RF/wireless-interconnect: The next wave of connectivity

In the era of the nanometer CMOS technology, due to stringent system requirements in power, performance and other fundamental physical limitations (such as mechanical reliability, thermal constraints, overall system form factor, etc.), future VLSI systems are relying more on ultra-high data rates (up to 100 Gbps/pin or 20 Tbps aggregate), scalable, re-configurable, highly compact and reliable interconnect fabric. To overcome such challenges, we first explore the use of multiband RF/wireless-interconnects wh...     

非球面超精密抛光技术研究现状

非球面应用范围的拓展以及应用精度要求的不断提高对非球面元件的尺寸精度与表面质量提出了更高要求;作为终加工手段,非球面超精密抛光技术也越来越受到世界各国的重视。掌握非球面超精密抛光过程中的材料去除机理以及由此导致的亚表面损伤等特性对提高非球面抛光的精度与效率十分重要。对非球面抛光技术的发展进行回顾,并根据非球面超精密抛光技术的发展脉络,阐述当前主要非球面超精密抛光技术的加工原理及加工实例,随后从亚表面损伤、边缘效应等方面对几种非球面超精密抛光技术进行比较,并以提高抛光精度与效率为目标,对非球面超精密抛光技术的发展趋势进行预测。     

一种高功率宽带光源的研制

报道一种新型的高功率宽带光源 ,它利用 1480nm激光器对掺铒光纤进行抽运 ,经啁啾光纤光栅反射后二次放大输出 ,其功率高达 1 41mW ,线宽为 10nm。该光源工作的线性区间对应的电流为 375～ 6 45mA。     

Low complexity probability-based piecewise linear approximation of the sigmoid function

In order to improve the network recognition accuracy in the low complexity condition, a piecewise linear sigmoid function approximation based on the distribution probability of the neurons’ values is proposed only with one addition circuit. The sigmoid function is first divided into three fixed regions. Second, according to the neurons’ values distribution probability, the curve in each region is segmented into sub-regions to reduce the approximation error and improve the recognition accuracy. The slope of the piecewise linear function is set as 2-n, effectively reducing the hardware implementation complexity. Experiments performed on Xilinx’s FPGA-XC7A200T implement the MNIST handwritten digits recognition. The results show that the proposed method achieves a 97.45% recognition accuracy in a deep neural network and 98.42% in a convolutional neural network, up to 0.84% and 0.57% higher than other approximation methods only with one addition circuit.     

PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GLUTEN-FREE PANCAKES FROM RICE AND SWEET POTATO FLOURS

Gluten‐free pancakes were prepared using rice flour and rice flour replaced with various amounts, at 10, 20 and 40%, of sweet potato flour. Textural properties of the cooked pancakes, such as hardness and chewiness generally increased with time after cooking, whereas they decreased with increased sweet potato flour replacement. On the other hand, cohesiveness decreased with time, but increased with increased sweet potato flour in the pancake. Nutritional properties of the rice–sweet potato pancakes, such as protein content, dietary fiber, total carbohydrate and calories were generally comparable with those of their wheat counterpart. The only significant difference was in the beta‐carotene content, which increased from 5.2 to 236.1 μg/g when sweet potato flour was incorporated, from 0 to 40%, into the rice pancake formulation.     

Partial Separation and Characterization of Papaya Endo- and Exo-Polygalacturonase

Exo- and endo-polygalacturonases (EC 3.2.1.40 and EC 3.2.1.15) in papayas were extracted, purified 20- and 90-fold, respectively, and characterized. Both enzymes functioned optimally at pH 4.6 and 45°C. Heat inactivation of the papaya PGases was biphasic and both phases followed first order kinetics. Decreasing the pH from 4.6 to 3.6 decreased the time required for their heat inactivation. The activation energies for the thermal inactivation at pH 3.6 and 4.6 were 85 and 92 kcal/mol, respectively, for endo-PGase (PG I) and 140 and 102 kcal/mol, respectively, for exo-PGase (PG II). The apparent molecular weight was determined by gel filtration to be 164,000 daltons for PG I and 34,000 daltons for PG II.     

Cr-Si粉末冶金工艺及其物理-力学性能

粉末冶金制作法主要有热压(HP)、热等静压(HIP)及常压烧结(Sinter)三种.采用热压及热等静压法可以很容易地得到高致密化的高温金属硅化物,但若要进行大尺寸的产品烧结,必须提升生产设备的规格和能力,例如加大热压机力吨位、扩大热压炉腔体等,致使设备投资及生产成本相对昂贵.所以大部分厂商宁可采用常压烧结法,虽然该法的高致密化工艺条件不易控制,却因可以制作大尺寸金属硅化物,加上设备投资及生产成本相对降低,使许多大厂已投入相当大的人力和物力在开发此工艺.该文作者试用不同真空烧结温度,造成Cr-Si合金粉末烧结性质的差异,探讨稳定而可大量生产的可行性;并通过对温度的控制,来改善Cr-Si的物理性质与力学性质.结果表明,提高烧结温度会使Cr-Si合金产生部分液相烧结的现象,从而使孔隙率显著下降;但显微结构也随之有偏析与晶粒粗化的现象.     

Arbitrary eigenvalue assignments for linear time-varying multivariable control systems

The problem of eigenvalue assignments for a class of linear time-varying multi-variable systems is considered. Using matrix operators and canonical transformations, it is shown that a time-varying system that is ‘lexicography-fixedly controllable’ can be made via state feedback to be equivalent to a time-invariant system whose eigenvalues are arbitrarily assignable. A simple algorithm for the design of the state feedback is provided.     

Design of reduced-order state estimators for linear time-varying multivariable systems

The design of reduced-order state estimators for linear time-varying multivariable systems is considered. Employing the concepts of matrix operators and the method of canonical transformations, this paper shows that there exists a reduced-order state estimator for linear time-varying systems that are ‘lexicography-fixedly observable’. In addition, the eigenvalues of the estimator can be arbitrarily assigned. A simple algorithm is proposed for the design of the state estimator.