A Low-Power-Consumption 9bit 10MS/s Pipeline ADC for CMOS Image Sensors

A low-power-consumption 9bit 10MS/s pipeline ADC,used in a CMOS image sensor,is proposed. In the design, the decrease of power consumption is achieved by applying low-power-consumption and large-output-swing amplifiers with gain boost structure, and biasing all the cells with the same voltage bias source, which requires careful layout design and large capacitors. In addition,capacitor array DAC is also applied to reduce power consumption,and low threshold voltage MOS transistors are used to achieve a large signal processing range. The ADC was implemented in a 0.18μm 4M-1 P CMOS process,and the experimental results indicate that it consumes only 7mW, which is much less than general pipeline ADCs. The ADC was used in a 300000 pixels CMOS image sensor.

Advanced Glycation Endproducts in 35 Types of Seafood Products Consumed in Eastern China

Advanced glycation endproducts(AGEs) have been recognized as hazards in processed foods that can induce chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and diabetic nephropathy. In this study, we investigated the AGEs contents of 35 types of industrial seafood products that are consumed frequently in eastern China. Total fluorescent AGEs level and Nε-carboxymethyl-lysine(CML) content were evaluated by fluorescence spectrophotometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS), respectively. The level of total fluorescent AGEs in seafood samples ranged from 39.37 to 1178.3 AU, and was higher in canned and packaged instant aquatic products that were processed at high temperatures. The CML content in seafood samples ranged from 44.8 to 439.1 mg per kg dried sample, and was higher in roasted seafood samples. The total fluorescent AGEs and CML content increased when seafood underwent high-temperature processing, but did not show an obvious correlation. The present study suggested that commonly consumed seafood contains different levels of AGEs, and the seafood processed at high temperatures always displays a high level of either AGEs or CML.

Heat Kernel Estimates for Non-symmetric Finite Range Jump Processes

In this paper,we first establish the sharp two-sided heat kernel estimates and the gradient estimate for the truncated fractional Laplacian under gradient perturbation S^(b):=△^(α/2)+b·▽,where △^(α/2) is the truncated fractional Laplacian,α∈(1,2) and b ∈ K_(d)^(α-1).In the second part,for a more general finite range jump process,we present some sufficient conditions to allow that the two sided estimates of the heat kernel are comparable to the Poisson type function for large distance |x-y|in short time.

Range Query Processing in Multidisk Systems

In order to reduce the disk access time, a database can be stored on several simultaneously accessi- ble disks. In this paper, we are concerned with the dynamic d-attribute database allocation problem for range queries. An allocation method, called coordinate modulo allocation method, is proposed to al- locate data in a d-attribute database among disks so that the maximum disk accessing concurrency can be achieved for range queries. Our analysis and experiments show that the method achieves the optimum or near-optimum parallelism for range queries. The paper offers the conditions under which the method is optimal. The worst case bounds of the performance of the method are also given. In addi- tion, the parallel algorithm of processing range queries is described at the end of the paper. The meth- od has been used in the statistic and scientific database management system which is being designed by us.

Range-Renewal Processes:SLLNs and Power Laws

Given n samples(viewed as an n-tuple)of aγ-regular discrete distributionπ,in this article the authors concern with the weighted and unweighted graphs induced by the n samples.They first prove a series of SLLN results(of Dvoretzky-Erdos'type).Then they show that the vertex weights of the graphs under investigation obey asymptotically power law distributions with exponent 1+γThey also give a conjecture that the degrees of unweighted graphs would exhibit asymptotically power law distributions with constant exponent 2.This exponent is obviously independent of the parameterγ∈(0,1),which is a surprise to us at first sight.

The Impact of Mid- and High-Latitude Rossby Wave Activities on the Medium-Range Evolution of the EAP Pattern During the Pre-Rainy Period of South China

Based on the NCEP DOE AMIP II daily reanalysis data （1979-2005）, the evolution of the East Asia/Pacific （EAP） teleconnection pattern during the pre-rainy period of South China is studied on the medium-range time scale. It is found that positive and negative EAP patterns share a similar generation process. In the middle and upper troposphere, Rossby wave packets emanating from the northeast Atlantic or Europe propagate toward East Asia along the Eurasian continent waveguide and finally give rise to the three anomaly centers of the EAP pattern over East Asia. Among the three anomaly centers, the western Pacific subtropical center appears the latest. Rossby wave packets propagate from the high latitude anomaly center toward the mid-latitude and the subtropical ones. The enhancement and maintenance of the subtropical anomaly center is closely associated with the subtropical jet waveguide and the incoming Rossby wave packets from the upstream. In the lower troposphere, Rossby wave packets emanate from the subtropical Asia toward East Asia. Positive and negative EAP patterns could not be regarded as ＂mirrors＂ to each other with simply reversed phase. For the positive pattern, the positive height anomaly center around the Scandinavia Peninsula keeps its strength and position during the mature period, and the Rossby wave packets thus propagate persistently toward East Asia, facilitating a longer mature time of the positive pattern. As for the formation of the negative EAP pattern, however, the incoming Rossby wave energy from the upstream contributes to both the enhancement and southeastward movement of the negative anomaly belt from the Yenisei River to the Bering Strait and the positive anomaly center around Mongolia. At the peak time, the two anomlous circulations are evolved into the Northeast Asia and the mid-latitude anomaly centers of the negative pattern, respectively. The energy dispersion of Rossby wave packets is relatively fast due to the predominant zonal circulation in the extratropics, causing a shorter mature period of the negative pattern. During the pre-rainy period of South China, the prevalence of the EAP pattern significantly affects the rainfall over the region south of the Yangtze River. The positive （negative） EAP pattern tends to cause positive （negative） precipitation anomalies in that region. This is different from the earlier research findings based on monthly mean data.

Parallel Data Cube Storage Structure for Range Sum Queries and Dynamic Updates

I/O parallelism is considered to be a promising approach to achieving highperformance in parallel data warehousing systems where huge amounts of data and complex analyticalqueries have to be processed. This paper proposes a parallel secondary data cube storage structure(PHC for short) to efficiently support the processing of range sum queries and dynamic updates ondata cube using parallel computing systems. Based on PHC, two parallel algorithms for processingrange sum queries and updates are proposed also. Both the algorithms have the same time complexity,O(log^d n/P). The analytical and experimental results show that PHC and the parallel algorithms havehigh performance and achieve optimum speedup.

Range Information Propagation Transform

A novel method of model-based object recognition is presented in this paper. Its novelty stems from the fact that the gray level image captured by a camera is merged with sparse range information in an active manner. By using a projective transform,which is determined by the sparse range data, features (e.g. edge points) related to a single planar surface patch or figure in the scene can be assigned with their corresponding range values respectively. As a result, the shape of the very planar patch or figure can be recovered and various kinds of description in the Euclidean space can be calculated. Based on these descriptions values, the hypothesis about the identification of the object and its pose in space can be obtained with a high probability of success, and a high efficiency of hypothesis- verification process can be expected. Another advantage of this method is that the edge detection process can be navigated to the proper location hinted by the sparse range image. In consequence edge features can be extracted even in the regions with low contrast. In this paper the principle of range information propagation transform (RIPT) is explained, and some implementation issues, such as the algorithms using calibrated or uncalibrated gray level image for object recognition, are discussed. The preliminary experimental results are presented to indicate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method.

STATISTIC PROPERTIES OF NOISE FIELD OF MOVING SOURCE IN SHALLOW WATER AND ITS EFFECTS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR THE NOISE RANGING SONAR

In this paper the properties of space- time correlation function of the noise field of moving source in layered statistic inhomogeneous medium are studied and the effects of random fluctuating boundary are considered as well.It has been shown, theoretically and experimentally, multi-path propergating effects cause the dispersion of the correlation function and fluctuations of the medium refraction index and the boundary cause the fluctuation of it.The effect of the movement of the noise source on the output of real- time correlator is equivalent to a low- pass filter added the drift of space- time correlation function.These properties of the correlation function cause grave degradation of the signal processing gain of noise ranging sonar system.The fluctuating and the distortion of conrrelation function made it difficult to realize the noise ranging.So in this paper, a method of space correlation ranging by a linear array of four points with short separation and long span and a technigue of dual- correlation signal processing are presented. By this, the influences of previously mentioned factors are greatly overcomed.Futhermore, for the long period and great delay fluctuation of the dual- correlation function output caused by internal wave, a method of limited memory Quasi- Kalman filtering is developed and the effective accurate ranging and tracing of noise ranging sonar are able to be tralized finally.