This paper focuses on a non-linear relationship between the course of one individual's life and its creative reshaping in the literary work of art as experienced in Julian Barnes's novel The Noise of Time. Contempla...This paper focuses on a non-linear relationship between the course of one individual's life and its creative reshaping in the literary work of art as experienced in Julian Barnes's novel The Noise of Time. Contemplating a creative process of writing, the author seems to insist on a symbiosis between art and life. Writing about Shostakovich, he goes on challenging aWs ability to deliver a clear message about life: how to put what one has experienced into words? A creative dialogue thus established between a non-speaking, extra-linguistic, and unique self and its verbal representation in literature is built upon a relational nature of the said and the not-said. Eloquent silence is employed to transpose one's life experience into the realm of verbal represenation. Focusing on the limits of verbal representation, Barnes' character in The Noise of Time similarly strives to grasp a meaning of the relationship among language, "silence", and liberation from the self. Refiguring silence as one of the most valuable narrative devices, the text challenges the illusory nature of historical time, of historical places, and of selfhood展开更多
Noise and linearity performances are critical characteristics for radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), especially for low noise amplifiers (LNAs). In this paper, a detailed analysis of noise and linearity for ...Noise and linearity performances are critical characteristics for radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), especially for low noise amplifiers (LNAs). In this paper, a detailed analysis of noise and linearity for the cascode architecture, a widely used circuit structure in LNA designs, is presented. The noise and the linearity improvement techniques for cascode structures are also developed and have been proven by computer simulating experiments. Theoretical analysis and simulation results showed that, for cascode structure LNAs, the first metallic oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) dominates the noise performance of the LNA, while the second MOSFET contributes more to the linearity. A conclusion is thus obtained that the first and second MOSFET of the LNA can be designed to optimize the noise performance and the linearity performance separately, without trade offs. The 1.9GHz Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) LNA simulation results are also given as an application of the developed theory.展开更多
We present a bulk micromachined in-plane capacitive accelerometer fabricated with an improved process flow,by etching only one-fifth of the wafer thickness at the back of the silicon while forming the bar-structure el...We present a bulk micromachined in-plane capacitive accelerometer fabricated with an improved process flow,by etching only one-fifth of the wafer thickness at the back of the silicon while forming the bar-structure electrode for the sensing capacitor.The improved flow greatly lowers the footing effect during deep reactive ion etching(DRIE),and increases the proof mass by 54% compared to the traditional way,resulting in both improved device quality and a higher yield rate.Acceleration in the X direction is sensed capacitively by varying the overlapped area of a differential capacitor pair,which eliminates the nonlinear behavior by fixing the parallel-plate gap.The damping coefficient of the sensing motion is low due to the slide-film damping.A large proof mass is made using DRIE,which also ensures that dimensions of the spring beams in the Y and Z directions can be made large to lower cross axis coupling and increase the pull-in voltage.The theoretical Brownian noise floor is 0.47 μg/Hz1/2 at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.The tested frequency response of a prototype complies with the low damping design scheme.Output data for input acceleration from ?1 g to 1 g are recorded by a digital multimeter and show very good linearity.The tested random bias of the prototype is 130 μg at an averaging time of around 6 s.展开更多
We study the existence,uniqueness and Hlder regularity of the solution to a stochastic semilinear equation arising from 1-dimensional integro-differential scalar conservation laws.The equation is driven by double-para...We study the existence,uniqueness and Hlder regularity of the solution to a stochastic semilinear equation arising from 1-dimensional integro-differential scalar conservation laws.The equation is driven by double-parameter fractional noises.In addition,the existence and moment estimate are also obtained for the density of the law of such a solution.展开更多
This work is concerned with identification of systems that are subject to not only measurement noises, but also structural uncertainties such as unmodeled dynamics, sensor nonlinear mismatch, and observation bins. Ide...This work is concerned with identification of systems that are subject to not only measurement noises, but also structural uncertainties such as unmodeled dynamics, sensor nonlinear mismatch, and observation bins. Identification errors are analyzed for their dependence on these structural uncertainties. Asymptotic distributions of scaled sequences of estimation errors are derived.展开更多
Research of superconducting nanowire singlephoton detectors(SNSPDs) has been progressing rapidly in recent years. The combined properties of high efficiency,low noise, and fast speed of SNSPDs permit its applications ...Research of superconducting nanowire singlephoton detectors(SNSPDs) has been progressing rapidly in recent years. The combined properties of high efficiency,low noise, and fast speed of SNSPDs permit its applications ranging from long-distance quantum teleportation to moonto-earth optical communications. Here we briefly discussed recent progress of SNSPDs, in particular(1) tungstensilicide SNSPDs,(2) waveguide-integrated SNSPDs, and(3) a few applied demonstrations.展开更多
文摘This paper focuses on a non-linear relationship between the course of one individual's life and its creative reshaping in the literary work of art as experienced in Julian Barnes's novel The Noise of Time. Contemplating a creative process of writing, the author seems to insist on a symbiosis between art and life. Writing about Shostakovich, he goes on challenging aWs ability to deliver a clear message about life: how to put what one has experienced into words? A creative dialogue thus established between a non-speaking, extra-linguistic, and unique self and its verbal representation in literature is built upon a relational nature of the said and the not-said. Eloquent silence is employed to transpose one's life experience into the realm of verbal represenation. Focusing on the limits of verbal representation, Barnes' character in The Noise of Time similarly strives to grasp a meaning of the relationship among language, "silence", and liberation from the self. Refiguring silence as one of the most valuable narrative devices, the text challenges the illusory nature of historical time, of historical places, and of selfhood
文摘Noise and linearity performances are critical characteristics for radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), especially for low noise amplifiers (LNAs). In this paper, a detailed analysis of noise and linearity for the cascode architecture, a widely used circuit structure in LNA designs, is presented. The noise and the linearity improvement techniques for cascode structures are also developed and have been proven by computer simulating experiments. Theoretical analysis and simulation results showed that, for cascode structure LNAs, the first metallic oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) dominates the noise performance of the LNA, while the second MOSFET contributes more to the linearity. A conclusion is thus obtained that the first and second MOSFET of the LNA can be designed to optimize the noise performance and the linearity performance separately, without trade offs. The 1.9GHz Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) LNA simulation results are also given as an application of the developed theory.
基金Project(No.NCET-06-0514)supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University,China
文摘We present a bulk micromachined in-plane capacitive accelerometer fabricated with an improved process flow,by etching only one-fifth of the wafer thickness at the back of the silicon while forming the bar-structure electrode for the sensing capacitor.The improved flow greatly lowers the footing effect during deep reactive ion etching(DRIE),and increases the proof mass by 54% compared to the traditional way,resulting in both improved device quality and a higher yield rate.Acceleration in the X direction is sensed capacitively by varying the overlapped area of a differential capacitor pair,which eliminates the nonlinear behavior by fixing the parallel-plate gap.The damping coefficient of the sensing motion is low due to the slide-film damping.A large proof mass is made using DRIE,which also ensures that dimensions of the spring beams in the Y and Z directions can be made large to lower cross axis coupling and increase the pull-in voltage.The theoretical Brownian noise floor is 0.47 μg/Hz1/2 at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.The tested frequency response of a prototype complies with the low damping design scheme.Output data for input acceleration from ?1 g to 1 g are recorded by a digital multimeter and show very good linearity.The tested random bias of the prototype is 130 μg at an averaging time of around 6 s.
基金supported by Mathematical Tianyuan Foundation of China(Grant No.11226198)Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions+1 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11171062)Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(Grant No.12ZZ063)
文摘We study the existence,uniqueness and Hlder regularity of the solution to a stochastic semilinear equation arising from 1-dimensional integro-differential scalar conservation laws.The equation is driven by double-parameter fractional noises.In addition,the existence and moment estimate are also obtained for the density of the law of such a solution.
文摘This work is concerned with identification of systems that are subject to not only measurement noises, but also structural uncertainties such as unmodeled dynamics, sensor nonlinear mismatch, and observation bins. Identification errors are analyzed for their dependence on these structural uncertainties. Asymptotic distributions of scaled sequences of estimation errors are derived.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61505141 and 11527808)the National Thousand Talents Plan for Young Professionals
文摘Research of superconducting nanowire singlephoton detectors(SNSPDs) has been progressing rapidly in recent years. The combined properties of high efficiency,low noise, and fast speed of SNSPDs permit its applications ranging from long-distance quantum teleportation to moonto-earth optical communications. Here we briefly discussed recent progress of SNSPDs, in particular(1) tungstensilicide SNSPDs,(2) waveguide-integrated SNSPDs, and(3) a few applied demonstrations.