A Y-band frequency doubler is analyzed and designed with GaAs planar Schottky diode, which is flip-chip solded into a 50 μm thick quartz substrate. Diode embedding impedance is found by full- wave analysis with lumpe...A Y-band frequency doubler is analyzed and designed with GaAs planar Schottky diode, which is flip-chip solded into a 50 μm thick quartz substrate. Diode embedding impedance is found by full- wave analysis with lumped port to model the nonlinear junction for impedance matching without the need of diode equivalent circuit model. All the matching circuit is designed "on-chip" and the mul- tiplier is self-biasing. To the doubler, a conversion efficiency of 6.1% and output power of 5.4mW are measured at 214GHz with input power of 88mW, and the typical measured efficiency is 4.5% in 200 - 225 GHz.展开更多
This paper presents the development of circularly polarized microstrip antenna using Kevlar honeycomb core as the substrates for application of CP-SAR (circularly polarized synthetic aperture radar) which signal pro...This paper presents the development of circularly polarized microstrip antenna using Kevlar honeycomb core as the substrates for application of CP-SAR (circularly polarized synthetic aperture radar) which signal propagation is not affected by Faraday rotation effect in the ionosphere, as compared to linearly polarized systems especially at the L-band. The reason why Kevlar honeycomb core is used is because it is suitable for space environment in terms of lightweight and resistant to heat and shock. Measurements of the fabricated antenna were performed to confirm the simulation results. The results show good characteristics of the antennas except the axial ratio. The reason of insufficient axial ratio is assumed as fabrication error of the radiator and microstrip line.展开更多
Nitrate,an oxidized product of NO x preserved in the polar ice cores,has often been used to estimate past changes of the atmospheric nitrogen cycle.A 102.65 m ice core drilled at DT-401(79°01'S,77°00'...Nitrate,an oxidized product of NO x preserved in the polar ice cores,has often been used to estimate past changes of the atmospheric nitrogen cycle.A 102.65 m ice core drilled at DT-401(79°01'S,77°00'E) in 1999 provides an opportunity to investigate the possible influencing factors for the nitrate budget in the eastern Antarctica.We studied the relationship between the δ18O(representing the temperature),accumulation rate,volcanic deposition and the astronomical factors(such as the solar activities,supernovae,etc.),and the nitrate variation along the whole duration(2680-year) of the ice core.Prominent impacts of the accumulation rate acting on the nitrate flux rather than the concentration were detected.However,no significant correlation was found between the δ18O and the nitrate deposition characteristics(concentration and the flux variations).Volcanic deposition can significantly affect the deposition of nitrate with a decreasing trend accompanied by the nss-SO42(volcanic signal) peak values.Impacts of the solar activities on the nitrate deposition can be detected at this site,and three prominent periodicities(16.6,24.0 and 102.0 yr) were found for the nitrate concentration variations.Six climatic events(Dalton Minimum,Maunder Minimum,Sporer Minimum,Wolf Minimum,Oort Minimum and Medieval Maximum) during the past 1150 years were observed with lower nitrate values for the foregoing five events and higher value for the last one.展开更多
Dome A (Kunlun Station) is considered a likely place for finding an ice core record reaching back to one million years. The internal isochronous layering of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, revealed by ice radar, is a prerequ...Dome A (Kunlun Station) is considered a likely place for finding an ice core record reaching back to one million years. The internal isochronous layering of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, revealed by ice radar, is a prerequisite for selecting sites for deep ice core drilling that can be used for studying the paleoclimatic record. In 2004/2005, during the 21st Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE 21), a 200-km long, continuous radar profile was obtained across Dome A. The internal layers along the profile were derived from the stratigraphy detected by the radar. The morphology of the isochronous layers shows that: (1) The internal layers in the shallow ice sheet (0-500 m) are generally flat, with no more than 50 m of layer intervals, and have typical synclines and anticlines in some localized regions. (2) At 500-2000 m below the surface of the ice sheet, the layers appear as 'bright layers', and the width of the layer intervals expands to 50-100 m. (3) When the basal topographic wavelengths are approximate to the thickness of the ice (3 km), the traced internal layers, with localized bumps or concave folds, are asymptotic parallel to the subglacial topography. For the longer topographic wavelengths (~20 km) wider than the thickness of the ice, the layers do not rise and fall with the basal topography. The internal layers surrounding some mountain peaks representing the most extreme variation in the terrain are sharply disturbed by the subglacial topography. (4) Layer discontinuity and fracture were detected in the basal ice sheet. Finally, by combining this new information with that derived from existing data regarding ice thickness, we were able to select three potential sites for reconstructing the age-depth relationship of the ice core.展开更多
A prototype of hybrid neural recording interface has been developed for extracellular neural recording. It consists of a silicon-based plane microelectrode array and a CMOS low noise neural amplifier chip. The neural ...A prototype of hybrid neural recording interface has been developed for extracellular neural recording. It consists of a silicon-based plane microelectrode array and a CMOS low noise neural amplifier chip. The neural amplifier chip is designed and implemented in 0.18 μm N-well CMOS 1P6M technology. The area of the neural preamplifier is only 0.042 mm2 with a gain of 48.3 dB. The input equivalent noise is 4.73 btVrms within pass bands of 4 kHz. To avoid cable tethering for high dense mul- tichannel neural recording interface and make it compact, flip-chip bonding is used to integrate the preamplifier chip and the microelectrode together. The hybrid device measures 3 mm×5.5 mm×330μm, which is convenient for implant or in-vivo neu- ral recording. The hybrid device was testified in in-vivo experiment. Neural signals were recorded from hippocampus region of anesthetized Sprague Dawley rats successfully.展开更多
Long time series of Antarctic sea ice extent (SIE) are important for climate research and model forecasting. A historic ice extent in the Ross Sea in early austral winter was rebuilt through sea salt ions in the DT4...Long time series of Antarctic sea ice extent (SIE) are important for climate research and model forecasting. A historic ice extent in the Ross Sea in early austral winter was rebuilt through sea salt ions in the DT401 ice core in interior East Antarctica. El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) had a significant influence on the sea salt deposition in DT401 through its influence on the Ross Sea SIE and the transport of sea salt inland. Spectral analysis also supported the influence of ENSO with a significant 2-6 a periodicity band. In addition, statistically significant decadal (10 a) and pentadecadal (50-70 a) periodicities suggested the existence of a teleconnection from the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO), which originated from sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The first eigenvector of the empirical orthogonal function analysis (EOF1) showed lower values during the Medieval Warm Period (MWP), while higher values were found in the Little Ice Age (LIA). A higher frequency of ENSO events were found in the cold climatic stage, The post 1800 AD period was occupied by significant fluctuations of the EOF1, and PDO may be one of the influencing factors. The EOF1 values showed moderate fluctuations from 680 BC to 1000 AD, showing that the climate was relatively stable in this period.展开更多
In this paper,a 2-mm long on-chip dipole antenna pair on silicon substrate is simulated to investigate the transmission characteristics.A novel technique is proposed by employing a 0.35-mm thick diamond layer between ...In this paper,a 2-mm long on-chip dipole antenna pair on silicon substrate is simulated to investigate the transmission characteristics.A novel technique is proposed by employing a 0.35-mm thick diamond layer between silicon substrate and heat sink to improve antenna performance.The simulated transmission gain of this antenna pair with 1 mm separation on a 10-Ω cm silicon substrate increases by 9 dB at 20 GHz.A modified plane wave model involving diamond layer is also presented to explain gain improvement.Effects of dielectric variety,diamond thickness,substrate resistivity and antenna pair separation on transmission gain have been studied.The results indicate that thinner diamond layer along with high resistivity substrate is preferred.Our method makes integrated dipole antennas well suitable for intra-chip wireless interconnection which is known as a future solution to replace critical wiring interconnection.展开更多
基金Supported by the 12th Five-year Defense Pre-research Fund of China(No.51308030509)
文摘A Y-band frequency doubler is analyzed and designed with GaAs planar Schottky diode, which is flip-chip solded into a 50 μm thick quartz substrate. Diode embedding impedance is found by full- wave analysis with lumped port to model the nonlinear junction for impedance matching without the need of diode equivalent circuit model. All the matching circuit is designed "on-chip" and the mul- tiplier is self-biasing. To the doubler, a conversion efficiency of 6.1% and output power of 5.4mW are measured at 214GHz with input power of 88mW, and the typical measured efficiency is 4.5% in 200 - 225 GHz.
文摘This paper presents the development of circularly polarized microstrip antenna using Kevlar honeycomb core as the substrates for application of CP-SAR (circularly polarized synthetic aperture radar) which signal propagation is not affected by Faraday rotation effect in the ionosphere, as compared to linearly polarized systems especially at the L-band. The reason why Kevlar honeycomb core is used is because it is suitable for space environment in terms of lightweight and resistant to heat and shock. Measurements of the fabricated antenna were performed to confirm the simulation results. The results show good characteristics of the antennas except the axial ratio. The reason of insufficient axial ratio is assumed as fabrication error of the radiator and microstrip line.
基金supported by the Foundation for Excellent Youth Scholars of CAREERI,CASthe National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.40776002,40825017,41171052)+2 种基金the Hundred Talent Project of Chinese Academy of Sciencesthe Polar Scientific Explore Organizing Committee Foundation (Grant Nos.20080202&0852H71001)State Oceanic Administration of People's Republic of China Project on Climate in Polar Regions(Grant Nos.CHINARE2012-04-04 and CHINARE2012-02-02)
文摘Nitrate,an oxidized product of NO x preserved in the polar ice cores,has often been used to estimate past changes of the atmospheric nitrogen cycle.A 102.65 m ice core drilled at DT-401(79°01'S,77°00'E) in 1999 provides an opportunity to investigate the possible influencing factors for the nitrate budget in the eastern Antarctica.We studied the relationship between the δ18O(representing the temperature),accumulation rate,volcanic deposition and the astronomical factors(such as the solar activities,supernovae,etc.),and the nitrate variation along the whole duration(2680-year) of the ice core.Prominent impacts of the accumulation rate acting on the nitrate flux rather than the concentration were detected.However,no significant correlation was found between the δ18O and the nitrate deposition characteristics(concentration and the flux variations).Volcanic deposition can significantly affect the deposition of nitrate with a decreasing trend accompanied by the nss-SO42(volcanic signal) peak values.Impacts of the solar activities on the nitrate deposition can be detected at this site,and three prominent periodicities(16.6,24.0 and 102.0 yr) were found for the nitrate concentration variations.Six climatic events(Dalton Minimum,Maunder Minimum,Sporer Minimum,Wolf Minimum,Oort Minimum and Medieval Maximum) during the past 1150 years were observed with lower nitrate values for the foregoing five events and higher value for the last one.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40906101 and 40476005)National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006BAB18B01)+1 种基金IPY Chinese Programme (Grant No. IPY2008-P050400101)Polar Strategy Research Foundation in China (Grant No. 20070215)
文摘Dome A (Kunlun Station) is considered a likely place for finding an ice core record reaching back to one million years. The internal isochronous layering of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, revealed by ice radar, is a prerequisite for selecting sites for deep ice core drilling that can be used for studying the paleoclimatic record. In 2004/2005, during the 21st Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE 21), a 200-km long, continuous radar profile was obtained across Dome A. The internal layers along the profile were derived from the stratigraphy detected by the radar. The morphology of the isochronous layers shows that: (1) The internal layers in the shallow ice sheet (0-500 m) are generally flat, with no more than 50 m of layer intervals, and have typical synclines and anticlines in some localized regions. (2) At 500-2000 m below the surface of the ice sheet, the layers appear as 'bright layers', and the width of the layer intervals expands to 50-100 m. (3) When the basal topographic wavelengths are approximate to the thickness of the ice (3 km), the traced internal layers, with localized bumps or concave folds, are asymptotic parallel to the subglacial topography. For the longer topographic wavelengths (~20 km) wider than the thickness of the ice, the layers do not rise and fall with the basal topography. The internal layers surrounding some mountain peaks representing the most extreme variation in the terrain are sharply disturbed by the subglacial topography. (4) Layer discontinuity and fracture were detected in the basal ice sheet. Finally, by combining this new information with that derived from existing data regarding ice thickness, we were able to select three potential sites for reconstructing the age-depth relationship of the ice core.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61076023,61275200,31070965)the National Basic Research Program of China("973" project)(Grant No.2011CB933203)the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China("863" Project)(Grant No.2012AA030308)
文摘A prototype of hybrid neural recording interface has been developed for extracellular neural recording. It consists of a silicon-based plane microelectrode array and a CMOS low noise neural amplifier chip. The neural amplifier chip is designed and implemented in 0.18 μm N-well CMOS 1P6M technology. The area of the neural preamplifier is only 0.042 mm2 with a gain of 48.3 dB. The input equivalent noise is 4.73 btVrms within pass bands of 4 kHz. To avoid cable tethering for high dense mul- tichannel neural recording interface and make it compact, flip-chip bonding is used to integrate the preamplifier chip and the microelectrode together. The hybrid device measures 3 mm×5.5 mm×330μm, which is convenient for implant or in-vivo neu- ral recording. The hybrid device was testified in in-vivo experiment. Neural signals were recorded from hippocampus region of anesthetized Sprague Dawley rats successfully.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41121001)National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CBA01804)+2 种基金State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences,National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41201069)State Oceanic Administration of People’s Republic of China Project on Climate in Polar Regions(Grant Nos.CHINARE 2014-04-04,CHINARE 2014-02-02)the Foundation for Excellent Youth Scholars of CAREERI,CAS
文摘Long time series of Antarctic sea ice extent (SIE) are important for climate research and model forecasting. A historic ice extent in the Ross Sea in early austral winter was rebuilt through sea salt ions in the DT401 ice core in interior East Antarctica. El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) had a significant influence on the sea salt deposition in DT401 through its influence on the Ross Sea SIE and the transport of sea salt inland. Spectral analysis also supported the influence of ENSO with a significant 2-6 a periodicity band. In addition, statistically significant decadal (10 a) and pentadecadal (50-70 a) periodicities suggested the existence of a teleconnection from the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO), which originated from sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The first eigenvector of the empirical orthogonal function analysis (EOF1) showed lower values during the Medieval Warm Period (MWP), while higher values were found in the Little Ice Age (LIA). A higher frequency of ENSO events were found in the cold climatic stage, The post 1800 AD period was occupied by significant fluctuations of the EOF1, and PDO may be one of the influencing factors. The EOF1 values showed moderate fluctuations from 680 BC to 1000 AD, showing that the climate was relatively stable in this period.
基金supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2009AA01Z124 and 2009AA01Z102)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60873212)
文摘In this paper,a 2-mm long on-chip dipole antenna pair on silicon substrate is simulated to investigate the transmission characteristics.A novel technique is proposed by employing a 0.35-mm thick diamond layer between silicon substrate and heat sink to improve antenna performance.The simulated transmission gain of this antenna pair with 1 mm separation on a 10-Ω cm silicon substrate increases by 9 dB at 20 GHz.A modified plane wave model involving diamond layer is also presented to explain gain improvement.Effects of dielectric variety,diamond thickness,substrate resistivity and antenna pair separation on transmission gain have been studied.The results indicate that thinner diamond layer along with high resistivity substrate is preferred.Our method makes integrated dipole antennas well suitable for intra-chip wireless interconnection which is known as a future solution to replace critical wiring interconnection.