PARASITIC TOLERANT DIFFERENTIAL SC TRANSCONDUCTANCE USING UNITY GAIN BUFFERS

The unity gain buffer will be good to design high frequency SCF if its resistiveeffects can be eliminated,and therefore the whole parasitic sensitivities will greatly be reduced.On the basis of this concept,a novel parasitic tolerant SC DTE(differential transconductanceelement)is proposed.SC floating inductor and integrator fit for high frequency applications areformed by the DTE.The computer simulation and experiment on a third order elliptic LP filterverify its validity.     

可变波长光纤光栅滤波器用微驱动器的研制

为了研制可调谐光纤光栅滤波器而采用拉伸装置和光纤光栅一体化的微小器件结构。实现方法是由微细加工技术加工制造一种新的波长可变光纤光栅滤波器用驱动器，该微型驱动器采用电磁式驱动，由上下两层线圈构成，每个线圈有21匝平面线圈，产生约0．2μNm的扭矩，对应光纤光栅的反射波长变化约5nm。它可应用于可谓谐光纤光栅滤波器的驱动。     

Forty-Five Years After Broadbent (1958): Still No Identification Without Attention.

According to D. E. Broadbent's (1958) selective filter theory, people do not process unattended stimuli beyond the analysis of basic physical properties. This theory was later rejected on the basis of numerous findings that people identify irrelevant (and supposedly unattended) stimuli. A careful review of this evidence, however, reveals strong reasons to doubt that these irrelevant stimuli were in fact unattended. This review exposed a clear need for new experiments with tight control over the locus of attention. The authors present 5 such experiments using a priming paradigm. When steps were taken to ensure that irrelevant stimuli were not attended, these stimuli produced no priming effects. Hence, the authors found no evidence that unattended stimuli can be identified. The results support a modern version of Broadbent's selective theory, updated to reflect recent research advances. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Microstructure and thermal behavior of Sn-Zn-Ag solders

The microstructure and thermal behavior of the Sn-Zn-Ag solder were investigated for 8.73–9% Zn and 0–3.0% Ag. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis shows the Ag-Zn compound when the solder contains 0.1% Ag. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis results indicate that Ag₅Zn₈ and AgZn₃ become prominent when the Ag content is 0.3% and above. Meanwhile, the Zn-rich phase is refined, and the Zn orientations gradually diminish upon increase in Ag content. The morphology of the Ag-Zn compound varies from nodular to dendrite structure when the Ag content increases. The growth of the Ag-Zn compounds is accompanied by the diminishing of the eutectic structure of the Sn-9Zn solder. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) investigation reveals that the solidus temperature of these solders exists at around 198°C. A single, sharp exothermic peak was found for the solders with Ag content less than 0.5%. Liquidus temperatures were identified with the DSC analysis to vary from 206°C to 215°C when the Ag content ranges from 1.0% to 3.0%     

便携式无线通信中的陶瓷技术

重点讨论了现代无线通信中关键元器件之一滤波器的发展进程,中、高频及微波滤波器的主要类型及性能特点。低损耗、高介电常数陶瓷在RF和IF滤波器中的应用,能够实现无线设备的微型化。对制备滤波器的介质陶瓷材料的要求是:在所使用的波段内,相对介电常数r要大,可缩小介质元件的尺寸;品质因数Q要高,可获得良好的滤波特性及通讯质量;谐振频率的温度系数f接近于零或可调节,以达到整机电子回路的要求。     

Morphology of intermetallic compounds formed between lead-free Sn-Zn based solders and Cu substrates

The morphologies of intermetallic compounds formed between Sn-Zn based solders and Cu substrates were investigated in this study. The investigated solders were Sn-9Zn, Sn-8.55Zn-0.45Al, and Sn-8.55Zn-0.45Al-0.5Ag. The experimental results indicated that the Sn-9Zn solder formed Cu₅Zn₈ and CuZn₅ compounds on the Cu substrate, while the Al-containing solders formed the Al_4.2Cu_3.2Zn_0.7 compound. The addition of Ag to the Sn-8.55Zn-0.45Al solder resulted in the formation of the AgZn₃ compound at the interface between the Al_4.2Cu_3.2Zn_0.7 compound and the solder. Furthermore, it was found that the cooling rate of the specimen after soldering had an effect on the quantity of AgZn₃ compound formed at the interface. The AgZn₃ compound formed with an air-cooling condition exhibited a rougher surface and larger size than with a water-quenched condition. It was believed that the formation of the AgZn₃ compound at the interface occurs through heterogenous nucleation during solidification.     

STATIONARY AND NON-STATIONARY STATE SPACE MODELS

Abstract. The concepts of time invariance, stationarity, non-stationarity and immemorial time are considered for state space models (SSMs). Necessary and sufficient conditions for stationarity are given and connected with standard conditions. Expressions are given for the unconditional mean and covariance matrix of the state of a time-immemorial SSM. Application of the results is made to a variety of theoretical and empirical models and the initialization of the Kalman filter in the non-stationary case and for the ARIMA ( p, d, q ) model.     

降低过滤机滤饼水分和细粒煤脱水浅析

根据对选煤厂细粒煤样的实验室优化脱水试验、工业试验及分析结果 ,对真空系统、气水分离器和分配头实施了技术改造 ,细粒煤脱水系统的运行状况得到显著改善 :圆盘真空过滤机滤饼水分降到 2 0 %左右 ,脱饼率在 95 %以上 ,每年的直接经济效益可达 30 0多万元     

Filtration of liquid aerosols with a horizontal fibrous filter

The aim of this study was to determine the filtration efficiency and pressure drop in liquid aerosol capture mechanisms using a fibrous coalescent filter. The experimental set-up was designed to measure filtration efficiency and pressure drop through the filter. To avoid the gravimetric effect, the filter was placed horizontally. A series of experiments highlighted the importance of operating conditions such as filtration velocity and aerosol concentration. The results demonstrated the advantage of working at high velocities to minimise the resistance of the medium and to enhance the mass efficiency of the coalescent filter. In parallel, no effect of aerosol concentrations in the pressure drop increase was noted.     

Comparative study of the elimination of toluene vapours in twin biotrickling filters using two microorganisms Bacillus cereus S1 and S2

BACKGROUND: To investigate the microbial degradation performance of organic pollutants in the atmosphere using a biotrickling filter, two microorganism strains, Bacillus cereus S1 and Bacillus cereus S2, were selected, identified and inoculated into a twin biotrickling filter for comparison. RESULTS: Both strains showed good performance towards the degradation of model organic pollutants when gas flow rates ranged from 100 to 600 L h⁻¹. For S1, the total maximum removal efficiency (RE) of toluene was maintained nearly 100% not only at gas flow rates of 100 L h⁻¹ corresponding to empty bed residence time (EBRT) 199.44 s, but also at gas flow rates of 200 L h⁻¹ (EBRT = 99.72 s) and 300 L h⁻¹ (EBRT = 66.48 s). However, S2 had a much lower degradation capability; near 100% removal efficiency was obtained only at the gas flow rate of 100 L h⁻¹ although both bacteria belong to the same Bacillus cereus. With further increase in gas flow rate, the total REs for both S1 and S2 decreased slightly at first and then dropped sharply to 46% and 35%, respectively, at an EBRT of 33.24 s, corresponding to a gas flow rate of 600 L h⁻¹. Starvation for between 2 and 10 days resulted in the re‐acclimation times of both strains ranging between 1.0 and 15.5 h. CONCLUSION: Strain S1 would be a better choice for inoculation into a biotrickling filter than strain S2, because of its much higher toluene removal capacity and rapid recovery to full performance. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry