Design, optimization, and performance analysis of new photodiode structures for CMOS active-pixel-sensor (APS) imager applications

The dark current in the active-pixel-sensor (APS) cell of a CMOS imager is known to be mainly generated in the regions of bird's beak after the local oxidation of silicon process as well as the surface damage caused by the implantation of high doping concentration. Furthermore, shallow and deep pn-junctions can improve the photo-sensitivity for light of short and long wavelengths, respectively. In this paper, two new photodiode structures using p-substrate and lightly-doped sensor implant SN- as pn-junction photodiode with the regions of bird's beak embraced by SN- and p-field implants, respectively, are proposed and analyzed to reduce dark current and enhance the overall spectral response. 5 /spl mu/m/spl times/5 /spl mu/m APS cells fabricated in a 0.35-/spl mu/m single-poly-triple-metal (1P3M) 3.3-V CMOS process are designed by using the proposed photodiode structures. As shown from the experimental results, the two proposed photodiode structures of 5 /spl mu/m/spl times/5 /spl mu/m APS cells have lower dark currents of 30.6 mV/s and 35.2 mV/s at the reverse-biased voltage of 2 V and higher spectral response, as compared to the conventional structure and other photodiode structures. Thus, the two proposed new photodiode structures can be applied to CMOS imager systems with small pixel size, high resolution, and high quality.     

Preparation of CaS∶Eu~(2 ), Sm~(3 ) by Solid Reaction Method and Its Photostimulated Luminescence

Thereisanurgentneedonopticalstoragemateri alswiththedevelopmentoflaserandopticalstoragetechnologyinrecentyears .Electrontrappingopticalstoragematerials (ETM )isanewtypeofopticalstor agematerials .Theybasicallyarewide band gapⅡ Ⅵsemi conductorcompoundsdopedwithtwotypesofselectedrareearthelementsthathavegroundstatesandexcitedstateswithinthewidebandgapoftheⅡ Ⅵsemiconductorcompoundhostmaterials .Lighten ergyisstoredinthiskindofmaterialbyexposingittoultravioletorvisiblelightandisreleasedthro…     

Appropriate Material Properties for Advective–Diffusive Solute Flux in Membrane Soil

A generalized advective–diffusive equation for describing electrolytic solute transport in fine-grained soil (clay) membranes is presented. Clarification is made between the current theory and the widely cited coupled-flow theory by Yeung and Mitchell. Results of recently published experimental data are evaluated to demonstrate that the effective diffusion coefficient associated with Fick’s first law is not an appropriate independent material property for solute transport considerations in membrane soil. Three independent and experimentally attainable material properties are identified, specifically: osmotic efficiency, membrane diffusion coefficient, and hydraulic conductivity. Simple physical experiments by which these properties may be measured are described.     

Study on Copolymer of PMMA with Eu Complex

The europium complex, Eu3 -1,10-phenanthroline (Phen) -acrylic acid (AA) was prepared and its structural formula is Eu(Phen) (AA)3. The high luminescence rare earth polymer materials were obtained by the copolymerization of europium complex with methyl methacrylate using AIBN as an initiator. The copolymer structure and properties were characterized by FT-IR, UV-Vis, RF spectra and thermogravimetric analysis (TG). Results indicate that block copolymer is synthesized. Fluorescent property shows that Eu copolymer emits rare earth fluorescence and the emission intensity increases with the rise in Eu content and reaches a maximum value.     

基于J2EE规范的教学评估系统的设计与实现

探讨了高校教学质量评估的必要性和可行性,分析了教学评估的内容设置以及评估系统的开发策略,提出了基于J2EE规范的网上教学评估系统的总体结构。最后,使用Jbuilder7+Weblogic7集成开发环境设计开发了这一系统。     

Experimental study and simulation of a hydraulic engine mount with fully coupled fluid-structure interaction finite element analysis model

Non-linear properties of a generic hydraulic engine mount (HEM) are identified and characterized by experiment and simulation approaches. The experimental methods for obtaining static and dynamic performances of the HEM are presented. The characteristics of two configurations of the take-apart HEMs (one is with an inertia track and a free decoupler and the other one is only with an inertia track) and their rubber springs are studied. The relations between static stiffness of an HEM and its rubber springs in three orthogonal directions are investigated. The influences of preload, excitation amplitudes and frequencies on the dynamic stiffness of an HEM are verified. The effects of the free decoupler on dynamic characteristics of the HEM are studied by comparisons of the test results of the two HEMs. The dynamic fluid pressure and the temperature in the upper chamber of an HEM are measured under different excitation conditions. A fully coupled fluid-structure interaction (FSI) and finite element analysis (FEA) model for simulation of HEMs is developed in this paper, which can be used to simulate the static and dynamic performances of the HEMs with only stress versus strain relations of the rubber materials, the fluid physical parameters and the HEMs sizes. The simulated results of one HEM with the proposed model are given, and the results match well with the measured data, or in coincidence with the working mechanisms of HEMs.     

A ReScUE XML/EDI model

Since electronic data interchange (EDI) is one of the most important components in electronic commerce and since Extensible Markup Language (XML) provides Internet developers with a powerful vehicle for exchanging messages, XML/EDI has received much attention from almost all well‐known international enterprises and is believed to be the next generation EDI. However, since XML allows developers to design their own elements and attributes, it is almost certain businesses will receive XML documents with unknown elements. Generally, human intervention is required to solve the problem. Therefore, it is indispensable to design an efficient scheme to resolve the unknown elements. In this paper, we propose a ReScUE XML/EDI model such that transformation templates will be generated automatically for documents with unknown elements, and the documents will be converted into expected format. This model increases the flexibility of XML/EDI systems and reduces human intervention. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Visibility threshold in sharpness for people with different regional backgrounds

Abstract— The influence of regional background on the visibility of sharpness differences has been investigated by blurring various still images to different extents. The assessment of sharpness has been performed both in China by Chinese people and in the Netherlands by European people. The results showed that both Chinese characters and Roman text were clearly more critical image material for judging sharpness than natural images. Independent on whether the image contained Chinese characters or Roman text, the visibility threshold for a difference in sharpness was the same for both the Chinese and European people. When related to a diagonal step response, the threshold on average equaled an angular resolution of 5 arcsec.     

超声微电机传动机理的研究

提出了一种研究超声微电机传动机理的新方法，把弹性动力学中的瑞利波理论加以延伸应用，揭示了超声传动的本质。在此基础上，建立起对超声微电机设计有指导作用的数学模型。比较了几何分析法和弹性动力学方法，明确了深入研究后者的理论和实践价值，为超声微电机的优化设计提供了理论依据。