Guard rings: Structures,design methodology,integration, experimental results,and analysis for RF CMOS and RF mixed signal BiCMOS silicon germanium technology

This paper will first focus on the guard ring structures, design methodology, integration, experimental results and analysis. In this paper, the focus will be on test structure design issues, electrical characterization, and computer aided design (CAD) methodologies for advanced digital design, and mixed signal applications. The integration of “parameterized cell” guard ring structures concept into a Cadence™ based design methodology for the construction of electrostatic discharge (ESD) structures, I/O design, and latchup for radio frequency (RF) CMOS and Silicon Germanium technology will be discussed. The importance of the guard ring p-cell allows for evaluation of internal and external latchup, and the ability to verify the presence of the guard ring for whole chip design checking, verification and synthesis will be addressed. Additionally, this independent guard ring concept opens the door for a new methodology for RF design of primitive and hierarchical implementations.     

Investigation of Galilean invariance of multi-phase lattice Boltzmann methods

We examine the Galilean invariance of standard lattice Boltzmann methods for two-phase fluids. We show that the known Galilean invariant term that is cubic in the velocities, and is usually neglected, is a major source of Galilean invariance violations. We show that incorporating a correction term can improve the Galilean invariance of the method by up to two orders of magnitude for large velocities. We found that this is true in particular for methods in which the interactions are incorporated through a forcing term. Methods in which interactions are incorporated through a non-ideal pressure tensor only benefit for large velocities.     

Synthesis and herbicidal activity of O,O-dialkyl phenoxyacetoxyalkylphosphonates containing fluorine

A series of substituted phenoxyacetoxyalkylphosphonates bearing fluorine were designed and synthesized. All the new compounds were identified by elemental analysis, IR, ¹H NMR and MS and were tested for herbicidal activity in greenhouse at a rate of 1.5 kg/ha. The results of preliminary bioassay showed that fluorine moiety introduced to the core structure could help to improve the herbicidal activity, and compounds with a 3-trifluoromethyl in benzene ring exhibited higher inhibitory activity.     

EXISTENCE OF GLOBAL SMOOTH SOLUTION FOR SCALAR CONSERVATION LAWS WITH DEGENERATE VISCOSITY IN 2-DIMENSIONAL SPACE

This article concerns the existence of global smooth solution for scalar conservation laws with degenerate viscosity in 2-dimensional space. The analysis is based on successive approximation and maximum principle.     

回归系数的混合估计与最小二乘估计的一个新的相对效率

本文对具有附加信息的线性回归模型中的混合估计与最小二乘估计给出了一种新的相对效率,研究了新的相对效率与其它几种相对效率的关系,得出了新的相对效率的上、下界.     

The reducibility of the anisotropic Hele-Shaw problem to the isotropic case

It is established that the unilateral Hele-Shaw problem for flows in a channel when there is bulk anisotropy and Saffman–Taylor boundary conditions on the free boundary can be reduced to the isotropic case using a linear non-orthogonal coordinate transformation. Correspondingly, any exact solution of the Hele-Shaw problem for an isotropic medium generates a set of solutions for an anisotropic medium for arbitrary orientation of the principal axes of the permeability tensor with respect to the direction of the channel axis.     

High-temperature proton conductivity in acceptor-doped LaNbO4

The conductivity of acceptor-doped LaNbO₄ has been investigated in the temperature range 300 to 1200 °C as a function of the oxygen pressure and water vapor pressure by means of impedance spectroscopy and EMF measurements. The conductivity is predominantly ionic below 800 °C in air and for higher temperatures under reducing conditions. Protons are the major ionic charge carrier in the presence of water vapor. A maximum in proton conductivity of ∼ 0.001 S/cm was obtained at 950 °C in atmospheres containing ca 2% H₂O. At high temperatures (> 1000 °C) under oxidizing conditions, electron hole conduction prevails. The conductivity has been modeled assuming that oxygen vacancies and protons compensate the acceptor doping. Transport coefficients describing mobility of defects and thermodynamic constants for the incorporation of protons have been derived.     

Highly visible-light luminescence properties of the carboxyl-functionalized short and ultrashort MWNTs

Luminescence of the short multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) conjugated with carboxylic acid groups has been studied. The results show that the carboxyl-functionalized short MWNTs could emit luminescence and the emission peak appears at 500 nm with a corresponding optimal excitation wavelength centering at 310 nm. When the short MWNTs are filtered through 0.15 μm polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane, the ultrashort MWNTs are obtained from the filtrate. An interesting feature for the ultrashort MWNTs is that the emission intensity is strengthened and the peak is slightly blue shifted to 460 nm. This result indicates that the luminescence properties of MWNTs are strongly affected by the tube length. After chemical oxidization cutting, defects and carboxylic acid groups at the tube end and/or sidewall can be produced; the more shorten of MWNTs, the better dispersion and carboxylic passivation of the nanotubes, and the more intense luminescence emissions. The broad emissions are logically attributed to the trapping of excitation energy by defect sites in the carboxyl-functionalized nanotube structure.