Low Power Integrated Circuits for Wireless Neural Recording Applications

A group of prototype integrated circuits are presented for a wireless neural recording micro-system. An inductive link was built for transcutaneous wireless power transfer and data transmission. Power and data were transmitted by a pair of coils on a same carrier frequency. The integrated receiver circuitry was composed of a full-wave bridge rectifier, a voltage regulator, a date recovery circuit, a clock recovery circuit and a power detector. The amplifiers were designed with a limited bandwidth for neural signals acquisition. An integrated FM transmitter was used to transmit the extracted neural signals to external equipments. 16.5 mW power and 50 bps - 2.5 Kbps command data can be received over 1 MHz carrier within 10 mm. The total gain of 60 dB was obtained by the preamplifier and a main amplifier at 0.95Hz - 13.41 KHz with 0.215 mW power dissipation. The power consumption of the 100 MHz ASK transmitter is 0.374 mW. All the integrated circuits operated under a 3.3 V power supply except the voltage regulator.

Implantable Microsystem for Wireless Neural Recording Applications

A prototype microsystem is presented for wireless neural recording application. An inductive link was built for transcutaneous wireless power transfer and data transmission. Total 16.5 mW power and 50 bps - 2.5 Kbps command data can be received over 1 - 5 MHz with a distance of 0-10 mm. The integrated amplifiers were designed with a limited bandwidth for neural signals acquisition. The gain of 60 dB was obtained by preamplifier at 7 Hz - 3 KHz. An integrated FM transmitter was used to transmit the extracted neural signals to external equipments with 0.374 - 2 mW power comsumption and a maximum data rate of 500 Kbps at 100 MHz. All the integrated circuits modules except the power recovery circuit were tested or stimulated under a 3.3 V power supply, and fabricated in standard CMOS processing.

A 5GHz low power WLAN transceiver SiGe RFIC for personal communication terminal applications

A low-cost low-power single chip WLAN 802.11a transceiver is designed for personal communication terminal and local multimedia data transmission. It has less than 130mA current dissipation, maximal 67dB gain and can be programmed to be 20dB minimal gain. The receiver system noise figure is 6.4dB in hige-gain mode.

基于RTI的车辆定位仿真系统数据传输研究

目前分布式体系结构的研究重点是提高系统的可扩展性、互操作性和可重用性，而对于实时性要求高的分布式仿真系统，还需要在HLA体系结构基础上，考虑如何提高系统的数据传输效率，以满足实时性要求。本文从应用层角度出发，从以下两个方面研究了改进策略： 一，从数据交互方面考虑，为了提高分布式仿真系统内部有效数据传输效率，满足系统实时性要求，以车辆定位仿真系统为问题原型，提出一种基于运行时间支撑系统数据分发管理（RTI-DDM）和套接字(Socket)的双层数据传输模型：一方面利用RTI-DDM来限定传输数据的范围，依据待交互的数据值域对数据的发送和接收进行过滤，有效降低系统内部冗余数据的传输；另一方面，利用Socket技术在仿真实体之间建立点对点的直接传输，从而提高系统的运行效率。对比实验结果表明，在相同的仿真交互数据量下，该模型相对于传统单层RTI数据传输模型，数据传输延时平均缩短70%。 二，从时间管理方面考虑，本文通过实验验证的方法，分析不同时间管理策略对仿真系统的数据传输和运行控制的影响，并针对车辆定位仿真系统中联邦成员之间的数据交互和逻辑控制关系特点，选择合适的时间管理策略，保证数据因果关系的正确性，进一步提高了系统的数据传输性能。 实验和应用结果表明，本文提出的改进策略简单有效，提高了系统数据传输效率，较好的解决了基于HLA/RTI的定位仿真系统的实时性问题。

Polyelectrolyte complexes based on chitosan and poly(L-glutamic acid)

Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) were prepared by mixing aqueous solutions of chitosan (CS) and poly(L-glutamic acid) (PLGA) at various pH. It was found that the stoichiometry of the PECs depends on pH.An investigation of the PECs using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy proved that the formation of the complexes is due to electrostatic interaction between –NH3 + groups of CS and –COO− groups of PLGA. The solid PECs were characterized using wide-angle X-ray diffraction, which suggested that a strong interaction occurs between the two polymers at pH = 4 or 5 and relatively weak interaction at pH = 3. These results were further confirmed by thermogravimetric analysis data. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the complexes have a spherical shape. The effect of ionic strength on the size of the PECs was also studied using dynamic light scattering. It was found that the size of the PECs is dependent on pH.

载人潜器半物理虚拟仿真系统及其性能分析

为了缩短深海载人潜器控制系统的开发周期,测试系统性能,根据载人潜器的自身特点,构建和实现了载人潜器所有传感器、执行器设备模拟,以及潜器在海底实景的运动状态的半物理虚拟仿真系统。首先,以仿真系统的硬件架构和数据流程为基础,重点介绍了潜器设备模拟的软件体系结构;其次,在仿真平台上测试了各种网络数据的传输延迟,分析了其整体性能;最后,得出了潜器控制器设计的时间约束。现阶段整个系统已经开发成功,并投入运行到潜器控制系统的安装调试中。

载人潜器串口设备转接工业以太网的实时性建模与分析

根据具体的需求,为载人潜器设计了一种基于工业以太网的内部数据通讯和控制系统,其数据通讯的实时性是衡量控制系统的一个重要指标,因此,为了分析串行数据通信系统的实时性能,据其选用的传感器和网络架构的特点,建立了串口数据包传送时间延迟的数学模型;并在潜器平台上,以实测数据试验误差验证了该模型的准确性和普遍性,从而为开发人员对各种串口设备的参数设置提供理论指导;最后用该模型分析了载人潜器串行数据传送的实时性。

基于信道估计的RS纠错编码改进算法的设计与实现

提出了一种基于信道估计的RS纠错编码改进算法,该算法可以自适应地根据外界条件和环境对传输信道的干扰变化实时地调节编码系统的数据冗余量。仿真与完整的分析结果证实了该改进算法有效地改善了RS编码算法的传输效率;并且通过实际应用表明:良好的性能,高容错性适应于该通信系统的多种传输信道,具有很强的实用性。

高速公路收费系统联网技术

结合目前我国高速公路通信传输网络的建设现状和收费系统数据通信的需求，从 结构、性能等方面分析了适应高速公路通信的3种网络技术SDH、ATM和宽带IP技术，以及这 3 种技术的综合集成模型ATM Over SDH、IP Over ATM、IP Over SDH、IP Over WDM。提出 比 较适合于高速公路收费系统联网的技术方案，并设计了网络通信管理和维护的具体内容 。

Transmission properties through a double quantum dot with a wave packet

The transmiss on time and tunneling probability of an electron through a double quantum dot are studied using the transfer matrix technique. The time-dependent Schrodinger equation is applied for a Gaussian wave packet passing through the double quantum clot. The numerical calculations are carried out for a double quantum clot consisting of GaAs/InAs material. We find that the electron tunneling resonance peaks split when the electron transmits through the double quantum dot. The splitting energy increases as the distance between the two quantum dots decreases. The transmission time can be elicited from the temporal evolution of the Gaussian wave packet in the double quantum dot. The transmission time increases quickly as the thickness of tire barrier increases. The lifetime of the resonance state is calculated tram the temporal evolution of the Gaussian-state at the centers of quantum dots.

Control dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome transmission

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a serious disease with many puzzling features. We present a simple, dynamic model to assess the epidemic potential of SARS and the effectiveness of control measures. With this model, we analysed the SARS epidemic data in Beijing. The data fitting gives the basic case reproduction number of 2.16 leading to the outbreak, and the variation of the effective reproduction number reflecting the control effect. Noticeably, our study shows that the response time and the strength of control measures have significant effects on the scale of the outbreak and the lasting time of the epidemic.

A method for individual identification of echolocation signals in free-ranging finless porpoises carrying data loggers

Echolocation click events of a free-ranging juvenile and an adult finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) were recorded with an acoustic data logger. Additionally, dive depth and swim speed of the juvenile were recorded with a behavior data logger. Echoes of echolocation signals from the water surface were clearly detected in shallow dives approximately less than 2 m. The delay time between a surface echo and a direct signal corresponded with the two-way transmission time for the animal's depth, indicating that the signals originated from the animal wearing the data loggers. The finless porpoises produced echolocation signals frequently and were thought to be able to detect their depth by listening to echoes from the water surface. (C) 2000 Acoustical Society of America. [S0001-4966(00)01609-X].

Fiber Dispersion and Nonlinearity Influences on Transmissions of AM and FM Data Modulation Signals in Radio-Over-Fiber System

Transmission properties of data amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) in radio-over-fiber (RoF) system are studied numerically. The influences of fiber dispersion and nonlinearity on different microwave modulation schemes, including double side band (DSB), single side band (SSB) and optical carrier suppression (OCS), are investigated and compared. The power penalties at the base station (BS) and the eye opening penalties of the recovered data at the end users are both calculated and analyzed. Numerical simulation results reveal that the power penalty of FM can be drastically decreased due to the larger modulation depth it can achieve than that of AM. The local spectrum broadening around subcarrier microwave frequency of AM due to fiber nonlinearity can also be eliminated with FM. It is demonstrated for the first time that the eye openings of the FM recovered data can be controlled by its modulation depths and the coding formats. Negative voltage encoding format was used to further decrease the RF frequency thus increase the fluctuation period considering their inverse relationship.

Transmission properties of electron in quantum rings

We investigated the transmission probability of a single electron transmission through a quantum ring device based on the single-band effective mass approximation method and transfer matrix theory. The time-dependent Schrodinger equation is applied on a Gaussian wave packet passing through the quantum ring system. The electron tunneling resonance peaks split when the electron transmits through a double quantum ring. The splitting energy increases as the distance between the two quantum rings decreases. We studied the tunneling time through the single electron transmission quantum ring from the temporal evolution of the Gaussian wave packet. The electron probability density is sensitive to the thickness of the barrier between the two quantum rings. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.

Measurement of a reciprocal four-port transmission line structure using the 16-term error model

A new method to measure reciprocal four-port structures, using a 16-term error model, is presented. The measurement is based on 5 two-port calibration standards connected to two of the ports, while the network analyzer is connected to the two remaining ports. Least-squares-fit data reduction techniques are used to lower error sensitivity. The effect of connectors is deembedded using closed-form equations. (C) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.