扭摆式微硅隧道加速度传感器

本文介绍了扭摆式隧道加速度传感器的结构、工作原理、简化的力学模型,设计了版图、工艺流程及关键工艺,并制备出样品,最后给出测试电路和结果。     

金铝键合寿命评价方法研究

由于金属间化合物的生成,会使金铝键合的接触电性能受到影响.从金属间化合物生成这一单一失效机理出发,以失效物理为理论基础,通过恒定高温加速和高温步进加速试验,针对不同温度下的金铝键合寿命做出评价,并给出键合寿命评价流程.     

栅氧化层TDDB可靠性评价试验及模型参数提取

采用恒定电压和恒定电流试验方法对20nm栅氧化层进行了TDDB可靠性评价试验，并完成了1／E模型参数提取，给出了恒定电流应力下描述氧化层TDDB退化的统计模型，较好地解释了试验结果。     

电子元器件的贮存可靠性及评价技术

综述了国内外元器件的贮存可靠性研究现状,分析了元器件贮存失效模式及原因,表明减少元器件自身缺陷、改善固有可靠性是提高其贮存可靠性的关键。并从应用性角度出发,对现场贮存、长期自然贮存试验、极限应力、加速贮存寿命试验等贮存可靠性评价技术进行了对比分析。     

Application of an effective strategy for optimizing the design of air curtains for open vertical refrigerated display cases

This paper presents a novel strategy for optimizing the design of air curtains for open vertical refrigerated display cases which is based on an air curtain two-fluid of cooling loss (CLTF) model and a support vector machine (SVM) algorithm. A model for air curtain cooling loss, one important performance factor of display cases, is proposed. To verify the air curtain cooling loss and determine which design parameters significantly influence the performance of air curtains in open vertical display cases, the CLTF model was built to study the flow and transfer of heat through air curtains used in such display cases. After the object function for cooling loss is constructed, it is solved using an SVM algorithm with different input design parameter combinations. As a result, the predicted cooling loss is reduced by 19.6%. After being validated using experimental data, the TEC/TDA of optimum display case is found to be reduced by 17.1%. The experimental results show this strategy to be an effective method of optimizing the air curtain design.     

IEEE Standards for Communications and Networking [Guest Editorial]

This month's feature topic continues the theme of IEEE Standards for Communications and Networking with four additional articles.     

Analysis of time-gated imaging through scattering media by a Fourier optics approach

The method of Fourier optics is applied to the problem of time-gated imaging through scattering media. Tb adapt the problem to this treatment, appropriate alterations are made: The continuous medium is replaced by a cascade of thin scatterers, and a spatial filtering process is substituted for the conventional gating processes. Closed-form solutions are derived.     

Multi-layered PZT/polymer composites to increase signal-to-noise ratio and resolution for medical ultrasound transducers part II: thick film technology

For pt.I, see ibid., vol.46, no.4, p.961-71 (1999). Increasing transducer bandwidth and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is fundamental to improving the quality of medical ultrasound images. In previous work, we have proposed the use of multi-layer 1-3 PZT/polymer composites to increase both, but have encountered significant fabrication challenges. Thus, we have developed a multi-layer composite hybrid array that will not require post alignment. Starting from a 2-MHz, three-layer PZT-5H, thick film transducer designed for 1.5-D arrays, cuts are made only through the top layer and back-filled with epoxy, forming a composite layer on top of two ceramic layers. Finite element (PZFlex) simulations show that for a 2-MHz phased-array element with a single matching layer, the three-layer hybrid structure increases the pulse echo SNR by 11 dB versus a single layer PZT element and improves -6 dB pulse echo fractional bandwidth by a factor of 1.4. Composite hybrid arrays fabricated in our laboratory showed an improvement in SNR of 6 to 11 dB over a PZT control and an increase in -6 dB bandwidth by a factor of 1.1. Images from a phased-array scanner confirmed these improvements