Freedom Integral Type Control

K.Higuchi, K.Nakano, K.Araki,&F.Chino 96

Automatic Generation of Rescheduling Plan Immediately after Resumption of Train Operation Using Selective Stops Schedule Pattern

Z.Yang, T.Koseki,&S.Sone 104

Wavelet-Based Identification for Control of Watertube Drum Boilers

K.Nakano, T.Tabaru, S.Shin, Y.Toyoda, T.Tsujino,&T.Sanematsu 111

Speed Servo System Considering Voltage Saturation of Indirect Vector Control System

K.Ohishi, E.Hayasaka, T.Nagano,&M.Harakawa 120

Feedwater Flow Control for an Once-through Heat Recovery Boiler with Multiple Evaporators

M.Nakamoto&A.Nakai 128

System Identification using GA and its Application to Internal Adaptive Model Control

T.Kumon, T.Suzuki, M.Iwasaki, M.Matsuzaki, N.Matsui,&S.Okuma 135

Dynamic Characteristics Analysis of Stepping Motor for Wristwatch Using 3-D Finite Element Method

T.Yamaguchi, Y.Kawase, M.Torizawa, H.Sekino,&K.Matsuzawa 144

Characteristics Analysis of Linear Pulse Motor Using 3-D Finite Element Method

Y.Kawase, T.Yamaguchi, M.Ito,&K.Hirata 150

A Linear Model for Bending Dynamics of Externally Forced Thin Steel Plate and Its Application Limit

T.Hikihara, T.Yoshida,&Y.Ueda 156

Design and Experimental Evaluations of 5kW-Surface Permanent Magnet Vernier Machines

A.Toba, T.Watanabe, Y.Koganei,&H.Ohsawa 162

New Power Conversion Technology for Single-phase UPS

Y.Ito, S.Ishiguma, Y.Kanno, H.Iida, Y.Nakajima,&T.Watanabe 169

Car Passing Measurements Using Two Amorphous Wire CMOS MI Sensor Built-in Disk Set on a Road

H.Itoh, T.Inamoto, T.Uchiyama,&K.Mohri 176

Detection of Abnormal Action Using Image Sequence for Monitoring System of Aged People

H.Seki&Y.Hori 182

High-Frequency Equivalent Circuit of Inverter-Induction Motor System Considering Parasitic Capacitance of Switching Devices

K.Kariya&M.Ishida 189

Auto Recognition of Handwriting Sequence Diagram using Correlation Method

S.Hasegawa, M.Kawada, T.Semura, S.Matsumura,K.Muto,&K.Nakamura 191

A Control Method of Single Phase Power Active Filter on d-q Coordinate with Hilbert Transformer

M.Saitou&T.Shimizu 193

Zero Current Soft-Switching High Frequency Inverter with PDM Control Scheme for Induction Heating Roller

Y.L.Feng&M.Nakaoka 195

Impact Force Reduction on Biped Robot with Redundant Legs

M.Shibata, G.Tasaki,&T.Natori 197

Paper

Speed Control Method for PM Motor using Speed Observer and Low Resolution Encoder

..........K. Ohishi, Y. Ogawa,&H. Dohmeki 209

High-Efficiency.Low-Noise Resonant Three-phase Converter

..........S. Nagai, S. Sato, Y. Ito,&K. Morita 217

Mechanism-analysis and Simulation of the Storage and Removal of Ozone to Level Electric Power Loads

..........A. Murai, N. Tahara,&T. Nakajima 223

Vibration Control of Flexible Manipulator Taking Friction-depending Disturbance into Account

..........J. Suzuki, T. Murakami,&K. Ohnishi 235

Dynamic Performance Analysis of Rapid-Start Ballast using 3-D Finite Element Method

..........K. Hirata, Y. Mitsutake,&Y. Tamai 241

Study on Flywheel Capacity of the Power Compensator for Wind Turbine Generator

..........H. Nakamura, A. Koyanagi, Y. Suzuki, N. Eguchi, Y. Sato,&R. Shimada 247

High Performance V/f Control Method for PM Motor

..........J. Ito, J. Toyosaki,&H. Ohsawa 253

Speed Control of Multi-Inertia System only by a PID Controller

..........H. Kobayashi, Y. Nakayama,&K. Fujikawa 260

Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor

..........H. Murakami, Y. Honda, S. Morimoto,&Y. Takeda 266

Two-Dimensional Pose Recognition for Industrial Components Based on Edge Direction and Curvature of Pixel Pair on Contour

..........M. Asano&F. Saitoh 273

A Self-Commutated BTB System and its Performance under a Single-Line-to-Ground Fault Condition

..........M. Hagiwara, H. Akagi,&H. Fujita 280

Development of Helically Winding Machine for Force-Balanced Coil and Winding Technique

..........S. Nomura, N. Watanabe, H. Ajikawa, H. Tsutsui,Y. Sato, S. Iio,&R. Shimada 288

Image Template Matching Based on Position of Pixel with Median Gray-Level

..........F. Saitoh 294

Novel Application and Current-Limiting Performance of a Three-Phase, Solid-State, Fault Current Limiter

..........T. Fukami, T. Onchi, R. Hanaoka, S. Takata,&T. Miyamoto 300

Letter

Practical Active Auxiliary Resonant DC Link Snubber with A Single Diode Clamping Loop for Suppressing Its ZCS Related Switch Parasitic High Frequency Oscillation

..........J. Yoshitsugu, K. Inoue, Y. Konishi,&M. Nakaoka 307

Utility-Interactive Flyback Transformer Linked Soft-Switching Inverter for Renewal Energy System

..........Y. Konishi, S. Chandhaket,&M. Nakaoka 309

Paper

Considerations on Design for a Cylindrical Moving Magnet Type Linear Oscillatory Actuator having Spring Characteristics

..........Y. Tomigashi, T. Ueta, K. Kishimoto,&H. Hida 317

Calculation Method for Strand Current Distributions in Armature Winding of Turbine Generator

..........K. Takahashi, M. Takahashi,&M. Sato 323

Compensation Method for End Effect of Linear Induction Motor

..........N. Fujii, T. Harada, Y. Sakamoto,&T. Kayasuga 330

Cogging Torque Reduction in Permanent Magnet Brushless Motors

..........K. Ohnishi 338

Linear Oscillatory Actuator with Dynamic Vibration Control

..........K. Hirata, Y. Ichii,&Y. Arikawa 346

Analysis of Output Voltage Ripple Caused by ESR of Smoothing Capacitor for Low-Voltage, High-Current Buck Converters

..........H. Hyakutake&K. Harada 352

Platoon Matching and Travel Time Estimation based on Vehicle Alignment

..........H. Shimoura, S. Nishimura, K. Tenmoku, T. Iwamoto, T. Ishizeki, H. Kobayashi,&H. Imai 359

Magnetic Pole Shape Optimization Using an IIR-Type Neural Network

..........A. Kimura, T. Matsuzaka,&Y. Kagawa 366

Open-Phase Voltage at Suddenly Line-to-Line Short Circuit of Synchronous Machine

..........K. Hitosugi, S. Moriyasu,&M. Muraoka 375

A MPPT Control Scheme for PV System Utilizing Limit Cycle Operation and Its System Design

..........T. Kitano, M. Matsui,&D. Xu 382

CPU-time Reduction for Steady-state Solution Time-stepping FE Analysis of Rotating Machinery

..........S. Wakao&N. Nishioka 390

- Stationary Coordinate Based Finite-Time Settling Control Scheme of Active Three-Phase Current-Source PWM Converter

..........K. Nishida, Y. Konishi,&M. Nakaoka 396

Visual Feedback Using Virtual Object Points In Stereo Vision Based Manipulator

..........D. Purwanto, T. Murakami,&K. Ohnishi 403

Letter

Pulse Density Modulated High Frequency Inverter for Silent Discharge Excimer Lamp Drive

Paper

High Speed Robust Tracking Servo System for an Optical Disk Recording System

..........K. Ohishi, K. Kudo, H. Yanagisawa,&H. Tokumaru 421

High Efficiency and Low Acoustic Noise Drive System Using Open-Winding A.C. Motor and Two Space Vector Modulated Inverters

..........Y. Kawabata, M. Nasu,&T. Kawabata 430

Maximum Power Point Tracking with Estimating Capacitance of Capacitor Connected to Photovoltaic Array

..........N. Kasa, T. Iida,&G. Majumdar 439

Comparative Performance Evaluations of IGBTs and MCT incorporated into Voltage-Source Type Single-Ended Quasi-Resonant Zero Voltage Soft Switching Inverter

..........H. Terai, I. Hirota, T. Miyauchi, H. Omori,K. Ogura,&M. Nakaoka 448

A New Separate-Identification Method of Two Stator Equivalent Core-Loss Resistances Corresponding to Hysteresis and Eddy-Current Losses for Parallel-Type Mathematical Models of AC Motors

..........S. Shinnaka 457

A Damping Method of Rotor Natural Vibration in Three-Phase Hybrid Stepping Motors

..........S. Ogasawara 468

Reduction of the Surge Voltage at Motors fed from IGBT Inverter Drives by PWM Correction

..........O. Gjini, J. Itoh,&H. Ohsawa 475

A Fast Computational Method of Calculating Radio Propagation Path using 3 Dimensional Map for Ray Tracing Technique

..........T. Tamada, Y. Inazawa, A. Miki, K. Seo,&S. Nishida 481

Biped Robot Control for Variable Speed Walking Considering Joint Torque Limit

..........D. Ito, T. Murakami,&K. Ohnishi 489

Design of Optimal Time Allocation Multi Holder and its Application to Hard Disk Drives

..........S. Takakura 495

A Three-Phase AC-DC Converter using World-Wide PFC Circuit and Phase Shift Controlled DC-DC Converters

..........K. Mino, S. Igarashi,&K. Kuroki 502

Position Sensorless Control of IPM Motor using PWM Inverter Carrier Frequency Component

..........J. Oyama, T. Higuchi, T. Abe, K. Ogawa,&M. Mamo 509

Visual Servoing System with Feature Prediction using Motion Observer

..........K. Saruta, H. Fujimoto,&Y. Hori 516

Cost-effective Monitoring Systems for UHI for the Developing Countries: The Case Study of Shanghai, China

..........Y. Bai 522

A Traffic Flow Surveillance Method using Spatio-Temporal Image Processing

..........H. Taniguchi, T. Nakamura, H. Furusawa,&S. Ozawa 531

Letter

A Vector Control System of Induction Motor Taking into Account Iron Loss

..........M. Tsuji, T. Honjo, K. Izumi,&E. Yamada 541

Review

Discussion on Power Electronics Education in the 21st Century

..........A. Ueda, K. Oguchi,&M. Matsui 555

Paper

Comparison of Loss of Induction Motor Systems for Driving a Constant Mechanical Power Load from Solar Power

..........T. Izumi, R. Hasegawa,&Z. Hai 561

Three-Phase Immittannce Converter

..........H. Irie&T. Nishisako 569

An Autonomous Decentralized On-Line Testing for Verifying Real-Time Control Application Program

..........K. Kawano, K. Fujiwara, E. Nishijima, M. Nozato,&N. Komoda 575

A New Three-Input/Output Characteristics-Varying Filter in the D-Module for Direct Processing of Three-Phase Signals

..........S. Shinnaka 582

Characteristics-Varying Systems in the D-Module--Their Properties on Existence, Realization and Stability--

..........S. Shinnaka 591

A New Method of Damping Harmonic Resonance at the DC-Link in Large Capacity Rectifier-Inverter System

..........T. Tanaka, S. Fujikawa,&S. Funabiki 601

The Searching System for Wandering Demented Aged Person using GPS

..........A. Ikarashi, K. Magara, S. Nonaka,&H. Ohno 609

Feasible Performance Evaluations of New Single Inductor-Type Auxiliary Resonant AC Link Snubber for Voltage Source Soft Switching Inverter using IGBTs

..........M. Yoshida, E. Hiraki,&M. Nakaoka 617

A Zero Current Switching Strategy of PWM Rectifier of Converter without DC Link Components for Induction Motor Drives

..........M. Muroya, K. Iimori, K. Shinohama,&K. Yamamoto 624

Surface Charge Analysis in Eddy Current Problems

..........Y. Fujishima&S. Wakao 633

Development of High Reliable Timer by Utilizing GPS Unit

..........N. Iijima, R. Ishizuka, Y. Yoshida,&M. Sone 640

Improved Self-commissioning of Electrical Parameters for Vector Controlled Induction Motors

..........H. Kobayashi, Y. Ohmori,&N. Matsui 646

Automated Steering Control Systems Design for Passenger Vehicle in Consideration of Vehicle Parameters' Uncertainties

..........Y. Fujiwara, M. Yoshii,&S. Adachi 652

Optimum Stator Core Structure in Three Phase Hybrid Stepping Motors

..........K. Ohnishi 659

Letter

Development of a Water-Purifying Facility with Iron-Electrolysis under the High-Oxygen Condition

..........T. Tanaka, S. Fujikawa, S. Funabiki, S. Fukui, M. Katsube, H. Kitasako, K. Tanaka,&M. Kanou 665

AC Electronic Transformer

..........K. Kukihara 667

Address of President of Industry Applications Society

..........K. Yotsumoto 677

Review

Vehicular Technology

..........S. Okuma 678

Paper

New Variable Speed Constant Frequency Stand-alone Power Generating System

..........Y. Kawabata, Y. Morine, T. Oka,&T. Kawabata 684

Verification of the Usability of Safety-related International Standards in the Development of Software for Railway Signalling Applications

..........K. Munakata 693

Stability Analysis of Vector Control of Induction Motor without Speed Sensor Taking Core Loss into Account

..........T. Nagano, K. Shinohara, K. Yamamoto,&K. Iimori 703

Voltage Distribution in the Winding of PWM Inverter Motor

..........K. Hitosugi, S. Moriyasu,&T. Kobaru 714

Position and Speed Sensorless Control for IPMSM Based on Estimation of Position Error

..........S. Morimoto, K. Kawamoto,&Y. Takeda 722

An Automobile Driver Assistance System for Improving Passenger Ride Comfort

..........F. Wang, K. Sagawa, T. Ishihara,&H. Inooka 730

Noise Reduction of the DC Motor for the Electrical Power Steering by Short Circuit Wires for Symmetrical Position

..........Y. Yoshikuwa, A. Imagi, A. Daikoku, T. Tanaka,&M. Okazaki 736

DC Magnetic Deviation, and its Suppression, of a Matching Transformer in a Series Active Filter

..........H. Hasegawa, S. Srianthumrong, H. Akagi,&H. Fujita 744

Nonlinear Modeling of a Permanent-Magnet Induction Machine

..........T. Fukami, K. Nakagawa, R. Hanaoka, S. Takata,&T. Miyamoto 752

A New Sinusoidal Wave Synchronous Drive of a Brushless DC Servomotor Only Using Hall Element Signals

..........H. Takahashi 760

Letter

Constant Frequency Time Ratio Pulse Modulation Series Resonant using A Single Auxiliary Active Power Switch

..........H. Kifune, Y. Hatanaka,&M. Nakaoka 768

Review

Simulation of Power Electronic Systems--Difficulties and Keys--

..........Y. Kuroe&M. Matsui 775

Paper

A Novel Method for Active Filter Current Regulation using Dead-beat Control

..........S. Hamasaki&A. Kawamura 781

Design of Adaptive Observer for Sensorless Vector Control of IM under Regenerating Condition

..........Y. Tamura, I. Sato, H. Kubota, H. Ohta,&Y. Hori 790

Power Compensation and Control System for Partially Shaded PV Array

..........T. Mishima&T. Ohnishi 799

Robust Nonlinear Speed Control Method for Rolling Stock with Jerk Limitation

..........A. Kimura 807

Active-gate-control for Snubberless IGBTs connected in Series

..........S. Katoh, S. Ueda, H. Sakai,&H. Aizawa 816

Two Dimensional Field Analysis of Cylindrical Synchronous Machine by Variables Separation and a Fast Calculation Method of Steady State Characteristics

..........T. Kumano 823

Walsh Function Based Position Sensorless Control for Interior Permanent Magnet Motor Drives using Ripple-Current of High-Frequency Triangular-Wave-Carrier PWM Inverter

..........K. Choeisai, N. Kobayashi,&S. Kondo 830

A Novel Single-Phase Rectifier Circuit with Sinusoidal Input Current with LC Resonance in Commercial Frequency

..........I. Yamamoto, K. Matsui,&Y. Yao 838

A Three-phase Voltage-Source PWM Inverter System Characterized by Sinusoidal Output Voltage with Neither Common-mode Voltage nor Normal-mode Voltage--Design and Performance of a Passive EMI Filter--

..........H. Hasegawa, T. Doumoto,&H. Akagi 845

Analysis of Circuit Parameters for a Salient-Pole Synchronous Machine with Damper Circuits Considering Cross-Magnetization

..........K. Shima, K. Ide,&M. Takahashi 853

Generation of Architectural Product Models from CAD Drawings and its Application

..........T. Ito, T. Hirota,&M. Hashimoto 862

Trial Manufacture and Characteristics Evaluation of a Device Using a Cylindrical Linear Induction Motor for Machine Tools

..........A. Hirano, N. Maki,&Y. Tanaka 871

Letter

Rectification Free from Inrush Current

..........K. Kukihara 878

A Novel Reduction Method of Time Delay Existing in Detected Active Component of Harmonic Instantaneous Compensating Current Vector by Advanced Moving Average-Typed Digital Filter

..........K. Nishida&M. Nakaoka 879

A New Approach for Instant Measurement of Photovaltaic V-I Characteristics

..........D. Wang, H. Ishikawa,&H. Naitoh 881

Review

Simulation in Power Electronic Systems--Characteristics of General-Purpose Simulators and System Modeling Methods--

..........A. Okuno&S. Ogasawara 893

Paper

Magnetic Pole Position Detection Method and Conrtol of Brushless DC Servomotor with Incremental Encoder

..........H. Sugimoto, T. Ichikawa, K. Hosoi,&S. Kawasaki 899

Path Tracking Control by Online Learning using CMAC for an Omnidirectional Mobile Robots

..........S. Fujisawa, R. Kurozumi, R. Onishi, K. Kawada,&T. Yamamoto 910

Design of Discrete Time Polynomial Nonlinear Systems and Its Application to Sequential Control

..........Y. Fujimoto 918

Fast Transmission Power Control using UPFC under Output Voltage Saturation

..........T. Takeshita, T. Kuroda, Y. Toyoda,&N. Matsui 928

Motion Control Method of Redundant Manipulator Considering Kinetic Energy and Saturation of Joint Torque

..........K. Ohishi, H. Nozawa,&T. Miyazaki 935

A Wheelchair Type Mobile Robot Taking Environmental Disturbance into Account Based on Compliance Control

..........S. Katsura&K. Ohnishi 942

Letter

A Novel Method of Suppressing the Inrush Current of Transformers Using a Series-Connected Small-Rated Voltage-Source PWM Converter

..........T. Tanaka, H. Yamada,&S. Funabiki 948

Single-Switch Voltage-Doubler Rectifier Derived from Half-Bridge Configuration

..........H. Kiyotake, H. Okada, K. Ishizaka,&R. Itoh 950

Large Scale Cold-Crucible Furnace with Bottom Pouring Processing Scheme

..........A. Okuno, Y. Nakai, M. Tsuda,&M. Nakaoka 952

Paper

Feasible Enhancement of Three-Phase Soft-Switching Inverter with An Auxiliary Resonant DC Link Snubber

..........M. Kurokawa, Y. Konishi,&M. Nakaoka 957

Resonance Phenomenon in the DC Circuit of Large-scale Inverter System

..........I. Kawaguchi, A. Okui, H. Ikeda,&K. Matsuse 966

Rotation Invariant Image Template Matching Based on Correlation of Curvature Distribution

..........F. Saitoh 975

A Study on Simple Method of Iron Loss in Switched Reluctance Motor

..........S. Inamura, H. Shibayama,&K. Sawa 982

A Proposal of a 3.3kV/6.6kV Transformerless Hybrid Filter, and Experimental Verification Based on a 200V Laboratory System

..........S. Srianthumrong, Y. Tamai,&H. Akagi 989

A Guideline for the Design of Sinusoidal Excitation Equipment

..........Y. Okada, S. Ikeda,&K. Kitamura 999

A Soft-Switching PWM Boost Chopper Controlled DC-DC Converter with A Single Passive Auxiliary Resonant Snubber and Its Performance Evaluations

..........M. Nakamura, T. Myoui, M. Ishitobi,&M. Nakaoka 1006

Letter

GTO Device Model for SPICE Usable for Evaluating the Effect on Drive Circuit

..........S. Kobayashi, S. Matsuda, M. Morimoto, S. Sugimoto,&T. Ise 1017

Paper

Precise Speed and Torque Control for AC Traction Pure Electric Braking System in Low Speed Range

..........L. Kovudhikulrungsri&T. Koseki 1027

Devolopment of Multivariable Gauge and Tension Control for Tandem Cold Mills Based on ILQ Design Theory

..........Y. Seki, T. Horikawa,&H. Okamoto 1034

Variable Damping Control of a Semi-Active Device Using Homogeneous ER Fluid

..........T. Nakamura, N. Saga,&M. Nakazawa 1045

Gain Scheduled Velocity and Force Controllers for Electro-hydraulic Servosystem

..........T. Sugiyama&K. Uchida 1051

Forcefree Control with Assigned Locus for Position Input Type Articulated Robot Arm

..........D. Kushida, M. Nakamura, S. Goto,&N. Kyura 1059

Analysis of Magnetic Saturation in a Salient-Pole Synchronous Machine after Sudden Three-Phase Short Circuit

..........K. Shima, K. Ide,&M. Takahashi 1068

A Trajectory Planning of Biped Robot Taking Environment into Account

..........T. Tsuji&K. Ohnishi 1076

Paper

Sensorless Controls of Salient-Pole Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Using Extended Electromotive Force Models

..........S. Ichikawa, Z. Chen, M. Tomita, S. Doki,&S. Okuma 1088

Study on Reduction Effect of Harmonics in Compound PWM Control Applied to Single-Phase AC Power Control Circuit

..........K. Itako&T. Mori 1097

A Proposal of Autonomous On-board Train Control System and Road Run Testing

..........M. Matsumoto, T. Kawata,&Y. Nagatsugu 1103

Vector Control of AC Motor Using PWM Inverter with Output LC Filter

..........M. Kojima, K. Hirabayashi, Y. Kawabata,&T. Kawabata 1113

New Vector Controllers in the D-module for Three-Phase Systems

..........S. Shinnaka 1121

Proposal and Performance Evaluation of the Short Primary LIM with the Secondary Sections Connected by the Conductive Wire

..........Y. Kamiya, M. Tadehara, S. Hirase, S. Wakao, M. Akagi,&A. Kataoka 1129

Study of Some Skew Effects for an Induction Motor by 3-D Analysis

..........H. Kometani 1135

Letter

Practical Power Loss Analysis Simulator Development of Switching Mode Power Converter Using Measured Characteristic Values of Power Semiconductor Devices

..........E. Hiraki&M. Nakaoka 1142

Current-Sensor-Less Control of High Frequency Link Type Inverter for Photovoltaic System