Preface to Special Issue on "Technology 2008 : Reviews & Forecasts"

.....................T. Okamoto 1

Recent Developments in Portable Weather Radars and New Experiments

.....................T. Suzuki, K. Kusunoki, K. Hattori, & M. Hayakawa 2

Recent Topics in R&D of the Plasma-Based Ion Process

.....................T. Ikehata 5

Energetic Radiation Bursts Associated with Lightning

..................S. Yoshida, T. Morimoto, T. Ushio, & Z. Kawasaki 9

Recent Trends and Prospects of Pulsed Power Technology

............K. Horioka & W. Jiang 14

Recent Topics on Electrical Discharge Technologies

.....................T. Nakano 17

Technology Trends in Light Applications and Visual Science

.....................S. Takahashi 19

Recent Technical Trend of Instrumentation and Measurement

.....................K. Shida 21

Dielectric and Electrical Insulating Technologies 2007

.....................N. Hozumi 23

Electric Materials in advance of Technologies for CO2 Emission Mitigation

.....................Y. Tanaka 26

Magnetic Actuator Works in Your Body ! - For Low Invasive Surgery -

.....................K. Ishiyama 29

Last Progress in Underwater Electrical Wire Explosion

.....................A. Grinenko, A. Sayapin, S. Efimov, A. Fedotov, & Y. E. Krasik 31

Research Group Report National Institute of Radiological Sciences

.....................M. Torikoshi 37

Academic Circles Report International Conferences Related to Terahertz Spectroscopy

.....................K. Fukunaga 39

Surface Plasmon Polariton Gap Waveguide and Applications to Nano-photonics

.....................K. Tanaka 41

Analysis for Hybrid EM Wave Absorber using Thin Corrugated Dielectric Lossy Sheet based on Equivalent Permittivity Representation

.....................T. Saito, H. Kurihara, A. Nishikata, M. Kasabou,
T. Sugahara, & K. Matsumura 45

An Analysis of the Electromagnetic Waves Radiated from a Line Source which is Close to a Concrete Wall by using the CIP Method

.....................T. Matsuoka, M. Matsunaga, & T. Matsunaga 53

Ferroelectric Electron Emitter having a Vacuum Gap

.....................I. Ohwada, T. Sugiyama, & T. Nanataki 59

Study on Space Charge Behavior Related to the Residual Charge Method for Diagnosing Water Tree Degradation of Polymer Insulated Power Cables

.....................N. Hozumi, K. Uchida, Y. Murakami,
M. Nagao, G. Teyssedre, & C. Laurent 67

Fabrication of an Optical Polymer Waveguide by Plasma Enhanced Polymerization

.....................K. Moriki, T. Satoh, A. Itabashi, & M. Yumoto 75

Analysis of Current, Voltage, and Energy Release from Al / Nonpolar LB Film / Au

.....................K. Hino, S. Abe, & M. Kushida 81

Electrical Energy Released from Al / (C12TCNQ+BEDT-TTF) LB Film / Au

.....................K. Hino, S. Abe, & M. Kushida 86

A Study on Gain Characteristics of the Dipole Antenna Used for the RFID System in UHF Band

.....................Y. Takase, H. Ono, & O. Hashimoto 91

Influence of a Sampling Shutter in a Double Shutter Drift Tube Experiment

.....................Y. Kishimoto & K. Yoshida 93

Preface to Special Issue on History of Power Transmission Technology in Japan

.....................S. Yanabu 105

History of Power Transmission Technologies and Futuer Propects of Power System of Chubu Electric Power Company

.....................H. Takagi, T. Sugiyama, & T. Zashibo 106

The History of Development and Futuer Prospects of Power Transmission Systems in the Kansai

.....................H. Tambara, T. Hakugin, & N. Fujioka 113

Contribution History of Research Institutes to Electric Power Industry in Japan

.....................H. Taniguchi & T. Shindo 119

A Historical and Engineering View of Power Transmission Systems in KansaiElectric Power Co., Inc.

.....................S. Ito & T. Akiyama 127

Harmonized Grouping of Renewable and Distributed Generation in the Utility Power Grid

.....................J. Toyoda 141

Changes in Electric Power System Technology at Kyushu EPCO

.....................T. Ueno 146

The Bulk Power Transmission System of Tokyo Electric Power Company
- History and Future Prospects -

.....................T. Kitajima 153

Generation of Surface Temperature Image Derived from Spherical Thermograph in Urban Environment

.....................A. Hoyano & T. Wakui 158

Surveillance Study Committee Report

Committee for Factors behind Technological Innovations in Electricity in Japan's Postwar Period

.....................T. Nagata 164

Short Time Region Sparkover Characteristics of Compressed N2 and CO2 using Square Impulse and their Quantitative Estimation Method

.....................H. Shinkai, H. Goshima, & M. Yashima 165

Pulsed-discharge Purification of Water Containing Non-degradable Hazardous Substances

.....................Y. Miyazaki, K. Satoh, & H. Itoh 172

Estimation of Dielectrics Location using Capacitor of Long Distance Parallel Electrodes with Additional Electrodes

.....................M. Ohchi, Sai H., H. Tokushima, & T. Furukawa 179

Fine Surface Processing of LiNbO3 Single Crystal by Mask-less Etching Using NF3 System Gas Plasma RIE

.....................T. Omata, N. Murakami, & S. Yoshikado 187

Preparation of TiO2 Thin Films by Electrophoresis Deposition Method in Highly Dispersed Colloidal Solution

.....................K. Yamamoto, M. Watanabe, & S. Yoshikado 196

Decrease of Primary Electron Number by NO, CO2 and SF6 Mixing at the Breakdown in High Pressure Nitrogen

.....................F. Kobayashi, S. Hamano, T. Iwao, & M. Yumoto 203

Optical Measurement of Electric Field Distributions with Time in a Liquid at DC Pulse Voltage

.....................H. Ihori, A. Ohnishi, S. Ninomiya, & M. Fujii 209

Influence of Antioxidants on the Hetero-Charge Generation in Polymeric Dielectrics

.....................H. Suzuki, Y. Sekii, K. Noguchi, K. Shimura, & T. Maeno 216

Accuracy Estimation of Induced Electric Field Calculated by Fast-Multipole Surface-Charge-Simulation Method for Voxel Data

.....................S. Hamada, M. Kitano, & T. Kobayashi 223

Separation Control for Wing Surface Flow using Dielectric-barrier Discharge

.....................M. Tanaka, K. Hayashi, F. Otomo, H. Matsuda, E. Noda,
H. Yasui, N. Shimura, Y. Niizeki, & S. Noda 235

Preparation and Evaluation of Composite Electromagnetic Wave Absorbers Made of Aluminum Fine Particles Dispersed in Polystyrene Medium

.....................N. Asano, Y. Wada, K. Sakai, & S. Yoshikado 242

Feed Gases Dependence on Surface Modification Using Electric Discharge for Polymer Film

.....................T. Iijima, Y. Okita, T. Murata, & E. Noda 251

Development and Performance of the Millimeter-wave Cloud Profiling Radar at 95 GHz
- Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution -

.....................T. Takano, J. Yamaguchi, H. Abe, K. Futaba, S. Yokote, Y. Kawamura,
T. Takamura, H. Kumagai, Y. Ohno, Y. Nakanishi, & T. Nakajima 257

Development and Disappearance of AC Trees in Two-dimensional Silicone Rubbers

.....................F. Sugino, Y. Ogawa, H. Ihori, & M. Fujii 263

Effect of Deposition Temperature on the Thin Polymer Film Properties Deposited by Plasma Enhanced CVD Using Cyclo-Hexa-Hydrocarbon as Monomer

.....................K. Moriki, T. Satoh, A. Itabashi, & M. Yumoto 268

Design and Implementation of Study Support System for Electronic Circuits with Observable V-I Characteristics

.....................M. Ohchi, T. Yoshitomi, K. Akagi, S. Sasaki, & T. Furukawa 275

New Driving Method for Self Turn-off Semiconductor of High Power

.....................O. Kawabata, S. Kamei, & H. Shinoda 283

Output Voltage Characteristics of Eddy Current Displacement Sensor for Various Heat Treatments of Measuring Objects

.....................T. Mizuno, S. Enoki, T. Asahina, T. Suzuki,
H. Maeda, T. Asahi, & H. Shinagawa 289

Partial Discharge under Pulse Voltage with Narrow Pulse Width

.....................K. Obata, R. Takeuchi, T. Shimozono, & H. Kikuchi 298

Positive Holes Flowing through Stressed Igneous Rocks

.....................A. Takeuchi 307

Circular Polarised Wave Reflection Coefficient Measurement of Anisotropic Absorber Panels

.....................S. Yamamoto, Y. Takae, & K. Hatakeyama 311

Change of Spin-Magnetic Moment of Electron due to Band Structure

.....................S. Sasabe & K. Tsuchiya 313

A Study on Reflectivity of an One Layered Type Wave Absorber for Near and Far Field

.....................T. Ishibashi, T. Sasagawa, K. Saito, & O. Hashimoto 315

Sterilization of Fungus in Water by Pulsed Power Gas Discharge Reactor Spraying Water Droplets for Water Treatment

.....................T. Saito, T. Handa, & Y. Minamitani 317

Plasma Acceleration by Using Rotating Magnetic Field

.....................M. Inomoto 319

Fuel Cells : Past, Present and Future

.....................K. Ota 329

Effect of Ceria Components on Anode Performance of Ni-base Anode in Hydrocarbon Fueled SOFC

.....................H. Kishimoto, K. Yamaji, Y.-P. Xiong, T. Horita, N. Sakai, M. E. Brito, & H. Yokokawa 333

Experimental Study on Plasma Surface Treatment of Capacitors Film

.....................D. Ling, Y. Ting, L. Fuchang, & Y. Fei 339

Three-dimensional Computational Study on a Magnetohydroynamic Accelerator in Hall Current Neutralized Condition

.....................N. Sakamoto & N. Harada 343

Pulse Analysis Algorithms for Distinguishing Discharge Sources using Different Types of Sensors

.....................J.-T. Kim, J.-H. Kim, Y.-M. Chang, & J.-Y. Koo 350

Ultraviolet Corona Discharge Detection Based on Photomultiplier

.....................L. Yongli, W. Liming, W. Ke, W. Canlin, & G. Zhicheng 357

Surveillance Study Committee Report

Investigation Committee on 'Evaluation Technology for Interaction between Radiation and Polymeric Materials'

.....................Y. Tanaka 367

Development of High-speed and Low-power Microprocessors using Superconductive Circuits

.....................Y. Yamanashi, N. Yoshikawa, M. Tanaka, & A. Fujimaki 369

High Precision of AC Voltage Control Circuit with Transformer

.....................T. Yamamoto, K. Tanaka, & T. Sonoda 373

Suppression of Braking Torque Produced by a Passive Magnetic Bearing Using Eddy Current

.....................T. Takanashi, Y. Ohtsuka, Y. Ueda, & M. Nishikawa 379

Quench Protection System based on Active Power Method - A Method for Improving the Characteristics of Active Power Method by Cancelling Mutual Inductive Voltage -

.....................N. Nanato 386

Design of an e-learning System for Technical Chinese Course

.....................J.-H. She, C. Wu, H. Wang, & S. Chen 393

Water Treatment with Pulsed Plasmas Generated Inside Bubbles

.....................K. Sato, K. Yasuoka, & S. Ishii 401

Decomposition Characteristics of Acetone in a DC Corona Discharge at Atmospheric Pressure

.....................T. Sakamoto, K. Satoh, & H. Itoh 407

Detection of Metastable Excited Molecules N2(A3u+) in an Atmospheric Pressure Nitrogen Discharge using Raman Scattering

.....................T. Fukuchi 415

Application of Optical Diagnosis to Aged Low-Voltage Cable Insulation in Nuclear Plants

.....................J. Katagiri, Y. Takezawa, & H. Shouji 421

Proposal of Detection Method of Leakage Current between Electrodes of a Contaminated and Wetted Cord Plug by Superimposed High Frequency Signal

.....................M. Yagi, Y. Mizuno, & T. Nakagawa 427

Improvement of Nano Particle Collection Efficiency in an Electrostatic Precipitator

.....................K. Yasumoto, A. Zukeran, Y. Takagi, Y. Ehara, & T. Takahashi 434

Microwave Absorber Properties of Magnetic and Dielectric Composite Materials

.....................Y. J. An, K. Nishida, T. Yamamoto, S. Ueda, & T. Deguchi 441

Basic Characteristics for PEN Film Surface Modification using Atmospheric-Pressure Non-equilibrium Microwave Plasma Jet

.....................T. Yuji, T. Urayama, S. Fujii, Y. Iijima, Y. Suzaki, & H. Akatsuka 449

Preparation of HfO2 Thin Films Using Flashing Spray CVD Method

.....................M. Ohshima, D. Kimura, T. Tsuchida, & J. Senda 456

Challenges in the Micromachining by Proton Beam Writing and its Applications

.....................H. Nishikawa 461

Performance Improvement and Application of Organic Thin-film Transistor

.....................D. Kumaki & S. Tokito 467

A Study on Shield Property of Transfixion Hole for Power Wire Filled with Dielectric and Magnetic Loss Material

...............F. Ra, K. Matsumoto, T. Endo, & O. Hashimoto 471

Measurement of Polarization Plane Rotation of Propagating Light in a Partially Ionized Atmosphere under Discharge Conditions

.....................T. Shiina, T. Honda, & T. Fukuchi 478

Characteristics of Creeping Discharge Developed in Narrow Gap on a Filamentous Backside Electrodes

.....................T. Hirata, M. Koga, H. Ueno, & H. Nakayama 483

Electrical Conduction and Dielectric Relaxation in Polyethylene Terephthalate Succinate

.....................F. Kato & Y. Ohki 490

High-Power Characteristics of Pyramidal Absorber Produced by Roof Tile Smoking Technique

.....................K. Hatakeyama, T. Nakamura, S. Yoshiuchi, & M. Hirose 497

Development of Multipoint Thomson Scattering Measurement System using Multiple Reflections and the Time-of-Flight of Laser Light

.....................S. Ito, T. Sumikawa, E. Kawamori, & Y. Ono 499

Challenges in the Micromachining by Proton Beam Writing and its Applications

.....................H. Nishikawa 461

Performance Improvement and Application of Organic Thin-film Transistor

.....................D. Kumaki & S. Tokito 467

A Study on Shield Property of Transfixion Hole for Power Wire Filled with Dielectric and Magnetic Loss Material

...............F. Ra, K. Matsumoto, T. Endo, & O. Hashimoto 471

Measurement of Polarization Plane Rotation of Propagating Light in a Partially Ionized Atmosphere under Discharge Conditions

.....................T. Shiina, T. Honda, & T. Fukuchi 478

Characteristics of Creeping Discharge Developed in Narrow Gap on a Filamentous Backside Electrodes

.....................T. Hirata, M. Koga, H. Ueno, & H. Nakayama 483

Electrical Conduction and Dielectric Relaxation in Polyethylene Terephthalate Succinate

.....................F. Kato & Y. Ohki 490

High-Power Characteristics of Pyramidal Absorber Produced by Roof Tile Smoking Technique

.....................K. Hatakeyama, T. Nakamura, S. Yoshiuchi, & M. Hirose 497

Development of Multipoint Thomson Scattering Measurement System using Multiple Reflections and the Time-of-Flight of Laser Light

.....................S. Ito, T. Sumikawa, E. Kawamori, & Y. Ono 499

Preface to Special Issue on Recent Progress in Power Magnetics and Related Technology

.....................O. Ichinokura 505

Reluctance Network Based Dynamic Analysis in Power Magnetics

.....................K. Nakamura & O. Ichinokura 506

(Power Devices)
Three-dimensional Reluctance Network Analysis of an EIE-Core Variable Inductor and Application to Reactive Power Compensation in a Distribution System

.....................K. Nakamura, T. Ohinata, K. Arimatsu,
K. Sakamoto, & O. Ichinokura 511

Numerical Circuit Analysis of a Magnetic Oscillation Type Sinusoidal Inverter

.....................S. Okanuma & Y. Ogata 517

Parallel Ferroresonance Circuit Analysis by Chua-type Magnetization Model

.....................Y. Saito, I. Marinova, & H. Endo 522

(Motors)
Improvement of the Analytical Model of a Laminated Core Parametric Motor

.....................K. Tajima, T. Sato, & Y. Sakamoto 527

Position Sensorless Speed Estimation in Switched Reluctance Motor Drive with Direct Torque Control - Inductance Vector Angle based Approach -

.....................F. Kucuk, H. Goto, H.-J. Guo, & O. Ichinokura 533

A Drive Circuit of Switched Reluctance Motors using Three-phase Power Modules

.....................H. Goto, H.-J. Guo, & O. Ichinokura 539

Punching Deterioration Mechanism of Magnetic Properties of Cores

.....................C. Kaido, H. Mogi, M. Fujikura, & J. Yamasaki 545

(Realated Technology)
Cognition of the Metallic Material Properties and Physical Dimensions by Magnetic Sensor Signal Visualization

.....................Y. Saito, I. Marinova, & H. Endo 551

Development of an EIE-core Type Variable Inductor for Voltage Stabilization

.....................T. Ohinata, K. Arimatsu, K. Sakamoto, J. Hirano,
A. Sasaki, Y. Agatsuma, & O. Ichinokura 555

Loss Analysis of a Mn-Zn Ferrite Core with the Spatial Network Method Taking the Dynamic Magnetic Loss into Account

.....................H. Saotome & M. Miyazaki 557

Nanoscale Morphological Control of PEFC Cathode Electrodes by Introducing Proton Conducting Groups onto Platinum-supported Carbon Black

.....................H. Ito, T. Ito, & T. Yamaguchi 559

Surveillance Study Committee Report

Research Committee on "High Frequency Micromagnetic Applications"

.....................S. Yabukami 563

Collection, Measurement and Treatment of Microorganism Using Dielectrophoretic Micro Devices

.....................S. Uchida 565

Potential to Lighting of Organic Light-emitting Diodes

.....................T. Mori 569

Direction to High Efficiency-dye-sensitized Solar Cells

.....................S. Hayase 573

Effect of Change in the Time of Charging Voltage on Spark Discharge from a Metal Disk

.....................H. Tomita 577

Effect of Water Absorption Temperature on Space Charge Profiles in Paper / phenol-resin Composites for Printed Circuit Boards

.....................Y. Echigo, M. Natsui, T. Maeno, & Y. Ohki 585

Large-Scale Analysis of High Frequency Electromagnetic Field by Hierarchical Domain Decomposition Method

.....................A. Takei, S. Yoshimura, & H. Kanayama 591

A Study of Uniform Approximation of Plane Gratings by Oblique Incidence

.....................H. Wakabayashi & J. Yamakita 598

Development of Pulsed Ion Beam Source by Washer Gun

.....................Y. Ono, H. Imanaka, T. Asai, N. Yamaguchi,
M. Sawahata, H. Kajiya, T. Takahashi, & Y. Takase 600

Preface to Special Issue on 2007 Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Electrical Discharge and High Voltage Engineering

..............T. Okamoto & T. Nakano 605

Charging Characteristics of an Insulating Hollow Cylinder in Vacuum

..............O. Yamamoto, H. Hayashi, T. Wadahama,
D. Takeda, S. Hamada, & Y. Ohsawa 606

Brush-like Discharge Extending from a Grounded Electrode toward a Large-scale Charged Particle Cloud

..............K. Toki, S. Migita, & Y. Higashiyama 611

Nitrogen Atom Densities in Rare Gas Diluted N2 Plasmas with Capacitive and Inductive Coupling

..............T. Kitajima, A. Kubota, & T. Nakano 615

Ozone Generation Characteristics of Ozonizer with the Rotating Type Electrode

..............S. Gnapowski, C. Yamabe, & S. Ihara 619

Evaluation of Ion and Radical Fluxes in CH4/H2 Plasma for CNT Growth

..............Y. Hizume, A. Okita, A. Oda, H. Sugawara, Y. Suda, & Y. Sakai 624

Observation of Pulse Current Occurring during Spark Conditioning Process of Ultra High Vacuum Gap

..............M. Kawada, Y. Yamano, Y. Saito & S. Kobayashi 629

Estimation of the Number of Partial Discharge Sources Using Multichannel Blind Deconvolution of Electromagnetic Waves

..............H. Ishimaru, M. Kawada, & K. Isaka 635

Studies of Elastic Waves in Ethylene Propylene Rubber Using Acoustic Emission Sensor

..............M. Takaoka, T. Sakoda , M. Otsubo, S. Akaiwa, M. Iki, & S. Nakano 641

Temperature Dependence of Complex Permittivity in Biodegradable Polybutylene Succinate

..............H. Ishikawa & Y. Ohki 647

Slit Effect of Common Ground Patterns in Affecting Cross-Talk Noise between Two Parallel Signal Traces on Printed Circuit Boards

..............T. Maeno, Y. Sakurai, T. Unou, K. Ichikawa, & O. Fujiwara 657

Influences of a Measuring Cable Over the Lightning Impulse Parameters

..............S. Sato, T. Yamaguchi, S. Nishimura, & S. Nishimura 663

Consideration of Direct Bit-Rate Measuring Method based on Extracting Envelope Signal

..............A. Otani, Y. Tsuda, K. Igawa, & K. Shida 669

Influence of Needle Tip Distance on Barrier Discharge and Ozone Generation for Multiple Needles-Plane Electrode Configuration

..............H. Ueno, S. Kawahara, & H. Nakayama 676

Basic Consecutive System Consisted of Design, Process and Estimation of a Fundamental Integrated Circuit Education System

..............H. Kataoka, A. Yamada, H. Kamizono, H. Ando, & T. Tanaka 683

Effect of Electrode Thickness for Reducing Ozone Generation in Electrostatic Precipitator

..............K. Yasumoto, A. Zukeran, Y. Takagi ,
Y. Ehara, T. Takahashi, & T. Yamamoto 690

Flow Control Technology using Non-thermal Plasma

..............M. Tanaka & E. Noda 699

New Fabrication Technique of Conductive Polymer / Insulating Polymer Composite Films

..............Y. Abe, P. C. Mathur, P. K. Bhatnagar, K. Tada, & M. Onoda 703

Second and Third Order Electric Field Formulae Induced by Uniform ELF Magnetic Field in Eccentric Two Spherical Conductors

..............K. Masutani, S. Hamada, & T. Kobayashi 710

The Mechanism of Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell Using Pd, Pt and Pt-Ru

..............N. Kamiya, Y. Liu, S. Mitsushima, K. Ota,
Y. Tsutsumi, N. Ogawa, N. Kon, & M. Eguchi 721

Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Argon Plasma Arc in Non-chemical Equilibrium in Time Change

..............T. Shimizu & T. Inaba 727

Fabrication of Electrode Groove on Silicon Solar Cell using High-Pressure Surface Discharge

..............T. Hamada, S. Arakawa, M. Otsubo, & T. Sakoda 733

Combustion Pressure Sensors Using C-axis-oriented Zinc Oxide Thin Films Prepared on Inconel Substrates

..............Y. Ooishi, K. Kishi, M. Akiyama, & Y. Morofuji 740

Suppression of Charge Injection into LDPE by Addition of MgO Nanofillers

..............K. Ishimoto, T. Tanaka, Y. Ohki, Y. Sekiguchi, & Y. Murata 742