Ku-band antenna array feed distribution network with ferroelectric phase shifters on silicon

This paper presents the design, fabrication, and experimental results of a 1 : 4 monolithic power distribution network for Ku-band array antenna applications. The network integrated on a high-resistivity silicon (HRS) substrate surface stabilized by polysilicon consists of three Wilkinson power dividers, four dc blocking filters, and four coplanar waveguide (CPW)-to-microstrip (MS) transitions. Each output ports are fed with a barium-strontium-titanate phase shifter. It is found that the introduction of the polysilicon layer between the oxide and HRS reduces RF losses significantly, which will enable the monolithic integration of high-power controller modules onto silicon because of the existence of the oxide layer, preventing any degradation of RF performances. The individual components show insertion losses ranging from 0.4 to 2.6 dB at 15 GHz, and the interconnecting CPW lines result in a loss of 0.064 dB/mm. This network was successfully integrated with MS patch antennas monolithically, showing good performance of 32-dB return loss at 14.85 GHz, and 10/spl deg/ beam-steering capability.     

Secondary side post regulator for improving cross regulation and reducing standby power consumption

The quest for improved energy savings is driving research into power converter high-efficiency operation under extremely light-load conditions. The use of multiple output converters to satisfy circuit needs and cost requirements adds additional complication to the standby mode power-consumption problem. This is due to the difficulty of satisfying both good cross-regulation under various load conditions as well as high efficiency in the standby mode simultaneously; because topologies that exhibit a good cross-regulation performance, such as resonant converters, generally have a poor efficiency problem under extremely light-loads. A secondary side post regulator (SSPR) is proposed to reduce the standby power consumption and to improve the cross-regulation performance of single- controller multiple-output channel power converters. It is capable of reducing the power consumption of the power converter as well as the SSPR. The SSPR is analysed using its operational principles and small signal models. A 110?W experimental prototype was built to verify the standby power consumption and cross-regulation performance using the proposed SSPR.     

Multichannel cooperative sensing for cognitive radio with users owning heterogeneous sensing ability

Multichannel cooperative sensing (MCS) is an effective method for dynamic spectrum access in cognitive radio networks. In contrast to most existing work on MCS that considered secondary users with homogeneous sensing ability, this paper studies the MCS problem for secondary users with heterogeneous sensing ability in terms of sensing accuracy. We further take into account different parameters of primary channels such as bandwidth, probability of being idle in each sensing period, and frequency selective fading at the sensing receiver. The MCS problem is formulated as a weapon target assignment problem, where more sensing resources are assigned to channels that are more valuable. This weapon target assignment problem is transformed to an integer generalized network flow problem with convex flow costs to obtain the lower bound solution, and then solved by the branch and bound algorithm with this bound to yield the exact scheme. To reduce computational complexity, a heuristic scheme is also proposed, which has approximate performance compared with the exact scheme. Finally, extensive simulation results for different scenarios illustrate the performance improvements of the proposed schemes over the existing scheme. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Oxygen Vacancies Evoked Blue TiO2(B) Nanobelts with Efficiency Enhancement in Sodium Storage Behaviors

Oxygen vacancies (OVs) dominate the physical and chemical properties of metal oxides, which play crucial roles in the various fields of applications. Density functional theory calculations show the introduction of OVs in TiO₂(B) gives rise to better electrical conductivity and lower energy barrier of sodiation. Here, OVs evoked blue TiO₂(B) (termed as B‐TiO₂(B)) nanobelts are successfully designed upon the basis of electronically coupled conductive polymers to TiO₂, which is confirmed by electron paramagnetic resonance and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The superiorities of OVs with the aid of carbon encapsulation lead to higher capacity (210.5 mAh g^?1 (B‐TiO₂(B)) vs 102.7 mAh g^?1 (W‐TiO₂(B)) at 0.5 C) and remarkable long‐term cyclability (the retention of 94.4% at a high rate of 10 C after 5000 times). In situ X‐ray diffractometer analysis spectra also confirm that an enlarged interlayer spacing stimulated by OVs is beneficial to accommodate insertion and removal of sodium ions to accelerate storage kinetics and preserve its original crystal structure. The work highlights that injecting OVs into metal oxides along with carbon coating is an effective strategy for improving capacity and cyclability performances in other metal oxide based electrochemical energy systems.     

具有空间宽带效应的毫米波3D MIMO信道估计

在现有的大规模三维多输入多输出（3D MIMO）系统中,相邻天线间的距离可能非常大,这往往会导致电磁波穿过阵列孔径时出现物理传播延迟,被称为空间宽带效应。而大多数学者在研究信道估计时为方便通常会忽略它,仅仅有学者研究雷达系统时提到了空间宽带效应。而去年有学者将其引入到了2D MIMO毫米波系统中,本文在此基础上将其扩展到了毫米波大规模3D MIMO系统中,基于平面天线阵列的水平角和垂直角设计了一种新的信道模型,并提出了一种信道估计算法,仿真结果表明其具有良好的信道估计性能。      

Implementation of a Wireless Multimedia DSP Chip for Mobile Applications

This paper presents the implementation of a wireless multimedia DSP chip for mobile applications. The implemented DSP chip supports communication instructions for Viterbi, timing synchronization, etc. as well as multimedia instructions. The DSP can handle variable length data and perform four MACs in a cycle. The proposed DSP employs parallel processing techniques, such as SIMD, vector processing, DSP schemes and adopts low power features for wireless applications. The implemented DSP chip includes test circuits and various peripherals, such as DMA, bus arbitration, timer, etc. This chip has been modeled by Verilog HDL and implemented using the 0.35 m HCB60 library. The total gate count excluding memory is about 170,000 gates and the clock frequency is 100 MHz.Junghoo Lee received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Ajou University, Suwon, Korea in 2002. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree with School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University. His main research interests include SOC design and application-specific DSP chip design.Myung H. Sunwoo received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from the Sogang University in 1980, the M.S. degree in electrical and electronics from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 1982, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990.He worked for Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in Daejeon, Korea from 1982 to 1985 and Digital Signal Processor Operations, Motorola, Austin, TX from 1990 to 1992. Since 1992, he has been a Professor with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University in Suwon, Korea. In 2000, he was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of California, Davis, CA. He is the Director of the National Research Laboratory sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology. His research interests include VLSI architectures, SOC design for multimedia and communications, and application-specific DSP architectures.Dr. Sunwoo has published more than 120 papers in international transactions/journals and conferences and also has 28 patents including five U.S. patents. He served as a Technical Program Chair of the IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (SIPS) in 2003 and a member of the technical program committee of various international conferences. He has received a number of research awards from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Samsung Electronics, and professional foundations. He served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (2002–2003) and as a Guest Editor for the Journal of VLSI Signal Processing (Kluwer, 2004). Currently, He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Chair of the IEEE CAS Society of the Seoul Chapter.     

日盲探测器高Al组分n-Al0.6Ga0.4N欧姆接触

研究了应用于目盲探测器的高Al组分Si掺杂n型Al0.6Ga0.4N与两层金属层Ti(20nm)/Al(100nm)之间的欧姆接触.在制作金属电极前用煮沸王水对样片进行表面预处理,会属制作后再在N2氛了围中做快速热退火处理.使用高精度XRD测试样品表面特性,并对不同温度下的情况进行比较.样品的比接触电阻率是用环形传输线模型通过Ⅰ-Ⅴ测试得到.670℃下90s退火得到最优ρc为3.42×10-4n·cm2.将该处理方法应用到实际的背照式AlGaN p-i-n日盲探测器中,探测器的光谱响应度和反向特性等参数得到很大的优化.     

布拉格谐振腔的分析与计算

本文采用与以往研究布拉格谐振腔不同的方法，将腔中的波纹反射段当作一段轴对称的渐变截面波导段，利用光滑渐变波导中的耦合波理论，对存在模式耦合的多模情况和不同参数的布拉格谐振腔进行了研究。得到与实验较符合的结果。同时，本文还研究了布拉格谐振腔的品质因素。     

重铬酸盐明胶宽带反射全息图

在较高的膨化温度下，使用重铬酸盐明胶（ＤＣＧ）制作了宽带反射全息图，在４５７．９ｎｍ～６３２．８ｎｍ波长范围内反射率大于８０％，光谱带宽大于１７５ｎｍ。