Signal Integrity: Fault Modeling and Testing in High-Speed SoCs

As we approach 100 nm technology the interconnect issues are becoming one of the main concerns in the testing of gigahertz system-on-chips. Voltage distortion (noise) and delay violations (skew) contribute to the signal integrity loss and ultimately functional error, performance degradation and reliability problems. In this paper, we first define a model for integrity faults on the high-speed interconnects. Then, we present a BIST-based test methodology that includes two special cells to detect and measure noise and skew occurring on the interconnects of the gigahertz system-on-chips. Using an inexpensive test architecture the integrity information accumulated by these special cells can be scanned out for final test and reliability analysis.     

A Combined Antenna Array and Multi-User Detection DS-CDMA Receiver in Single-Path and Multi-Path Fading Channels

An adaptive antenna array is incorporated into a decorrelatingmulti-user detector to effectively increase the DS-CDMA system capacity.Capacity improvement is due to beamforming gain, spatial diversity gain(assuming large angle spread), and the decorrelating effect. Thereceiver has been analyzed for the cases of sufficiently andinsufficiently spaced receiving antennas. The receiver consists of afront-end beamformer for every user in the cell and has knowledge of allusers' signature sequences. The beamformer estimates the desired userchannel vector, enhancing its signal and reducing the co-channelinterference from other directions. The multi-user detection, exploitingknowledge of other users, rejects those interferers whose arrival anglesare close to that of the desired user. The average uncoded Bit ErrorRate (BER) as a function of the number of in-beam active users, theaverage antenna Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), and the number of receivingantennas is examined in both single-path and multi-path Rayleigh fadingchannels. Analysis shows an increase in system capacity proportional tothe number of receiving antennas.     

一种新颖的表面等离子谐振效应光波导水质传感技术

光学表面等离子谐振（ＳＰＲ）效应是一种很有效的水质检测技术，经过详细的理论推导，同了ＳＰＲ反射光强的普遍适用公式。在纯水与受污染水两种情况下，根据一些已知参数计算出结果。由计算结果数据一出的曲线比较表明，ＳＰＲ效应在两种情况下有明显差别，这也正是ＳＰＲ效应用于水质检测的理论根据。     

Outlier-resistant methods for estimation and model fitting

Least squares is perhaps the most widely used technique for model fitting. In this article, we illustrate the poor performance of least squares when there are spurious values, or outliers, in a sequence of measurements. A brief overview of three well-known classes of robust alternatives to the least-squares mean is presented. For robust regression, a recent proposal called least median squares (LMS) is decribed. LMS regression is compared to least-squares regression in an example involving the estimation of optical fiber geometry. References are provided for software that is available for robust estimation techniques surveyed in this article.     

A Neural Network Approach for Signal Detection in Digital Communications

In this paper, we propose a new approach for signal detection in wireless digital communications based on the neural network with transient chaos and time-varying gain (NNTCTG), and give a concrete model of the signal detector after appropriate transformations and mappings. It is well known that the problem of the maximum likelihood signal detection can be described as a complex optimization problem that has so many local optima that conventional Hopfield-type neural networks fail to solve. By refraining from the serious local optima problem of Hopfield-type neural networks, the NNTCTG makes use of the time-varying parameters of the recurrent neural network to control the evolving behavior of the network so that the network undergoes the transition from chaotic behavior to gradient convergence. It has richer and more flexible dynamics rather than conventional neural networks only with point attractors, so that it can be expected to have much ability to search for globally optimal or near-optimal solutions. After going through a transiently inverse-bifurcation process, the NNTCTG can approach the global optimum or the neighborhood of global optimum of our problem. Simulation experiments have been performed to show the effectiveness and validation of the proposed neural network based method for the signal detection in digital communications.     

COLLISION DETECTION AMONG MOVING OBJECTSIN MACHINING PROCESS SIMULATION

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SiC／Al合金层状复合材料的机械性能及损伤行为

在室温条件下测定了Ａｌ合金以连续层状形式存在于ＳｉＣ陶瓷层间并渗透入ＳｉＣ陶瓷层内、Ａｌ合金浓度呈层状变化高低相间，以及Ａｌ合金和ＳｉＣ陶瓷均匀分布相互渗透三种ＳｉＣ含量相同而结构形式不同的ＳｉＣ／Ａｌ合金复合材料的机械性能；用ＳＥＭ和光学显微镜观察分析了复合材料的断口形貌及裂纹扩展过程。结果表明，在ＳｉＣ陶瓷层间以连续层状形式存在的Ａｌ合金在应力作用下发生较大程度的塑性变形，在裂纹尾部被拉伸和形成桥接，引起能量耗散，减缓裂纹扩展速度，防止裂纹张开，使复合材料的韧性得到明显改善；ＳｉＣ／Ａｌ合金陶瓷─金属层状复合材料的损伤形式主要是ＳｉＣ陶瓷层开裂、金属层桥接和裂纹偏转。     

西气东输管道工程《管道对接环焊缝全自动超声波检测》标准及与国外先进标准的对比

介绍了西气东输管道工程《管道对接环焊缝全自动超声波检测》标准的技术特点、主要内容,并对本标准与国外先进标准、国外先进企业标准进行了较详细的对比分析。本标准在检测工艺方面与ASTM E1961-98相近。验收部分是从缺欠的位置、缺欠自身高度和长度来加以限制,较为合理,具有科学性,与EN25817-92和ISO5817-92标准相当,比API1104-99标准偏严,与西气东输工程射线检测企业标准也基本相当。     

悬停直升机的雷达探测技术

首先对直升机旋翼的雷达回波进行建模与分析,在此基础上分析了雷达探测悬停直升机的可能性,提出了一种适用于所有直升机类型的多扫描周期积累检测系统方案,讨论了可能影响其检测性能的因素.