Program of International Session on Electro-Mechanical Devices 2004

(IS-EMD2004)

 

co-located with 5th Chitose International Forum on Photonics Science & Technology (CIFf5)

 

at Chitose Institute of Science & Technology

Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan

 

 

 

Thursday, October 21, 2004

 

<<Opening remarks>> (10:00-10:10)

 

<<Session 1>>  --Optical Interconnection--

1. (10:10-10:30)

  Design concept of bidirectional WDM networks for metro areas

      oHitoshi Obara, Masato Sakata (Akita Univ.)

 

2. (10:30-10:50)

  16-fiber fiber physical contact connector with compact shutter utilizing coupling mechanism of MU connector

      oYoshiteru Abe, Masaru Kobayashi, Ryo Nagase (NTT)

 

3. (10:50-11:10)

  Novel stacked packaging structure using silica-based PLC with integrated micro-mirrors and its application to an 8ch PD array module

      oIkuo Ogawa, Yoshiyuki Doi, Makoto Abe, Senichi Suzuki (NTT)

 

4. (11:10-11:30)

  Smart optical board packaging of delivery and coupling switch utilizing fiber sheet and super-multi-fiber PLC connector

      oMasaru Kobayashi, Shuichiro Asakawa, Yoshiteru Abe, Ryo Nagase, Hiroshi Takahashi (NTT)

 

 (Lunch break  11:30-13:00)

 

<<Session 2>>  --Arc Discharges & Related Phenomena--

5. (13:00-13:20)

  3-D simulation on the dynamic characteristic of the low-voltage arc motion

       oMingzhe Rong, Yi Wu (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)

 

6. (13:20-13:40)

  Measurements of minimum arc current for Ag and Pd contacts

       oYusuke Kamada, Makoto Hasegawa (Chitose Inst. of Science & Technology)

 

7. (13:40-14:00)

  Comparison between the surface condition of electrical contacts and the behavior of breaking arcs observed with a high-speed camera

       oJunya Sekikawa, Tetsuya Kitajima, Takayoshi Endou, Takayoshi Kubono (Shizuoka Univ)

 

8. (14:00-14:20)

  Cathode and anode bright spot behaviors of breaking arc between electrical contacts with the low separating speed

       oTakayoshi Endou, Junya Sekikawa, Takayoshi Kubono (Shizuoka Univ.)

 

(14:20-14:35 Coffee Break)

 

<<Session 3>>  --Relays--

9. (14:35-14:55)

  Load limits of ultra miniature electromechanical signal relays

       oWerner Johler (Tyco Electronics AXICOM), Alexander Neuhaus (AC2T Research GmbH)

 

10. (14:55-15:15)

  Fabrication process of non arcing power MEMS relay

       oYu Yonezawa, Noboru Wakatsuki (Ishinomaki Senshu Univ.), Yoshio Sato, Tadashi Nakatani (Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.), Koichiro Sawa (Keio Univ.)

 

11. (15:15-15:35)

  Time-coordinated switching relay for arc discharge suppression

       Noboru Wakatsuki, Yu Yonezawa, oYuuichi Akiba (Ishinomaki Senshu Univ.)

 

(15:35-15:50 Coffee Break)

 

<<Session 4>>  --Signal Transmission--

12. (15:50-16:10)

  Electrical-thermal current capacity simulation of a printed circuit board connector

       oHorst F. Nowacki, Achim Brenner (HARTING KGaA)

 

13. (16:10-16:30)

  Characteristics of electromagnetic radiation from a surface microstrip line structure at high frequency

       oYoshiki Kayano, Motoshi Tanaka, Hiroshi Inoue (Akita Univ.)

 

14. (16:30-16:50)

  A study on transmission and undesired radiation characteristics of mount model for high frequency element

       oHiroshi Inoue, Takashi Kasuga, Yoshiki Kayano(Akita Univ.), Kenji Tan, Kiyoshi Yamakawa (Akita Research Inst. of Advanced Technology)

 

 

Friday, October 22, 2004

 

<<Session 5>>  --Contactors & Circuit Breakers--

15. (9:30-9:50)

  Measurement of the dielectric recovery strength in the deion plate chambers of the AC contactor

      oChen Degui, Li Xingwen, Dai Ruicheng (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)

 

16. (9:50-10:10)

  An operating characteristics analysis of magnetic release for MCCB

      Xiang Honggang, Chen Degui, oTong Weixiong (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)

 

17. (10:10-10:30)

  Mechanical condition monitoring of vacuum circuit breakers using artificial neural network

      Yongpeng Meng, oShenli Jia, Mingzhe Rong (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)

 

(10:30-10:45 Coffee Break)

 

<<Session 6>>  --Sensing Devices--

18. (10:45-11:05)

  A new method to improve the frequency characteristics of the Rogowski coil based on the error compensation

       Xiaoshe Zhai, oYingsan Geng, Zhengxiang Song, Jianhua Wang, Jianjun Yao (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)

 

19. (11:05-11:25)

  Numerical characteristic analysis of eddy-current type proximity sensor

       oKoichi Koibuchi, Koichiro Sawa (Keio Univ.), Takashi Honma, Takumi Hayashi, Hiroshi Sasaki (Yamatake Corp.)

 

(Lunch break  11:25-13:00)

<<Session 7>>  --Contact Phenomena--

20. (13:00-13:20)

  Correlation between contact resistance characteristics and STM images for Ag-Pd alloy with some additives

       oTerutaka Tamai (Hyogo Univ. of Teacher Education)

 

21. (13:20-13:40)

  Characteristics of a sliding system with Au plating slip ring and AgPd brush for power supply

       oKoichiro Sawa, Takashi Shigemori, Yosuke Kawakami (Keio Univ.), Gun Ou, Kaoru Endo,

       Hiroshi Hagino (Japan Servo Co., Ltd.)

 

22. (13:40-14:00)

  Relation between ambient temperature and contact voltage drop of sliding contacts

       oTakahiro Ueno, Noboru Morita (Nippon Inst. of Technology)

 

23. (14:00-14:20)

  Relationship between length and diameter of contact bridge formed under thermal equilibrium condition

       oYoshitomo Watanabe, Hiroyuki Ishida, Masanari Taniguchi (Tohoku Bunka Gakuen Univ.),

       Hideaki Sone (Tohoku Univ.), Hiroshi Inoue (Akita Univ.), Tasuku Takagi (Tohoku Bunka Gakuen Univ.)

 

(14:20-14:35 Coffee Break)

 

<<Session 8>>  --Automotive Application--

24. (14:35-14:55)

  Temperature measurement of breaking arcs between Cu-Cu, Ni-Ni and Pd-Pd contact pairs in a DC 42V-10A circuit

       oTetsuya Kitajima, Junya Sekikawa (Shizuoka Univ.), Mitsuru Takeuchi (Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute), Takayoshi Kubono (Shizuoka Univ)

 

25. (14:55-15:15)

  Observation of pips formed on Ag/SnO2 contacts in DC14V-20A resistive circuit

       oYutaka Naito, Ryo Yamazaki, Tomoya Ito, Junya Sekikawa, Takayoshi Kubono (Shizuoka Univ.)

 

26. (15:15-15:35)

  Growth of transferred pip and electrical property on AgCdO make-only contacts in a resistive circuit with dc 14V and 42V power supply

       oTomoya Ito, Ryo Yamazaki, Yutaka Naito, Junya Sekikawa, Takayoshi Kubono (Shizuoka Univ.)

 

<<Closing>> (15:35-15:50)