GaN材料系列的研究进展

ＧａＮ及其合金作为第三代半导体材料具有一系列优异的物理和化学性质，在光电子器件，高温大功率电子器件及高频微波器件应用方面具有广阔的前景，已成为当前高科技领域的研究重点，论述了这种材料的研究历史与发展现状，物理与化学性质，薄膜的生长方法及在光学电子和微电子器件应用于方面的研究进展。     

Static and dynamic analysis of tunable two-section high-speeddistributed feedback laser utilizing the gain lever effect

Analysis of a novel semiconductor laser structure designed for obtaining wide tuning range along with high speed modulation response is presented. The laser consists of a composite cavity structure with two active (gain) sections. One of the sections has a grating corrugation while the other is flat. A detailed round-trip analysis is combined with the rate equations, which include sublinear gain/carrier relation, to perform steady-state and small-signal analysis. It is shown that the biasing (dc) condition of the different sections plays a critical role in the determination of the dynamic response of the device. In addition, we show that the gain-lever effect can be utilized for a considerable enhancement of the frequency modulation (FM) response. Other critical structural parameters such as the grating coupling coefficient and device geometry are discussed     

浅谈ispLSI及其应用

本文以ｉｓｐＬＩＳＩ１０００系列为例，对ｉｓｐ技术及ｉｓｐＬＳＩ器件进行了较为详细的介绍，并结合具体设计实例，介绍ｉｓｐＬＳ开发工具的使用。     

用边界元法提取VLSI版图电阻

介绍了ＶＬＳＩ版图验证中电阻提取的基本原理和主要方法，给出了一种新颖的基于边界元法的电阻提取算法。该算法采用变节点单元，较好地解决了实际问题中经常出现的角点问题。通过应用该算法对几个实例进行提取，证明使用本文的算法不仅在精度上而且在占用ＣＰＵ时间上都取得了令人满意的效果     

Multimedia Signal Processors: An Architectural Platform with Algorithmic Compilation

Novel algorithmic features of multimedia applications and advances in VLSI technologies are driving forces behind the new multimedia signal processors. We propose an architecture platform which could provide high performance and flexibility, and would require less external I/O and memory access. It is comprised of array processors to be used as the hardware accelerator and RISC cores to be used as the basis of the programmable processor. It is a hierarchical and scalable architecture style which facilitates the hardware-software codesign of multimedia signal processing circuits and systems. While some control-intensive functions can be implemented using programmable CPUs, other computation-intensive functions can rely on hardware accelerators.To compile multimedia algorithms, we also present an operation placement and scheduling scheme suitable for the proposed architectural platform. Our scheme addresses data reusability and exploits local communication in order to avoid the memory/communication bandwidth bottleneck, which leads to faster program execution. Our method shows a promising performance: a linear speed-up of 16 times can be achieved for the block-matching motion estimation algorithm and the true motion tracking algorithm, which have formed many multimedia applications (e.g., MPEG-2 and MPEG-4).     

Low-voltage BiCMOS dynamic minimum circuit using a parallelcomparison algorithm for fuzzy controllers

The authors present a low-voltage BiCMOS dynamic minimum circuit using a parallel comparison algorithm for VLSI implementation of fuzzy controllers. Using low-voltage BiCMOS dynamic circuits and a parallel comparison algorithm, a four-4-bit-input minimum circuit designed, based on a 1μm BiCMOS technology, shows a 9.5ns comparison time, which is a ×2.5 improvement in speed as compared to that based on CMOS technology     

Molecular Orbital Calculations on 2, 4, 6-Trinitrotoluene

Three ab initio calculations (HF/6-3IG, HF/6-3IG*, and HF/6-3IG**) on 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene were made, The results compare well with xray data, except dihedral angles of NO₂ relative to the plane of the benzene ring. The deviations are attributed to packing forces and steric effects in the crystal. The most stable structure was a torsional angle 10° of the methyl top with the benzene ring, unlike toluene. The rotational barriers of the methyl top and the 4-nitro group are small. Hydrogen bonding, dipole moments and total atomic charges arc calculated.     

Broadcast digital subscriber lines

The adoption of asymmetrical digital subscriber lines (ADSL) technology in conjunction with the broadcast digital subscriber lines (BDSL) proposed in this paper could provide a cost effective solution for the introduction of digital video services in the near term. BDSL provides the same digital broadcast video programs to all subscribers through existing twisted pair telephone loops. In this paper, the basics of telephone loop-based digital subscriber lines are first discussed. Then the potential of BDSL is explored in the twisted pair loop plant near end crosstalk (NEXT), far end crosstalk (FEXT), and white noise environment. The capability of BDSL is examined with different serving areas and transmit power levels. The possibility of using orthogonal quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) to implement a zero guard-band BDSL system is studied. Computer BDSL performance simulations are then presented. The combination of high-bit-rate digital subscriber lines (HDSL), ADSL, and BDSL can provide telephone subscribers many digital broadband services     

A soft switching active snubber optimized for IGBT's in singleswitch unity power factor three-phase diode rectifiers

This paper describes a soft switching active snubber for an IGBT operating in a single switch unity power factor three-phase diode rectifier. The soft switching snubber circuit provides zero-voltage turn-off for the main switch. The high turn-off losses of the IGBT due to current tailing are reduced by zero-voltage switching. This allows the circuit to be operated at very high switching frequencies with regulated DC output voltage, high quality input current and unity input power factor. Simulation and experimental results are included