《全球报道3》：全球模拟、电源、系统和IC设计

2004年,我们考虑将全球报道作为每年的一项工作,它将使我们能充分利用我们在全球的编辑资源,并以我们的文章为全球读者服务。读者似乎很欣赏创刊版和2005版,因此我们现在提供第三期年度报道。全世界的工程师都面临着按照国际标准和规定来做设计,其工作的全球市场潜力等全球性问题。我们相信:您将会发现《全球报道3》在这两方面都会给予您启发。今年,我们的全球报道侧重于各种围绕四个设计领域的全球性问题。模拟设计,电源系统设计,基于微处理器的设计、芯片设计。本期全球报道都包含一篇针对上述每个领域的基础文章。此外,每个部分都包含若干篇附文,用其它学科、产品和应用的相关信息来实现全面覆盖,例如测试、可编程逻辑和无线通信。     

计算机辅助设计大大简化了功率因素变换器的设计

由于能源调节的持续增长，电源变得越来越复杂。人们意识到需要一个更简单的方式进行设计时，出现了计算机辅助设计工具。这篇文章就论述了此工具如何很快产生一个连续导通模式升压功率因素校正设计的优势。全部设计已经得到证实，并且会提供一些相关的公式。     

Positive value of information in games

We exhibit a general class of interactive decision situations in which all the agents benefit from more information. This class includes as a special case the classical comparison of statistical experiments à la Blackwell. AMS 2000 Subject Classification:Primary 91A35.The work of Bruno Bassan and Marco Scarsini was partially supported by MIUR-COFIN. The authors express their thanks to Sylvain Sorin for enlightening comments.     

Real-Time Adaptive Multiple Transforms for the Next Generation Software Video Decoders

Journal of Signal Processing Systems - The next generation of video codecs incorporate multiple transforms as a part of their transform core. However, some of the new transform types introduced in...     

Robust stability of hybrid Roesser models against parametric uncertainty: a general approach

This paper aims at proposing a general framework for the establishement of LMI conditions to analyse the robust stability of a singular hybrid Roesser model subject to parametric uncertainties. The uncertain parameters are involved through implicit Linear Fractional Representations (LFR). Special focus is put on the influence of the number of uncertain parameters and the dimensionality of the model. More precisely it is shown that each dimension can nearly be regarded as an uncertain parameter and the other way around. Therefore, their influence on the conservatism of the obtained condition is very similar.     

Rank-one LMI Approach to Stability of 2-D Polynomial Matrices

Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing -     

Corrosion Products Formed on Mild Steel Samples Submerged in Various Aqueous Solutions

Corroded samples, from the steel shell of an industrial evaporator system were investigated. A protective magnetite layer had formed, which subsequently dissolved in localised areas, resulting in failure of the shell. To clarify the mechanisms involved, mild steel samples of similar composition to the steel shell were submerged in the condensate and experiments were performed at room temperature and at 90°C under both static and dynamic conditions for exposure times up to 30 days. Control samples were submerged in deionised water under similar conditions. The dynamic corrosion rates in the industrial condensate were a factor of 2 higher than the rates for the deionised water, whilst static corrosion rates, measured in both media, were lower by a factor of 3 to 4 found for the dynamic experiments. The corrosion products were identified by means of CEMS analyses. The main components were magnetite and oxyhydroxides of iron. Additional to the species mentioned, -Fe₂O₃, goethite and hematite formed.     

Tight and Scalable Side-Channel Attack Evaluations through Asymptotically Optimal Massey-like Inequalities on Guessing Entropy

The bounds presented at CHES 2017 based on Massey’s guessing entropy represent the most scalable side-channel security evaluation method to date. In this paper, we present an improvement of this method, by determining the asymptotically optimal Massey-like inequality and then further refining it for finite support distributions. The impact of these results is highlighted for side-channel attack evaluations, demonstrating the improvements over the CHES 2017 bounds.