A semi-empirical representation of antenna diversity gain atcellular and PCS base stations

Predictions of uplink space-diversity gain in the cellular and personal communications systems (PCS) bands (near 850 MHz and 1.9 GHz, respectively), suffer from incomplete modeling of multipath angular spread σ. Using previously published measurements to reduce the gap, we show that σ~[distance]^-1/2 and that diversity gains are about 2 dB higher for PCS than for cellular     

成品油管道工艺方案优化设计研究

基于计算期内总费用最小现值建立了干线成品油管道工艺方案优化设计的数学模型,分析了分输方式、分输流量变化及工艺计算参数的选取等问题.考虑到传统数值算法求解多变量混合整数非线性规划问题的局部最优性及对初值敏感性强等缺陷,针对所建立的数学模型的特点,引进了一种较新的全局搜索算法——杂交差分进化方法,并对其进行了局部改进,采取了动态处理约束条件的措施.在泵站可选位置确定的条件下,采用赋权有向图来表示工艺方案优化设计问题.泵站位置候选点对应图的顶点,两顶点间管道的总费用现值对应弧的权值.通过递归调用Dijkstra算法,求解出了前N条最短路径对应的最优和次优方案,并以其作为进一步进行多因素方案比选的候选方案.用实际算例说明了上述方法的有效性.     

Regulating Water Adhesion on Superhydrophobic TiO2 Nanotube Arrays

Bioinspired surfaces with special wettability have attracted a significant attention in recent years because of their potential applications for no loss liquid transfer, anti‐icing, and self‐cleaning. Herein, the realization of two extreme superhydrophobic states on 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H–perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane‐modified TiO₂ nanotube arrays (NTAs) is described by changing the structural characteristics of nanotubes while keeping the surface chemical composition constant. The water adhesive force is regulated in a wide range from ≈4.4 to ≈89.6 μN by the nanotubular diameter, length, density, and surface roughness. The cooperation effect between the negative pressures induced by the volume change of sealed air‐pockets and the van der Waals' attraction at solid–liquid interface contributes to the water adhesion. The superhydrophobic TiO₂ NTAs with a high adhesive force is used as a “mechanical hand” to transfer water microdroplets without any loss, and the one with extremely low adhesive force is utilized as a self‐cleaning and anti‐icing surface.     

Simulations and experiments for optimal deployment of an RFID‐based location‐aware system

The proliferation of communication and mobile computing devices and local‐area wireless networks has cultivated a growing interest in location‐aware systems and services. An essential problem in location‐aware computing is the determination of physical locations. RFID technologies are gaining much attention, as they are attractive solutions to indoor localization in many healthcare applications. In this paper, we propose a new indoor localization methodology that aims to deploying RFID technologies in achieving accurate location‐aware undertakings with real‐time computation. The proposed algorithm introduces means to improve the accuracy of the received RF signals. Optimal settings for the parameters in terms of reader and reference tag properties were investigated through simulations and experiments. The experimental results indicate that our indoor localization methodology is promising in applications that require fast installation, low cost and high accuracy. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Very high-order microring resonator filters for WDM applications

High-order microring resonators having from 1 to 11 coupled cavities are demonstrated. These filters exhibit low loss, flat tops, and out-of-band rejection ratios that can exceed 80 dB. They achieve performance that is suitable for commercial applications.     

Fabrication of thick, high-quality strained SiGe layer on ultra-thin silicon-on-insulator and modeling of film strain

Fabrication of a thick strained SiGe layer on bulk silicon is hampered by the lattice mismatch and difference in the thermal expansion coefficients between Si and SiGe, and a high Ge content leads to severe strain in the SiGe film. When the thickness of the SiGe film is above a critical value (90 nm for 18% Ge), drastic deterioration of the film properties as well as dislocations will result. In comparison, a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate with a thin top Si layer can mitigate the problems and so a thick SiGe layer with high Ge concentration can conceivably be synthesized. In the work reported here, a 110 nm thick high-quality strained Si_0.82Ge_0.18 layer was fabricated on an ultra-thin SOI substrate with a 30 nm top silicon layer using ultra-high vacuum chemical vapor deposition (UHVCVD). The thickness of the SiGe layer is larger than the critical thickness on bulk Si. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) reveals that the SiGe layer is dislocation-free and the atoms at the SiGe/Si interface are well aligned, even though X-ray diffraction (XRD) data indicate that the SiGe film is highly strained. The strain factors determined from the XRD and Raman results agree well.     

基于DSP+CPLD的高精度信号发生器

介绍了基于直接数字式频率合成(DDS)原理的全数字信号发生器(DSP),利用DSP芯片快速、高精度的运算优势以及CPLD芯片灵活的编程逻辑、大容量存储功能的特点,采用通用可编程芯片以及数字波形合成技术,形成高稳定、高精度、高动态的数字合成信号.该信号发生器可产生0～25 kHz的正弦波、三角波和方波,输出电压峰峰值为0～5 V,频率步进1 Hz,幅度步进0.001 V.     

基于CORDIC的一种高速实时定点FFT的FPGA实现

本文论述了一种利用CORDIC算法在FPGA上实现高速实时定点FFF的设计方案。利用CORDIC算法来实现复数乘法，与使用乘法器相比降低了系统的资源占用率，提高了系统速度[1]。设计基于基4时序抽取FFT算法，采用双端口内置RAM和流水线串行工作方式。本设计针对256点、24位长数据进行运算，在XilnxSpartan2E系列的xc2s300e器件下载验证通过，完成一次运算约为12μs，可运用于高速DSP、数字签名算法等对速度要求高的领域。     

Transient analysis of microwave active circuits based ontime-domain characteristic models

A modular method is presented to speed up transient simulation of microwave active circuits which consist of linear components and active devices that are often nonlinear. Firstly, the linear components and active devices are individually characterized by time-domain characteristic models (TDCM's) and lumped equivalent circuits, respectively, to reduce the computer memory. Then, based on deconvolution, the TDCM's of linear components are synthesized from the terminal voltages and currents of step voltage excitation, which are simulated by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Finally, transient analysis of a one-dimensional (1-D) discrete-time system is applied to obtain the terminal responses of the microwave active circuits, in which a larger sampled step is chosen to reduce the simulation time. This method is employed to two realistic circuits to validate its efficiency and accuracy. The results are in good agreement with the time-consuming direct FDTD simulation of entire circuits