Improving Radio Frequency Transmission Properties of Graphene via Carrier Concentration Control toward High Frequency Transmission Line Applications

Graphene has been gradually studied as a high‐frequency transmission line material owing to high carrier mobility with frequency independence up to a few THz. However, the graphene‐based transmission lines have poor conductivity due to their low carrier concentration. Here, it is observed that the radio frequency (RF) transmission performance could be severely hampered by the defect‐induced scattering, even though the carrier concentration is increased. As a possible solution, the deposition of the amorphous carbon on the graphene is studied in the high‐frequency region up to 110 GHz. The DC resistance is reduced by as much as 60%, and the RF transmission property is also enhanced by 3 dB. Also, the amorphous carbon covered graphene shows stable performance under a harsh environment. These results prove that the carrier concentration control is an effective and a facile method to improve the transmission performance of graphene. It opens up the possibilities of using graphene as interconnects in the ultrahigh‐frequency region.     

Coexistence of OFDM‐Based IMT‐Advanced and FM Broadcasting Systems

Coexistence analysis is extremely important in examining the possibility for spectrum sharing between orthogonal frequency‐division multiplexing (OFDM)‐based international mobile telecommunications (IMT)‐Advanced and other wireless services. In this letter, a new closed form method is derived based on power spectral density analysis in order to analyze the coexistence of OFDM‐based IMT‐Advanced systems and broadcasting frequency modulation (FM) systems. The proposed method evaluates more exact interference power of IMT‐Advanced systems in FM broadcasting systems than the advanced minimum coupling loss (A‐MCL) method. Numerical results show that the interference power is 1.3 dB and 3 dB less than that obtained using the A‐MCL method at cochannel and adjacent channel, respectively. This reduces the minimum separation distance between the two systems, which eventually saves spectrum resources.     

DSP系统抗干扰技术的研究

可靠性设计是一项系统工程,DSP系统的可靠性必须从软件、硬件以及结构设计等方面全面考虑.本文以TI公司的DSP芯片TMS320LF2407A为例详细介绍了DSP系统在工业现场中的干扰和这些干扰产生的影响,以及硬件和软件抗干扰技术的应用.     

Motion based object tracking with mobile camera

An efficient algorithm which detects and tracks a moving object is proposed. The global motion energy caused by camera movement is eliminated by finding the maximal matching position with the cross-correlation value between two consecutive frames using the spiral scanning technique. The region of a moving object is segmented exactly by combining the results of the temporal derivatives and edge map from one image, and the actual centroid of the moving object is determined as the mid-point of the cumulative distribution of the projection profile of the region     

半导体器件欧姆接触中的扩散阻挡层

为提高半导体器件欧姆接触的可靠性，一般要在金属化系统中加扩散阻挡层。本文介绍了扩散阻挡层的种类及其特性，并进行了比较和讨论。最后给出了在实际成功应用的例子。     

Si/SiGe/Si HBT频率特性的解析模型与模拟

用解析的方法模拟了T＝300K和77K时，fT和fmax与集电极电流密度Jc的关系，在大电流下考虑了异质结势垒效应的影响。模拟结果和用数值方法以及实验所得到的结果一致。同时，还建立了与之相应的Si／SiGeeb异质结和SiGe／Sibc异质结电容模型。     

Diffuse diffracted features and ordered domain structures in GalnP layers grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy

Transmission electron diffraction (TED) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) studies have been made of organometallic vapor phase epitaxial Ga_xIn_1−xP layers (x ≈ 0.5) grown at temperatures in the range 570–690°C to investigate ordering and ordered domain structures. TED and TEM examination shows that the size and morphology of ordered domains depend on the growth temperature. The ordered domains change from a fine rod-like shape to a plate-like shape as the growth temperature increases. The domains are of width 0.6∼2 nm and of length 1∼10 nm. Characteristic diffuse features observed in TED patterns are found to depend on the growth temperature. Extensive computer simulations show a direct correlation between the ordered domain structures and such diffuse features. A possible model is suggested to describe the temperature dependence of the ordered domain structure.     

Order statistic filter banks

Filter banks play a major role in multirate signal processing where these have been successfully used in a variety of applications. In the past, filter banks have been developed within the framework of linear filters. It is well known, however, that linear filters may have less than satisfactory performance whenever the underlying processes are non-Gaussian. We introduce the nonlinear class of order statistic (OS) filter banks that exploit the spectral characteristics of the input signal as well as its rank-ordering structure. The attained subband signals provide frequency and rank information in a localized time interval. OS filter banks can lead to significant gains over linear filter banks, particularly when the input signals contain abrupt changes and details, as is common with image and video signals. OS filter banks are formed using traditional linear filter banks as fundamental building blocks. It is shown that OS filter banks subsume linear filter banks and that the latter are obtained by simple linear transformations of the former. To illustrate the properties of OS filter banks, we develop simulations showing that the learning characteristics of the LMS algorithm, which are used to optimize the weight taps of OS filters, can be significantly improved by performing the adaptation in the OS subband domain.     

Thermal Conductivity Prediction of Thermally Conductive,Electrically Insulating Materials under van der Waals Interactions

The thermal transport phenomenon in small-scale heterogeneous composites is essentially controlled by van der Waals interactions. In this article, thermal conductivity of nanocomposites with 33 wt% crystallized silicon dioxide is four times higher than that of epoxy (EP) resin composites. Nanocomposites with 33 wt% boron carbide exhibit seven times higher thermal conductivity than pure EP. Pal and Lewis-Nielsen multiscale models were used to infer that distance-associated van der Waals interactions vary between composites with different weight fractions. Such variation consequently affects the thermal conductivity of the composites. Scanning electron microscope images of crystallized silicon dioxide/EP composites provide evidence of our reasonable and accurate inferences with regard to the thermal conduction mechanism. Experimental values confirm that the Pal model is superior to the Lewis-Nielsen model. The observed enhancement in thermal conductivity indicates important implications for the development of highly and thermally conductive electrically insulating materials. Results of this study can also be considered to improve modeling for thermal conductivity under van der Waals interactions.