Dependence of critical current density on microstructure and processing of high-Tc superconductors

Microstructural origins for reduced weak-link behavior in high-J_c melt-processed YBCO, spray pyrolyzed thick films of Tl-1223, metallic precursor Y-124 polycrystalline powder-in-tube (PIT) wires and PIT Bi-2212/2223 are discussed. Since the materials studied are the highest J_c, polycrystalline, high-T_c superconductors fabricated worldwide, the results provide important guidelines for further improvements in superconducting properties, thereby enabling practical applications of these materials. It is found that strongly linked current flow within domains of melt-processed 123 occurs effectively through a single crystal path. In c-axis oriented, polycrystalline Tl-1223 thick films, local in-plane texture has been found to play a crucial role in the reduced weak-link behavior. Formation of “colonies” of grains with a common c-axis and modest in-plane misorientation was observed. Furthermore, a colony boundary in general has a varying misorientation along the boundary. Large regions comprised primarily of low angle boundaries were observed. Percolative transport through a network of such small angle boundaries appears to provide the nonweak-linked current path. Although powder-in-tube BSCCO 2212 and 2223 also appear to have a “colony” microstructure, there are some important differences. Colonies in BSCCO consist of stacks of grains with similar c-axis orientation in contrast to colonies in Tl-1223 films where few grains are stacked on top of one another. Furthermore, most grains within a colony in BSCCO have the same lateral dimensions as that of the colony, resulting largely largely in “twist” boundaries. Further microstructural characterization of high-J_c PIT 2212 and 2223 is currently underway. In the case of Y-124 wires, weak macroscopic in-plane texture is found. Additional measurements are underway to determine if a sharper, local in-plane texture also exists. It is found that in three of the four types of superconductors studied, reduced weak-link behavior can be ascribed to some degree of biaxial alignment between grains, either on a “local” or a “global” scale.     

N个振荡器相互注入锁定同步振荡系统

本文对Ｎ个振荡器相互注入锁定同步振荡系统提出了一种通用的分析方法。建立了该系统的完整非线性等效模型，导出了系统的状态方程。对于各种不同电路形式的振荡系统，只要将具体的电路参数代入，就可计算其输出功率，功率合成效率及工作频率等参数，从而使这类系统的计算机辅助分析和设计成为可能。     

毫米波谐波振荡器的Volterra级数分析法

本文基于Ｖｏｌｔｅｒｒａ级数法和非线性转移函数理论，提出了一种分析毫米波谐波振荡器的新方法，给出了描述其非线性特性的决定方程，通过求解一组非线性代数方程，便可计算出谐波振荡器的振荡频率和幅度。文中给出了具体分析实例，并与谐波平衡法等进行了比较，结果表明：这种方法具有理论严密、准确性高、适用范围广等特点，特别是利用一次决定方程的结果作为其它非线性数值分析方法的初始估值，则可大大地节约计算时间，并容易     

Error monitoring issues for common channel signaling

Motivated by field data which showed a large number of link changeovers and incidences of link oscillations between in-service and out-of-service states in common channel signalling (CCS) networks, a number of analyses of the link error monitoring procedures in the SS7 protocol were performed by the authors. This paper summarizes the results obtained thus far and include the following: (a) results of an exact analysis of the performance of the error monitoring procedures under both random and bursty errors; (b) a demonstration that there exists a range of error rates within which the error monitoring procedures of SS7 may induce frequent changeovers and changebacks; (c) an analysis of the performance of the SS7 level-2 transmission protocol to determine the tolerable error rates within which the delay requirements can be met; (d) a demonstration that the tolerable error rate depends strongly on various link and traffic characteristics, thereby implying that a single set of error monitor parameters will not work well in all situations; and (e) some recommendations on a customizable/adaptable scheme of error monitoring with a discussion on their implementability. These issues may be particularly relevant in the presence of anticipated increases in SS7 traffic due to widespread deployment of advanced intelligent network (AIN) and personal communications service (PCS) as well as for developing procedures for high-speed SS7 links currently under consideration by standards bodies     

P-N double quantum well resonant interband tunneling diode withpeak-to-valley current ratio of 144 at room temperature

The current-voltage characteristics of the P-N double quantum well resonant interband tunneling (RIT) diodes in InAlAs-InGaAs system have been improved in this letter. The peak-to-valley current ratio (PVCR) is as high as 144 at room temperature. As we know, this is the highest room temperature PVCR ever reported in any tunneling devices. Moreover, the influence of the central barrier thickness varying from 10 Å to 30 Å on the device characteristics is also studied     

Performance of trellis coded-8PSK with cochannel interference

The performance of trellis coded-8PSK in the presence of cochannel interference is analyzed and compared with the performance of uncoded QPSK. The analytical expressions are derived and supported by simulating the bit error rate performance of different TC-8PSK systems. The analytical and simulation results show that TC-8PSK is slightly more robust to cochannel interference than uncoded QPSK     

YAG脉冲激光器快速连通保护系统

本文阐述了ＹＡＧ脉冲激光器的一种快速连通保护系统，利用大功率二极管作为连通故障信号检出的关键元件，采用了可控硅与继电器双重保护，使得整个保护系统既快速可靠，又简便适用。     

MNLS inverse discriminates between neuronal activity on oppositewalls of a simulated sulcus of the brain

The minimum-norm least-squares (MNLS) inverse for magnetic field measurements is applied to a representation of a sulcus of the human brain, where one or both walls have regions of neuronal activity. Simulations indicate that the magnetic source image (MSI) is largely confined to the appropriate wall of the sulcus, even for a depth of 4 cm where the distance between walls is only 3 mm. Two nearly oppositely oriented dipoles located 3 mm apart are found to be distinguished. Influences on the quality of the MSI by measurement noise and inaccuracy in determining the image surface are discussed in detail     

An FDTD/ray-tracing analysis method for wave penetration through inhomogeneous walls

A novel method of studying wave penetration through inhomogeneous walls using the hybrid technique based on combining finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) and ray tracing methods is presented . The FDTD method is used to analyze the transmission characteristics of inhomogeneous walls. Using the knowledge of the tangential electric and magnetic field distributions along the borders of the FDTD computation domain, rays are sent out to cover the rest of the environment so that prediction of signal coverage can be made more efficiently without compromising the accuracy. Numerical results of the method have been compared and shown to agree very well with those of measurement and those of full wave analysis. Examples have shown the inadequacy of the traditional ray tracing method in the presence of walls made of concrete blocks. However, the proposed method can accurately predict signal coverage by taking into account the scattered fields by the inhomogeneity inside the walls. The method does not add much to computational complexity. Reduction in computation time is even more significant when the incident waves can be approximated to be plane waves and the wall structure is periodic.