The effect of 170 keV Si and 100 keV C ion bombardment on the structure and properties of highly pure, double-wall carbon nanotubes has been investigated using resonance Raman spectroscopy. The implantations were perf...
The effect of 170 keV Si and 100 keV C ion bombardment on the structure and properties of highly pure, double-wall carbon nanotubes has been investigated using resonance Raman spectroscopy. The implantations were performed at room temperature with ion doses ranging between 1×1013 ions/cm2 and 1×1015 ions/cm2. As expected, the Si irradiation created more disorder than the C irradiation for the same ion fluence. For both species, as the ion-implantation fluence increased, the D-band intensity increased, while the G-band intensity decreased, indicating increased lattice disorder, in analogous form to other forms of graphite and other nanotube types. The frequency of the G band decreased with increasing dose, reflecting a softening of the phonon mode due to lattice defects. With increasing ion fluence, the radial breathing modes (RBMs) of the outer tubes (either semiconducting or metallic) disappeared before the respective RBM bands from the inner tubes, suggesting that the outer nanotubes are more affected than the inner nanotubes by the ion irradiation. After Si ion bombardment to a dose of 1×1015 ions/cm2, the Raman spectrum resembled that of highly disordered graphite, indicating that the lattice structures of the inner and outer nanotubes were almost completely destroyed. However, laser annealing partially restored the crystalline structure of the nanotubes, as evidenced by the re-emergence of the G and RBM bands and the significant attenuation of the D band in the Raman spectrum.
The Network-on-Chip (NoC) concept has been identified as an attractive solution to the ever-increasing interconnect problem in complex System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. In this paper, we propose a highly scalable topology...
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The Network-on-Chip (NoC) concept has been identified as an attractive solution to the ever-increasing interconnect problem in complex System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. In this paper, we propose a highly scalable topology structure for NoC designs based on the web graph. This topology, named as Spidernet, is compared favourably to other five popular NoC topologies, including mesh, torus, fat tree, octagon, and spidergon in terms of node degree, network diameter, connection degree, average most short-circuit path, and average shortest wire length. We further propose a 2D layout design for Spidernet, and experiment results have confirmed its superiority over layouts derived from the above five competing topologies.
Sustainable success of service oriented applications relies on capabilities to manage possible service failures. To substitute a failed service with some other equivalent service is unavoidable in recovering a suspend...
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Opperman, Tjaart A.K.Sinha, SaurabhUniversity of Pretoria
Dept. of Electrical Electronic and Computer Engineering Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics Corner of University Road and Lynnwood Road Pretoria 0002 South Africa Department of Electrical
Electronic and Computer Engineering Faculty of Engineering Built Environment and Information Technology School of Engineering Pretoria 0002 South Africa
A 5 GHz In-phase/Quadrature (I/Q) voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with multiple independently tunable phase outputs is presented. The VCO is realized using an LC oscillator with a ring structure and has a tuning r...
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This paper considers the Model Predictive Control (MPC) set point tracking/regulation problem for a discrete LTI system, which is subject to a class of unbounded disturbances/tracking signals called extended constant ...
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This paper considers the Model Predictive Control (MPC) set point tracking/regulation problem for a discrete LTI system, which is subject to a class of unbounded disturbances/tracking signals called extended constant signals of unknown structure. Examples of disturbances which belong to this class include constant disturbances as well as unbounded signals such as w[k]=√k and log (k), k=1,2,3,…. A discussion re the choice of window size for MPC is also made; in particular, it is shown that the window size must be larger than a certain lower bound, which can be easily determined, in order to guarantee closed loop stability in MPC control. The main contribution is a formulation of the system's plant equations under which, for output regulation, no knowledge of the structure or magnitude of disturbances is needed in order to achieve set point regulation for this class of extended constant signals. The result is of interest since it also implies that no disturbance observer is necessary in order to solve the set point tracking/regulation problem when full-state feedback is available. The results are experimentally verified.
This paper describes a novel regenerative braking control scheme of electric power assisted wheelchairs for optimal velocity driving on downhill roads. "Electric power assisted wheelchair" which assists the ...
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This paper describes a novel regenerative braking control scheme of electric power assisted wheelchairs for optimal velocity driving on downhill roads. "Electric power assisted wheelchair" which assists the driving force by electric motors is expected to be widely used as a mobility support system for elderly people and disabled people, however, it has no braking system to suppress the wheelchair's velocity and brings the dangerous and fearful driving especially on downhill roads. Therefore this paper proposes a novel safety and efficient driving control scheme based on the regenerative braking system. This study applies the regenerative braking system with the step-up chopper circuit serially connecting two motors and realizes the velocity feedback control with the variable duty ratio so that it tracks the optimal velocity based on Minimum Jerk Model. In addition, the dynamic braking system is also applied at the low speed range instead of the regenerative brake in order to suppress the acceleration. Some driving experiments on the practical downhill roads show the effectiveness of the proposed control system.
Recently, many vision-based navigation methods have been introduced as an intelligent robot application. However, many of these methods mainly focus on finding an image in the database corresponding to a query image. ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424420575
Recently, many vision-based navigation methods have been introduced as an intelligent robot application. However, many of these methods mainly focus on finding an image in the database corresponding to a query image. Thus, if the environment changes, for example, objects moving in the environment, a robot is unlikely to find consistent corresponding points with one of the database images. To handle these problems, we propose a novel motion-based navigation method in contrast with appearance-based approaches. This algorithm is based on motion estimation by a camera to plan the next movement of a robot and robust feature matching to recognize home and destination locations. Experimental results demonstrate the capability of the vision-based autonomous navigation against environment changes.
In this paper, the target is to reduce the energy consumption in the body sensor network as well as maximize the system lifetime of sensor nodes when they will make communication among body sensors and personal commun...
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In this paper, the target is to reduce the energy consumption in the body sensor network as well as maximize the system lifetime of sensor nodes when they will make communication among body sensors and personal communication unit. The best compression technique like LPC is selected for energy saving based on some calculations. Formulation of a linear programming problem where is to maximize the system lifetime which is equivalent to the time until the first node runs out of battery. Maximum system lifetimes are calculated by MATLAB optimization technique using and without using efficient compression algorithm like LPC in various environments. The results show that maximum system lifetimes calculated in different scenarios using efficient compression technique like LPC is better than without using compression technique.
We are developing a new real-time control system for customizing auditory stimulus (the binaural beat sound) by judging user alpha waves to entrain a userpsilas feeling in the most relaxed way. Since brainwave activit...
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(纸本)9784907764302
We are developing a new real-time control system for customizing auditory stimulus (the binaural beat sound) by judging user alpha waves to entrain a userpsilas feeling in the most relaxed way. Since brainwave activity provides the necessary predictive information for arousal states, we use an autoregressive forecasting model to estimate the frequency response series of the alpha frequency bands and the inverted-U concept to determine the userpsilas arousal state. A fuzzy logic controller is also employed to regulate the binaural beat control signal on a forecasting error signal. Our system allows comfortable user self-relaxation. The results of experiments confirm the constructed systempsilas effectiveness and necessity.
This presented paper deals with the novel design of the Linearly Tapered Slot-line Antenna's (LTSA) array for the Quasi-terahertz Molecular Spectroscopy application. Antenna array was designed for frequency range ...
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This presented paper deals with the novel design of the Linearly Tapered Slot-line Antenna's (LTSA) array for the Quasi-terahertz Molecular Spectroscopy application. Antenna array was designed for frequency range from 50 GHz to 600 GHz. The antenna is placed on a low lost dielectrically substrate Cuclad 217. The numerical model was analyzed in a EM solver CST Microwave Studio. After basic design, the antenna was optimized by own novel modification of SPC-PNX real-coded genetic algorithm. The wideband global optimization by SPC-PNX genetic algorithm of the broadband antenna for the mm-Band can be interpreted as original results.
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