A strong motivation for insertion of optical interconnects in short-distance applications such as chip-to-chip or back-plane communication, apart from high bit rates, is their potential to achieve these bit rates at low power compared to the currently prevalent copper based interconnects. Thus, it is imperative to construct design methodologies which minimize the total optical link power dissipation. We present one such methodology, where we optimize the quantum-well modulators to minimize the power dissipation in modulator-based optical interconnects. In the first part of the paper, the focus is on obtaining the optimal modulator metrics [contrast ration (CR) and insertion loss], which yield the lowest total power (receiver and the modulator). The trends are studied as a function of the input laser power and bit rate. Having obtained the desirable modulator metrics and the corresponding power dissipation, in the second part, the focus is on the feasibility of these metrics in the light of voltage swing constraints. The biggest concern with the modulator based optical link is the low CR, especially at low voltage swing. While studying these concerns, we also provide insight into the physical design of the modulator including, its intrinsic region thickness, pre-bias voltage, and the size and the number of quantum-wells. Specifically, we outline the method to obtain the design parameters, which allows minimum power dissipation with the least laser power. This ultimately yields higher aggregate I/O bandwidth for chip to chip communication in power limited chips. 相似文献
Passive macromodeling of high-speed package and interconnect modules characterized by measured/simulated data has generated immense interest during the recent years. This paper presents an efficient algorithm for transient simulation of interconnect networks characterized by measured/simulated data in the presence of other linear and nonlinear devices. A new set of linear constraints are proposed, which help in preserving the passivity of resulting macromodels. Examples are presented to demonstrate the validity and efficiency of the proposed algorithm. 相似文献
Wafer Scale Integration promises radical improvements in the performance of digital signal processing systems. This paper describes the design of a radix-8 systolic (pipeline) fast Fourier transform processor for implementation with wafer scale integration. By the use of the radix-8 FFT butterfly wafer that is currently under development, continuous data rates of 160 MSPS are anticipated for FFTs of up to 4096 points with 16-bit fixed point data. 相似文献
A two-dimensional cross-section finite difference model is presented to simulate density dependent leachate migration in leaky aquifers. Unlike existing models, a new approach is adopted to couple the groundwater-flow equation and the hydrodynamic dispersion equation with the elimination of the intermediate step of calculating velocities. The concept of the reference density is employed, permitting increased accuracy (over pressure-based models) in the representation of the transport process. The model is then used to study the effect of several hydraulic and transport parameters on the flow pattern and plume migration which are found to be very sensitive to most of these parameters. Equiconcentration and equipotential lines are overlapped to provide a better understanding of the coupling effect. 相似文献
Because of very different heating rates in hot‐tool and vibration welding, and the higher weld pressures used in vibration welding inducing more squeeze flow, the weld zones in these two processes see very different flows and cooling rates, resulting in different morphologies. The weld morphologies of bisphenol‐A polycarbonate (PC) and poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) for these two processes are discussed in relation to these differences. The thickness of the heat‐affected zone (HAZ) in hot‐tool welds increases with the melt time; this zone is thicker than in vibration welds. The HAZ thickness in hot‐tool welds increases from the center toward the edges. The HAZ thickness is more uniform in vibration welds. Hot‐tool welds of PC have large numbers of bubbles around the central plane; the bubble size increases from the center to the edges. PC vibration welds do not have bubbles except near the edges. Both hot‐tool and vibration welds of PBT do not have bubbles. The morphology of the HAZ in PBT is very different in hot‐tool and vibration welds. In hot‐tool welds, the resolidified material consists of a sandwich structure in which two thin layers with very small crystallites surround a thicker central layer in which the spherulites are almost as large as in the original molded material. In vibration welds, the HAZ has large crystallinity gradients across the weld zone as well as squeeze‐flow induced distortion of the small spherulites. 相似文献
The effects of microstructure on the tensile properties and deformation behavior of a binary Ti-48Al gamma titanium aluminide
were studied. Tensile-mechanical properties of samples with microstructures ranging from near γ to duplex to fine grained, near- and fully-lamellar were determined at a range of temperatures, and the deformation structures
in these characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Microstructure was observed to exert a strong influence
on the tensile properties, with the grain size and lamellar volume fraction playing connected, but complex, roles. Acoustic
emission response monitored during the tensile test revealed spikes whose amplitude and frequency increased with an increase
in the volume fraction of lamellar grains in the microstructure. Analysis of failed samples suggested that microcracking was
the main factor responsible for the spikes, with twinning providing a minor contribution in the near-lamellar materials. The
most important factor that controls ductility of these alloys is grain size. The ductility, yield stress, and work-hardening
rate of the binary Ti-48Al alloy exhibit maximum values between 0.50 and 0.60 volume fraction of the lamellar constituent.
The high work-hardening rate, which is associated with the low mobility of dislocations, is the likely cause of low ductility
of these alloys. In the near-γ and duplex structures, slip by motion of 1/2<110] unit dislocations and twinning are the prevalent deformation modes at room
temperature (RT), whereas twinning is more common in the near- and fully-lamellar structures. The occurrence of twinning is
largely dictated by the Schmid factor. The 1/2<110] unit dislocations are prevalent even for grain orientations for which
the Schmid factor is higher for <101] superdislocations, though the latter are observed in favorably oriented grains. The
activity of both of these systems is responsible for the higher ductility at ambient temperatures compared with Al-rich single-phase
γ alloys. A higher twin density is observed in lamellar grains, but their propagation depends on the orientation and geometry
of the individual γ lamellae. The increase in ductility at high temperatures correlates with increased activity of 1/2<110] dislocations (including
their climb motion) and twin thickening. The role of microstructural variables on strength, ductility, and fracture are discussed.
This article is based on a presentation made in the symposium entitled “Fundamentals of Structural Intermetallics,” presented
at the 2002 TMS Annual Meeting, February 21–27, 2002, in Seattle, Washington, under the auspices of the ASM and TMS Joint
Committee on Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 相似文献
A simulation-optimization procedure is presented for evaluating the extent of interbasin transfer of water in the Peninsular
Indian river system consisting of 15 reservoirs on four river basins. A system-dependent simulation model is developed incorporating
the concept of reservoir zoning to facilitate releases and transfers. The simulation model generates a larger number of solutions
which are then screened by the optimization model. The Box complex nonlinear programming algorithm is used for the optimization.
The performance of the system is evaluated through simulation with the optimal reservoir zones with respect to four indices,
reliability, resiliency, vulnerability and deficit ratio. The results indicate that by operating the system of 15 reservoirs
as a single unit the existing utilization of water may be increased significantly. 相似文献
We have investigated gate oxide degradation in metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices as a function of high-field constant-current stress for charge injection from both gate and substrate. The two polarities are asymmetric: gate injection, where the substrate Si-SiO2 interface is the collecting electrode for the energetic electrons, shows a higher rate of interface-state generation (ΔDit) and lower charge-to-breakdown Qbd. Thus the collecting electrode interface, which suffers primary damage, emerges as a critical degradation site in addition to the injecting electrode interface, which has been the traditional focus. Consistent with a physical-damage model of breakdown, we demonstrate that interfacial degradation is an important precursor of breakdown, and that the nature of breakdown-related damage is physical, such as trap-generation by broken bonds 相似文献
The extensively utilized tool to detect novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). However, RT-PCR kits are costly and consume critical time, around 6 to 9 hours to classify the subjects as COVID-19(+) or COVID-19(-). Due to the less sensitivity of RT-PCR, it suffers from high false-negative results. To overcome these issues, many deep learning models have been implemented in the literature for the early-stage classification of suspected subjects. To handle the sensitivity issue associated with RT-PCR, chest CT scans are utilized to classify the suspected subjects as COVID-19 (+), tuberculosis, pneumonia, or healthy subjects. The extensive study on chest CT scans of COVID-19 (+) subjects reveals that there are some bilateral changes and unique patterns. But the manual analysis from chest CT scans is a tedious task. Therefore, an automated COVID-19 screening model is implemented by ensembling the deep transfer learning models such as Densely connected convolutional networks (DCCNs), ResNet152V2, and VGG16. Experimental results reveal that the proposed ensemble model outperforms the competitive models in terms of accuracy, f-measure, area under curve, sensitivity, and specificity.