Hybrid film of chemically modified graphene and vapor-phase-polymerized PEDOT for electronic nose applications

A hybrid of graphene and conducting polymer holds great potential as the active materials for high performance chemical sensor application. In this work, a thin hybrid film of reduced graphene oxide (RG-O) and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) was fabricated by means of vapor phase polymerization and explored as active material for chemical sensors. The chemical sensors based on hybrid film of RG-O and PEDOT are capable of detecting electrical signals caused by the absorption of trace levels of different analyte vapors with high sensitivity, selectivity and fast response.     

High-speed CMOS demultiplexer with redundant multi-valued logic

This paper describes an 11-Gb/s CMOS demultiplexer with redundant multi-valued logic. The proposed circuit receives serial binary data which is converted to parallel redundant multi-valued data. The converted data are reconverted to parallel binary data. By the redundant multi-valued data conversion, the redundant multi-valued logic makes it possible to achieve higher operating speeds than that of a conventional binary logic. The implemented demultiplexer consists of eight integrators. The circuit is designed with a 0.35?µm standard CMOS process. The validity and effectiveness are verified through HSPICE simulation. The demultiplexer is achieved to the maximum data rate of 11-Gb/s and the average power consumption of 69.43?mW. This circuit is expected to operate at a higher speed than 11-Gb/s in the deep-submicron process of the high operating frequency.     

Design and analysis of an LC trap/LCR output filter for a single-phase NPC three-level inverter

This article presents a filter design approach and the efficiency analysis of a single-phase Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) three-level inverter with a combined LC trap and LCR filter system. The multilevel inverter system using NPC type inverter is suitable for high-power application. The single-phase NPC three-level inverter operates normally at low switching frequency. The proposed LC trap filter is comprised of a conventional LCR output filter. By adding an LC trap filter, the need for a low-value damping resistor and low LC cut-off frequency is eliminated. Use of the high-value damping resistor increases the efficiency of the output filter system. The controller used is DSP (TMS320C31). The effectiveness of the proposed system is verified by SPICE simulation and experimental results.     

A New High-Quality PWM AC Drive

The development and realization of an economic low- powered ac drive system which sets new standards in reducing environmental pollution is reported with applications in industrial and office equipment. Pulsewidth modulation (PWM) digital techniques are used for accurate three-phase waveform synthesis using an asynchronous ultrasonic carrier and metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFET's) for the power switching elements.     

ADAPTIVE STEP－SIZE CONSTANT MODULUS ALGORITHM FOR BLIND MULTIUSER DETECTION IN DS－CDMA SYSTEMS

Blind Adaptive Step-size Constant Modulus Algorithm (AS-CMA) for multiuser detection in DS-CDMA systems is presented.It combines the CMA and the concept of variable step-size,uses a second LMS algorithm for the step size.It adjusts the step-size according to the minimum output-energy principle within a specified range,thus overcomes the problems of bad effect of fixed step-size LMS algorithm.Compared with Adaptive Step-size LMS (AS-LMS) algorithm,through simulations,this algorithm can adapt the changes of the environment,suppress multiple access interference in the dynamic environment and the stability of Signal to Interference Ratio (SIR) is superior to that of AS-LMS.     

Simulation of ship generated turbulent and vortical wake imaging by SAR

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging of ocean surface features is studied.The simulation of the turbulent and vortical features generated by a moving ship and SAR imaging of these wakes is carried out.The turbulent wake damping the ocean surface capillary waves may be partially responsible for the suppression of surface waves near the ship track.The vortex pair generating a change in the lateral flow field behind the ship may be partially responsible for an enhancement of the waves near the edges of the smooth area.These hydrodynamic phenomena as well as the changes of radar backscatter generated by turbulence and vortex are simulated.An SAR imaging model is then used on such ocean surface features to provide SAR images.Comparison of two ships‘simulated SAR images shows that the wake features are different for various ship parameters.     

Adaptive reconstruction technique for the lost information of the rectangular image area

The adaptive reconstruction for the lost information of the rectangular image area is very important for the robust transmission and restoration of the image. In this paper, a new reconstruction method based on the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) domain has been put forward. According to the low pass character of the human visual system and the energy distribution of the DCT coefficients on the rectangular boundary, the DCT coefficients of the rectangular image area are adaptively selected and recovered. After the Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform (IDCT), the lost information of the rectangular image area can be reconstructed. The experiments have demonstrated that the subjective and objective qualities of the reconstructed images are enhanced greatly than before.     

Realization of quick-look imaging for spaceborne SAR based on parallel processing

Large range cell migration is a severe challenge to imaging algorithm for spaceborne SAR. Based on design of Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter and Range Doppler (RD) algorithm,a realization of quicklook imaging for large range cell migration is proposed. It realized quick-look imaging of 8 times reduced resolution with parallel processing on memory shared 8 CPU SGI server. According to simulation experiment, this quick-look imaging algorithm with parallel processing can image 16384x16384 SAR raw data within 6 seconds. It reaches the requirement of real-time imaging.     

Scalable perceptual audio representation with an adaptive three time-scale sinusoidal signal model

This work is concerned with the development and optimization of a signal model for scalable perceptual audio coding at low bit rates. A complementary two-part signal model consisting of Sines plus Noise (SN) is described. The paper presents essentially a fundamental enhancement to the sinusoidal modeling component. The enhancement involves an audio signal scheme based on carrying out overlap-add sinusoidal modeling at three successive time scales, large, medium, and small. The sinusoidal modeling is done in an analysis-by-synthesis overlapadd manner across the three scales by using a psychoacoustically weighted matching pursuits. The sinusoidal modeling residual at the first scale is passed to the smaller scales to allow for the modeling of various signal features at appropriate resolutions. This approach greatly helps to correct the pre-echo inherent in the sinusoidal model. This improves the perceptual audio quality upon our previous work of sinusoidal modeling while using the same number of sinusoids. The most obvious application for the SN model is in scalable, high fidelity audio coding and signal modification.     

Improved Locally Conformal Finite-Difference Time-Domain method for edge inclined slots in a finite wall thickness waveguide

An Improved Locally Conformal Finite-Difference Time-Domain (ILC-FDTD) method is presented in this paper, which is used to analyze the edge inclined slots penetrating adjacent broadwalls of a finite wall thickness waveguide. ILC-FDTD not only removes the instability of the original locally conformal FDTD algorithm, but also improves the computational accuracy by locally modifying magnetic field update equations and the virtual iterative electric fields according to the complexity of the slot fringe fields. The mutual coupling between two edge inclined slots can also be analyzed by ILC-FDTD effectively.