The main objective of this paper is to design FPGA based controller for C-band T/R Module. The T/R Module is the basic building block of phase array polarimetric weather radar. Phase array polarimetric radar have the ...
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(数字)9781538624401
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(纸本)9781538624418
The main objective of this paper is to design FPGA based controller for C-band T/R Module. The T/R Module is the basic building block of phase array polarimetric weather radar. Phase array polarimetric radar have the different mode of operations and beam produces by the antenna can be steered electronically as compared to single target radars, conventionally used in defense and other applications. The various parameters like phase angle, attenuation, PRF and pulse width can be varied in accordance with the operational mode is implemented in Xilinx XC6SLX16-CSG324 Spartan 6 FPGA SP601.
Mobility is a major problem in urban centers and vehicular networks have been a focus of study in the attempt to create applications focused on intelligent transport systems (ITS). With that in mind, ITS initiatives a...
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(纸本)9781538617595
Mobility is a major problem in urban centers and vehicular networks have been a focus of study in the attempt to create applications focused on intelligent transport systems (ITS). With that in mind, ITS initiatives act as a possible solution to improve the functioning and performance of traffic systems, reducing congestion and increasing security for citizens. In this way, the present work presents a flexible and extensible platform called i9Vanets, whose objective is the virtualized management through a cloud vehicular network to assist in the solutions of the main challenges related to VANETs. An analysis of laboratory tests is also presented, with the objective of evaluating their performance and operational capacity. Thus, the conclusion of this work was to present the I9Vanet platform and its technical feasibility as well as its possible applications.
This paper consider the problem of tracking user through the wireless fingerprint of their network interfaces. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is one of these network interfaces and becomes more and more popular because of...
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(纸本)9781538638316
This paper consider the problem of tracking user through the wireless fingerprint of their network interfaces. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is one of these network interfaces and becomes more and more popular because of its energy efficiency and its improved security. The use of random MAC addresses and deep changes in the bluetooth communication procedure were expected to prevent the tracking of individuals through the BLE devices they carries. We reviewed popular devices and found that privacy preserving MAC address are rarely used, even when considering ubiquitous devices that are carried by users all the time. Combined with the new advertising procedure introduced in BLE, this constitute a serious flaw that can be used to track individuals. We investigate its exploitation by BLEB, a BLE Botnet comprise of smartphone and portable devices compromised by a tracking adversary. We investigate the multiple ways to implement it and show that with limited effort, an adversary using BLEB can achieve large scale, high precision and stealthy tracking. A BLEB attack can be more privacy threatening than the ones carried through WiFi or classic bluetooth during their early deployment.
Exoskeletons have been developed for a wide range of applications, from the military to the medical field, with the aim of augmenting human performance or compensating for neuromuscular deficiencies. However, to empow...
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(纸本)9781538622964
Exoskeletons have been developed for a wide range of applications, from the military to the medical field, with the aim of augmenting human performance or compensating for neuromuscular deficiencies. However, to empower the high number of degrees of freedom of the human body, they often employ a high number of motors, increasing the size, weight and power consumption of the system. We hereby present an actuation strategy to empower our elbow exosuit that adopts a single motor to drive multiple, independently actuated, degrees of freedom. This paradigm, known as One-to-many, is achieved using a modular design where each module comprises a clutchable mechanism that allows to convert a single directional motion from the prime mover to a selectable bidirectional output. Moreover, the mechanism has a locking feature that enables the wearer of the exoskeleton to hold a static load with a minimal power consumption. We present a simple controller for the clutchable unit based on a finite-state machine model, and evaluate its performance for varying input velocities. The system is shown to have a bandwidth of 1.5 Hz, sufficient for daily elbow movements, whilst retaining a compact design.
In this paper, the processing and integration challenges addressed during the 3D packaging of a similar to 400 mm(2) logic die are presented and discussed. The logic die was fabricated using GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 14-nm...
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(纸本)9781509063154
In this paper, the processing and integration challenges addressed during the 3D packaging of a similar to 400 mm(2) logic die are presented and discussed. The logic die was fabricated using GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 14-nm technology with 5x55 mu m Through Silicon Vias (TSVs) integrated in the process as a via middle flow [1]. Fully fabricated test wafers were thinned down to 50 mu m, using Amkor Technology's Middle End of Line (MEOL) process and TSVs were revealed [2]. Device performance was measured before and after thinning to validate no shift in performance. Wafers were diced and assembly performed on a multilayer laminate using flip chip bonding with a mass reflow process for both bottom and top die. Warpage control ensured that 100% wetting was achieved. Two top dies (mechanical High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) dies) were assembled on this stack using micropillars. A novel machined lid was designed to fit the package and improve thermal performance of the package. Simulation data of the lid design showing the thermal improvement is presented. Finally, the packages were tested after three-dimensional (3D) assembly, and the T0 assembly yield data is presented.
We present an efficient FPGA architecture suitable for a medical 3D ultrasound beamformer. We tackle the delay calculation bottleneck, which is the heart and the most critical part of the beamformer, by proposing a co...
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(纸本)9782839918442
We present an efficient FPGA architecture suitable for a medical 3D ultrasound beamformer. We tackle the delay calculation bottleneck, which is the heart and the most critical part of the beamformer, by proposing a computationally efficient design that is able to perform volumetric real-time beamforming on a single-chip FPGA. The design has been demonstrated for a 32 x 32-channel receive probe, and we extrapolated the requirements of the architecture for 80 x 80 channels.
Two salient concerns of current fieldprogrammable gate arrays (FPGAs) used for space applications are how to block soft errors that arise on their configuration memories and how to treat permanent failures attributab...
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(纸本)9781509063895
Two salient concerns of current fieldprogrammable gate arrays (FPGAs) used for space applications are how to block soft errors that arise on their configuration memories and how to treat permanent failures attributable to total dose effects. To date, those two main concerns have been treated separately, but we present a proposal for multi-context scrubbing to "kill two birds with one stone" and resolve both issues simultaneously. To decrease the frequency of soft errors arising on the configuration memories of FPGAs, applying scrubbing operations for configuration memories is extremely useful. Since faster scrubbing can increase the radiation tolerances of the configuration memories on FPGAs, optical high-speed scrubbing using optically reconfigurable gate array (ORGA) architecture is introduced. Up to now, major scrubbing operations have invariably used a single configuration context, but since the storage capacities of holographic memories on ORGAs are high, many configuration contexts can be stored on a holographic memory. Thereby, various configuration contexts that avoid permanent failures can be used cyclically for scrubbing operations. Even if a permanent failure occurs on the programmable gate array during scrubbing operations, which exploit numerous configuration contexts, correct operations can be executed.
Network protocol implementations must comply with their specifications that include properties describing the correct operational behavior of the protocol in response to different temporal orderings of network events....
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(纸本)9781538605424
Network protocol implementations must comply with their specifications that include properties describing the correct operational behavior of the protocol in response to different temporal orderings of network events. Due to inconsistent interpretations of the specification, developers can unknowingly introduce semantic bugs, which cause the implementations to violate the respective properties. Detecting such bugs in stateful protocols becomes significantly difficult as their operations depend on their internal state machines and the complex interactions between the protocol logic. In this paper, we present an automated tool to help developers analyze their protocol implementations and detect semantic bugs violating the temporal properties of the protocols. Given an implementation, our tool (1) extracts the implemented finite state machine (FSM) of the protocol from the source code by symbolically exploring the code and (2) determines whether the extracted FSM violates given temporal properties by using an off-the-shelf model checker. We demonstrated the efficacy of our tool by applying it on 6 protocol implementations. We detected 11 semantic bugs (2 with security implications) when we analyzed these implementations against properties obtained from their publicly available specifications.
With the introduction of the Stratix V family, the FPGA vendor Altera is now fully supporting partial reconfiguration in all their recent FPGA devices. A distinct feature in the Altera architecture is that reconfigura...
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(纸本)9782839918442
With the introduction of the Stratix V family, the FPGA vendor Altera is now fully supporting partial reconfiguration in all their recent FPGA devices. A distinct feature in the Altera architecture is that reconfigurable regions can be arbitrarily defined which is possible by writing a configuration mask prior to writing the actual configuration data to the FPGA fabric. In this paper, we will present details and the flow for implementing partial reconfiguration using Altera FPGAs, as well as a study on configuration bitstream sizes and configuration speeds for various resource and bounding-box aspect ratio variants. The results are used to build a partial reconfiguration controller that is featuring a lightweight but effective bitstream decompression module for greatly improving configuration speed on a DE5-net board.
In the field of medium and high power applications Multilevel Inverter (MLI) topology is an alternative concept. It has the capability to generate the high voltage staircase pseudo-sinusoidal waveform with less distor...
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In the field of medium and high power applications Multilevel Inverter (MLI) topology is an alternative concept. It has the capability to generate the high voltage staircase pseudo-sinusoidal waveform with less distortion and high quality. But it requires more number of Switching Components (SC) with complex PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) strategies hence the cost and size of inverter becomes high. So, in view of this authors investigated a novel asymmetrical transformerless MLI topology of fifteen level inverter is presented in this paper, with an attempt of reduction in overall device count (switches, diodes, capacitors, dc voltage sources, etc.,) compared to all existing multilevel inverters. The basic structure and operating modes of proposed MLI is explained clearly. It requires seven power switches (IGBT), three diodes and three DC-bus capacitors are required to generate fifteen level 1-Φ voltage. Furthermore, an efficient PWM technique is implemented with seven reference signals whose magnitude is equal to carrier signal. The performance of proposed MLI is accomplished in terms of Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) at modulation index M=0.9. The evaluation of MLI is carried out through MATLAB/SIMULINK environment.
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