Solving the gate packing problem using a concurrent network

The layout problem of gate matrices and one-dimensional logic arrays is composed of two major tasks: to find a permutation of gates which minimises the number of tracks required and to layout/pack gates based on the ordering. A parallel algorithm is presented which can pack n gates within O(1) time, whereas the conventional near-optimum algorithm needs O(n/sup 2/) time. The simulation results show that the increase of the problem size does not degrade the solution quality.<>     

木犀科植物花粉的扫描电镜研究

植物花粉的形态特征具有种属特异性。本文用扫描电子显微镜观察了木犀科(Oleaceae)的六属八种植物花粉的形态特征。结果表明,除迎春有个别四萌发沟外,其它花粉都是三沟型,外壁纹饰均为网状。但各种植物花粉的细微形态仍有明显差异。因此,用扫描电镜观察研究植物花粉的亚微形态特征,可为植物分类提供一些必要的形态依据。     

Radix-4 Vectoring CORDIC Algorithm and Architectures

In this work we extend the radix-4 CORDIC algorithm to the vectoring mode (the radix-4 CORDIC algorithm was proposed recently by the authors for the rotation mode). The extension to the vectoring mode is not straightforward, since the digit selection function is more complex in the vectoring case than in the rotation case; as in the rotation mode, the scale factor is not constant. Although the radix-4 CORDIC algorithm in vectoring mode has a similar recurrence as the radix-4 division algorithm, there are specific issues concerning the vectoring algorithm that demand dedicated study. We present the digit selection for nonredundant and redundant arithmetic (following two different approaches: arithmetic comparisons and table look-up), the computation and compensation of the scale factor, and the implementation of the algorithm (with both types of digit selection) in a word-serial architecture. When compared with conventional radix-2 (redundant and non-redundant) architectures, the radix-4 algorithms present a significant speed up for angle calculation. For the computation of the magnitude the speed up is very slight, due to the nonconstant scale factor in the radix-4 algorithm.     

Adaptive control of arterial blood pressure with a learningcontroller based on multilayer neural networks

The authors discuss a two-model multilayer neural network controller for adaptive control of mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) using sodium nitroprusside. A model with an autoregressive moving average (ARMA), representing the dynamics of the system, and a modified backpropagation training algorithm are used to design the control system to meet specified objectives of design (settling time and undershoot/overshoot) and clinical constraints. The controller is associated with a weighting-determinant unit (WDU) to determine and update the output weighting factor of the parallel two-model neural network for adequate control action and a control-signal modification unit (CMU) to comply with clinical constraints and to suppress the effect of adverse noise and to improve the WDU performance. Extensive computer simulations indicate satisfactory performance and robustness of the proposed controller in the presence of much noise, over the full range of plant parameters, uncertainties, and large variations of parameters     

本征吸除硅片特性研究

本文描述硅本征吸杂片的特性参数,如吸除区宽度、洁净度,氧沉淀密度、MOS电容寿命,介绍了表面态密度及残余间隙氧浓度的检测方法和工艺对参数的影响及参数之间的内在联系,文章还实验论证了不同参数水平对器件成品率的影响,建立了以MOS电容寿命为主导的参数控制方法,利用本文提供的控制参数,可使CCD-512器件成品率达60％,以上优品率≥85％。     

乙烯基三甲基硅烷等离子体聚合反应历程

应用色谱—质谱(GC-MS)及裂解色谱-质谱(PGC-MS)测定了乙烯基三甲基硅烷等离子体聚合反应中的气体冷凝物及聚合物,研究推导了等离子体聚合反应历程。单体在气相中被电子撞击,然后扩散到基底,在基底发生链增长和链终止反应。     

Synthesis and characterization of novel copolymers with the trimethylsilyl group for deep‐UV photoresists

N‐(4‐Acetoxyphenyl) maleimide (APMI) and three kinds of comonomers bearing a trimethylsilyl group were copolymerized at 60°C in the presence of azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as an initiator in 1,4‐dioxane to obtain the three IP, IIP, and IIIP copolymers. These copolymers were removed from the acetoxy group in a transesterification process into new IVP, VP, and VIP copolymers with a pendant hydroxyl group. Two modified processes were adopted to prepare photoresists using these copolymers. The first process involved mixing the dissolution inhibitor, o‐nitrobenzyl cholate, with the new copolymers. Second, o‐nitrobenzyl cholate was introduced into the copolymers using 1,8‐diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec‐7‐ene (DBU) in dimethylformamide (DMF). The cyclic maleimide structure is responsible for the high thermal stability of these copolymers. After irradiation using deep–UV light and development with aqueous Na₂CO₃ (0.01 wt %), the developed patterns showed positive images and exhibited good adhesion to the silicon wafer without using any adhesion promoter. The resolution of these resists was at least 0.8 μm and an oxygen‐plasma etching rate was 1/5.3 to that of hard‐baked HPR‐204. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 83: 2791–2798, 2002; DOI 10.1002/app.10255     

Characterization of hollow fiber membranes in a permeator using binary gas mixtures

We have studied the CO₂/CH₄ mixed gas permeation through hollow fiber membranes in a permeator. An approach to characterize the true separation performance of hollow fiber membranes for binary gas mixtures was provided based on experiments and simulations. Experiments were carried out to measure the retentate and permeate flow rates and compositions at each outlet. The influences of pressure drop within the hollow fibers, non-ideal gas behavior in the mixture and concentration polarization were taken into consideration in the mathematics model. The calculation results indicate that the net influence of the non-ideal gas behavior, competitive sorption and plasticization yields the calculated CO₂ permeance in a mixed gas permeator close to that obtained in pure gas tests. Whereas the CH₄ permeance is higher in the mixed gas tests than that in the pure gas tests, as the plasticization caused by CO₂ dominates the permeation process. As a result, the CO₂/CH₄ mixed gas selectivity is smaller than those obtained in pure gas tests at equivalent pressures.The calculated membrane performance shows little changes with stage cut if the effect of concentration polarization is accounted for in the calculation. The integration method developed in this study could provide more accurate characterizations of mixed gas permeance of hollow membranes than other estimation methods, as our model considers the roles of non-ideal gas behavior and concentration polarization properly.     

Interfacial Dipoles and Radiated Energy

Electric dipoles radiate an electromagnetic field into their surroundings. The electric and magnetic fields from a point source or from linear dipoles have components parallel to a spherical surface but also a radial component. In most investigations on radiated fields, only the part of the electric field that is parallel to a spherical surface is taken into account. The argument is that only that component contributes to the radiated energy. Here we show that the phase front in the lower half space is not a spherical surface and hence, the radial components contribute to radiated energy. We show differences in radiation patterns for point electric dipoles and linear dipoles, either modeled as perfectly conducting wires or as resistively loaded wires. Our primary interest lies with improving image resolution through processing of Ground-Penetrating Radar data. Here the emphasis lies with understanding the radiation characteristics of linear dipoles that can be incorporated with image processing algorithms. The model uses a thin-wire approximation for the transmitter antenna. The solution to the discrete system of equations is solved, incorporating interaction between the interface, using a CGFFT scheme including symmetrization and a newly developed preconditioning operator. We look at the electric and magnetic fields as well as the time-averaged Poynting vector radiation patterns in the E-plane and H-plane of the transmitting antenna. The results show that the radial component of the radiated electric and magnetic field is not negligible, even at distances more than seven wavelengths away from the antennas.