Analysis of tungsten and titanium migration during ESD contact burnout

A physical and chemical analysis of a machine model (MM) electrostatic discharge (ESD) failure in a silicon circuit was carried out. Focused ion beam (FIB) was used to make cross sections through the region of contact burnout. The resulting samples were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and two-dimensional (2-D) auger electron spectroscopic (AES) mapping. It is shown for the first time that both titanium (Ti) and tungsten (W) migrated throughout the melted silicon filament. Large pellets of the W plug were embedded in the bulk silicon but only on the cathode side of the junction. Mechanisms are discussed to explain these phenomena. These involve the melting of titanium disilicide (TiSi/sub 2/), dissolution of Ti and W in the molten silicon and the formation of W pellets through electromigration at temperatures below /spl sim/1800 K.     

己二酸二乙酯合成新工艺的研究

本文以离子交换树脂作为液固相酯化反应的催化剂 ,甲苯作为带水剂 ,合成己二酸二乙酯。应用本法 ,酯化反应产率高达 78%。同时对影响产率的诸因素进行了考察 ,其最佳反应条件为 :酸醇摩尔比 1∶4 ,催化剂用量为酸质量的 2 5 % ,反应时间为 10小时 ,反应温度 86～ 87℃ ,催化剂重复使用 4次 ,未出现活性明显下降 ,此工艺操作简单 ,反应条件温和 ,产率高 ,具有显著的工业应用价值。     

Novel aspects of the microstructure of PP/PA blends prepared by reactive compounding as studied by microhardness

The microhardness of injection-moulded i-polypropylene/polyamide (iPP/PA) blends prepared by reactive compounding was determined. The formulation rules and processing technology for the preparation of these alloys was reported previously. iPP/PA compositions between 100/0 and 50/50 using functionalized PP with various degrees of mainchain grafting, were investigated. It is shown that the deviation of microhardness from the additivity law of the single components is mainly due to a decrease in the crystallinity of the iPP phase. The results are discussed in the light of the microstructural variations as revealed by X-ray diffraction methods.     

Ab-initio primitive cell parameters from single convergent-beam electron diffraction patterns: a converse route to the identification of microcrystals with electrons.

A new method for the ab initio derivation of Buerger-reduced primitive cell parameters from coordinate measurements of spots on single convergent-beam electron diffraction (CBED) patterns is described, which does not involve trial-and-error. The pattern can be taken along any zone axis, and misorientations of the crystallite by as much as a few degrees are taken into account without loss of accuracy. This derivation of cell parameters by least-squares analysis of the measurements has been automated in a program called NRCBED. Present accuracy is about 1% on lengths and 2 degrees on angles, but could be significantly improved by modelling projector lens aberrations, or by using a microscope without a projector lens. With present technology, it is possible to obtain a CBED pattern and a semi-quantitative energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis simultaneously from a single microcrystal a few hundred Angstr?ms across. It becomes therefore possible to identify the material of the crystal on a single CBED pattern: a cell parameter database for known compounds is searched with the primitive cell parameters obtained in the above way, and with a mask describing the EDX results qualitatively. Feasibility is demonstrated on a crystallite of CeO2 500 Angstr?ms across. With this new approach, trial-and-error should disappear from the solution of other long-standing problems: interpretation of X-ray powder patterns for new compounds in the presence of impurity lines, or in the case of multiple phases should become straight-forward.     

Highly integrated direct conversion receiver for GSM/GPRS/EDGE with on-chip 84-dB dynamic range continuous-time /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ ADC

This paper describes a highly digitized direct conversion receiver of a single-chip quadruple-band RF transceiver that meets GSM/GPRS and EDGE requirements. The chip uses an advanced 0.25-/spl mu/m BiCMOS technology. The I and Q on-chip fifth-order single-bit continuous-time sigma-delta (/spl Sigma//spl Delta/) ADC has 84-dB dynamic range over a total bandwidth of /spl plusmn/135 kHz for an active area of 0.4 mm/sup 2/. Hence, most of the channel filtering is realized in a CMOS IC where digital processing is achieved at a lower cost. The systematic analysis of dc offset at each stage of the design enables to perform the dc offset cancellation loop in the digital domain as well. The receiver operates at 2.7 V with a current consumption of 75 mA. A first-order substrate coupling analysis enables to optimize the floor plan strategy. As a result, the receiver has an area of 1.8 mm/sup 2/.     

Optimal base-station locations in two-tiered wireless sensor networks

We consider generic two-tiered wireless sensor networks (WSNs) consisting of sensor clusters deployed around strategic locations, and base-stations (BSs) whose locations are relatively flexible. Within a sensor cluster, there are many small sensor nodes (SNs) that capture, encode, and transmit relevant information from a designated area, and there is at least one application node (AN) that receives raw data from these SNs, creates a comprehensive local-view, and forwards the composite bit-stream toward a BS. This paper focuses on the topology control process for ANs and BSs, which constitute the upper tier of two-tiered WSNs. Since heterogeneous ANs are battery-powered and energy-constrained, their node lifetime directly affects the network lifetime of WSNs. By proposing algorithmic approaches to locate BSs optimally, we can maximize the topological network lifetime of WSNs deterministically, even when the initial energy provisioning for ANs is no longer always proportional to their average bit-stream rate. The obtained optimal BS locations are under different lifetime definitions according to the mission criticality of WSNs. By studying intrinsic properties of WSNs, we establish the upper and lower bounds of maximal topological lifetime, which enable a quick assessment of energy provisioning feasibility and topology control necessity. Numerical results are given to demonstrate the efficacy and optimality of the proposed topology control approaches designed for maximizing network lifetime of WSNs.     

(Nb,Ti)C的制备方法对(Nb,Ti)C-35Ni金属陶瓷的微观结构及性能的影响

用自蔓燃高温合成（SHS）技术及电弧熔融法制备的（Nb，Ti）C固溶体作基体，制备（Nb，Ti）C－35Ni金属陶瓷。结果表明用电弧熔融法制备的（Nb，Ti）C为基的试样具较优的室温力学性能（σ＝1630MPa，KIC＝18．0MPa），其陶瓷颗粒均匀分行粘结相之中并是包裹结构；而用SHS法制备的（Nb，Ti）C为基的试样其力学性能相对较差，其陶瓷颗粒无包裹结构．     

Dynamics of the transient buildup of emission inNd3+-doped fiber lasers

The two-stage process of the transient buildup of emission in Nd ⁴⁺-doped fiber lasers is described both experimentally and theoretically. After switching on the pump, spontaneous emission increases first until the gain becomes sufficient to compensate for the cavity losses; the laser field then develops and reaches the steady state after more or less regular oscillations. During this second stage, an almost chaotic spiking is obtained either for high pumping rates and/or at low temperatures. The whole set of these dynamical scenarios is not described under the usual assumptions of uniform cavity losses over the whole field spectrum and of pure homogeneous broadening for the transition line, but rather a modified form of the Maxwell-Bloch equations which retains some frequency dependence for the losses in the cavity and the inhomogeneous broadening as well is proposed