A maintenance policy for repairable systems based on opportunisticfailure-rate tolerance

An opportunistic hazard rate replacement policy for a repairable system with several types of units is presented. A unit is repaired at failure when the hazard rate falls in (0, L-u). A unit is replaced at failure when the hazard rate falls in (L-u , L). An operating unit is replaced when its hazard rate reaches L. When a unit is replaced because its hazard rate reaches L, all operating units with their hazard rates falling in (L-u, L) are replaced. The long-run mean cost rate as a function of L and u is derived. Optimal L and u are obtained to minimize the total maintenance cost rate. Application and analysis of results are demonstrated through a numerical example. The maintenance model is designed for a system with multitype units. Each type has its own increasing hazard rate. Units are repaired or replaced depending on their hazard rate at a failure or active replacement of another unit. The repair interval, replacement limit, and replacement tolerance are determined to yield the optimal total maintenance cost rate     

A Code Set for a Robust 8.25 Mb/s Data Rate for IEEE 802.11b WLANs

In this paper, a code set for an 8.25-Mb/s data rate is proposed for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11b system, which can act as a better fallback option than a 5.5-Mb/s data rate when an 11-Mb/s data rate is not sustainable in a large delay-spread channel environment. We present a systematic procedure for the design of the code set. The proposed code set works at significantly higher path loss when compared to an 11-Mb/s data rate in moderate to large delay-spread channel environment. We also discuss the resource requirement for including the proposed data rate in the existing 802.11b transceiver and note that the additional hardware is minimal. Since the current WIreless FIdelity chipsets are enabled with the 802.11g option, we investigated the performance of the proposed data rate and the 6and 9-Mb/s data rates provided by 802.11g, and the results show that the 8.25-Mb/s data rate is a reliable fallback option compared to the 9-Mb/s rate when the 11-Mb/s data rate is not sustainable. The 8.25-Mb/s data rate is shown to work at 1.7 dB higher path loss when compared to the 9-Mb/s rate in a frequently occurring moderate delay-spread channel     

Reactive sputter etching of silicon with very low mask-material etch rates

Directional etching of deep structures in silicon is often made difficult by a high mask erosion rate. Recent results have given a Si/SiO2etch rate ratio of up to 8 without the undercut problems associated with other selective etches. In this paper a new selectivity mechanism is described which can reproducibly give Si/SiO2etch rate ratios of more than 100 with a nonloading target, and more than about 50 with a loading target. Similar etch ratios are also obtained with masks of MgF2, Al2O3, Al, and Cr. The inherently high Si/SiO2etch rate ratio obtained in Ar/Cl2discharges is here enhanced by causing selective deposition of SiO2onto slowly etched materials. The silicon may be obtained from the target, or, for easier control, from input gases such as SiCl4. The deposition rate is controlled by the oxygen concentration. The results of etching deep grooves in Si are presented. Etch-mask faceting and Si surface decoration appear to limit the attainable etch rate ratios with fine structures; however, 18-µm-deep gratings of 4.5-µm period have been etched in Si.     

Variable rate data transmission with blind rate detection forcoherent DS-CDMA mobile radio

A variable rate data transmission scheme with blind rate detection is described for pilot-symbol-assisted coherent DS-CDMA mobile radio. Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) coding and decoding is used for blind rate detection. Computer simulations of eight-rate variable rate data transmission demonstrate that when 16 bit CRC is used, the loss in required total E_b/N₀ at a frame error rate of 10 ^-2 under two-path Rayleigh fading, is only ~0.1 dB from the known rate case     

On the cutoff rate of a discrete memoryless channel with(d, k)-constrained input sequences

The cutoff rate of a discrete memoryless channel whose output sequences are from a (d, k) encoder is investigated. A rational rate (d, k) encoder is considered as a finite state machine and maximum-likelihood decoding is used to compute the cutoff rate. Some commonly used (d, k) codes, such as the rate 1/2 (1, 3) code with a two-state encoder, the IBM rate 2/3 (1, 7) code having a five-state encoder, and the IBM rate 1/2 (2, 7) code with a seven-state encoder, are used to illustrate the cutoff rate computation. Results are presented for both the binary symmetric channel (BSC) and the Gaussian noise channel. The performance of a decoder designed for noiseless transmission of (1, 3) code is compared to that of a maximum-likelihood decoder for the (1, 3) code. It is also shown that for the case of the Gaussian noise channel, a gain of about 1.7 dB in signal-to-noise ratio is possible by using 3-bit soft decisions over hard decisions     

Complement block coding for reduction in peak-to-average power ratio of OFDM signals

In this article a new coding scheme, complement block coding (CBC), is proposed to reduce the PAPR of OFDM signals. This method utilizes the complement bits that are added to the original information bits, which can effectively reduce the PAPR of OFDM signals with random frame size N and the coding rate R /spl les/ (N - k)/N, where k is a positive integer and k /spl les/ N/2. The performance results obtained with CBC are given and compared with that of some well known schemes, such as simple block coding, modified simple block coding, simple odd parity code, and cyclic coding, for the same purpose. The results show that at the same coding rate 3/4, CBC can achieve almost the same performance as SBC and MSBC, but with lower complexity, and the same performance can be obtained with a higher coding rate using CBC. The PAPR reductions of CBC with coding rate (N - 1)/N are almost the same as with a coding rate less than (N - 1)/N, but almost the twice as these of SOPC when N /spl ges/ 16. Moreover, we can find that PAPR is the lowest for all block codes using CBC with coding rate 3/4. So modified CBC (MCBC) is also proposed and analyzed, combined with the subblock processing technique to make CBC effective for OFDM systems with large frame sizes. The flexibility in coding rate choice and low complexity make the proposed CBC more suitable for random frame size with high coding rate and can also provide error detection.     

A New 1/4 Rate Modulation Techniques for Enhanced-xVSB System

In this paper, we describe a new 1/4 rate robust modulation techniques for Enhanced-xVSB system which is fully backward compatible with ATSC 8-VSB standard. 1/4 rate mode Enhanced-xVSB system provides broadcasters with a wide choice of trade-offs of data rate vs amount of robustness of enhanced data for pedestrian/mobile services. Lab test results of proposed Enhanced-xVSB 1/4 rate mode robust stream is a significantly improved multipath as well as AWGN reception performance for Enhanced-xVSB receiver. We suggest an Enhanced-xVSB terrestrial broadcasting system for ATSC HDTV and pedestrian/portable TV simultaneous broadcasting service providing     

A convolutional single-parity-check concatenated coding scheme forhigh-data-rate applications

The coding scheme uses a set of n convolutional codes multiplexed into an inner code and a (n,n-1) single-parity-check code serving as the outer code. Each of the inner convolutional codes is decoded independently, with maximum-likelihood decoding being achieved using n parallel implementations of the Viterbi algorithm. The Viterbi decoding is followed by additional outer soft-decision single-parity-check decoding. Considering n=12 and the set of short constraint length K=3, rate 1/2 convolutional codes, it is shown that the performance of the concatenated scheme is comparable to the performance of the constraint length K=7, rate 1/2 convolutional code with standard soft-decision Viterbi decoding. Simulation results are presented for the K=3, rate 1/2 as well as for the punctured K=3, rate 2/3 and rate 3/4 inner convolutional codes. The performance of the proposed concatenated scheme using a set of K=7, rate 1/2 inner convolutional codes is given     

Effect of nucleation layer morphology on crystal quality, surface morphology and electrical properties of AlGaN/GaN heterostructures

Nucleation layer formation is a key factor for high quality gallium nitride (GaN) growth on a sapphire substrate. We found that the growth rate substantially affected the nucleation layer morphology, thereby having a great impact on the crystal quality, surface morphology and electrical properties of AIGaN/GaN heterostructures on sapphire substrates. A nucleation layer with a low growth rate of 2.5 nm/min is larger and has better coalescence than one grown at a high growth rate of 5 nm/min. AIGaN/GaN heterostructures on a nucleation layer with low growth rate have better crystal quality, surface morphology and electrical properties.     

成核层形貌对AlGaN/GaN异质结晶体质量，表面形貌以及电学特性的影响

Nucleation layer formation is a key factor for high quality gallium nitride（GaN）growth on a sapphire substrate.We found that the growth rate substantially affected the nucleation layer morphology,thereby having a great impact on the crystal quality,surface morphology and electrical properties of AlGaN/GaN heterostructures on sapphire substrates.A nucleation layer with a low growth rate of 2.5 nm/min is larger and has better coalescence than one grown at a high growth rate of 5 nm/min.AlGaN/GaN heterostructures on a nucleation layer with low growth rate have better crystal quality,surface morphology and electrical properties.     

Code Combining--A Maximum-Likelihood Decoding Approach for Combining an Arbitrary Number of Noisy Packets

It is well known that if the data rate is chosen below the available channel capacity, error-free communication is possible. Furthermore, numerous practical error-correction coding techniques exist which can be chosen to meet the user's reliability constraints. However, a basic problem in designing a reliable digital communication system is still the choice of the actual code rate. While the popular rate-1/2 code rate is a reasonable, but not optimum, choice for additive Gaussian noise channels, its selection is far from optimum for channels where a high percentage of the transmitted bits are destroyed by interference. Code combining represents a technique of matching the code rate to the prevailing channel conditions. Information is transmitted in packet formats which are encoded with a relatively high-rate code, e.g., rate 1/2, which can be repeated to Obtain reliable communications when the redundancy in a rate-1/2 code is not sufficient to overcome the channel interference. The receiver combines noisy packets (code combining) to obtain a packet with a code rate which is low enough such that reliable communication is possible even for channels with extremely high error rates. By combining the minimum number of packets needed to overcome the channel conditions, the receiver optimizes the code rate and minimizes the delay required to decode a given packet. Thus, the receiver adapts to the actual jammer-to-signal(J/S)ratio which is critical when the level of interferenceJis not known a priori.     

On the User Selection for MIMO Broadcast Channels

In this paper, a downlink communication system, in which a base station (BS) equipped with $M$ antennas communicates with $N$ users each equipped with $K$ receive antennas, is considered. An efficient suboptimum algorithm is proposed for selecting a set of users in order to maximize the sum–rate throughput of the system, in a Rayleigh-fading environment. For the asymptotic case when $N$ tends to infinity, the necessary and sufficient conditions in order to achieve the maximum sum–rate throughput, such that the difference between the achievable sum–rate and the maximum value approaches zero, is derived. The complexity of our algorithm is investigated in terms of the required amount of feedback from the users to the BS, as well as the number of searches required for selecting the users. It is shown that the proposed method is capable of achieving a large portion of the sum–rate capacity, with a very low complexity.      

GPRS数据业务性能分析

基于D-BMAP/D/1排队模型分析GPRS数据业务在简化的一步接入模式以及不同服务速率下的性能,包括RLC/MAC缓冲区队列的平均长度、小分组(Mini-Packet)的平均时延和丢弃率等.分析结果表明:当定时器T₃₁₈₂时间变长时,时延缩短,丢弃率降低;处于空闲状态的移动台产生新会话的概率越大,时延越长;缓冲区容量增加,丢弃率明显降低.但是随着每个会话中分组呼叫数目的变化,时延变化不显著.     

Duality and Rate Optimization for Multiple Access and Broadcast Channels With Amplify-and-Forward Relays

In this paper, we consider multihop multiple access (MAC) and broadcast channels (BC) where communication takes place with the assistance of relays that amplify and forward (AF) their received signals. For a two-hop parallel AF relay MAC, assuming a sum power constraint across all relays we characterize optimal relay amplification factors and the resulting optimal rate regions. We find the maximum sum rate and the maximum rate for each user in closed form and express the optimal rate pair (R₁, R₂) that maximizes mu₁R₁+mu₂R₂ as the solution of a pair of simultaneous equations. We find that the parallel AF relay MAC with total transmit power of the two users P₁+P₂=P and total relay power P_R is the dual of the parallel AF relay BC where the MAC source nodes become the BC destination nodes, the MAC destination node becomes the BC source node, the dual BC source transmit power is P_R and the total transmit power of the AF relays is P. The duality means that the rate region of the AF relay MAC with a sum power constraint P on the transmitters is the same as that of the dual BC. The duality relationship is found to be useful in characterizing the rate region of the AF relay BC as the union of MAC rate regions. The duality is established for distributed multiple antenna AF relay nodes and multiple (more than 2) hops as well.     

Compact Nd:YVO/sub 4/ lasers with pulse repetition rates up to 160 GHz

We present a comprehensive study on multigigahertz repetition rate Nd:YVO/sub 4/ lasers, passively mode-locked with semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors. A brief review of Q-switching instabilities with special emphasis on high repetition rate is given. We then present basic design guidelines, and experimentally show that one can push the pulse repetition rate of a Nd: YVO/sub 4/ laser up to 157 GHz, reaching the fundamental limit to the repetition rate which is given by the pulse duration and thus by the amplification bandwidth. We also demonstrate an air-cooled diode-pumped 10-GHz Nd: YVO/sub 4/ laser with 2.1-W average output power and 13% electrical-to-optical efficiency, showing the potential of solid-state lasers generating multiwatt, multigigahertz pulse trains with high efficiency.     

Controlled noise generation with avalanche diodes II. High pulse rate design

The low pulse rate design of an avalanche noise diode described by Haitz¹is modified in order to obtain a Gaussian probability distribution. The essential modification is an increase of the avalanche pulse rate from less than 10⁴sec^-1to more than 10⁶sec^-1. This high pulse rate is achieved, in a controlled way, by reducing the breakdown voltage from about 30 volts to 12 volts. As with the low pulse rate design of Haitz [1], the avalanche pulse rate is determined by trigger carriers generated by internal field emission. Spectral voltage density and temperature coefficient are estimated and found to be in good agreement with the experimental results of 0.5 mV per c/s^1/2and -8.10^-3/°C, respectively. The spectral voltage density is fiat within ±1 dB over the frequency range from 10 c/s to 200 kc/s. After passing the noise through a low pass filter with a cutoff frequency of 200 kc/s the probability distribution of the noise voltage is Gaussian. The spectral voltage density is practically insensitive to variations of the supply voltage between 15 volts and 25 volts, corresponding to a current variation from 30 µA to 130 µA.     

Rb(5PJ)+(Ne、N2)碰撞能量转移

在气体样品池条件下,研究了Rb(5PJ) (Ne、N2)碰撞能量转移过程.对于5PJ与Ne的碰撞,电子态能量仅能转移为Ne原子的平动能.在与N2的碰撞中,向分子振转态的转移是重要的.调频半导体激光器稍微调离共振线,激发Rb原子至Rb(5P3/2)态,在不同的Ne或N2气压下,测量了5P1/2→5S1/2与5P3/2→5S1/2荧光强度比.利用速率方程分析,可以得到碰撞转移速率系数,对于Ne,5P3/2→5P1/2转移速率系数为1.53×10-12cm3s-1.对于N2,由5PJ Ne和5PJ N2二种情况下5P1/2与5P3/2荧光的相对强度比,利用最小二乘法确定5P3/2→5P1/2.转移速率系数为8.83×1011cm3s-1,5PJ态猝灭速率系数为1.25×10-10cm3s-1.对实验结果进行了定性的讨论.     

Switched diversity with feedback for DPSK mobile radio systems

Switched diversity with feedback for differential phase shift keying (DPSK) mobile radio is discussed. The technique uses multiple transmit antennas at the base station but only one receive antenna at the mobile. The base station transmits with one antenna that is switched when the mobile informs the base station that the received signal has fallen below a fixed level. The implementation of switched diversity with feedback in a digital mobile radio system is first described, and then the bit error rate performance of the system is analyzed with fading as a function of several design parameters. Implementation of the system is shown to be relatively simple, yet the system is shown to reduce substantially the required received Eb/N0for a given error rate at the mobile as compared to a system without diversity. For example, with five transmit antennas the required received Eb/N0for a 10^-3bit error rate is 13 dB less. The system capacity and availability assuming 32 kb/s audio and flat fading is then discussed. It is shown that with three-corner base station diversity and four transmit antennas at each base station, 126 two-way circuits per cell can be used in a fully loaded 40-MHz bandwidth system with a ten-percent probability that the error rate exceeds 10^-3.     

10%TMAH硅湿法腐蚀技术的研究

研究了浓度为10%的四甲基氢氧化铵(TMAH)溶液,在不同量的Si粉掺杂下,对铝膜及硅衬底的腐蚀及其pH值的变化。测试了在满足铝膜极低的腐蚀速率(<1nm/min)时,不同温度下该腐蚀液对硅(100)、(111)和(110)晶面及SiO2介质膜的腐蚀速率。还介绍了添加剂—过硫酸铵(APODS)和吡嗪的加入对腐蚀表面形貌及腐蚀速率的影响。研究结果表明,存在着一个临界的硅粉添加量,超过此量后铝膜的腐蚀速率急剧降低。90℃时,在10%TMAH溶液中加入1 5mol/L硅粉、3 0g/LAPODS和2g/L吡嗪可以实现铝膜不被腐蚀,同时硅(100)面约有1μm/min的腐蚀速率,腐蚀表面平整。腐蚀后的铝膜表面同硅铝丝键合良好,实现了腐蚀工艺同CMOS工艺的完全兼容。