Thin-Film Thermoelectric Module for Power Generator Applications Using a Screen-Printing Method

A new process for fabricating a low-cost thermoelectric module using a screen-printing method has been developed. Thermoelectric properties of screen-printed ZnSb films were investigated in an effort to develop a thermoelectric module with low cost per watt. The screen-printed Zn _x Sb_1−x films showed a low carrier concentration and high Seebeck coefficient when x was in the range of 0.5 to 0.57 and the annealing temperature was kept below 550°C. When the annealing temperature was higher than 550°C, the carrier concentration of the Zn _x Sb_1−x films reached that of a metal, leading to a decrease of the Seebeck coefficient. In the present experiment, the optimized carrier concentration of screen-printed ZnSb was 7 × 10¹⁸/cm³. The output voltage and power density of the ZnSb film were 10 mV and 0.17 mW/cm², respectively, at ΔT = 50 K. A thermoelectric module was produced using the proposed screen-printing approach with ZnSb and CoSb₃ as p-type and n-type thermoelectric materials, respectively, and copper as the pad metal.     

强前向安全代理签名方案的安全性分析及改进

前向安全的密码体制可以有效地降低密钥泄露对安全性的影响。利用刘亚丽等人提出的方法[2],对张波等人提出的强前向安全的代理签名方案(Zhang方案)[1]进行分析,指出该方案既不满足后向安全性,也不满足前向安全性。基于以上分析结果,对Zhang方案进行改进,设计出一个前向安全的代理签名方案,安全性分析表明,改进方案是一个真正前向安全的代理签名方案。     

A study of the numerical dispersion relation for the 2-D ADI-FDTD method

This letter presents a numerical dispersion relation for the two-dimensional (2-D) finite-difference time-domain method based on the alternating-direction implicit time-marching scheme (2-D ADI-FDTD). The proposed analytical relation for 2-D ADI-FDTD is compared with those relations in the previous works. Through numerical tests, the dispersion equation of this work was shown as correct one for 2-D ADI-FDTD.     

A shifted gamma distribution model for long-range dependent Internet traffic

It is important to characterize the distributional property and the correlation structure of traffic arrival processes in modeling internet traffic. The conventional fractional Gaussian noise (fGn) model fails in characterizing the distributional property when the distribution of the input traffic rates is nongaussian. We propose a shifted gamma distribution model which can solve this problem. A linear-time generation algorithm is also given.     

薄膜和量子点的外延生长(英文)

首先简短地综述了人们关于外延薄膜材料层状(layer-by-layer)生长机制的认识;给出了作者关于自组装量子点外延生长过程的评价和观点,强调了量子点自组装生长过程的复杂性和非线性性质。在对已经发表过的实验数据进一步分析的基础上,作者对一个量子点自组装生长形成所需要的时间作了一个估算,说明这是一个非常快的过程(<10-4s)。最后,作者提出了一个理解量子点自组装生长过程机制的模型。     

靶场多站制安全控制体制研究

固体导弹飞行试验给地面安控系统带来较大的困难,国民经济的高速发展也对安全控制的范围和可靠性提出更高要求.文中阐述了一种多站体制在安全遥控中应用的必要性和合理性,论述了该体制的的工作原理、特点和组成.该体制具有抗火焰性能好、可靠性高的优点,具有较好的应用前景.     

A novel simplified process for fabricating a very high densityp-channel trench gate power MOSFET

A novel simplified fabrication method of a very high density p-channel trench gate power MOSFET using four mask layers and nitride/TEOS sidewall spacers is realized. The proposed process showed improved on-resistance characteristics of the device with increasing cell density and the cost-effective production capability due to the lesser number of processing steps. By using this process technique, a remarkably increased high density (100 Mcell/inch²) trench gate power MOSFET with a cell pitch of 2.5 μm could be effectively realized. The fabricated device had a low specific on-resistance of 1.1 mΩ-cm² with a breakdown voltage of -36 V     

Ultra-Uniform Nanocrystalline Materials via Two-Step Sintering

Nanocrystalline materials with superior properties are of great interest. Much is discussed about obtaining nanograins, but little is known about maintaining grain-size uniformity that is critical for reliability. An especially intriguing question is whether it is possible to achieve a size distribution narrower than what Hillert theoretically predicted for normal grain growth, a possibility suggested—for growth with a higher growth exponent—by the generalized mean-field theory of Lifshitz, Slyozov, Wagner (LSW), and Hillert but never realized in practice. Following a rationally designed two-step sintering route, it has been made possible in bulk materials by taking advantage of the large growth exponent in the intermediate sintering stage to form a uniform microstructure despite residual porosity, and freezing the grain growth thereafter while continuing densification to reach full density. The bulk dense Al₂O₃ ceramic thus obtained has an average grain size of 34 nm and a size distribution much narrower than Hillert's prediction. Bulk Al₂O₃ with a grain-size distribution narrower than the particle-size distribution of starting powders is also demonstrated, as are highly uniform bulk engineering metals (refractory Mo and W-Re alloy) and complex functional ceramics (BaTiO₃-based alloys with superior dielectric strength and energy capacity).     

A Power Efficient Test Data Compression Method for SoC using Alternating Statistical Run-Length Coding

A power efficient System-on-a-Chip test data compression method using alternating statistical run-length coding is proposed. To effectively reduce test power dissipation, the test set is firstly preprocessed by 2D reordering scheme. To further improve the compression ratio, 4 m partitioning of the runs and a smart filling of the don’t care bits provide the nice results, and alternating statistical run-length coding scheme is developed to encode the preprocessed test set. In addition, a simple decoder is obtained which consumed a little area overhead. The benchmark circuits verify the proposed power efficient coding method well. Experimental results show it obtains a high compression ratio, low scan-in test power dissipation and little extra area overhead during System-on-a-Chip scan testing.