Less conservative stability criteria for linear systems with interval time‐varying delays

The problem of the stability of a linear system with an interval time‐varying delay is investigated. A new Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional that fully uses information about the lower bound of the time‐varying delay is constructed to derive new stability criteria. It is proved that the proposed Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional can lead to less conservative results than some existing ones. Based on the proposed Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, two stability conditions are developed using two different methods to estimate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional's derivative. Two numerical examples are given to illustrate that the two stability conditions are complementary and yield a larger maximum upper bound of the time‐varying delay than some existing results. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Novel ultra‐compact two‐dimensional waveguide‐based metasurface for electromagnetic coupling reduction of microstrip antenna array

A novel ultracompact two‐dimensional (2D) waveguide‐based metasurface is proposed herein and applied for the first time to reduce mutual coupling in antenna array for multiple‐input multiple‐output applications. The unit cell of the proposed 2D waveguide‐based metasurface is ultracompact (8.6 mm × 4.8 mm, equal to λ₀/14.2 × λ₀/25.5) mainly due to the symmetrical spiral lines etched on the ground. The metasurface exhibits a bandgap with two transmission zeros attributing to the negative permeability in the vicinity of magnetic resonance and the negative permittivity in the vicinity of electric resonance. Taking advantage of these two features, a microstrip antenna array is then designed, fabricated, and measured by embedding an 8 × 1 array of the well‐engineered 2D waveguide‐based metasurface elements between two closely spaced (9.2 mm, equal to λ₀/13.3) H‐plane coupled rectangular patches. There is good agreement between the simulated and measured results, indicating that the metasurface effectively reduces antenna mutual coupling by more than 11.18 dB and improves forward gain. The proposed compact structure has one of the highest reported decoupling efficiencies among similar periodic structures with comparable dimensions. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 25:789–794, 2015.     

Design of a novel static-triggered power-rail ESD clamp circuit in a 65-nm CMOS process基于65纳米CMOS工艺的静态触发型电源钳位ESD保护电路设计

This work presents the design of a novel static-triggered power-rail electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp circuit. The superior transient-noise immunity of the static ESD detection mechanism over the transient one is firstly discussed. Based on the discussion, a novel power-rail ESD clamp circuit utilizing the static ESD detection mechanism is proposed. By skillfully incorporating a thyristor delay stage into the trigger circuit (TC), the proposed circuit achieves the best ESD-conduction behavior while consuming the lowest leakage current (I_leak) at the normal bias voltage among all investigated circuits in this work. In addition, the proposed circuit achieves an excellent false-triggering immunity against fast power-up pulses. All investigated circuits are fabricated in a 65-nm CMOS process. Performance superiorities of the proposed circuit are fully verified by both simulation and test results. Moreover, the proposed circuit offers an efficient on-chip ESD protection scheme considering the worst discharge case in the utilized process.     

引洮7~#隧洞含水疏松砂岩地层冻结法施工数值模拟

为探究含水疏松砂岩地层引水隧洞冻结施工中冻土帷幕的形成过程及力学特性,对引水隧洞的冻结施工及开挖过程进行三维数值模拟。研究了冻土帷幕的温度场、应力及位移的分布,计算出冻土帷幕完全形成所需的时间及其压、拉、剪应力极值并确定极值发生的位置。结合现场监测数据,分析了冻结过程中冻土的温度变化规律及冻土帷幕的形成机理,最后提出了相应的措施及建议。     

层次聚类分析方法在水土保持生态修复分区中的应用

本文主要从防治水土流失、促进植被恢复和生产经济发展的角度,以水土保持生态修复理论为指导,在平凉市市域范围内多因素复杂条件下应用层次聚类分析方法,研究水土保持生态修复分区并得到了较好的结果,为合理配置水土保持生态修复措施和投资提供了科学依据。     

An elastic net-based hybrid hypothesis method for compressed video sensing

Multimedia Tools and Applications - Compressed Sensing, an emerging framework for signal processing, can be used in image and video application, especially when available resources at the...