Anomalous variations of OFF-State leakage current in poly-Si TFTunder static stress

Studies the anomalous variations of the OFF-state leakage current (I_OFF) in n-channel poly-Si thin-film transistors (TFTs) under static stress. The dominant mechanisms for the anomalous I_OFF can be attributed to (1) I_OFF increases due to channel hot electrons trapping at the gate oxide/channel interface and silicon grain boundaries and (2) I_OFF decreases due to hot holes accumulated/trapped near the channel/bottom oxide interface near the source region. Under the stress of high drain bias, serious impact ionization effect will occur to generate hot electrons and hot holes near the drain region. Some of holes will be injected into the gate oxide due to the vertical field (~(V_Gstress V_Dstress)/T _OX) near the drain and the others will be migrated from drain to source along the channel due to lateral electric field (~V_Dstress/L_CH)     

Sensitivity analysis of relative accommodation and vergence

A sensitivity analysis was performed to determine the variation in response to changes in parameter values of a previously developed nonlinear static model of accommodation and vergence. To determine normal behavior, model simulation responses were computed using previously obtained parameter values in 4 subjects under 2 conditions. In the first, relative accommodation was evaluated by maintaining the vergence stimulus constant at 2.5 meter angles (MA) and varying the accommodative stimulus from -2.5 to 2.5 diopters (D) in 0.25-D steps. In the second, relative vergence was evaluated by maintaining the accommodative stimulus constant at 2.5 D and varying the vergence stimulus from 25 prism diopters (PD) base-in to 25 PD base-out in 5-PD steps. Sensitivity of the model parameters, consisting of controller gains for accommodation (ACG) and vergence (VCG), crosslink gains for accommodation-to-vergence (AC) and vergence-to-accommodation (CA), deadspace operators for accommodation (AE±AD) and vergence (VE±VD), and the tonic levels for accommodation (ABIAS) and vergence (VBIAS) were assessed by varying them at 50% and 150% of their normal values. It was found that the accommodation and vergence systems mere most sensitive to variation in crosslink gain, moderately sensitive to variation in controller gain and tonic level, and least sensitive to variation in size of the deadspace. These results may provide a quantitative basis for the occurrence of ocular dysfunctions associated with abnormal crosslink gains, such as strabismus, in clinical patients     

Characterization of arylamine N-acetyltransferase in Enterobacter aerogenes

N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activity was determined by incubation of purified Enterobacter aerogenes enzyme with 2-aminofluorene (2-AF) as the substrate, followed by high pressure liquid chromatography assays. The NAT activity from E. aerogenes was 0.58 +/- 0.08 nmol/min/mg protein for 2-AF. The values of apparent K(m) and Vmax were 0.72 +/- 0.14 mM and 2.45 +/- 0.29 nmol/min/mg protein, respectively, for 2-AF. The optimal pH value for the enzyme activity was 7.5 for the 2-AF tested. The optimal temperature for enzyme activity was 37 degrees C for the 2-AF substrate. The molecular weight of NAT from E. aerogenes was 44.9 kD. Among a series of divalent cations and salts, Zn2+, Ca2+, and Fe2+ were demonstrated to be the most potent protease inhibitors, and only ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid significantly protected the NAT. Iodoacetamide, in contrast to other agents, markedly inhibited NAT.     

Preparation and densification of superconducting YBa2Cu3Ox ceramics

The solid-state reaction method to form the superconducting oxide YBa₂Cu₃O _x was studied. It was found that the starting cupric and yttrium components accelerated the decomposition of the BaCO₃ component. At a constant heating rate of 10 ° Cmin^–1 in thermogravimetric analysis, the temperature of complete decomposition,T _f, was lowered from greater than 1000 ° C in pure BaCO₃ to between 915 and 985 ° C. The effectiveness in decreasingT _f can be ranked in the order of oxalate, carbonate and oxide. The highest sintered density achieved in this study was 6.03 g cm^–3 (/_th = 95%) at 990 ° C and 5.85 g cm^–3 (/_th = 92%) at 960 ° C. The source of cupric ion had the largest effect on densification. The use of cupric carbonate resulted in a consistently high Archimedes density of about 6.00gcm^–3 and large dimensional shrinkage of about 20% at 990 ° C for 12h. In contrast, the use of cupric oxide gave the lowest density and smallest shrinkage. Within the same powder lot, higher sintered density and smaller dimensional shrinkage were observed in samples with higher initial green density and compaction pressure. However, the data suggested that the enhanced densification and higher density achieved by the use of cupric carbonate and oxalate cannot be accounted for by the different physical characteristics of the powders and the mechanics of powder compaction, measured collectively by the green density.     

Roll‐to‐roll UV embossing process applied for light bar‐based sub‐wavelength gratings for backlight

This study proposes a roll‐to‐roll process‐based sub‐wavelength grating, which is attached on a light bar to turn the side‐lit red/green/blue (620, 520, and 450 nm) incident rays into a uniformly and normally output white light with high illuminance from the light bar's surface. On the basis of the rigorous coupling wave analysis, the relationship between the first‐order transmission/reflection efficiency and the pitch of the gratings with different shapes was analyzed. The optimal design can effectively reduce the coupling length and enhance the white color balance for display applications.     

Parallelizing Complex Streaming Applications on Distributed Scratchpad Memory Multicore Architecture

Multicore processors can provide sufficient computing power and flexibility for complex streaming applications, such as high-definition video processing. For less hardware complexity and power consumption, the distributed scratchpad memory architecture is considered, instead of the cache memory architecture. However, the distributed design poses new challenges to programming. It is difficult to exploit all available capabilities and achieve maximal throughput, due to the combined complexity of inter-processor communication, synchronization, and workload balancing. In this study, we developed an efficient design flow for parallelizing multimedia applications on a distributed scratchpad memory multicore architecture. An application is first partitioned into streaming components and then mapped onto multicore processors. Various hardware-dependent factors and application-specific characteristics are involved in generating efficient task partitions and allocating resources appropriately. To test and verify the proposed design flow, three popular multimedia applications were implemented: a full-HD motion JPEG decoder, an object detector, and a full-HD H.264/AVC decoder. For demonstration purposes, SONY PlayStation \(^{\circledR }\) 3 was selected as the target platform. Simulation results show that, on PS3, the full-HD motion JPEG decoder with the proposed design flow can decode about 108.9 frames per second (fps) in the 1080p format. The object detection application can perform real-time object detection at 2.84 fps at \(1280 \times 960\) resolution, 11.75 fps at \(640 \times 480\) resolution, and 62.52 fps at \(320 \times 240\) resolution. The full-HD H.264/AVC decoder applications can achieve nearly 50 fps.     

Effect of imidization temperature on properties of polymide films

Some mechanical and electrical properties of the BPDA/ODA/PDA polyimide film prepared on mylar followed by various cure schedules have been studied. It has been found by FTIR that the imidization reaches its maximum after a 200°C cure schedule for this polyimide. However, the optimum condition of curing is a 350°C cure schedule. Following this cure schedule, one can obtained a polymide film with good mechanical and electrical properties. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Reexamining the Factors for Trust in Cultivating Online Customer Repurchase Intentions: The Moderating Effect of Perceived Waiting

With the advancement of Internet technology, online shopping has emerged as a popular way of making purchases. However, because online shopping does not allow immediate enjoyment of purchases as bricks-and-mortar shops do, cultivating customers' trust in online businesses is especially important in attracting return customers. Previous studies have put forward the factors that build multidimensional trust but not systematically examined them. This article reexamines factors of building customer trust and makes a systematic study of the relationship between customers' perceived waiting and repurchase intention. This study examines online stores' professional ability, integrity, and benevolence were selected as the three constructing factors of trust. A total of 351 valid customer questionnaires were collected and analyzed using structural equation modeling. It was found that the most influential factor in customer trust was the security of the online business' information system, followed by the privacy protection, whereas the third-party guarantees and recommendation exhibited the third strongest correlation. Furthermore, the perceived waiting was a significant factor affecting customers' decision to return, notwithstanding their trust in an online business.     

基于有限元法的E-K模型参数敏感性分析

模型参数的确定是数值分析过程中的重要环节,合理把握参数的选取原则,可大大提高结构分析的可靠度以及参数反分析的计算效率.本文借助有限单元法考察了E-K模型参数变化对一个均质堤坝的位移和应力值的影响程度.通过分析明确了E-K模型中各参数对计算结果的敏感程度,同时提出了模型参数的选取原则.