线源激励二维理想导体角反射器辐射场严格解

采用模式匹配法,对平行电流丝或磁流丝作用下二维理想导体角反射器的电磁辐射进行了严格地电磁场分布。推导出了以散射场展开系数为未知量的矩阵方程,给出了计算实例,其中张角为１８０℃（即平板）的计算结果与文献［４］的结果是一致的。     

用自产生和自组织神经网络对超声医学图像进行自动分割

本文研究用自产生和自组织神经网络方法进行超声心脏图像的自动分割。这种无监督的聚类方法能够自动搜索最佳的网络输出节点数而获取图像中的目标数,从而完成对图像的自动分割。实验结果表明,与自组织特征映射方法相比,本文的方法具有许多重要的优点。     

用均匀圆阵实现宽频段来波信号频率和二维角估计

本文提出了一种在DFT波束空间实时估计入射到均匀圆阵(UCA)上宽频段(1～18GHz)信号的频率、方位角和仰角的方法。该方法可在时间欠采样条件下实现频率无模糊估计,在空间欠采样条件下,用整数搜索法实现方位角和仰角无模糊估计,且频率、方位角和仰角估计可自动配对。模拟频率间接估计算法的估计方差比直接估计算法的方差要小2～3个数量级。仿真实验表明了算法是有效的。     

基于模块电路结构的BP神经网络及其应用研究

本文采用一种简化的BP(Back Propagation)神经网络硬件模块实现方法。该方法利用全电流模式电路组成神经元模块,再用若干模块构成简化的BP神经网络。所提出的模块结构网络系统具有在线学习和在线权值存储能力,且可应用于实现编、解码和二维图像识别。文中提供了PSPICE和高级语言计算机仿真结果。     

雷达介质稳频振荡器的计算机辅助设计

介绍了一种C波段反射型GaAs MESFET雷达介质稳频振荡器(RDRO)。进行了理论分析和数学模拟,并借助计算机利用Ansoft公司的Serenade 7.0软件进行优化设计。通过理论计算和计算机辅助优化,可以获得较好性能的振荡器。实现了谐振频率f_0=5.06GHz,输出功率8dBm,从室温到60℃范围内频率稳定度可达3ppm/C。     

Thermal management of power electronics modules packaged by a stacked-plate technique

The research presented in this paper is part of a multidisciplinary research program of the Center for Power Electronics Systems at Virginia Tech. The program supported by the Office of Naval Research focuses on the development of innovative technologies for packaging power electronics building blocks. The primary objective of this research is to improve package performance and reliability through thermal management, i.e., reducing device temperatures for a given power level. The task of thermal management involves considering trade-offs in the electrical design, package layout and geometry, materials selection and processing, manufacturing feasibility, and production cost. Based on the electrical design of a simple building block, samples of packaged modules, rated at 600 V and 3.3 kW, were fabricated using a stacked-plate technique, termed metal posts interconnected parallel plate structure (MPIPPS). The MPIPPS technique allows the power devices to be interconnected between two direct-bond copper substrates via the use of metal posts. Thermal modeling results on the MPIPPS packaged modules indicate that the new packaging technique offers a superior thermal management means for packaging power electronics modules.     

Reversible Crumpling of 2D Titanium Carbide (MXene) Nanocoatings for Stretchable Electromagnetic Shielding and Wearable Wireless Communication

In the emerging Internet of Things, stretchable antennas can facilitate wireless communication between wearable and mobile electronic devices around the body. The proliferation of wireless devices transmitting near the human body also raises interference and safety concerns that demand stretchable materials capable of shielding electromagnetic interference (EMI). Here, an ultrastretchable conductor is fabricated by depositing a crumple‐textured coating composed of 2D Ti₃C₂T_x nanosheets (MXene) and single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) onto latex, which can be fashioned into high‐performance wearable antennas and EMI shields. The resulting MXene‐SWNT (S‐MXene)/latex devices are able to sustain up to an 800% areal strain and exhibit strain‐insensitive resistance profiles during a 500‐cycle fatigue test. A single layer of stretchable S‐MXene conductors demonstrate a strain‐invariant EMI shielding performance of ≈30 dB up to 800% areal strain, and the shielding performance is further improved to ≈47 and ≈52 dB by stacking 5 and 10 layers of S‐MXene conductors, respectively. Additionally, a stretchable S‐MXene dipole antenna is fabricated, which can be uniaxially stretched to 150% with unaffected reflected power <0.1%. By integrating S‐MXene EMI shields with stretchable S‐MXene antennas, a wearable wireless system is finally demonstrated that provides mechanically stable wireless transmission while attenuating EM absorption by the human body.     

Stretchable Composite Acoustic Transducer for Wearable Monitoring of Vital Signs

A highly flexible, stretchable, and mechanically robust low‐cost soft composite consisting of silicone polymers and water (or hydrogels) is reported. When combined with conventional acoustic transducers, the materials reported enable high performance real‐time monitoring of heart and respiratory patterns over layers of clothing (or furry skin of animals) without the need for direct contact with the skin. The approach enables an entirely new method of fabrication that involves encapsulation of water and hydrogels with silicones and exploits the ability of sound waves to travel through the body. The system proposed outperforms commercial, metal‐based stethoscopes for the auscultation of the heart when worn over clothing and is less susceptible to motion artefacts. The system both with human and furry animal subjects (i.e., dogs), primarily focusing on monitoring the heart, is tested; however, initial results on monitoring breathing are also presented. This work is especially important because it is the first demonstration of a stretchable sensor that is suitable for use with furry animals and does not require shaving of the animal for data acquisition.     

Achieving Rich and Active Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Heterostructures via Interface Engineering on 2D 1T‐MoS2 Quantum Sheets

Large‐scale production of hydrogen from water‐alkali electrolyzers is impeded by the sluggish kinetics of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts. The hybridization of an acid‐active HER catalyst with a cocatalyst at the nanoscale helps boost HER kinetics in alkaline media. Here, it is demonstrated that 1T–MoS₂ nanosheet edges (instead of basal planes) decorated by metal hydroxides form highly active ${\text{edge}}_{{\text{1T‐MoS}}_{\text{2}}}$/ ${\text{edge}}_{\text{Ni}{(\text{OH})}_{\text{2}}}$ heterostructures, which significantly enhance HER performance in alkaline media. Featured with rich ${\text{edge}}_{{\text{1T‐MoS}}_{\text{2}}}$/ ${\text{edge}}_{\text{Ni}{(\text{OH})}_{\text{2}}}$ sites, the fabricated 1T–MoS₂ QS/Ni(OH)₂ hybrid (quantum sized 1T–MoS₂ sheets decorated with Ni(OH)₂ via interface engineering) only requires overpotentials of 57 and 112 mV to drive HER current densities of 10 and 100 mA cm^?2, respectively, and has a low Tafel slope of 30 mV dec^?1 in 1 m KOH. So far, this is the best performance for MoS₂‐based electrocatalysts and the 1T–MoS₂ QS/Ni(OH)₂ hybrid is among the best‐performing non‐Pt alkaline HER electrocatalysts known. The HER process is durable for 100 h at current densities up to 500 mA cm^?2. This work not only provides an active, cost‐effective, and robust alkaline HER electrocatalyst, but also demonstrates a design strategy for preparing high‐performance catalysts based on edge‐rich 2D quantum sheets for other catalytic reactions.     

Rechargeable Na–SO2 Battery with Ethylenediamine Additive in Ether‐Based Electrolyte

Rechargeable metal–SO₂ batteries have drawn tremendous attention because it can accelerate SO₂ fixation/utilization and offer high energy density. Herein, a rechargeable Na–SO₂ battery based on an ether‐based liquid electrolyte with an ethylenediamine (EDA) additive is realized via the reversible formation/decomposition of Na₂S₂O₄. Experimental investigations reveal that the EDA additive provides three benefits by simultaneously decreasing the overall electrode polarization, increasing the full discharge capacity, and improving battery cyclability. At a current density of 250 mA g^?1, the full discharge capacity of the battery with the EDA additive is more than twice of a similar system in the absence of EDA. In addition to the significantly enhanced capacity, the as‐assembled Na–SO₂ battery demonstrates excellent cyclic stability after 200 cycles, which is equivalent to a total duration of 1600 h. Moreover, the corrosion resistance of Na anode is strengthened with the aid of EDA in the SO₂‐containing liquid electrolyte. This work will pave the way for Na–SO₂ batteries as a promising battery technology toward both pollutant gas utilization and energy storage.