We report in-situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) reflection-absorption studies of curing chemistry of polyimide thin films on Crand Cu surfaces, and of the thermal stability of the resulting thin film interfaces wh...
We report in-situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) reflection-absorption studies of curing chemistry of polyimide thin films on Crand Cu surfaces, and of the thermal stability of the resulting thin film interfaces when exposed to air at elevated temperatures. The polyimide investigated is based on 4,4'-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)bis(phthalicanhydride)-4,4'-bis(4-aminophenoxy)-biphenyl. The imidization process takes place at temperatures higher than 90°C anda small amount of anhydride is generated during curing. This by-product is converted to imide at temperatures above 250°C. Complete imidization is achieved after curing at 300°C on Cr substrates, while evidence for incomplete curing on Cu is observed under the same conditions. Thermal stability studies with Cr and Cu substrates show that thermal decomposition of thin (∼1000Å) polyimide filmsoccurs on Cu when the film is exposed to air at 200°C, while the polyimide is stable on Cr.
The Ray Tracing rendering algorithm can produce high-fidelity images of 3-D scenes, including shadow effects, as well as reflections and transparencies. This is currently done at a processing speed of at most 30 frame...
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The capacity of a secondary link in spectrum sharing systems has been recently investigated in fading environments. In particular, the secondary transmitter is allowed to adapt its power and rate to maximize its capac...
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The capacity of a secondary link in spectrum sharing systems has been recently investigated in fading environments. In particular, the secondary transmitter is allowed to adapt its power and rate to maximize its capacity subject to the constraint of maximum interference level allowed at the primary receiver. In most of the literature, it was assumed that estimates of the channel state information (CSI) of the secondary link and the interference level are made available at the secondary transmitter via an infinite-resolution feedback links between the secondary/primary receivers and the secondary transmitter. However, the assumption of having infinite resolution feedback links is not always practical as it requires an excessive amount of bandwidth. In this paper we develop a framework for optimizing the performance of the secondary link in terms of the average spectral efficiency assuming quantized CSI available at the secondary transmitter. We develop a computationally efficient algorithm for optimally quantizing the CSI and finding the optimal power and rate employed at the cognitive transmitter for each quantized CSI level so as to maximize the average spectral efficiency. Our results give the number of bits required to represent the CSI sufficient to achieve almost the maximum average spectral efficiency attained using full knowledge of the CSI for Rayleigh fading channels.
An efficient scheduling request algorithm for opportunistic wireless access based on user grouping is proposed in this paper. Similar to the well-known opportunistic splitting algorithm, the proposed algorithm initial...
An efficient scheduling request algorithm for opportunistic wireless access based on user grouping is proposed in this paper. Similar to the well-known opportunistic splitting algorithm, the proposed algorithm initially adjusts (or lowers) the threshold during a guard period if no user sends a scheduling request. However, if multiple users make requests simultaneously and therefore a collision occurs, the proposed algorithm no longer updates the threshold but narrows down the user search space by splitting the users into multiple groups iteratively, whereas the opportunistic splitting algorithm keeps adjusting the threshold until a single user is found. Since the threshold is only updated when no user sends a request, it is shown that the proposed algorithm significantly alleviates the burden of the signaling for the threshold distribution to the users by the scheduler. More importantly, the proposed algorithm requires a less number of mini-slots to make a user selection given a certain scheduling outage probability.
A new current-mode triangular/square wave generator based on MO-CCCCTAs (Multiple output current controlled current conveyor transconductance amplifiers) is presented in this paper. The circuit description is very sim...
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Effective exploitation of the application-specific parallel patterns and computation operations through their direct implementation in hardware is the base for construction of high-quality application-specific (re-) c...
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Graphene is a promising material for transparent conductive films (TCFs) because of its high electrical conductivity and excellent optical transparency over a wide spectral range. We have previously reported on an ine...
Graphene is a promising material for transparent conductive films (TCFs) because of its high electrical conductivity and excellent optical transparency over a wide spectral range. We have previously reported on an inexpensive means of producing graphene-based TCFs using chemically derived graphene flakes. However, the deposition of chemically derived graphene can yield poor stacking of graphene flakes, which degrades the electrical conductivity of the resulting films. Here, we describe an alternative approach for producing large areas of TCFs based on electrophoretic deposition of graphene onto glass substrates using charged graphene oxide flakes. This method enabled the deposition of highly stacked graphene films onto insulating glass substrates with potential for TCFs.
Abstract By combining different control methods, we can obtain a desired performance in a control system. In this work, we introduce a novel technique that uses a controller that is based on an energy system for the i...
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Abstract By combining different control methods, we can obtain a desired performance in a control system. In this work, we introduce a novel technique that uses a controller that is based on an energy system for the inverted pendulum, combined dynamically with an optimal controller. The dynamic combination of these two controllers is based on a population dynamics approach, which gives more weight to the controller that is designed to perform better in a given region. The controller is tested on a classical experiment used to illustrate decentralized controllers: the two inverted pendulums coupled by a spring (TPCS) system. Some simulations comparing our novel technique and the one that has been used are shown.
In this article, we demonstrated an optical-coding method to detect forward scattering and large angle scattering signals within microfluidic devices. Using silicon photodetectors, we can effectively discriminate the ...
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We present new computational building blocks based on memristive devices. These blocks, can be used to implement either supervised or unsupervised learning modules. This is achieved using a crosspoint architecture whi...
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We present new computational building blocks based on memristive devices. These blocks, can be used to implement either supervised or unsupervised learning modules. This is achieved using a crosspoint architecture which is an efficient array implementation for nanoscale two-terminal mem-ristive devices. Based on these blocks and an experimentally verified SPICE macromodel for the memristor, we demonstrate that firstly, the Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) can be implemented by a single memristor device and secondly, a memristor-based competitive Hebbian learning through STDP using a 1×1000 synaptic network. This is achieved by adjusting the memristor's conductance values (weights) as a function of the timing difference between presynaptic and postsynaptic spikes. These implementations have a number of shortcomings due to the memristor's characteristics such as memory decay, highly nonlinear switching behaviour as a function of applied voltage/current, and functional uniformity. These shortcomings can be addressed by utilising a mixed gates that can be used in conjunction with the analogue behaviour for biomimetic computation. The digital implementations in this paper use in-situ computational capability of the memristor.
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