The design of robust and area efficient power distribution networks for high speed, high complexity integrated circuits has become a challenging task. The integrity of the high frequency signals depends upon the impedance characteristics of the on-chip power distribution networks. The electrical characteristics of these multi-layer power distribution grids and the relevant design implications a...

The remotor muscle of the second antenna of the American lobster is functionally divided into two parts. One part produces slow, powerful contractions and is used for postural control. The other part produces very brief twitches, can follow frequencies over 100/sec without fusion and is probably used for sound production. This great speed is due, in part, to synchronous arrival of nerve impulse...

Depending on the morphology of the material and applied voltage frequency, three kinds of electrical trees can exist in cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) cable insulation, which are conducting, non-conducting, and mixed trees with different growth mechanisms. It is suggested that when the needle is inserted into large spherulites, conducting trees will form in those spherulites; when it is inser...

Nowadays the demand for reducing pollutant emissions and fuel consumption have paved the way of developing more fuel-efficient power generation system for transportation sector. Micro gas turbine (MGT) system can be an alternative to internal combustion reciprocating engine due to its light-weight and less fuel consumption. In this paper, some major running and operating characteristics of MGT ...

The electrical breakdown characteristics of Na Cl-water mixtures are investigated over the concentration range from pure distilled water to a saturated salt solution at 20°C, The electrode material used is stainless steel and is arranged in a point-plane geometry. The electrode spacing is varced from 1-3 mm giving "average" electric fields as high as 5 MV/m. The voltage and current through the ...

3 Description of cover page picture: Test sample of InP nanowire 4 Preface First of all we would like to show our deepest gratitude to our supervisor and mentor Dr. Lars Landin and we are also grateful to him for his precious time and cordial help in a number of ways. We are extremely glad that he has made it possible for us to work in this new photodetector technology project based on nanowire...

A secondary recrystallization Lab study focusing on the secondary recrystallization temperature and magnetic properties was carried out on cold rolling industrial samples of 3%Si grain-oriented electrical steel produced by low slab reheating temperature technology. The results showed a secondary recrystallization temperature, determined by the observed grain size change, of 1080 C with annealin...

Micromachined silica microchannel plates ~MCPs! under development have a number of advantages over standard glass MCPs and open completely new possibilities in detector technologies. In this article we present the results of our studies on the thermal properties of silica microchannel plates ~sMCPs!. Similar to standard glass microchanel plates the resistance of silica MCPs was measured to chan...