Analysis of surface state effect on gate lag phenomena in GaAsMESFET's

A two-dimensional transient simulation of the gate lag phenomenon in GaAs MESFET's has been performed. Our results show that the charge exchanges in the population of the surface states at the ungated access region of FET's are responsible for this slow transient phenomenon. The measured “hole-trap-like” DLTS signal is directly related to the re-emission of the holes, trapped during the filling pulse. Higher gate pulse can cause more serious lag phenomenon due to larger modulation of surface charge density. Devices with shorter N⁺-gate spacing and lower surface state densities are shown to have less gate lag effect     

Nitride-based flip-chip ITO LEDs

Nitride-based flip-chip indium-tin-oxide (ITO) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) were successfully fabricated. It was found that the forward voltage and the 20 mA output power of the flip-chip ITO LED were 3.32 V and 14.5 mW, respectively. Although the operation voltage of such a flip-chip ITO LED was slightly larger, it was found that its output power was much larger than those of conventional nonflip-chip LEDs. It was also found that flip-chip ITO LEDs were more reliable.     

Filtres microondes en microruban suspendu

The authors present the design and the development of integrated microwave filters using suspended substrate microstrip, a technology that provides many advantages. Through quasi-static approximation the propagation structure has been treated using integral equations solved with the method of moments. Thanks to this tool of analysis and to an accurate synthesis method, a series of bandpass filters have been designed and manufactured. The results presented validate the accuracy of our design method.     

A study of mixtures of poly(ethylene oxide) with polystyrene or poly(styrene-co-acrylic acid) by inverse gas chromatography and viscosimetry

Summary Systems of poly(ethylene oxide)/polystyrene and of poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(styrene-co-acrylic acid) of different ratios were studied by inverse gas chromatography using benzene and n-decane as molecule probes and by viscosimetry in tetrahydrofuran. The transition temperatures as shown in the retention diagrams and the interaction parameters as determined by inverse gas chromatography and by viscosimetry showed that whereas poly(ethylene oxide) is incompatible with polystyrene, the introduction of amounts of acrylic acid groups into polystyrene chains by free radical copolymerization led to compatible systems of the acidic copolymer with the poly(ethylene oxide).     

A Light‐Blue Phosphorescent Dendrimer for Efficient Solution‐Processed Light‐Emitting Diodes

We describe the preparation of a dendrimer that is solution‐processible and contains 2‐ethylhexyloxy surface groups, biphenyl‐based dendrons, and a fac‐tris[2‐(2,4‐difluorophenyl)pyridyl]iridium(III ) core. The homoleptic complex is highly luminescent and the color of emission is similar to the heteroleptic iridium(III ) complex, bis[2‐(2,4‐difluorophenyl)pyridyl]picolinate iridium(III ) (FIrpic). To avoid the change in emission color that would arise from attaching a conjugated dendron to the ligand, the conjugation between the dendron and the ligand is decoupled by separating them with an ethane linkage. Bilayer devices containing a light‐emitting layer comprised of a 30 wt.‐% blend of the dendrimer in 1,3‐bis(N‐carbazolyl)benzene (mCP) and a 1,3,5‐tris(2‐N‐phenylbenzimidazolyl)benzene electron‐transport layer have external quantum and power efficiencies, respectively, of 10.4 % and 11 lm W^–1 at 100 cd m^–2 and 6.4 V. These efficiencies are higher than those reported for more complex device structures prepared via evaporation that contain FIrpic blended with mCP as the emitting layer, showing the advantage of using a dendritic structure to control processing and intermolecular interactions. The external quantum efficiency of 10.4 % corresponds to the maximum achievable efficiency based on the photoluminescence quantum yield of the emissive film and the standard out‐coupling of light from the device.     

Fast clustering process for vector quantisation codebook design

A fast clustering process is introduced to the generalised Lloyd algorithm for vector quantisation codebook design. Simulations show that the proposed codebook design method achieves significant saving in computational time and similar qualitative performance to that of the conventional full-search approach     

Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy for patients with recurrent pericardial effusion: using a novel double-balloon technique with one long and one short balloon

Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy is effective and less invasive for the treatment of recurrent pericardial effusion. This study suggests that the double-balloon method with 1 longer and 1 shorter balloon is the procedure of choice for percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy.