Dear Editor： There is accumulating evidence that human blood electronic circuit components and their application circuits become more and more important to cyborg implant/engineering, man-machine interface, hu- man ...Dear Editor： There is accumulating evidence that human blood electronic circuit components and their application circuits become more and more important to cyborg implant/engineering, man-machine interface, hu- man disease detection and healing, and artificial brain evolutionusl. Here, we report the first development of human plasma-based amplifier circuit in the dis- crete as well as integrated circuit （IC） configuration mode. Electrolytes in the human blood contain an enormous number of charge carriers such as positive and negative molecule/atom ions, which are electri- cally conducting media and therefore can be utilized for developing electronic circuit components and their application circuits. These electronic circuits obvi- ously have very high application impact potential towards bio-medical engineering and medical science and technology.展开更多
A CMOS front-end integrated circuit consisting of 16 identical analog channels is proposed for semiconductor radiation detectors. Each of the 16 channels has a low noise charge sensitive amplifier, a pulse shaper, a p...A CMOS front-end integrated circuit consisting of 16 identical analog channels is proposed for semiconductor radiation detectors. Each of the 16 channels has a low noise charge sensitive amplifier, a pulse shaper, a peak detect and hold circuit and a discriminator, while analog voltage and channel address are routed off the chip. It can accommodate both electron and hole collection with selectable gain and peaking time. Sequential and sparse readout, combining with self-trigger and external trigger, makes four readout modes. The circuit is implemented in a 0.35 μm DP4M (double-poly-quad-metal) CMOS technology with an area of 2.5×1.54 mm2 and power dissipation of 60 mW. A single channel chip is tested with Verigy 93000. The gain is adjustable from 13 to 130 mV·fC–1 while the peaking time varies between 0.7 and 1.6 μs. The linearity is more than 99% and the equivalent noise charge is about 600e.展开更多
Wide-bandgap semiconductors exhibit much larger energybandgaps than traditional semiconductors such as silicon,rendering them very promising to be applied in the fields of electronics and optoelectronics.Prominent exa...Wide-bandgap semiconductors exhibit much larger energybandgaps than traditional semiconductors such as silicon,rendering them very promising to be applied in the fields of electronics and optoelectronics.Prominent examples of semiconductors include SiC,GaN,ZnO,and diamond,which exhibitdistinctive characteristics such as elevated mobility and thermalconductivity.These characteristics facilitate the operation of awide range of devices,including energy-efficient bipolar junctiontransistors(BJTs)and metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effecttransistors(MOSFETs),as well as high-frequency high-electronmobility transistors(HEMTs)and optoelectronic components suchas light-emitting diodes(LEDs)and lasers.These semiconductorsare used in building integrated circuits(ICs)to facilitate theoperation of power electronics,computer devices,RF systems,andother optoelectronic advancements.These breakthroughs includevarious applications such as imaging,optical communication,andsensing.Among them,the field of power electronics has witnessedtremendous progress in recent years with the development of widebandgap(WBG)semiconductor devices,which is capable ofswitching large currents and voltages rapidly with low losses.However,it has been proven challenging to integrate these deviceswith silicon complementary metal oxide semiconductor(CMOS)logic circuits required for complex control functions.The monolithic integration of silicon CMOS with WBG devices increases thecomplexity of fabricating monolithically integrated smart integrated circuits(ICs).This review article proposes implementingCMOS logic directly on the WBG platform as a solution.However,achieving the CMOS functionalities with the adoption of WBGmaterials still remains a significant hurdle.This article summarizesthe research progress in the fabrication of integrated circuitsadopting various WBG materials ranging from SiC to diamond,with the goal of building future smart power ICs.展开更多
Highly sensitive gas sensors with remarkably low detection limits are attractive for diverse practical application fields including real-time environmental monitoring,exhaled breath diagnosis,and food freshness analys...Highly sensitive gas sensors with remarkably low detection limits are attractive for diverse practical application fields including real-time environmental monitoring,exhaled breath diagnosis,and food freshness analysis.Among various chemiresistive sensing materials,noble metal-decorated semiconducting metal oxides(SMOs)have currently aroused extensive attention by virtue of the unique electronic and catalytic properties of noble metals.This review highlights the research progress on the designs and applications of different noble metal-decorated SMOs with diverse nanostructures(e.g.,nanoparticles,nanowires,nanorods,nanosheets,nanoflowers,and microspheres)for high-performance gas sensors with higher response,faster response/recovery speed,lower operating temperature,and ultra-low detection limits.The key topics include Pt,Pd,Au,other noble metals(e.g.,Ag,Ru,and Rh.),and bimetals-decorated SMOs containing ZnO,SnO_(2),WO_(3),other SMOs(e.g.,In_(2)O_(3),Fe_(2)O_(3),and CuO),and heterostructured SMOs.In addition to conventional devices,the innovative applications like photo-assisted room temperature gas sensors and mechanically flexible smart wearable devices are also discussed.Moreover,the relevant mechanisms for the sensing performance improvement caused by noble metal decoration,including the electronic sensitization effect and the chemical sensitization effect,have also been summarized in detail.Finally,major challenges and future perspectives towards noble metal-decorated SMOs-based chemiresistive gas sensors are proposed.展开更多
A readout electronics has been developed for the silicon strip array detector system of HIRFL-CSR-ETF.It consists of 48 front end electronics(FEE)boards,12 PXI-DAQ boards and one trigger board.It can implement energy ...A readout electronics has been developed for the silicon strip array detector system of HIRFL-CSR-ETF.It consists of 48 front end electronics(FEE)boards,12 PXI-DAQ boards and one trigger board.It can implement energy and time measurements of 4608 channels.Each FEE board is based on 6 ASICs(ATHED),which implements energy and time measurements of 96 channels.The PXI-DAQ board meets requirements of high-speed counting and amount of readout channels and can process signals of 4 FEEs.The trigger board is developed to select the valid events.The energy linearity of the readout electronics is better than 0.3%in the dynamic range of 0.1-0.7V.In the test with a standard triple alpha source,the energy resolution was 1.8%at 5.48 MeV.This readout electronics enables the silicon strip array system to identify particles of A<14.展开更多
Over 70 years have passed since the first transistor was invented at Bell Labs,New Jersey,USA on 16 December 1947 by William Shockley,John Bardeen and Walter Brattain,which was perhaps the most important electronics e...Over 70 years have passed since the first transistor was invented at Bell Labs,New Jersey,USA on 16 December 1947 by William Shockley,John Bardeen and Walter Brattain,which was perhaps the most important electronics event of the 20th century as it later made possible the integrated circuit(IC)and microprocessor that are the basis of modern electronics.The first electronic products were made from individual transistors but before long engineers learnt how to integrate several simultaneously,giving birth to the first IC in 1957.Industry development thereafter followed a predominantly evolutionary process with the number of transistors on an IC increasing exponentially each year,a process known as Moore’s Law after one of the semiconductor industry’s key founding fathers.展开更多
光伏和风电一体化系统可以提高可再生能源的利用效率,降低能源成本。文章重点探讨了该系统中电源管理与电子电路设计的关键技术。针对最大功率点跟踪(Maximum Power Point Tracking,MPPT)算法,比较了传统方法与基于机器学习的新型算法,...光伏和风电一体化系统可以提高可再生能源的利用效率,降低能源成本。文章重点探讨了该系统中电源管理与电子电路设计的关键技术。针对最大功率点跟踪(Maximum Power Point Tracking,MPPT)算法,比较了传统方法与基于机器学习的新型算法,并评估了其性能指标。在并网逆变器设计和储能系统集成方面,深入分析主要拓扑结构、关键参数优化以及经济性。通过一个典型工程案例,评估了系统整体性能和经济环境效益。该研究为光伏和风电一体化系统的优化设计提供了重要技术支持。展开更多
To avoid potential human casualties and environmental pollution,flowout gas from sulphuric gas wells showing high concentrations of volatile gas must be neutralized by controlled ignition.Simulation model is built by ...To avoid potential human casualties and environmental pollution,flowout gas from sulphuric gas wells showing high concentrations of volatile gas must be neutralized by controlled ignition.Simulation model is built by using CFD software for flowout gas,and ignition methods are analyzed.The simulation results indicate that the optimal ignition zone is located between 150mm and 570mm above the gas flowout device.Two ignition methods,electronical and chemical,are developed.12 and 6 experimental tests are performed respectively for these two methods.Results from the above tests verify that both approaches are successful in igniting the gas promptly and safely.In addition,our experience proves that the former way is more suitable for the fixed position ignition case,while the latter is more suitable for the long-distance or emergent ignition case.These two approaches can potentially be applied to a wide range of situations other than the fixed position ignition case and long distance ignition case.展开更多
文摘Dear Editor： There is accumulating evidence that human blood electronic circuit components and their application circuits become more and more important to cyborg implant/engineering, man-machine interface, hu- man disease detection and healing, and artificial brain evolutionusl. Here, we report the first development of human plasma-based amplifier circuit in the dis- crete as well as integrated circuit （IC） configuration mode. Electrolytes in the human blood contain an enormous number of charge carriers such as positive and negative molecule/atom ions, which are electri- cally conducting media and therefore can be utilized for developing electronic circuit components and their application circuits. These electronic circuits obvi- ously have very high application impact potential towards bio-medical engineering and medical science and technology.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.40704025)
文摘A CMOS front-end integrated circuit consisting of 16 identical analog channels is proposed for semiconductor radiation detectors. Each of the 16 channels has a low noise charge sensitive amplifier, a pulse shaper, a peak detect and hold circuit and a discriminator, while analog voltage and channel address are routed off the chip. It can accommodate both electron and hole collection with selectable gain and peaking time. Sequential and sparse readout, combining with self-trigger and external trigger, makes four readout modes. The circuit is implemented in a 0.35 μm DP4M (double-poly-quad-metal) CMOS technology with an area of 2.5×1.54 mm2 and power dissipation of 60 mW. A single channel chip is tested with Verigy 93000. The gain is adjustable from 13 to 130 mV·fC–1 while the peaking time varies between 0.7 and 1.6 μs. The linearity is more than 99% and the equivalent noise charge is about 600e.
基金supported by KAUST BaselineFund:BAS/1/1664-01-01,KAUST Near-term Grand Challenge Fund:REI/1/4999-01-01,KAUST Impact Acceleration Fund:REI/1/5124-01-01.
文摘Wide-bandgap semiconductors exhibit much larger energybandgaps than traditional semiconductors such as silicon,rendering them very promising to be applied in the fields of electronics and optoelectronics.Prominent examples of semiconductors include SiC,GaN,ZnO,and diamond,which exhibitdistinctive characteristics such as elevated mobility and thermalconductivity.These characteristics facilitate the operation of awide range of devices,including energy-efficient bipolar junctiontransistors(BJTs)and metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effecttransistors(MOSFETs),as well as high-frequency high-electronmobility transistors(HEMTs)and optoelectronic components suchas light-emitting diodes(LEDs)and lasers.These semiconductorsare used in building integrated circuits(ICs)to facilitate theoperation of power electronics,computer devices,RF systems,andother optoelectronic advancements.These breakthroughs includevarious applications such as imaging,optical communication,andsensing.Among them,the field of power electronics has witnessedtremendous progress in recent years with the development of widebandgap(WBG)semiconductor devices,which is capable ofswitching large currents and voltages rapidly with low losses.However,it has been proven challenging to integrate these deviceswith silicon complementary metal oxide semiconductor(CMOS)logic circuits required for complex control functions.The monolithic integration of silicon CMOS with WBG devices increases thecomplexity of fabricating monolithically integrated smart integrated circuits(ICs).This review article proposes implementingCMOS logic directly on the WBG platform as a solution.However,achieving the CMOS functionalities with the adoption of WBGmaterials still remains a significant hurdle.This article summarizesthe research progress in the fabrication of integrated circuitsadopting various WBG materials ranging from SiC to diamond,with the goal of building future smart power ICs.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2020YFB2008604,2021YFB3202500)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61874034)the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan(No.21520713300)。
文摘Highly sensitive gas sensors with remarkably low detection limits are attractive for diverse practical application fields including real-time environmental monitoring,exhaled breath diagnosis,and food freshness analysis.Among various chemiresistive sensing materials,noble metal-decorated semiconducting metal oxides(SMOs)have currently aroused extensive attention by virtue of the unique electronic and catalytic properties of noble metals.This review highlights the research progress on the designs and applications of different noble metal-decorated SMOs with diverse nanostructures(e.g.,nanoparticles,nanowires,nanorods,nanosheets,nanoflowers,and microspheres)for high-performance gas sensors with higher response,faster response/recovery speed,lower operating temperature,and ultra-low detection limits.The key topics include Pt,Pd,Au,other noble metals(e.g.,Ag,Ru,and Rh.),and bimetals-decorated SMOs containing ZnO,SnO_(2),WO_(3),other SMOs(e.g.,In_(2)O_(3),Fe_(2)O_(3),and CuO),and heterostructured SMOs.In addition to conventional devices,the innovative applications like photo-assisted room temperature gas sensors and mechanically flexible smart wearable devices are also discussed.Moreover,the relevant mechanisms for the sensing performance improvement caused by noble metal decoration,including the electronic sensitization effect and the chemical sensitization effect,have also been summarized in detail.Finally,major challenges and future perspectives towards noble metal-decorated SMOs-based chemiresistive gas sensors are proposed.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11005135 and 11079045)the Important Direction Project of the CAS Knowledge Innovation Program(No.KJCX2-YW-N27)the Foundation of director of Institute Modern Physics,CAS(No.Y207170SZ0)
文摘A readout electronics has been developed for the silicon strip array detector system of HIRFL-CSR-ETF.It consists of 48 front end electronics(FEE)boards,12 PXI-DAQ boards and one trigger board.It can implement energy and time measurements of 4608 channels.Each FEE board is based on 6 ASICs(ATHED),which implements energy and time measurements of 96 channels.The PXI-DAQ board meets requirements of high-speed counting and amount of readout channels and can process signals of 4 FEEs.The trigger board is developed to select the valid events.The energy linearity of the readout electronics is better than 0.3%in the dynamic range of 0.1-0.7V.In the test with a standard triple alpha source,the energy resolution was 1.8%at 5.48 MeV.This readout electronics enables the silicon strip array system to identify particles of A<14.
文摘Over 70 years have passed since the first transistor was invented at Bell Labs,New Jersey,USA on 16 December 1947 by William Shockley,John Bardeen and Walter Brattain,which was perhaps the most important electronics event of the 20th century as it later made possible the integrated circuit(IC)and microprocessor that are the basis of modern electronics.The first electronic products were made from individual transistors but before long engineers learnt how to integrate several simultaneously,giving birth to the first IC in 1957.Industry development thereafter followed a predominantly evolutionary process with the number of transistors on an IC increasing exponentially each year,a process known as Moore’s Law after one of the semiconductor industry’s key founding fathers.
文摘光伏和风电一体化系统可以提高可再生能源的利用效率,降低能源成本。文章重点探讨了该系统中电源管理与电子电路设计的关键技术。针对最大功率点跟踪(Maximum Power Point Tracking,MPPT)算法,比较了传统方法与基于机器学习的新型算法,并评估了其性能指标。在并网逆变器设计和储能系统集成方面,深入分析主要拓扑结构、关键参数优化以及经济性。通过一个典型工程案例,评估了系统整体性能和经济环境效益。该研究为光伏和风电一体化系统的优化设计提供了重要技术支持。
文摘To avoid potential human casualties and environmental pollution,flowout gas from sulphuric gas wells showing high concentrations of volatile gas must be neutralized by controlled ignition.Simulation model is built by using CFD software for flowout gas,and ignition methods are analyzed.The simulation results indicate that the optimal ignition zone is located between 150mm and 570mm above the gas flowout device.Two ignition methods,electronical and chemical,are developed.12 and 6 experimental tests are performed respectively for these two methods.Results from the above tests verify that both approaches are successful in igniting the gas promptly and safely.In addition,our experience proves that the former way is more suitable for the fixed position ignition case,while the latter is more suitable for the long-distance or emergent ignition case.These two approaches can potentially be applied to a wide range of situations other than the fixed position ignition case and long distance ignition case.
