On error bounds for lower semicontinuous functions

We give some sufficient conditions for proper lower semicontinuous functions on metric spaces to have error bounds (with exponents). For a proper convex function f on a normed space X the existence of a local error bound implies that of a global error bound. If in addition X is a Banach space, then error bounds can be characterized by the subdifferential of f. In a reflexive Banach space X, we further obtain several sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of error bounds in terms of the lower Dini derivative of f. Received: April 27, 2001 / Accepted: November 6, 2001?Published online April 12, 2002     

A circular crossed-field amplifier for in situ measurements, studyof reentrant beam effects, and comparison with numerical simulation

A low frequency, injected beam, circular format crossed-field amplifier has been designed and constructed for the purpose of studying electron-radio frequency wave interaction in reentrant devices. The device has been designed to allow in situ diagnostic probe measurements in the space between the anode and sole. The device has been operated in nonreentrant, fully reentrant, and reentrancy controlled configurations. Details of the design and operating parameters are described. Device characteristics are examined with respect to the amount of circulating charge or degree of reentrancy. A large increase in gain has been achieved from nonreentrant to the fully reentrant format. A gain of 7.2 dB has been obtained for the latter whereas only 3.8 dB has been obtained for the former with 30 mA of injected beam current. A maximum gain of 14.4 dB has been achieved for the fully reentrant configuration. Electron beam and noise measurements versus the degree of reentrancy have also been examined. Results from the nonreentrant amplifier performance have been directly compared with the MASK simulation code and good agreement has been obtained. These experiments will provide the basis for more detailed investigations on the effect of reentrancy on CFA operation and will also allow for the development of more accurate computer models of the reentrant system for numerical simulation of CFA operation     

Two-dimensional simulation of silicon avalanche cathodes

The characteristics of silicon avalanche cathode as a novel electron emitting device with ultra-shallow p-n junctions have been studied using the two-dimensional device simulator PISCES-IIB. The steady-state simulation indicates that the nonplanar surface topology resulting from fabrication process causes current crowding near the edge of the emitting area where the surface step exists. Current crowding degrades the emission uniformity and also reduces the emission current under increased reverse bias. The nonplanar surface structure also causes punchthrough in the epitaxial layer as the reverse bias on the cathode increases. As a result, the percentage of the cathode current contributing to emission decreases, reducing the emission efficiency consequently. The simulation shows that the portion of the cathode current that flows through the emitting area drops to as much as 30% at cathode bias higher than 12 V, compared to the same current just after breakdown. This also affects the rate of increase in the total emission current which is the product of the emission efficiency and the overall cathode current     

HfOxNy的场发射特性

用直流溅射和高温退火相结合的方法制备了HfOxNy薄膜并测试了其场发射性能,发现其具有较低的开启电场、较大的发射电流密度以及很好的发射稳定性.高压"锻炼"对提高HfOxNy场发射性能起着关键作用,这与高压"锻炼"下薄膜内部结构和表面性质的改变有关.对场发射机理的研究表明,HfOxNy的场发射符合经典的FN隧穿理论.     

Efficient 3-d capacitance extraction considering lossy substrate with multilayered green's function

An efficient algorithm for extraction of three-dimensional (3-D) capacitance on multilayered and lossy substrates is presented. The new algorithm presents a major improvement over the quasi-3-D approach used in a Green's function-based solver and takes into consideration the sidewalls of 3-D conductors. To improve the efficiency of the computation and the transformation of the Green's function, a nonuniform grid is adopted. The most computationally intensive part in the transformation of the Green's function is computed separately as technology-independent matrices Tk foremost. Once computed, Tk can be stored and used for any technology, thus the storage requirement and computational complexity are reduced from O (S/sup 2/) and O (S/sup 2/ log S/sup 2/), respectively, to just O [(log S/sub max/)/sup 2/]. Extensive tests have been performed to verify the new algorithm, and its accuracy has been established by comparing with other programs.     

Dynamic bandwidth allocation for quality-of-service over Ethernet PONs

Ethernet-based passive optical network (EPON) technology is being considered as a promising solution for next-generation broadband access networks due to the convergence of low-cost Ethernet equipment and low-cost fiber infrastructures. A major feature for this new architecture is the use of a shared transmission media between all users; hence, medium access control arbitration mechanisms are essential for the successful implementation of EPON: i.e., to ensure a contention-free transmission and provide end users with equal access to the shared media. We propose to use the multipoint control protocol defined by the IEEE 802.3ah task force to arbitrate the transmission of different users, and we present different dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithms to allocate bandwidths effectively and fairly between end users. These DBA algorithms are also augmented to support differentiated services, a crucial requirement for a converged broadband access network with heterogeneous traffic. We show that queueing delays under strict bandwidth allocation algorithms result in an unexpected behavior for certain traffic classes, and we suggest the use of DBA with appropriate local queue management to alleviate this inappropriate behavior. We conduct detailed simulation experiments to study the performance and validate the effectiveness of the proposed protocols.     

Performance of Alamouti transmit diversity over time-varying Rayleigh-fading channels

We analyze the impact of a time-varying Rayleigh-fading channel on the performance of an Alamouti transmit-diversity scheme. We propose several optimal and suboptimal detection strategies for mitigating the effects of a time-varying channel, and derive expressions for their bit-error probability as a function of the channel correlation coefficient /spl rho/. We find that the maximum-likelihood detector that optimally compensates for the time-varying channel is very tolerant to time-varying fading, attaining full diversity order even for the extreme case of /spl rho/=0. In contrast, although lower in complexity, the suboptimal schemes suffer a diversity penalty and are thus suitable only for slowly fading channels.     

一个面积和功耗优化且适用于10/100 Base-T以太网的CMOS时钟恢复电路

提出了一个新的用于10 / 10 0 Base- T以太网中面积和功耗优化的时钟恢复电路.它采用双环路的结构,加快了锁相环路的捕获和跟踪速度;采用复用的方式,通过选择信号控制电路可分别在10 Mbps或10 0 Mbps模式下独立工作且能方便地实现模式间的互换,与采用两个独立的CDR电路相比节省了一半的面积;同时,电路中采用一般的延迟单元来取代DL L,并能保证环路性能不随工艺温度等条件引起的延迟单元、延迟时间的变化而变化,从而节省了功耗.Hspice模拟结果显示,在Vdd=2 .5 V时,10 0 Mbps模式下电路的功耗约为75 m W,稳态相差为0 .3 ns;10 Mbps模式时电路功耗为5 8m W     

移动消息类业务的发展演进趋势分析

随着国内外SMS业务的巨大成功，移动消息类业务的市场潜力初步显露，并逐步呈现了SMS与EMS、UMS、MMS、IM等多种不同标准的消息类业务互相竞争的局面。通过对移动消息业业务发展历史的回顾，在对SMS的成功要素与UMS、MMS业务对比分析基础上，探讨了移动消息类业务发展演进趋势。     

Cramer-Rao bounds for parametric shape estimation in inverse problems

We address the problem of computing fundamental performance bounds for estimation of object boundaries from noisy measurements in inverse problems, when the boundaries are parameterized by a finite number of unknown variables. Our model applies to multiple unknown objects, each with its own unknown gray level, or color, and boundary parameterization, on an arbitrary known background. While such fundamental bounds on the performance of shape estimation algorithms can in principle be derived from the Cramer-Rao lower bounds, very few results have been reported due to the difficulty of computing the derivatives of a functional with respect to shape deformation. We provide a general formula for computing Cramer-Rao lower bounds in inverse problems where the observations are related to the object by a general linear transform, followed by a possibly nonlinear and noisy measurement system. As an illustration, we derive explicit formulas for computed tomography, Fourier imaging, and deconvolution problems. The bounds reveal that highly accurate parametric reconstructions are possible in these examples, using severely limited and noisy data.