The transmission of data over Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) poses significant constraints on the energy and bandwidth of the communication system. We consider the problem of decision fusion in a distributed detectio...
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The transmission of data over Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) poses significant constraints on the energy and bandwidth of the communication system. We consider the problem of decision fusion in a distributed detection system in a classical parallel fusion structure by incorporating the fading channel layer that is omnipresent in wireless sensor networks. We use channel coding and transmit diversity schemes, Equal Gain Combining (EGC) and Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC). We employ a multi-carrier modulation scheme over the wireless communication channel. This paper proposes the use of Hamming, Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) Coding, or Viterbi coding. Interleaving is also suggested in this paper using chaotic Baker map randomization for the reduction of the Bit Error Rate (BER). Moreover, the chaotic interleaving adds a degree of security to the transmitted data. Simulation results show that the application of coding and interleaving achieves a performance improvement in the wireless sensor network.
A graph-theoretic analysis of state inference for a class of network synchronization (or diffusive) processes is pursued. Precisely, estimation is studied for a nonrandom initial condition of a canonical synchronizati...
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Electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors and photovoltaic power sources are being developed for a variety of defense and commercial applications. One of the critical technologies that will enhance both EO/IR sensor an...
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Electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors and photovoltaic power sources are being developed for a variety of defense and commercial applications. One of the critical technologies that will enhance both EO/IR sensor and photovoltaic module performance is the development of high quality nanostructure-based antireflection coatings. In this paper, we review our work on advanced antireflection structures that have been designed by using a genetic algorithm and fabricated by using oblique angle deposition. The antireflection coatings are designed for the wavelength range of 250 nm to 2500 nm and an incidence angle between 00 and 400. These nanostructured antireflection coatings are shown to enhance the optical transmission through transparent windows over a wide band of interest and minimize broadband reflection losses to less than one percent, a substantial improvement over conventional thin-film antireflection coating technologies.
The recent demonstration of the seamless on-wafer integration of GaN electronics and CMOS Si devices enables the combination of the excellent high voltage and high frequency properties of GaN transistors with the unsu...
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The recent demonstration of the seamless on-wafer integration of GaN electronics and CMOS Si devices enables the combination of the excellent high voltage and high frequency properties of GaN transistors with the unsurpassed circuit complexity and scaling of Si technology. This paper describes our recent results to expand this heterogeneous integration from the initial 1x1 cm2 demonstration to full 4" wafers that integrate hybrid power, mixed signal and digital circuits.
The measurement of the mechanical properties and adhesion of polymeric thin films and coatings poses a number of technical problems. Elastic and viscoelastic properties, residual stress, adhesion, the effects of exten...
The measurement of the mechanical properties and adhesion of polymeric thin films and coatings poses a number of technical problems. Elastic and viscoelastic properties, residual stress, adhesion, the effects of extended cure, and the effects of adsorbed moisture and process reagents are all critical. A particular challenge is to develop measurement methods which can be used with actual samples, preferably non-destructively. This paper examines a number of methods which have been developed to make these measurements, with emphasis on methods which are sensitive enough to look at the effects of process variation and the effects of moisture exposure. Suspended-membrane methods for measuring elastic and viscoelastic properties, residual stress, and adhesion are combined with optical methods for determining index of refraction and birefringence to yield a family of techniques for performing physical characterization. Recent results on the effects of extended cure and moisture uptake on elastic properties, residual stress, and optical properties will be presented.
Aluminum nitride is a promising material for use in thin-film bulk acoustic wave resonators for applications in RF bandpass filters. This paper discusses the requirements needed for a dc magnetron sputtering system to...
Aluminum nitride is a promising material for use in thin-film bulk acoustic wave resonators for applications in RF bandpass filters. This paper discusses the requirements needed for a dc magnetron sputtering system to grow piezoelectrically active films with x-ray diffraction rocking curves of 3.3° on silicon substrates, 5° on aluminum substrates and oxygen concentrations of l at.%. For applications in integrated resonators, a materials characterization is insufficient in predicting the subsequent device performance. A simple acoustic device structure which allows a quick measurement of the device performance is used to extract maximum effective coupling coefficients keff2 of 0.009% at 3.4GHz and 0.002% at 2.4GHz for two different films with rocking curves of 5.7° and 9.0° respectively. This parameter extraction technique may be used to make relative comparisons between films grown under different deposition conditions.
Low temperature lateral growth of amorphous silicon films has been achieved on thin flexible glasses using ultra-violet assisted metal-induced crystallization technique. 125μm ordinary glass substrate is sputter-coat...
Low temperature lateral growth of amorphous silicon films has been achieved on thin flexible glasses using ultra-violet assisted metal-induced crystallization technique. 125μm ordinary glass substrate is sputter-coated with 1500Å chromium and a 1000Å SiN layer, respectively. 1000Å Si film was deposited using e-beam evaporation at a temperature of 350°C. Equally spaced dots of nickel pads with 140μm separation were used as seed of crystallization of a-Si layer. Crystallinity of the samples was studied using XRD, SEM and optical microscopy. Some crystallographic etchants were used to develop the crystal orientations for SEM analysis. Based on this study, a lateral growth rate of 2μm/hr is obtained at a temperature of 380°C. Activation energy of 1.4 to 1.5eV is extracted for this UV-assisted MILC process.
We report a direct measurement of the low-frequency noise spectrum in a superconducting flux qubit. Our method uses the noise sensitivity of a free-induction Ramsey interference experiment, comprising free evolution i...
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We report a direct measurement of the low-frequency noise spectrum in a superconducting flux qubit. Our method uses the noise sensitivity of a free-induction Ramsey interference experiment, comprising free evolution in the presence of noise for a fixed period of time followed by single-shot qubit-state measurement. Repeating this procedure enables Fourier-transform noise spectroscopy with access to frequencies up to the achievable repetition rate, a regime relevant to dephasing in ensemble-averaged time-domain measurements such as Ramsey interferometry. Rotating the qubit's quantization axis allows us to measure two types of noise: effective flux noise and effective critical-current or charge noise. For both noise sources, we observe that the very same 1/f-type power laws measured at considerably higher frequencies (0.2−20 MHz) are consistent with the noise in the 0.01−100-Hz range measured here. We find no evidence of temperature dependence of the noises over 65−200 mK, and also no evidence of time-domain correlations between the two noises. These methods and results are pertinent to the dephasing of all superconducting qubits.
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