An integrated 8-12 GHz fractional-N frequency synthesizer in SiGe BiCMOS for satellite communications

We present an integrated fractional-N low-noise frequency synthesizer for satellite applications. By using two integrated VCOs and combining digital and analog tuning techniques, a PLL lock range from 8 to 12 GHz is achieved. Due to a small VCO fine tuning gain and optimized charge pump output biasing, the phase noise is low and almost constant over the tuning range. All 16 sub-bands show a tuning range above 900 MHz each, allowing temperature compensation without sub-band switching. This makes the synthesizer robust against variations of the device parameters with process, supply voltage, temperature and aging. The measured phase noise is ?87 dBc/Hz and ?106 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz and 1 MHz offset, respectively. In integer-N mode, phase noise values down to ?98 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz and ?111 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset, respectively, were measured.     

Spin-Wave Optics in YIG Realized by Ion-Beam Irradiation

Direct focused-ion-beam writing is presented as an enabling technology for realizing functional spin-wave devices of high complexity, and demonstrate its potential by optically-inspired designs. It is shown that ion-beam irradiation changes the characteristics of yttrium iron garnet films on a submicron scale in a highly controlled way, allowing one to engineer the magnonic index of refraction adapted to desired applications. This technique does not physically remove material, and allows rapid fabrication of high-quality architectures of modified magnetization in magnonic media with minimal edge damage (compared to more common removal techniques such as etching or milling). By experimentally showing magnonic versions of a number of optical devices (lenses, gratings, Fourier-domain processors) this technology is envisioned as the gateway to building magnonic computing devices that rival their optical counterparts in their complexity and computational power.     

聚酰胺/纤维素纤维混纺织物的高效染色

描述了DyStar纺织染料有限公司生产的用于聚酰胺／纤维素纤维混纺织物的阴丹士林还原染料：对于聚酰胺／纤维素纤维混纺织物,用阴丹士林并采用轧烘轧蒸染色工艺是一个有成本效益的连续染色工艺。这种染料具有极高的工艺可靠性和色泽可靠性,允许经济地一次染色。     

Chemical composition,anthocyanins, non-anthocyanin phenolics and antioxidant activity of wild bilberry (Vaccinium meridionale Swartz) from Colombia

Berries of Vaccinium meridionale Swartz native to Colombia were analysed for chemical composition, total phenolic content, anthocyanin content, and antioxidant activity. In addition, high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection (HPLC–DAD) and HPLC-electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry (ESI–MS/MS) were used to determine anthocyanin and phenolic composition. Anthocyanin content was 329.0 ± 28.0 mg cyanidin 3-glucoside equivalents/100 g (fresh weight) FW and total phenolic content was 758.6 ± 62.3 mg gallic acid equivalent/100 g FW. Cyanidin 3-galactoside was the major anthocyanin while the most abundant non-anthocyanin phenolic was chlorogenic acid.     

Lignin Impact on Fibre Degradation: 1—Quinone Methide Intermediates Formedfrom Lignin DuringIn VitroFermentation ofCorn Stover*

Experiments were conducted to determine whether formation of quinone methide intermediates from lignin occurs during ruminal fermentation of corn stover, as indicated by nucleophilic addition reaction with sulphur-containing reducing agents. Corn stover leaf and stem fractions harvested at full maturity were incubated in buffered ruminal fluid without reducing agents or with (NH₄)₂SO₄ (S-control), Na₂S.9H₂O, cysteine-HCl (cysHCl), or cysHCl plus Na₂S.9H₂O; and in only buffer with or without cysHCl plus Na₂S.9H₂O. Mixed reducing agents (cysHCl plus Na₂S.9H₂O) enhanced ( P< 0.001) in vitro fibre degradation after 48 h, tended to increase solubilisation of fibre ( P =0.07) and dry matter ( P =0.06) in buffer alone, and elevated ( P< 0.001) S-content of residual fibre. In vitro incorporation of S into the undegraded fibre was determined for corn stover fractions of varying lignin compositions that were harvested at two maturities (early dent and full maturity) in 2 years. Extent of fibre degradation was correlated with extent of S-incorporation ( r =-0.54, P< 0.001), and with lignin methoxyl content ( r =-0.84, P< 0.001). The negative association of lignin methoxyl content with digestibility is explained by the relative likelihood of quinone methide intermediate formation from guaiacyl and syringyl units in lignin.     

Apple Allergy: The cDNA Sequence of the Major Allergen of Apple,Determined by Performing PCR with a Primer Based on the N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence,is Highly Homologous to the Sequence of the Major Birch Pollen Allergen

Considering the known N-terminal amino acid sequence of the major apple allergen, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primer was selected to amplify cDNA encoding this protein. A single PCR product was obtained, cloned into Escherichia coli and subsequently sequenced. The missing 5′-end of the apple cDNA sequence was obtained by a 5′-RACE method. The cDNA sequence showed 72% identity with the coding region of one of the known isoforms of Bet v 1, the major allergen of birch pollen. The deduced amino acid sequence resulted in a 158-residue protein with a calculated molecular mass of 17·5 kDa and 63% amino acid sequence identity to Bet v 1. In addition, further protein alignments showed a high degree of identity with allergens from other tree pollens and some ‘pathogenesis-related proteins’ from food plants. According to international regulations the allergen was termed Mal d 1 for this protein, it being the first major allergen discovered and characterised in fruits of apple (Malus domestica).     

Photodegradation of the carbamate insecticide propoxur

Summary In order to examine the photostability of the insecticide propoxur (2-isopropoxyphenyl-N-methylcarbamate) in the field model experiments with organic solvents were performed. Photodegradation (>280 nm) of propoxur was found to be more efficient in isopropanol solution than in the presence of cyclohexane or cyclohexene. Photolysis in isopropanol and cyclohexane mainly resulted in formation of isopropylphenyl ether. As a trace component 2-isopropoxyphenol was detected. In the presence of cyclohexene on the other hand photomineralisation was found to be the main degradation pathway.

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Photoabbau des Carbamat-Insecticides Propoxur

Zusammenfassung Zur Voruntersuchung der Photostabilität des Insecticides Propoxur (2-Isopropoxyphenyl-N-methylcarbamat) im Freiland wurden Modellexperimente in organischen Lösungsmitteln durchgeführt. Der Photoabbau (>280 nm) von Propoxur verlief in Isopropanol deutlich schneller als in Cyclohexan oder Cyclohexen. Bei Bestrahlung in Isopropanol und Cyclohexan entstand als Hauptprodukt Isopropylphenylether, daneben Spuren von 2-Isopropoxyphenol. Dagegen erfolgte in Cyclohexen der Abbau hauptsächlich über eine Photomineralisierung.

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Dedicated to Professor Dr. H. Niebergall on the occasion of his 65th birthday