2010 IEEE 26th Convention of

Electrical and Electronics

Engineers in Israel
(IEEEI 2010)

Eilat, Israel
17-20 November 2010

Pages 1-509

IEEE Catalog Number:

ISBN:

1/2

CFP10417-PRT
978-1-4244-8681-6

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Performance of Suboptimal Beamforming with Full Knowledge of Part of the Channel Matrix................................... 1
Shimi Shilo, Anthony J. Weiss, Amir Averbuch

Fuzzy Model of Control for Quantum-Controlled Mobile Robots .................................................................................... 6

Alexander Rybalov, Eugene Kagan, Yochai Manor, Irad Ben-Gal

Multilevel Inverter Modulation Method to Reduce Common-mode Voltage and Overvoltage at the
Motor Terminals.................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Ville Naumanen, Juhamatti Korhonen, Julius Luukko, Pertti Silventoinen

Thirteen Level Cascaded NPC Inverter............................................................................................................................. 16

Raul Rabinovici, Dmitry Baimel, Jacek Tomasik, Adrian Zuckerberger

Anomaly Detection in Sonar Images Based on Wavelet Domain Noncausal AR-ARCH Random Field
Modeling............................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Saman Mousazadeh, Israel Cohen

Waveguide Phenomena in Wideband Indoor Radio Channel ......................................................................................... 25

Yuval Serfaty, Dana Porrat

Generic Phase Shifted PWM Algorithm for Thirteen Level Cascaded H-bridge NPC Inverter .................................. 30
Raul Rabinovici, Dmitry Baimel, Jacek Tomasik, Adrian Zuckerberger

An FPGA-based Pattern Classifier Using Data Compression.......................................................................................... 35

Joel Ratsaby, Denis Zavielov

Maximum Likelihood Detection for Single Carrier - FDMA: Performance Analysis ................................................... 40
Mark Geles, Ofer Amrani, Amir Averbuch, Doron Ezri

Increasing the Image Recognition Accuracy in Machine Vision Systems with Added Noise Due to
Technological Issues ............................................................................................................................................................ 43
I. Topalova, A. Tzokev

Analysis and Control Synthesis of Continuous-Time Passive Switched Linear Systems............................................... 48

Jose C. Geromel, Patrizio Colaneri, Paolo Bolzern

Rigid and Competitive Fault Tolerance for Logical Information Structures in Networks ........................................... 53
Shiri Chechik, David Peleg

An Online Single Trial Analysis of the P300 Event Related Potential for the Disabled................................................. 55
Yagmur Gucluturk, Umut Guclu, Andrews Samraj

Resource Management in Satellite Communication Systems - Heuristic Algorithms.................................................... 59

Shahaf I. Wayer, Arie Reichman

Music Notation Software and an Authentic Representation of the Azerbaijani Modes Scales ..................................... 64
Imina Aliyeva

Image Classification Using Data Compression Techniques ............................................................................................. 66

Martha R. Quispe-Ayala, Krista Asalde-Alvarez, Avid Roman-Gonzalez

Algorithm for Optimal Mode-Scheduling in Switched-Mode Hybrid Dynamical Systems ........................................... 71

Yorai Wardi, Magnus Egerstedt

On the Universality of LDPC Code Ensembles Under Belief Propagation and ML Decoding ..................................... 72
Boaz Shuval, Igal Sason

Impact of Linear Power Amplifier on Power Loading in OFDM. Part I: Principles..................................................... 77

Dov Wulich, Igor Gutman

Impact of Linear Power Amplifier on Power Loading in OFDM Part II: Application to Maximum
Rate Criterion ...................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Yuval Carmel, Haim Permuter, Dov Wulich

An Efficient Vocabulary Reduction Algorithm for a Very Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech
Recognition Engine.............................................................................................................................................................. 87
Dikla Shechnik, Ami Moyal

Adaptive Clock Gating for Register Based Circuits ......................................................................................................... 91

Shmuel Wimer, Israel Koren, Itamar Cohen

Imaging Buried Objects In Layered Media Using MUSIC Algorithm ........................................................................... 96

Elad Sarafian, Amir Shlivinski

MIMO Systems with One Directional Antenna .............................................................................................................. 101

Erez Marom, Lior Landesman, Ely Levine

Low Phase Noise Synthesizer With Integral FM Modulator ......................................................................................... 105

Kuti Josefberg, Chen Lev, Ely Levine

Gait Monitoring for the Elderly Using a Robotic Walking Aid ..................................................................................... 109
Jason S. Henry, Vered Aharonson

Photonic Comparator by Square-Wave Synthesis.......................................................................................................... 112

Yossef Ehrlichman, Ofer Amrani, Shlomo Ruschin

Broadband Tactical Antenna Design ............................................................................................................................... 115

Asaf Shokron, Ely Levine

On the Storage Capacity of Rewritable Memories.......................................................................................................... 119

Christoph Bunte, Amos Lapidoth

An Improved Combined Switching Strategy for Switched Linear Systems ................................................................. 123
Jiandong Xiong, Zhendong Sun

A Configurable Zero Stall Pipelined Image Processor Architecture for FPGAs ......................................................... 128
Daniel Seidner

Sensitivity Analysis of MVDR and MPDR Beamformers .............................................................................................. 133

Livnat Ehrenberg, Sharon Gannot, Amir Leshem, Ephraim Zehavi

Vertical Junction High-Efficiency Concentrator Photovoltaic Cells............................................................................. 138

Rona Sarfaty, Gideon Segev, Roni Pozner, Abraham Kribus, Yossi Rosenwaks

Internal Model Control Approach for Electrical Furnaces Based on Nonlinear Process Modeling........................... 142
E. Shteimberg, M. Kravits, M. Arad, A. Ellenbogen, Y. Cohen

Piecewise Polynomial Lyapunov Functions with Guaranteed Accuracy ...................................................................... 147

Amir Ali Ahmadi, Raphael M. Jungers, Pablo Parrilo, Mardavij Roozbehani

Solar Cell Single Measurement Maximum Power Point Tracking................................................................................ 148

Raul Rabinovici, Yotam B. Frechter

A Petri Net Formal Design Methodology for Discrete-Event Control of Industrial Automated Systems .................. 153
Sammy Korotkin, Guy Zaidner, Benny Cohen, Amir Ellenbogen, Meir Arad, Yosef Cohen

Optimal Switch Resistances in Switched Capacitor Converters.................................................................................... 158

Michael Evzelman, Sam Ben-Yaakov

Thread Allocation Directed by Performance-Power Tradeoff in NoC-Based CMPs................................................... 162

Yaniv Ben-Itzhak, Israel Cidon, Avinoam Kolodny

Clustering Di-graphs for Continuously Verifying Users According to Their Typing Patterns................................... 167
Tomer Shimshon, Robert Moskovitch, Lior Rokach, Yuval Elovici

Collision-based Computing and Event Calculus to Represent and Control Complex Engineering
Systems ............................................................................................................................................................................... 172
Francesco Rago

Inexpensive Imaging At THz Frequencies with Ne Indicator Lamp Detector Arrays................................................. 177
Daniel Rozban, Avihay Akram, Assaf Levanon, Hezi Joseph, Amir Abramovich, Natan S. Kopeika, O. Yadidpecht,
Alex Belenkey

Improving the Efficiency of Large Solar Fields .............................................................................................................. 181

Raul Rabinovici, Yotam B. Frechter

Nonlinear Pre-Emphasis for Improving QAM Performance Over Channels with Additive and
Multiplicative Noise ........................................................................................................................................................... 186
Nir Darshan, Isaac Rosenhouse

An Efficient Phoneme Distance Measure Using a Lexical Tree..................................................................................... 191

Baruchi Har-Lev, Vered Aharonson, Ami Moyal

Phonetic Search Using an Anchor-Based Algorithm ...................................................................................................... 195

Ella Tetariy, Vered Aharonson, Ami Moyal

An Improved Stability Analysis of Networked Control Systems ................................................................................... 199

Kun Liu, Emilia Fridman, Eugenii, Shustin

Enhanced Intrusive Voice Quality Estimation (EVQE) ................................................................................................. 203

M. Lapidus, I. Shallom

Capacity Region of Finite State Multiple-Access Channel with State Information at the Receiver and
Delayed State Information at the Transmitters .............................................................................................................. 208
Uria Basher, Avihay Shirazi, Haim Permuter

Combined Optimisation of Metal Hot Forming Line with Induction Pre-heating....................................................... 213
Edgar Ya. Rapoport, Yulia E. Pleshivtseva

Predicting a Solar Fields Power Output, while Considering Environmental Conditions........................................... 218
Raul Rabinovici, Amir Havili, Omer Cohen, Yotam B. Frechter

Multimode Harmonic Power Meter for Circular Overmoded Waveguide at Second and Third
Harmonics .......................................................................................................................................................................... 222
Gregory Muginshtein, Khona Garb, Raphael Kastner

Binary Dirty MAC with Common State Information..................................................................................................... 227

Anatoly Khina, Tal Philosof, Uri Erez, Ram Zamir

Advanced Discrete Event Systems Algorithms for Control Systems Diagnose............................................................. 232
Calin I. Ciufudean, Constantin L. Filote

Optical Design Considerations and Constraints for Implementation of Silicon Photomultiplier as a

Light Sensor ....................................................................................................................................................................... 237
Alon Osovizky, Dimitry Ginzburg, Nathan Kopeika, Yair Ifergan, Max Ghelman, Ilan Cohen-Zada, Vitaly
Pushkarsky, Eli Marcus, Avi Manor, Ehud Gonen, Tzachi Mazor, Yagil Kadmon, Yossef Cohen

Integrated Zener Diode for Gate Protection and Voltage Sourcing in Integrated Power Management
Platforms ............................................................................................................................................................................ 242
Noel Berkovitch, Sharon Levin, Alfred Yankelevich, Alon Eyal, Shye Shapira

A Clockless Time-to-Digital Converter............................................................................................................................ 247

Dariusz Koscielnik, Marek Miskowicz

Analysis and Performance Evaluation of the DRX Mechanism for Power Saving in LTE ......................................... 251
Yakim Y. Mihov, Kiril M. Kassev, Boris P. Tsankov

On the Dirty Paper Channel with Fading Dirt................................................................................................................ 256

Yuval Avner, Benjamin M. Zaidel, Shlomo Shamai, Uri Erez

Active Lifetime Extension Demonstrated for Voltage Source Converters................................................................. 261

Gernot J. Riedel, Nikolaos Oikonomou, Roland Schmidt, Didier Cottet

Parallel Instruction Set Extension Identification ............................................................................................................ 266

Daniel Shapiro, Michael Montcalm, Miodrag Bolic

Multi-Application Mapping Algorithm for Network-on-Chip Platforms ..................................................................... 271

Bo Yang, Liang Guang, Thomas Canhao Xu, Tero Santti, Juha Plosila

Alternating Maximization Procedure for Finding the Global Maximum of Directed Information............................ 276
Iddo Naiss, Haim H. Permuter

Polar Coding for Degraded and Non-degraded Parallel Channels ............................................................................... 281
Eran Hof, Igal Sason, Shlomo Shamai

Using the Confusion Matrix for Improving Ensemble Classifiers................................................................................. 286

Nadav David Marom, Lior Rokach, Armin Shmilovici

Delay-Dependent H1 Model Reduction of Time-Delay Systems .................................................................................... 291

Yuri Dolgin, Ezra Zeheb

Signal Presence Hypothesis Testing with Scaled Covariance Matrices......................................................................... 295

Tsvi G. Dvorkind

Input Vector Control Efficiency in Sub-Micron CMOS Technologies.......................................................................... 300

Dmitry Shurin, Evgeniy Kvaktun, Alexander Fish

Non Linear PID and its Application in Process Control................................................................................................. 305

Guy Zaidner, Sammy Korotkin, Eli Shteimberg, Amir Ellenbogen, Meir Arad, Yosef Cohen

A FPGA Implementation of Hardware Based Accelerator for a Generic Algorithm .................................................. 309
Godkin Andrey, Nonel Thirer

On Chip Implementation of an OCR Algorithm for Musical Notation......................................................................... 312

Vladislav Yakobov, Lior Mash, Nonel Thirer

Electronic Steering for a Microphone Array by Sub-Band Phase Compensation ....................................................... 316
Vladimir Tourbabin, Boaz Rafaely

Readiness of Israel for Nuclear Power Plants ................................................................................................................. 321

Roy Freud, Amir Ellenbogen, Alon Osovizky, Yosef Cohen

Design of Semi-Active Battery-Ultracapacitor Hybrids ................................................................................................. 324

I. Aharon, A. Kuperman

Thevenin-Based Approach to PV Arrays Maximum Power Prediction........................................................................ 329

Z. Batushansky, A. Kuperman

UWB PHY for Body Area Networks................................................................................................................................ 334

Arie Reichman

Sub-threshold and Near-threshold SRAM Design .......................................................................................................... 339

Adam Teman, Alexander Fish

Piezoelectric Transformer Parameters Evaluation......................................................................................................... 344

Svetlana Bronstein, Inna Katz

Simultaneous Spatial and Spectral Characterization of Flow Using Photoacoustic Doppler in a Turbid
Media .................................................................................................................................................................................. 349
Adi Sheinfeld, Sharon Gilead, Avishay Eyal

On-line Testing Transformer Oil Using Microwaves ..................................................................................................... 352

Boris Kapilevich, Anatoly Lipsky, Boris Litvak

Causality in Synchronous Systems ................................................................................................................................... 355

Ido Ben-Zvi, Yoram Moses

Comparison Between Normalizations for SVM GMM Supervectors Speaker Verification..................................... 360
Udi Ben Simon, Itshak Lapidot, Hugo Guterman

A New Formulation of Fault-Tolerant Estimation Problems and Some Solutions ...................................................... 365
Daniel Sigalov, Yaakov Oshman

Carmichael Numbers and a New Primality Test............................................................................................................. 370

Joao Carlos Leandro da Silva

Software Framework for Integration of Method of Moments Kernels with the Adaptive Cross
Approximation (ACA) Algorithm .................................................................................................................................... 373
Hugo G. Espinosa, Yaniv Brick, Amir Boag, Juan M. Rius

H.264 Encoder Based 3D Model Acquisition and Compression for Aerial Video........................................................ 376
Alexander Samochin, Evgeny Kaminsky, Hugo Guterman

Gaussian Broadcast Channel with Partial Feedback...................................................................................................... 380

Amos Lapidoth, Yossef Steinberg, Michele Wigger

Speech Recognition Using Combined Forward and Backward Viterbi Search ........................................................... 381
Wafi Abo-Gannemhy, Itshak Lapidot, Hugo Guterman

A New Physiologically Based Bayesian Model for Event-Related Brain Activity ........................................................ 385
Mike Sumszyk, Gideon Inbar, Hillel Pratt

Frequency Dependent Efficiency Model of On-Chip DC-DC Buck Converters........................................................... 390

Gregory Sizikov, Avinoam Kolodny, Eby G. Fridman, Michael Zelikson

Acoustic Real-Time, Low-Power FPGA Based Obstacle Detection For AUVs ............................................................ 394
S. Karabchevsky, D. Kahana, H. Guterman

Comparing NoC Architectures for Neural Networks ..................................................................................................... 399

Dmitri Vainbrand, Ran Ginosar

The State-Dependent Multiple-Access Channel with States Available at a Cribbing Encoder................................... 404
Shraga I. Bross, Amos Lapidoth

Piezoelectric Harvesting Circuit with Extended Input Voltage Range ......................................................................... 409
Natan Krihely, Sam Ben-Yaakov

A New Log-Spectral Amplitude Estimator Using the Weighted Euclidean Distortion Measure For
Speech Enhancement......................................................................................................................................................... 414
Anh Duc Nguyen, Kensuke Naoe, Yoshiyasu Takefuji

Evaluation of a GLRT Threshold for Voiced-Unvoiced Decision and Pitch Tracking in Noisy Speech..................... 419
Dmitry Bykhovsky, Ofer Hadar

Increased Capacity Per Unit-Cost by Oversampling...................................................................................................... 423

Tobias Koch, Amos Lapidoth

VLSI Photonics: Science and Engineering of Micro/Nano-Photonic Integration ........................................................ 428

El-Hang Lee

The Noisy Feedback Interference Channel with Secrecy ............................................................................................... 431

Shraga I. Bross, Yossef Steinberg, Stephan Tinguely

Green Handover - A New Handover Mechanism that Minimizes Radiation from Mobile Devices............................ 433
Doron Ezri, Shimi Shilo

Near Optimal Multipoint Receive Beamforming with Finite Samples.......................................................................... 437

Doron Ezri, Genadiy Tsodik, Michael Erlihson

Achieving the Gains Promised by Integer-Forcing Equalization with Binary Codes .................................................. 442
Or Ordentlich, Uri Erez

Power Grid Analysis Based on a Macro Circuit Model.................................................................................................. 447

Shahar Kvatinsky, Eby G. Friedman, Avinoam Kolodny, Levi Schachter

A Simulation Method of Image Construction for Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging System .................................... 452
Li-Yuan Chang, Chin-Chung Nien, Chen-Ming Li, Chun-Yen Huang, Ya-Chung Yu, Jenn-Hwan Tarng

Robust Pursuit of a Hybrid Evader - The Generalized Solution ................................................................................... 456

Josef Shinar, Valery Y. Glizer, Vladimir Turetsky

Single Switch Inverter for Induction Heating ................................................................................................................. 461

Raul Rabinovici, Moshe Shvartsas, Arthur Shoihet

Airy Pulsed Beams............................................................................................................................................................. 466

Yan Kaganovsky, Ehud Heyman

Advanced Vocal Web Browser ......................................................................................................................................... 471

Michael Sazbon, Yoram Haddad

Nonlinear Sampling and Lebesgue's Integral Sums ....................................................................................................... 475

Emanuel Gluskin

Transient Analysis of Voltage Transformer in Order to Fault Location in Medium Voltage Network ..................... 480
Pavol Rafajdus, Peter Bracinik, Juraj Altus

On Active Antenna Array Transmission Noise ............................................................................................................... 485

Shmuel Y. Miller

Acoustic-Phonetic Analysis of Fricatives for classification using SVM Based Algorithm ........................................... 490
Alex Frid, Yizhar Lavner

On Channel Coding With Rate Limited Side Information and its Duality in Source Coding..................................... 495
Avihay Shirazi, Uria Basher, Haim H. Permuter

Adaptive Bit-Rate Control for Region-of-Interest Scalable Video Coding ................................................................... 500
Dan Grois, Evgeny Kaminsky, Ofer Hadar

Communicating Over Modulo-Additive Channels with Compressible Individual Noise Sequence ........................... 505
Yuval Lomnitz, Meir Feder

Spectral and Textural Feature-Based System for Automatic Detection of Fricatives and Affricates ........................ 510
Dima Ruinskiy, Niv Dadush, Yizhar Lavner

Gate Diffusion Input (GDI) Logic in Standard CMOS Nanoscale Process................................................................... 515
Arkadiy Morgenshtein, Idan Shwartz, Alexander Fish

Demonstration of a Mobile Tracking System for Laser Communications.................................................................... 520

Vladimir V. Nikulin, Rahul M. Khandekar

A Miniature Embedded Stereo Vision System for Automotive Applications ............................................................... 525
Kristian Ambrosch, Christian Zinner, Helmut Leopold

Workload Optimization of Proteomics Pattern Matching Using Embedded Accelerator........................................... 529

Sagi Manole, Amit Golander, Shlomo Weiss

Analysis of Nonlinearity of Mach-Zehnder Modulator in Coherent Optical OFDM in the Presence of

PAPR .................................................................................................................................................................................. 534
Yanir London, Dan Sadot

Finite Blocklength Coding for Channels with Side Information at the Receiver ......................................................... 537
Amir Ingber, Meir Feder

IBMs PowerEN Developer Cloud: Fertile Ground for Academic Research ............................................................... 542
Amit Golander, Nancy Greco, Jimi Xenidis, Maria Hyland, Brian Purcell, David Bernstein

Direct Modulation and Coherent Detection Optical OFDM .......................................................................................... 547

Nir Sheffi, Dan Sadot

Revisiting Gallagers Error Exponent Analysis Technique ........................................................................................... 550

Yonatan Kaspi, Neri Merhav

Using of Soft Computing Techniques to Control of Self-propelled Mine Counter Charge ......................................... 555
Jerzy Garus

Integrating De-duplication and Write for Increased Performance and Endurance of Solid-State
Drives.................................................................................................................................................................................. 560
Amit Berman, Yitzhak Birk

Missile Guidance with Constrained Terminal Body Angle ............................................................................................ 563

Ilan Rusnak, Haim Weiss, Rei Eliav, Tal Shima

High Index Contrast Polymer Optical Waveguides........................................................................................................ 568

Asael Adler, Yaron Glazer, Moran Bin-Nun, Dan M. Marom

Distributed Game Theoretic Optimization Of Frequency Selective Interference Channels: A Cross

Layer Approach................................................................................................................................................................. 570
Amir Leshem, Ephraim Zehavi

Multipoint Decentralized Processing of Interfered Gaussian Channel: Scaling Laws ................................................ 575
Amichai Sanderovich, Michael Peleg, Shlomo Shamai

MEMS Spatial Light Modulator for Phase and Amplitude Modulation of Spectrally Dispersed Light .................... 580
Yonathan Dunayevsky, Dan M. Marom

Adaptive Selective Sidelobe Canceller Beamformer With Applications In Radio Astronomy ................................... 583
Ronny Levanda, Amir Leshem

How to Generate a Simple Dither..................................................................................................................................... 588

Ram Zamir

Toward Controllable High-Power Nanosecond Microwave Pulses: Research on the AntennaAmplifier Dielectric Cherenkov Maser............................................................................................................................ 593
A.S. Shlapakovski

Circuit Models for Power BAW Resonators ................................................................................................................... 598

F. Constantinescu, M. Nitescu, A.-G. Gheorghe

Parallelism Detection for Multicore Processors .............................................................................................................. 603

Iaakov Exman, Evyatar Vaa'lani

Bit Error Rate Reduction by PSO in Indoor Wireless Communication ....................................................................... 608
Chien-Hung Chen, Min-Hui Ho, Chien-Ching Chiu

Optimal Sizing of Hybrid Generators for Autonomous Operation of a Micro-grid .................................................... 613
M. Venkata Kirthiga, S. Arul Daniel

A Compact Power Efficient Transformer Coupled Differential W-band CMOS Amplifier....................................... 618
Amit Vishnipolsky, Eran Socher

High Resolution Spectral Processor Implemented with Two-Dimensional WDM Channel Separation
and Active LCoS Modulator for Phase and Amplitude Manipulations ........................................................................ 622
David Sinefeld, Christopher R. Doerr, Dan M. Marom

Best of Both Worlds: A Bus Enhanced NoC (BENoC) ................................................................................................... 625

Ran Manevich, Isask'har Walter, Israel Cidon, Avinoam Kolodny

Safe LPV Controller Switching ........................................................................................................................................ 630

Klaus Trangbaek

Improving Predictions in LPV-PBSIDopt ....................................................................................................................... 635

Klaus Trangbaek

Wavefront Aberration Correction in a Free-Space Optical Communication Link Using only the
Fiber-Coupled Optical Power as a Feedback Mechanism.............................................................................................. 639
David Sinefeld, Roy Ella, Ofer Zaharan, Yuval Valiano, Eliezer Mach, Dan M. Marom

An Analytical Approach to Total Harmonic Distortion Reduction in Multi-Level Inverters ..................................... 641
Kfir J. Dagan, Raul Rabinovici, Dmitry Baimel

To Be and Not to Be at the Same Time: Hidden Watchdog Timers .............................................................................. 646
Iaakov Exman, Slava Reznitsky

Sloped Multi-Level Selective Harmonic Elimination Pulse-Width Modulation ........................................................... 650

Kfir J. Dagan, Raul Rabinovici

Unguided Optical Bus for Next-Generation Computers: Simulation of the Motherboard ......................................... 655
Alex Freilikhman, Shlomi Arnon

Theory of Rigidity Sensing of Biological Cells................................................................................................................. 660

A. Zemel, F. Rehfeldt, A. Brown, A. Buxboim, D. Discher, B. Friedrich, S.A. Safran

Periodic Solution of the Selector-Linear Differential Inclusion and Estimation of Invariant Regions in
the Wheeled Robot Control Problem ............................................................................................................................... 661
Lev B. Rapoport

Unguided Optical Communication Bus for Next-Generation Computers: Design Concept ....................................... 666
Dmitry Bykhovsky, Shlomi Arnon

Wavelength Diversity in Turbulence Channels For Sensor Networks .......................................................................... 670

Ronen Rachmani, Shlomi Arnon

A Scale-Space Filtering-Based Shot Detection Algorithm.............................................................................................. 674

Ruxandra Tapu, Titus Zaharia, Francoise Preteux

An Experimental Evaluation of View-Based 2D/3D Indexing Methods........................................................................ 679

Raluca-Diana Petre, Titus Zaharia, Francoise Preteux

Classification of the Visual Evoked EEG Using Multiresolution Approximation Based on Excitatory
Post-Synaptic Potential Waveform................................................................................................................................... 684
Umut Celik, Sami Arica

Band Selection in Hyperspectral Images Based on the Fisher Linear Discriminant Classifier................................... 689
Y. Harari, Z. Bar-Yehuda, S.R. Rotman

Voltage-Mode Electronically Tunable All-Pass Filter Employing CCCII+, One Capacitor and
Differential-Input Voltage Buffer..................................................................................................................................... 692
Josef Bajer, Dalibor Biolek

Instruction Set Extensions for Computation on Complex Floating Point Numbers .................................................... 696
Daniel Shapiro, Philipp Digeser, Marco Tubolino, Martin Klemm, Axel Sikora, Miodrag Bolic

Multiple Description Delta-Sigma Quantization with Individual and Central Receivers ........................................... 700
Adam Mashiach, Jan Ostergaard, Ram Zamir

Multiple Access Channel with Partial-Cribbing Encoders ............................................................................................ 705

Himanshu Asnani, Haim H. Permuter, Tsachy Weissman

A Distributed Cooperative Target Tracking ................................................................................................................... 708

Tal Marian, Osnat Mokryn, Yuval Shavitt

Using Shape-Generation Code Vectorization for Modeling Magnetic Fields of Spatial Currents.............................. 713
S. Lineykin

Approximate Iterative LP Decoding of LDPC Codes Over GF(q) in Linear Complexity........................................... 718
Dina Goldin, David Burshtein

Operation of Power Backup Equipment in Load Management Mode .......................................................................... 723

Gavriel Yehezkel, Raul Rabinovici

Multiple Description Image/Video Compression Using Oversampling and Noise Shaping in the DCTdomain ................................................................................................................................................................................ 728
Michal Palgy, Jan Ostergaard, Ram Zamir

Airy- Soliton Interactions.................................................................................................................................................. 733

Amitay Rudnick, Dan M. Marom

Frequency Dispersion in Indefinite Media Waveguides ................................................................................................. 736

Antonio L. Topa, Carlos R. Paiva, Afonso M. Barbosa

Efficient Parallel Computation of the Estimated Covariance Matrix ........................................................................... 740

Lior David, Ami Galperin, Oded Green, Yitzhak Birk

MultiCamp - Cost Sensitive Active Learning Algorithm for Multiple Parallel Campaigns........................................ 745
Lihi Naamani Dery, Bracha Shapira, Lior Rokach

Oblivious Cooperative Transmission with Multi-Layer Codes...................................................................................... 749

Evgeniy Braginskiy, Avi Steiner, Shlomo Shamai

Optimizing Impedance Matching Between the Exciter APEX and the GTEM Chamber........................................ 754
H.X. Araujo, L.C. Kretly

AC Clocked Power Supply DCVSL Differential Cascode Voltage Switching Logic: Design
Guidelines for Energy Consumption Optimization and CMOS Layout ....................................................................... 759
H.X. Araujo, L.C. Kretly

On a Construction for Constant-Weight Gray Codes for Local Rank Modulation ..................................................... 764
Eyal En Gad, Michael Langberg, Moshe Schwartz, Jehoshua Bruck

New Upper Bounds for Nonbinary Codes ....................................................................................................................... 765

Beniamin Mounits

Beam-Based Back-Propagation and MUSIC Imaging.................................................................................................... 770

T. Heilpern, A. Shlivinski, E. Heyman

Iterative Approach for Gas Detection and Identification............................................................................................... 775

Yoav Feinmesser, Stanley R. Rotman

Localization Based on Periodic Signals with Ambiguity ................................................................................................ 779

Joseph S. Picard, Anthony J. Weiss

Tracking of a Moving Emitter Based on Delay and Doppler Shift Using a Particle Filter.......................................... 784
Alon J. Sidi, Anthony J. Weiss

Narrowband Information Encryption Using Frequency and Phase Cipher................................................................. 789

Tomer Yeminy, Dan Sadot, Zeev Zalevsky

Impact of Fractional Frequency Reuse on LTE Performances in Uplink..................................................................... 793

Marko Porjazoski, Borislav Popovski

Information Theoretic Aspects of Constrained Cell-Sites Cooperation ........................................................................ 798

Shlomo Shamai

Musical Features Extraction for Audio-based Search.................................................................................................... 799

Ofir Lindenbaum, Shai Maskit, Ophir Kutiel, Gideon Nave

A Stochastic Hybrid Systems View at a Class of Non-Cooperative Games .................................................................. 804

Christos G. Cassandras, Chen Yao

Secret and Private Rates on Degraded Wire-Tap Channels via Polar Coding............................................................. 806
Eran Hof, Shlomo Shamai

Single-Image Motion Deblurring Using a Low-Dimensional Hand Shake Blur Model ............................................... 809
Artemy Baxansky, Meir Tzur

Collective Activation and Activity Propagation in Engineered Networks of Neuronal Clusters ................................ 813
Mark Shein Idelson, Eshel Ben-Jacob, Yael Hanein

Path Planning and Optimal Control Strategies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Bounded Inputs ...................... 816
Amit Ailon, Ilan Zohar

Convergence of Output Signal Based Combination of Two LMS Adaptive Filters ..................................................... 821
Tonu Trump

The Devolution of Synchronizers ..................................................................................................................................... 826

Salomon Beer, Ran Ginosar, Michael Priel, Rostislav Dobkin, Avinoam Kolodny

Analysis of Buck Converter Processes Using Difference Equations Method................................................................ 831

Arthur Shoihet, Michael A. Slonim

On Compatibility of Capacitive Based Converters to Soft Sources............................................................................... 836

Y. Beck, L. Nehab, S. Singer

Space Time Diagonal Codes Using Lattices..................................................................................................................... 841

Amir Salomon, Ofer Amrani

The Calculation of Magnetic Field Strength in Inhomogeneous Medium in Tasks of Peoples

Searching Under Avalanches in Mines ............................................................................................................................ 846
Igor B. Shirokov, Maxim A. Durmanov, Elena A. Redkina

Improved Signal Superposition Coding for Cooperative Diversity............................................................................... 850

Amir Salomon, Ofer Amrani

Light Transmission of Bend Insensitive Optical Fiber ................................................................................................... 853

Anatoly Patlakh, Dahn Katzen

Multiplication Free Holographic Coding......................................................................................................................... 858

Shlomi Dolev, Sergey Frenkel

Dynamic Mass Measurement Using a Discrete Time-variant Filter.............................................................................. 863

Przemyslaw Pietrzak

Further Study of Electromagnetically Convoluted Arc Plasmas in Atmospheric Pressure Air.................................. 868
Leonid M. Shpanin, Gordon R. Jones, Joseph W. Spencer, Anthony G. Deakin

A Population-Based Incremental Learning Approach to Microarray Gene Expression Feature

Selection.............................................................................................................................................................................. 872
Meir Perez, David M. Rubin, Tshilidzi Marwala, Lesley E. Scott, Wendy Stevens

Probabilistic Double-Distance Algorithm of Search After Static or Moving Target by Autonomous

Mobile Agent...................................................................................................................................................................... 877
Eugene Kagan, Gal Goren, Irad Ben-Gal

Distribution of PAPR in Low Order OFDM with Non Equal Amplitudes ................................................................... 882
Igor Gutman, Dov Wulich

Relation between F-Ratio and Segments Overlapping in Welch Periodograms in the Problem of
Signals Identification ......................................................................................................................................................... 887
Eugene Kagan, Alexander Novoselsky

Space Vector Modulation Algorithms with Multilevel Medium Voltage Inverters...................................................... 890
Raul Rabinovici, Rony Levin

Aperture-Coupled Fragmented Microstrip Phased Array............................................................................................. 895

H. Dagan, R. Shavit, R. Yitzhak, O. Becker

Factoring Semiprimes and Possible Implications for RSA............................................................................................. 899

Joao Carlos Leandro da Silva

Location Based Beamforming........................................................................................................................................... 901

Roy Maiberger, Doron Ezri, Michael Erlihson

Modeling and Control of a 50KW Electric Vehicle Fast Charger ................................................................................. 905
Alon Kuperman, Udi Levy, Joseph Goren, Aryeh Zafranski, Alex Savernin, Ilan Peled

The Impact of Memory and Processor in Determining the Performance of Programs ............................................... 910
Agni Dika, Blerta Prevalla

An Analytical Approach to the Calculation of EVM in Clipped OFDM Signals ......................................................... 914
Igal Kotzer, Smadar Har-Nevo, Sasha Sodin, Simon Litsyn

Robust Control of Switched Linear Systems with Dwell Time ...................................................................................... 919
Liron I. Allerhand, Uri Shaked

Retarded Linear Systems with Stochastic Uncertainties - Robust Polytopic H8 Static OutputFeedback Control .............................................................................................................................................................. 923
Gershon Eli, Shaked Uri, Nadav Berman

Stochastic Modeling of Proliferation and Differentiation of 3T3-L1 Pre-Adipocyte Cells .......................................... 928
Naama Shimon, Amit Gefen

Dynamic Analysis of Photovoltaic System with MPP Locus Emulation ....................................................................... 933
Michael Sokolov, Tim C. Green, Paul D. Mitcheson, Doron Shmilovitz

Avoiding Extended Failures in Large Interconnected Power Systems Theoretical and Practical
Issues................................................................................................................................................................................... 937
Florin E. Ciausiu, Cornel Aldea, Mircea Eremia

Generalization of the Effective Index Design Approach to the Diffracting Surface Relief Photonic
Structures ........................................................................................................................................................................... 942
Michael A. Golub

Effects of Cancer Cell Metastatic Potential on Intracellular Mechanics ...................................................................... 947

Diana Goldstein, Daphne Weihs

Frequency Stability Boundary of Small Isolated Power Systems .................................................................................. 950

Lukas Sigrist, Ignacio Egido, Luis Rouco

Implementation of Interference Rejection for OFDM Communications ...................................................................... 955

Ariel Tamam, Rostislav Dobkin, Ofer Maltz, Lior Zahavi, Efraim Pecht, Michael Peleg

New Type of Hybrid Locomotive...................................................................................................................................... 960

Peleg Lapid

Applying Clustering Algorithms on Peer-to-Peer Networks for Content Searching and

Recommendation ............................................................................................................................................................... 965
Yuval Shavitt, Ela Weinsberg, Udi Weinsberg

VLSI Universal Signal Conditioning Circuit for Electrochemical and Bioluminescent Sensors ................................ 970
David-George Cristea, Yosi Shacham-Diamand, Virgil Tiponut, Hadar Ben-Yoav, Mihai-Emanuel Basch, Zoltan
Haraszy

Iterative Multiuser Detection for Coded Impulse Radio Systems.................................................................................. 974

Yehuda Shen Bahar, Ofer Amrani

Method of Measuring Closing Velocity by Transmitting a Dual-Chirp Signal ............................................................ 979

Amos A. Dotan, Ilan Rusnak

Microstrip Bandpass Filters Based on Coupling Matrix with Second Harmonic Suppression................................... 984
Adiel Tabib, Khona Garb, Raphael Kastner

On a Sparse Regression Algorithm for Activity Estimation in Gamma Spectrometry................................................ 989

T. Trigano, Y. Sepulcre, M. Tal, Y. Mashiach

Cooperation in Multiple Access Channels with States.................................................................................................... 994

Haim H. Permuter, Shlomo Shamai, Anelia Somekh-Baruch

Stability Control of Renewable Energy Sources in Distribution Systems..................................................................... 998

Josef Tlusty, Zdenek Muller, Viktor Valouch

Heterogeneous Collision-Free Clustered Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks....................................................... 1003

Romans Taranovs, Valery Zagursky, Anatloijs Morozovs

Architecture of a 100-Gbps Network Processor for Next Generation Video Networks............................................. 1007
Guy Koren, Amir Rosen

The I-MMSE Approach on the Weak Gaussian Z-Interference Channel and the Type I Gaussian
Broadcast-Z-Interference Channel ................................................................................................................................ 1012
Ronit Bustin, Shlomo Shamai
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