Because microwave products in the consumer electronics market are continuous developing, device and component manufacturers have to seek new advanced integration, packaging and interconnection technologies, as size, cost and performance are critical factors for the success of a microwave product. One of the most promising integration technologies is the multilayer low temperature co-fired ceram...

A theoretical ac impedance model of biological tissue has been proposed after studying a cellular membrane using X-ray diffraction technique [1], a metal/organic system using ac impedance spectroscopy [2] and reviewing two pieces of literature of similar topics [3,4]. This paper emphasizes ac impedance techniques which can be used to study any heterogeneous materials in order to develop a lumpe...

Conclusions: In this Letter, a new modular analogue neuro-chip set with an on-chip learning capability is presented for adaptive nonlinear equalisers. Using the analogue neural equaliser, digital telecommunication receivers do not need, and can eliminate, supplementary devices such as analogue-to-digital converters and digital equalisers. Although several chips are used for experiments, one-chi...

In this paper, a large signal equivalent circuit empirical model based on Anglov model for ceramic package high power AlGaN/GaN HEMT has been proposed. A temperature-dependent drain current model, including self-heating effect, has been presented, and good agreements are achieved between measurement results and calculated results at different temperatures. The nonlinear capacitance models are m...

A generalized equivalent circuit model for waveguide transverse slots is proposed for the efficient analysis of waveguide transitions and waveguide slot antennas and slot-excited antennas. The transverse slots on the broad and end waveguide walls analyzed in this paper are decomposed into three structures: two apertures and an auxiliary waveguide section. The slot aperture in the host waveguide...

Accurate evaluation of the health status lithium-ion batteries must be deemed as great significance, insofar utility and safety are concern. Lithium plating, in particular, is notoriously known to a chemical reaction that can cause deterioration in, or even fatal hazards to, batteries. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), which has distinct advantages such being fast non-destructive ov...

-The numerical calibration and de-embedding techniques used in the planar electromagnetic (EM) simulation are reviewed. These techniques are used to eliminate the port discontinuities brought by the current/voltage exciting source. Therefore, accurate equivalent circuit model of the planar discontinuities can be extracted. Index Terms – calibration technique, equivalent circuit model, planar di...

This paper provides experimental and simulation tools to characterize a Photo-Voltaic (PV) panel. To achieve this objective, we start from a PV electrical model and we propose a circuit using Diode-based-equivalent PV (DBEPV) panel. This circuit is presented as a prototype of an equivalent PV panel. It is designed to emulate a real PV module in different climatic conditions (irradiance and temp...

Title of Document: EVALUATION AND MODELING OF ELECTROCHEMICAL MIGRATION ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS Xiaofei He, PhD, 2014 Directed by: George Dieter Chair Professor Michael G. Pecht, Assistant Research Scientist Michael H. Azarian, Department of Mechanical Engineering Electrochemical migration (ECM) is the growth of conductive metal filaments on a printed circuit board (PCB) through an electrolyt...