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Design Issues and Challenges of File Systems for Flash Memories
This chapter discusses how to properly address the issues of using NAND flash memories as mass-memory devices from the native file system standpoint. We hope that the ideas and the solutions proposed in this chapter will be a valuable starting point for designers of NAND flash-based mass-memory devices
Scaled bilateral teleoperation using discrete-time sliding mode controller
In this paper, the design of a discrete-time slidingmode
controller based on Lyapunov theory is presented along
with a robust disturbance observer and is applied to a piezostage
for high-precision motion. A linear model of a piezostage was
used with nominal parameters to compensate the disturbance
acting on the system in order to achieve nanometer accuracy. The
effectiveness of the controller and disturbance observer is validated
in terms of closed-loop position performance for nanometer
references. The control structure has been applied to a scaled
bilateral structure for the custom-built telemicromanipulation
setup. A piezoresistive atomic force microscope cantilever with a
built-in Wheatstone bridge is utilized to achieve the nanonewtonlevel
interaction forces between the piezoresistive probe tip and
the environment. Experimental results are provided for the
nanonewton-range force sensing, and good agreement between
the experimental data and the theoretical estimates has been
demonstrated. Force/position tracking and transparency between
the master and the slave has been clearly demonstrated after
necessary scalin
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