Emerging interconnects: a state-of-the-art review and emerging solutions

Aluminium was a primary material for interconnection in integrated circuits (ICs) since their inception. Later, copper was introduced as interconnect material which has better metallic conductivity and resistance to electromigration. As the aggressive technology scaling continues, the copper resistivity increased because of size effects, which causes increase in delay, power dissipation and electromigration. The need to reduce the resistor-capacitor??????? delay, dynamic power utilisation and the crosstalk commotion is as of now the fundamental main impetus behind the presentation of new materials. The purpose of this paper is to do a survey of interconnect material used in IC from introduction of ICs to till date. This paper studies and reviews new materials available for interconnect application which are optical interconnects, carbon nanotube (CNT), graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) and silicon nanowires which are alternatives to copper. While doing a survey of interconnect material, it is found that multiwalled CNTs, multilayer GNR and mixed CNT bundles are promising candidates and are ultimate choice that can strongly address the problems faced by copper but on integration basis copper would last for coming years.     

聚对苯撑苯并双(口恶)唑发光及其器件制备

采用光谱技术,研究了聚对苯撑苯并双(口恶)唑(PBO)溶液的光敏发光特性,并用相对法估算出溶液发光效率在50%范围.结合光谱技术、半导体电学和电化学等研究手段,具体研究了以PBO为发光层的单层电致发光器件,研究结果显示,电致发光与薄膜的光致发光有具有相同的发光中心,峰值位于510 nm左右.同时发现,由于存制备过程中不同处理条件使得不同厚度薄膜残留的掺杂物质浓度不同,从而引起薄膜的导电性的不同.使得器件的阈值场强随PBO厚度的减小而逐渐增加.     

Comparative study of maximum power point tracking techniques for hybrid renewable energy system

The power generation demand is increasing day-by-day throughout the world, therefore, the use of hybrid systems becomes a significant solution. The hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) is used for delivering power in various regions in order to overcome intermittence of wind and solar resources. Because of increasing environmental problems, for example, greenhouse gas emission and energy cost have interested novel research into substitute methods in favour of electrical power generation. Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) control method is a vast deal of novel research used for enhancing the efficiency of HRES. The authors have revealed that the hybrid techniques i.e. Global MPPT, fuzzy-neuro systems, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), Perturbed and Observe (P&O) + Adaptive Neural Network (ANN) etc. can provide best results as compared to other MPPT control methods. This paper offering a state of art review of MPPT control techniques for HRES.     

Joint estimation of TOA and DOA in IR-UWB system using a successive propagator method

Impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) ranging and positioning require accurate estimation of time-of-arrival (TOA) and direction-of-arrival (DOA). With receiver of two antennas, both of the TOA and DOA parameters can be estimated via two-dimensional (2D) propagator method (PM), in which the 2D spectral peak searching, however, renders much higher computational complexity. This paper proposes a successive PM algorithm for joint TOA and DOA estimation in IR-UWB system to avoid 2D spectral peak searching. The proposed algorithm firstly gets the initial TOA estimates in the two antennas from the propagation matrix, then utilises successively one-dimensional (1D) local searches to achieve the estimation of TOAs in the two antennas, and finally obtains the DOA estimates via the difference in the TOAs between the two antennas. The proposed algorithm, which only requires 1D local searches, can avoid the high computational cost in 2D-PM algorithm. Furthermore, the proposed algorithm can obtain automatically paired parameters and has better joint TOA and DOA estimation performance than conventional PM algorithm, estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques algorithm and matrix pencil algorithm. Meanwhile, it has very close parameter estimation to that of 2D-PM algorithm. We have also derived the mean square error of TOA and DOA estimation of the proposed algorithm and the Cramer-Rao bound of TOA and DOA estimation in this paper. The simulation results verify the usefulness of the proposed algorithm.     

系统级封装新型埋入式电源滤波结构的研究

在高密度小尺寸的系统级封装(SiP)中,对供电系统的完整性要求越来越高,多芯片共用一个电源网路所产生的电压抖动除了会影响到芯片的正常工作,还会通过供电网路干扰到临近电路和其他敏感电路,导致芯片误动作,以及信号完整性和其他电磁干扰问题.这种电压抖动所占频带相当宽,几百MHz到几个GHz的中频电源噪声普通方法很难去除.结合埋入式电容和电源分割方法的特点,提出一种新型高性能埋入式电源低通滤波结构直接替代电源/地平面.研究表明,在0.65～4GHz的频带内隔离深度可达-40～75 dB,电源阻抗均在0.25ohm以下,实现了宽频高隔离度的高性能滤波作用.分别用电磁场和广义传输线两种仿真器模拟,高频等效电路模型分析这种低通滤波器的工作原理以及结构对隔离性能的影响,并进行了实验验证.     

Photonic generation of ultrawideband signals using a delay interferometer

We demonstrate a novel scheme to generate ultrawideband (UWB) monocycle and doublet pulses byinputting a dark return-to-zero (RZ) signal into a delay interferometer (DI), which accords with the general features in future applied UWB system, namely, single optical source input, simple configuration and passive device. The two polarized interferential beams have a time delay and a phase difference when they propagate through the DI. By adjusting polarization controllers (PCs), the total phase difference, i.e., the sum of the relative opticalphase difference between two orthogonally polarized components caused by PCs and the optical-phase shift due to birefringence of the polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF), the orientation angle of the polarization beamsplitter (PBS) relative to the two axes of the PMF are able to be changed and controlled. When the appropriate conditions are met, UWB monocycle and doublet pulses are generated conveniently.     

Arsenic deposition as a precursor layer on silicon (211) and (311) surfaces

We investigate the properties of arsenic (As) covered Si(211) and Si(311) surfaces by analyzing data from x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) images. We then create a model using total surface energy calculations. It was found that both Si(211) and Si(311) had 0.68±0.08 surface As coverage. Si(211) had 0.28±0.04 Te coverage and Si(311) had 0.24±0.04 Te coverage. The Si(211) surface replaces the terrace and trench Si atoms with As for a lower surface energy, while the Si edge atoms form dimers. The Si(311) surface replaces all terrace atoms and adsorbs an As dimer every other edge site. These configurations imply an improvement in the mean migration path from the bare silicon surface by allowing the impinging atoms for the next epitaxial layer, tellurium (Te), to bind at every other pair of edge atoms, and not the step terrace sites. This would ensure a nonpolar, B-face growth.     

一种适用于同步开关噪声抑制的共面电磁带隙新结构

该文根据电磁带隙结构的带隙形成机理及共面电磁带隙结构等效电路分析模型,通过引入新型的C-型桥接连线及开槽设计,提出了一种适用于高速电路同步开关噪声(SSN)抑制的带有狭缝的共面C-型桥电磁带隙(CBS-EBG)结构。实测结果表明,在抑制深度为?40 dB时,阻带范围为296 MHz~15 GHz,与LBS-EBG结构相比,在保持高频段SSN抑制性能的同时,阻带下限截止频率由432 MHz下降至296 MHz,有效降低了带隙中心频率。研究了局部拓扑下的信号传输特性,结果表明,当采用局部拓扑并选择合适的走线策略时,该结构在保持良好的SSN抑制性能的同时,能够实现较好的信号完整性。     

InP-based multiple quantum well structures grown with tertiarybutylarsine (TBA) and tertiarybutylphosphine (TBP): Effects of growth interruptions on structural and optical properties

In this paper, we investigate the effect of interfacial layers on GalnAs(P)/GalnAsP and GalnAs/InP multiple quantum well structures with x-ray diffraction and photoluminescence. We observe a decrease in the room temperature and low temperature photoluminescence intensity as the number of periods is increased which we attribute to the interfaces. Furthermore, different growth interruption schemes show that decomposed As species from TBA have an effect on the structural and optical quality of these structures at both the lower and upper interfaces due to As carry-over. The effect of this carry-over is shown in structural measurements and laser diode results.     

Maskless pendeo-epitaxial growth of GaN films

High-resolution x-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) of pendeo-epitaxial (PE) GaN films confirmed transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results regarding the reduction in dislocations in the wings. Wing tilt ≤0.15° was due to tensile stresses in the stripes induced by thermal expansion mismatch between the GaN and the SiC substrate. A strong D°X peak at ≈3.466 eV (full-width half-maximum (FWHM) ≤300 μeV) was measured in the wing material. Films grown at 1020°C exhibited similar vertical [0001] and lateral [11 0] growth rates. Increasing the temperature increased the latter due to the higher thermal stability of the GaN(11 0). The (11 0) surface was atomically smooth under all growth conditions with a root mean square (RMS)=0.17 nm.     

一种基于分段CRC的LDPC译码的改进算法

级联多个循环冗余校验(CRC)的LDPC译码算法有效地改善了译码的收敛特性。然而在其译码算法中,当CRC检测的整体漏检概率不够低时,出现误码平台。因此,该文提出了改进算法,通过减少在译码算法中CRC检测的次数,降低整体漏检概率,提高了误码性能。仿真表明改进的算法提高了误码性能,译码复杂度也增加不大。     

The TR-UWB receiver based on spatial diversity

This paper presents a new Transmitted Reference (TR) Ultra-WideBand (UWB) receiver based on Spatial Diversity (SD), which employs Multi-Antenna Technology (MAT) to improve the performance of TR-UWB receiver. According to the amplitude of correlator output of every antenna branch, this paper analyzed the performances of the proposed TR-UWB receiver employing three different kinds of combina-tion strategies, i.e., Maximum Ratio Combination (MRC), Equal Gain Combination (EGC), and Selective Combination (SC), which are different from conventional ones, and theoretically proved that the performance of EGC is better than MRC. Simulation results verify that when EGC is adopted and BER=10–3, increasing three antennas provides Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) gain of about 3 dB in CM4 channel and SNR gain of about 2 dB in CM2 channel.     

在银胶体系中罗丹明B单分子水平上拉曼光谱研究

采用表面增强托曼散射（SERS）技术,比较了单分子水平上银胶纳米体系中罗丹明B（RhB）浓度为10^-11mol／L以下的拉曼光谱和通常单分子水平上罗丹明6G（Rh6G）浓度在10^-11mol／L的拉曼光谱,无论自由沉积在玻璃表面还是在液体环境下的结果显示,单分子水平上Rh B的拉曼光谱灵敏度是Rh 6G的2倍多。因此,利用RhB作为探测试剂将能够提供更加丰富的信息,这对单分子的光谱研究以及高灵敏度探测试剂的应用研究具有重要的意义。     

电压衬度像技术在IC失效分析中的应用

电压衬度像(PVC)技术是用于定位集成电路不可见缺陷的一种有效的失效分析方法,结合聚焦离子束(FIB)精准的微切割技术,可将PVC技术应用于长金属互连线的缺陷定位.主要介绍了PVC技术及其原理,概述了如何在SEM和FIB中应用其工作原理有效地定位IC缺陷位置,并就接触孔/通孔缺陷以及规则长金属导线的失效实例展开讨论和分析.     

ESD与短脉冲EOS失效的微观形态分析及验证

静电放电(ESD)和过电应力(EOS)是引起芯片现场失效的最主要原因,这两种相似的失效模式使得对它们的失效机理的判断十分困难,尤其是短EOS脉冲作用时间只有几毫秒,造成的损坏与ESD损坏很相似。因此,借助扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和聚焦离子束(FIB)等成像仪器以及芯片去层处理技术分析这两种失效机理的差别非常重要。通过实例分析这两种失效的机理及微观差别,从理论角度解释ESD和EOS的失效机理,分析这两种失效在发生背景、失效位置、损坏深度和失效路径方面的差异,同时对这两种失效进行模拟验证。这种通过失效微观形态进行研究的方法,可以实现失效机理的甄别,对于提高ESD防护等级和EOS防护能力有着重要的参考作用。     

全光波长转换技术的原理及应用

详细介绍了多种全光波长转换(AOWC)的方法、原理、特性以及性能比较,分类介绍了目前常用的全光波长转换器(AOWC)的实现方案,并对其发展提出了几点看法.     

Partial EBG Structure with DeCap for Ultra‐wideband Suppression of Simultaneous Switching Noise in a High‐Speed System

To supply a power distribution network with stable power in a high‐speed mixed mode system, simultaneous switching noise caused at the multilayer PCB and package structures needs to be sufficiently suppressed. The uniplanar compact electromagnetic bandgap (UC‐EBG) structure is well known as a promising solution to suppress the power noise and isolate noise‐sensitive analog/RF circuits from a noisy digital circuit. However, a typical UC‐EBG structure has several severe problems, such as a limitation in the stop band's lower cutoff frequency and signal quality degradation. To make up for the defects of a conventional EBG structure, a partially located EBG structure with decoupling capacitors is proposed in this paper as a means of both suppressing the power noise propagation and minimizing the effects of the perforated reference plane on the signal quality. The proposed structure is validated and investigated through simulation and measurement in both frequency and time domains.     

Selective interference alignment and neutralization in coordinated multipoint using multiuser MIMO

In wireless communication, the concept of coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission is more attractive, and it transpired the notion based on interference management techniques. Interference alignment (IA) and interference neutralization (IN) methods can substantially align and neutralize the interference signals. The existing work in the CoMP transmission using multiuser multi-input and multi-output (MU-MIMO) had long-held problems such as specific limit of intercell (ICI) and cochannel interference (CCI) cancelation that contain low performance in cell-edge users. The proposed framework of the transmission signal in selective interference alignment and neutralization (SIAN) CoMP MU-MIMO system transmits multiple data streams in multipath by using downlink coordination between base stations and receiver side. This work contributes the individual perspectives to implement the IA and IN to align and cancel the interfered signals at the receiver side. Once the perspectives mentioned above are executed, zero-forcing (ZF) and rechanneling filter are applied on the receiver side to eliminate residual ICI. In addition, spectral efficiency significantly improves the achievable data rate and enhances the performance of cell-edge users and reduces the CCI at the receiver side. Furthermore, the antenna configuration signals are decoded to get the exact version of interference-free signals with null path loss of signal transmission. The effectiveness of the proposed framework analyzes and verifies the numerical evaluation of the achievable degree of freedom. Finally, the simulation demonstrates the comparison of the proposed CoMP scheme with MIMO ZF and non-CoMP schemes, which significantly improve the performance of spectral efficiency for cell-edge users.     

Blind adaptive receiver based on RLS-CMA for TH-UWB system

A novel receiver is proposed in this paper that uses the blind adaptive multi-user detection(MUD) technique to deal with the presence of multiple-access interference(MAI) and inter-symbol interference(ISI) in terms of high speed time-hopping ultra-wideband(TH-UWB) system.The receiver firstly adopts constrained recursive least squares constant modulus algorithm(RLS-CMA) to conduct adaptive decorrelation for eliminating MAI and ISI,and then uses projection approximation subspace tracking with deflation(PASTd)...     

用数据仓库来实现决策支持

阐明了决策相关的一些问题，说明了决策支持系统的演变历程、系统构成等内容，明确了决策支持系统的整体结构。对数据仓库以及相关的数据准备，联机分析处理和数据挖掘等技术进行了研究，说明了数据仓库辅助决策的方式。对如何搭建一个基于数据仓库的决策支持系统进行了比较深入的论述。