空间自适应正则化超分辨率图像重建

超分辨率图像重建是一个病态问题,在重建过程中需要正则化处理,而正则化重建会引入正则化误差及重建过程中由于病态性而引入的噪声放大误差,且这两类误差均和图像的空间局部特性有关.提出根据图像的局部空间统计特性自适应控制超分辨率图像正则化重建算法,采用图像局部统计方差来区分图像棱边区域及平滑区域,在图像的棱边区域加强图像的约束重建,而在图像的平滑区域加强正则化.实验表明该算法能有效地减小重建误差,算法的信噪比得益优于传统的正则化重建算法及总变分模型重建算法,并且对正则化参数的选择具有一定的鲁棒性.     

低功耗数字控制超长波发射与接收系统

针对管道、矿山和水下等特殊环境中的信息通讯与信号传输等问题,根据超长波(ELF Electromagnetic Wave)具有传播损耗小且相位稳定等特点,给出了超长波发射与接收系统的设计原理与实现过程.发射系统采用单片机控制,输出的信号经发射天线产生23 Hz超长波,接收系统对采集到的信号进行带通滤波及放大处理.工程实验表明,所设计的系统在锂电池供电状态下,具有发射功耗低(连续工作时间大于72 h)、发射功率大(传播距离大于10 m)、且对接收的信号处理快速可靠(动态时滞小于5 s)等优点.     

Digital‐to‐analog converter with gamma correction on glass substrate for TFT‐panel applications

Abstract— Low‐temperature polysilicon (LTPS) technology has a tendency towards integrating all circuits on glass substrate. However, the poly‐Si TFTs suffered poor uniformity with large variations in the device characteristics due to a narrow laser process window for producing large‐grained poly‐Si TFTs. The device variation is a serious problem for circuit realization on the LCD panel, so how to design reliable on‐panel circuits is a challenge for system‐on‐panel (SOP) applications. In this work, a 6‐bit R‐string digital‐to‐analog converter (DAC) with gamma correction on glass substrate for TFT‐panel applications is proposed. The proposed circuit, which is composed of a folded R‐string circuit, a segmented digital decoder, and reordering of the decoding circuit, has been designed and fabricated in a 3‐μm LTPS technology. The area of the new proposed DAC circuit is effectively reduced to about one‐sixth compared to that of the conventional circuit for the same LTPS process.     

基于MSP430单片机的智能多功能电流测试仪

针对现有电源设备在测试电容和压敏电阻等元件的故障电流时,存在检测精度低、实时性差、电路复杂等问题,设计了一种基于MSP430F449单片机的新型智能多功能电流测试仪。该电流测试仪具有电路简单、灵敏度高、响应时间短、功耗低等特点,有推广应用价值。     

基于RDMA的区块传输机制设计与实现

随着区块链技术的不断发展,区块的传输延迟成为区块链系统可扩展性的性能瓶颈。远程直接内存访问（RDMA）技术能够支持高带宽和低时延的数据传输,为低延迟区块传输提供了新的思路。因此,结合RDMA原语的特性,设计了用于区块信息共享的区块目录结构,并在此基础上设计并实现了区块传输的基本工作过程。实验结果表明,相较于基于TCP的方案,在1 MB大小的区块上基于RDMA的区块传输机制将节点间的区块传输延迟降低了44%,全网络的区块传输延迟降低了24.4%,在10 000节点规模的区块链上,区块链发生临时分叉的数量降低了22.6%。可见,基于RDMA的区块传输机制充分发挥了高速网络的性能优势,降低了区块传输延迟及临时分叉的数量,提高了现有区块链系统的可扩展性。     

Image super resolution model enabled by wavelet lifting with optimized deep convolutional neural network

This paper plans to develop an intelligent super resolution model with the linkage of Wavelet lifting scheme and Deep learning algorithm. Before initiating the resolution procedure, the entire HR images are converted into Low Resolution (LR) images using bicubic interpolation-based downsampling and upsampling. Further, the Wavelet lifting scheme helps to generate the four subbands of each image like LR wavelet Sub-Bands for LR images, and High Resolution (HR) wavelet Sub-Bands for HR images. The residual image is generated by taking the difference between the LR wavelet Sub-Bands and HR wavelet Sub-Bands images. The proposed model involves two main phases: Training phase and Testing. The training phase trains the residual image of all images by Deep Convolutional Neural Network with LR wavelet Sub-Bands as input and residual image as target. On the other hand, in testing phase, the LR wavelet Sub-Bands query image is subjected to Deep Convolutional Neural Network, which outputs the concerned residual image. This generated residual image is summed with LR wavelet Sub-Bands image, followed by inverse wavelet lifting scheme to obtain the final super resolution image. The main contribution of this paper is to improve the conventional Deep Convolutional Neural Network by optimizing the number of hidden layer, and hidden neurons using modified Whale Optimization Algorithm called Average Fitness Enabled Whale Optimization Algorithm by considering the objective of maximizing the Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio. Finally, the proposed method achieves an improved quality of the results which is comparable the existing models.     

基于低频触发的高精度RFID定位系统的设计与实现

为了解决传统RFID定位技术中存在的定位精度差和电子标签功耗高这2个问题,提出了一种基于低频触发的2.4GHz高精度区域定位系统的设计方案。该方案将低频125kHz触发信号与2.4GHz射频信号相结合,采用低频唤醒的方法极大降低了电子标签的功耗,利用可调节触发距离的触发机制将RFID系统的定位精度进一步提高.基于该方案设计了2.4GHz有源电子标签、125kHz触发器和2.4GHz阅读器三个子系统。阅读器与触发器的分离式设计,节约了铺设成本。系统硬件电路设计中加入了可调电位器和数字电压调节器,分别对识别距离和触发距离进行调节,使设备的配置更为方便,增强了系统的实用性。测试数据显示,阅读器与标签的最大通信距离长达120m,有源电子标签的待机时间约为2a(年),RFID定位系统能够实现1~5.2m的可调定位精度。测试结果验证了该方案的有效性。     

Can twice weekly hemodialysis expand patient access under resource constraints?

The convention of prescribing hemodialysis on a thrice weekly schedule began empirically when it seemed that this frequency was convenient and likely to treat symptoms for a majority of patients. Later, when urea was identified as the main target and marker of clearance, studies supported the prevailing notion that thrice weekly dialysis provided appropriate clearance of urea. Today, national guidelines on hemodialysis from most countries recommend patients receive at least thrice weekly therapy. However, resource constraints in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC) have resulted in a substantial proportion of patients using less frequent hemodialysis in these settings. Observational studies of patients on twice weekly dialysis show that twice weekly therapy has noninferior survival rates compared with thrice weekly therapy. In fact, models of urea clearance also show that twice weekly therapy can meet urea clearance “targets” if patients have significant residual function or if they follow a protein‐restricted diet, as may be common in LMIC. Greater reliance on twice weekly therapy, at least at the start of hemodialysis, therefore has potential to reduce health care costs and increase access to renal replacement therapy in low‐resource settings; however, randomized control trials are needed to better understand long‐term outcomes of twice versus thrice weekly therapy.     

Reducing Hysteresis and Enhancing Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells Using Low‐Temperature Processed Y‐Doped SnO2 Nanosheets as Electron Selective Layers

Despite the rapid increase of efficiency, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) still face some challenges, one of which is the current–voltage hysteresis. Herein, it is reported that yttrium‐doped tin dioxide (Y‐SnO₂) electron selective layer (ESL) synthesized by an in situ hydrothermal growth process at 95 °C can significantly reduce the hysteresis and improve the performance of PSCs. Comparison studies reveal two main effects of Y doping of SnO₂ ESLs: (1) it promotes the formation of well‐aligned and more homogeneous distribution of SnO₂ nanosheet arrays (NSAs), which allows better perovskite infiltration, better contacts of perovskite with SnO₂ nanosheets, and improves electron transfer from perovskite to ESL; (2) it enlarges the band gap and upshifts the band energy levels, resulting in better energy level alignment with perovskite and reduced charge recombination at NSA/perovskite interfaces. As a result, PSCs using Y‐SnO₂ NSA ESLs exhibit much less hysteresis and better performance compared with the cells using pristine SnO₂ NSA ESLs. The champion cell using Y‐SnO₂ NSA ESL achieves a photovoltaic conversion efficiency of 17.29% (16.97%) when measured under reverse (forward) voltage scanning and a steady‐state efficiency of 16.25%. The results suggest that low‐temperature hydrothermal‐synthesized Y‐SnO₂ NSA is a promising ESL for fabricating efficient and hysteresis‐less PSC.