Integrating R&D and marketing: a comparison of practices in theJapanese and American chemical industries

The authors analyze survey information collected from R&D and marketing managers working for American and Japanese chemical manufacturers. They report three key differences in the R&D marketing relationships between Japanese and American firms. Those differences involve the procedures for allocating the tasks between the functional areas, the activities assigned to each area as a result, and the potential for conflict between the two functions. Specifically, the authors find evidence that R&D departments in Japanese firms have a larger role in new product development than do marketing departments. American firms are not characterized by the same asymmetry in their relationship. Finally, the American firms studied did exhibit a greater potential for conflict between functions     

硅晶片双面超精密化学机械抛光

为提高硅晶片双面超精密抛光的抛光速率,在分析双抛工艺过程基础上,采用自制大粒径二氧化硅胶体磨料配制了SIMIT8030-Ⅰ型新型纳米抛光液,在双垫双抛机台上进行抛光实验.抛光液、抛光前后厚度、平坦性能及粗糙度通过SEM、ADE-9520型晶片表面测试仪、AFM进行了表征.结果表明:与进口抛光液Nalco2350相比,SIMIT8030-Ⅰ型抛光液不仅提高抛光速率40%(14μm/h vs 10μm/h);而且表面平坦性TTV和TIR得到改善;表面粗糙度由0.4728nm降至0.2874nm,即提高抛光速率同时显著改善了抛光表面平坦性和粗糙度.     

Training sequence design and channel estimation of OFDM-CDMA broadband wireless access networks with diversity techniques

In this paper, an OFDM-CDMA system employing various diversity schemes is considered for a possible candidate of broadband wireless access networks and broadcasting applications. With an emphasis on a preamble design for multi-channel separation, we address a channel estimation based on the time-domain windowing and its imperfectness in OFDM-based multiple-antenna transmission systems. By properly designing each preamble for multiple antennas to be orthogonal in the time domain, the channel estimation can be applied to the HIPERLAN/2 and IEEE 802.11a standards in the case of more than two transmit antennas. Also, the effect of diversity techniques on the performance of OFDM-CDMA based broadband wireless access networks is investigated and the maximum achievable diversity gain for a two-path Rayleigh fading environment is evaluated. Simulation results show that the OFDM-CDMA system applying a space-time-frequency diversity with a full-rate full diversity code can give the diversity of D=4 and D=8 for both multi-user cases of maximum user and half user capacities, respectively.     

Electrotunable Non‐reciprocal Laser Emission from a Liquid‐Crystal Photonic Device

A liquid crystal (LC) photonic device with an anisotropic optical heterojunction structure has been fabricated. The device has a phase‐retarding nematic LC (NLC) layer sandwiched between two polymer cholesteric LC films with right‐handed helices of different pitches. Electrotunable non‐reciprocal light transmittance and unidirectional circularly polarized (CP) lasing emission have been successfully demonstrated for this device structure. Two left CP (LCP) lasing emission peaks are observed at the edges of the overlapping region between the two photonic bands in the structure and are shifted upon the application of a voltage. In contrast, a non‐reciprocal right CP (RCP) lasing emission peak emerges at one of the band edges and diminishes upon the application of a voltage. These phenomena are interpreted based on the selective reflection of RCP light and the reorientation of the NLC molecules by the application of a voltage.     

洪水水文预报系统

水文预报系统是计算机算法应用于水文预报的一次实践 ,在从产汇流原理出发 ,详细阐述系统结构 ,工作原理及系统特征 ,还对软件的应用及今后开发前景进行了展望 ,随着社会发展和科技进步 ,实施计算机预报系统便于提高预报精度 ,增强水文预报的时效性 ,将使水文预报作用日益显著。     

MCM用氮化铝共烧多层陶瓷基板的研究

通过实验优化AlN(氮化铝)瓷料配方及排胶工艺,对共烧W(钨)导体浆料性能及AlN多层基板的高温共烧工艺进行了研究,并对AlN多层基板的界面进行了扫描电镜分析。采用AlN流延生瓷片与W高温共烧的方法,成功地制备出了高热导率的AlN多层陶瓷基板,其热导率为190 W/(m·K),线膨胀系数为4.6106℃1(RT~400℃),布线层数9层,W导体方阻为9.8 m,翘曲度为0.01 mm/50 mm,完全满足高功率MCM的使用要求。     

K- and Q-bands CMOS frequency sources with X-band quadrature VCO

Fully integrated 10-, 20-, and 40-GHz frequency sources are presented, which are implemented with a 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS process. A 10-GHz quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO) is designed to have output with a low dc level, which can be effectively followed by a frequency multiplier. The proposed multipliers generate signals of 20 and 40 GHz using the harmonics of the QVCO. To have more harmonic power, a frequency doubler with pinchoff clipping is used without any buffers or dc-level shifters. The QVCO has a low phase noise of -118.67 dBc/Hz at a 1-MHz offset frequency with a 1.8-V power supply. The transistor size effect on phase noise is investigated. The frequency doubler has a low phase noise of -111.67 dBc/Hz at a 1-MHz offset frequency is measured, which is 7 dB higher than a phase noise of the QVCO. The doubler can be tuned between 19.8-22 GHz and the output is -6.83 dBm. A fourth-order frequency multiplier, which is used to obtain 40-GHz outputs, shows a phase noise of -102.0 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset frequency with the output power of -18.0 dBm. A large tuning range of 39.3-43.67 GHz (10%) is observed.     

中国西南武陵山区跳蛛新种记述（蜘蛛目：跳蛛科）

本文记述跳蛛科13个新种,采自西南武陵山地区。暗跳蛛Asemonea、列锡蛛Lycidas和法老蛛Pharacocerus 3属为我国新记录属。     

Cd-Sn(0.2)-Zn三元合金高压相图的测定

 为了验证三元合金高压相图的计算结果，本文采用高压DTA方法，测定了Cd-Sn-Zn三元系中x_Sn=20 at.%截面的高压垂直截面相图，实验压力为0、0.5、1.0、1.5 GPa。测得的常压相图（p=0 GPa）中其液相线与H. J. Bray的实验结果完全相符，所得高压相图与常压相图比较，在p=1.5 GPa时低共晶点上移了大约35 K，共析组成向富锌端移动了大约8%。     

Studies on self-pumped phase conjugation in Cu-doped (K0.5Na0.5)0.2(Sr0.61Ba0.39)0.9Nb2O6 crystals

The use of Cu-doped (K_0.5Na_0.5)_0.2(Sr_0.61Ba_0.39)_0.9Nb₂O₆ as self-pumped phase conjugators using internal reflection is reported. Reflectivities as high as 63% at 5145.5 nm and 60% at 632.8 nm were realized. It was found that the photorefractive response changes significantly at different doping concentration. The responses of the crystals to the laser wavelength, incident angle and dopant concentration are studied.