The rise of supercapacitor diodes:Current progresses and future challenges

Supercapacitor has been widely known as a representative electrochemical energy storage device with high power density and long lifespan.Recently,with the deeper understanding of its charge storage mechanism,unidirectional-charging supercapacitor,also called supercapacitor diode(CAPode),is successfully developed based on the ion-sieving effect of its working electrode towards electrolyte ions.Because CAPode integrates mobile ion and mobile electron in one hybrid circuit,it has a great potential in the emerging fields of ion/electron coupling logic operations,human–machine interface,neural network interaction,and in vivo diagnosis and treatment.Accordingly,we herein elucidate the working mechanism and design philosophy of CAPode,and summarize the electrode materials that are suitable for constructing CAPode.Meanwhile,some other supercapacitor-based devices beyond CAPode are also introduced,and their potential applications are instructively presented.Finally,we outline the challenges and chances of CAPode-related techniques.

Non-Zero Temperature Evolution of the Quantum Fluctuations in Time-Dependent Inductive-Capacitive Coupled Circuit

For time dependent inductive capacitive coupled circuits, the quantum fluctuations in the component circuits and the coupling part are computed. Generation of squeezing and the different effects of inductance and capacitance couplings on the quantum fluctuations are rigorously given. Meanwhile, the thermal effects are included.

Electromagnetic coupling reduction in dual-band microstrip antenna array using ultra-compact single-negative electric metamaterials for MIMO application

In this paper, an ultra-compact single negative（SNG） electric waveguided metamaterial（WG-MTM） is first investigated and used to reduce the mutual coupling in E ＆ H planes of a dual-band microstrip antenna array. The proposed SNG electric WG-MTM unit cell is designed by etching two different symmetrical spiral lines on the ground, and has two stopbands operating at 1.86 GHz and 2.40 GHz. The circuit size is very compact, which is only λ_0/33.6 ×λ_0/15.1（where λ_0 is the wavelength at 1.86 GHz in free space）. Taking advantage of the dual-stopband property of the proposed SNG electric WG-MTM, a dual-band microstrip antenna array operating at 1.86 GHz and 2.40 GHz with very low mutual coupling is designed by embedding a cross shaped array of the proposed SNG electric WG-MTM. The measured and simulated results of the designed dual-band antenna array are in good agreement with each other, indicating that the mutual coupling of the fabricated dual-band antenna array realizes 9.8/11.1 d B reductions in the H plane, 8.5/7.9 d B reductions in the E plane at1.86 GHz and 2.40 GHz, respectively. Besides, the distance of the antenna elements in the array is only 0.35 λ_0（where λ_0 is the wavelength at 1.86 GHz in free space）. The proposed strategy is used for the first time to reduce the mutual coupling in E ＆ H planes of the dual-band microstrip antenna array by using ultra-compact SNG electric WG-MTM.

The equivalent circuit of ultrasonic coupling vibration of a longitudinally-excited short column

On the basis of apparent elasticity method, we derived the equivalent circuit of coupling vibration of a short column and discussed its frequency equation and the effects of the load impedance on the resonant frequency of the short column. By the equivalent circuit, we calculated the input mechanical impedance of the longitudinally-excited short column and the curves of the apparent vibration velocity ratio versus the geometrical dimensions of the column. It shows that the equivalent circuit method is a simple and convenient one to analyze and calculate the coupling vibration of the short column.

An improved single-π equivalent circuit model for on-chip inductors in GaAs process

An improved single-π equivalent circuit model for on-chip inductors in the GaAs process is presented in this paper. Considering high order parasites, the model is established by comprising an improved skin effect branch and a substrate lateral coupling branch. The parameter extraction is based on an improved characteristic function approach and vector fitting method. The model has better simulation than the previous work over the measured data of 2.5r and 4.5r on-chip inductors in the GaAs process.

Design of Quaternary ECL Q Gate

A new explanation of quaternary Q gate expression in Post algebra is given in this paper by using transmission function theory proposed in [1] and the quaternary ECL Q gate circuit is de- signed.The SPICE2 simulation to this circuit has confirmed that it has desired logical function and is totally compatible with various quaternary ECL circuits proposed before.