Microwave heating is a process within a family of electroheat techniques, such as induction, radio frequency, direct resistance or infra-red heating, all of which utilise specific parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. These processes supplement, and in specific cases totally replace, conventional heating or drying systems used in industry. This is because some conventional systems are very bul...

Self-heating phenomena are studied from room down to near liquid helium temperatures in fully depleted N channel thin film SIMOX MOS devices. A simple theoretical analysis of the self-heating effect is worked out. A method for the extraction of the thermal resistance and the device temperature rise directly from the static output characteristics is derived. Also direct self heating transient me...

Experimental measurements and modeling predictions were obtained to characterize the electro-mechanical response of two different gold contact radio frequency microelectromechanical system (RF MEMS) switches due to variations in the temperature and applied contact voltage. A three-dimensional surface roughness profile from AFM measurements of the top contact surface of a sample RF MEMS switch w...

A boron-modified molybdenum silicide material having the composition comprising about 80 to about 90 weight % Mo, about 10 to about 20 weight % Si, and about 0.1 to about 2 weight % B and a multiphase microstructure including Mo.sub.5 Si.sub.3 phase as at least one microstructural component effective to impart good high temperature creep resistance. The boron-modified molybdenum silicide materi...

In this paper, a BSIMSOI RF gate resistance model for FDSOI MOSFET is introduced and verified. With the addition of the gate resistance model, the RF characteristic of FDSOI MOSFET could be modeled well. Self-heating effect (SHE) will affect RF data fitting significantly. A simple method to extract thermal resistance is proposed.

In our daily life, central heating systems are generally used in home and office heating. The majority of fuel used in these systems are either natural gas or coal. However, in some cases air-conditioners and electrical oil-radiators are preferred in the heating of small mediums. But, the cost of electrical based heating is much higher than the cost of natural gas or coal based heating. Conside...

Several factorial models extending the famous Bigelow model to describe the influence of the heating and recovery pH and a(w) conditions on bacterial heat resistance have been developed. These models can be associated in an overall multifactorial model describing the influences of heating and recovery conditions on D values. For Bacillus cereus strain ADQP 407 the model parameters characterisin...