the oil-paper insulation is a type of an inexpensive combination insulation system in oil-filled power transformers. in this study the dielectric and strength properties of canola oil and mineral oil impregnated hand-sheet papers were investigated. all hand sheets were made of unbleached bagasse soda pulp with two different freeness levels of 200 ± 25 ml, csf and 400± 25 ml,csf. after drying th...

In order to reduce the costs of wind energy, it is necessary to improve the wind turbine availability and reduce the operational and maintenance costs. The reliability and availability of a functioning wind turbine depend largely on the protective properties of the lubrication oil for its drive train subassemblies such as the gearbox and means for lubrication oil condition monitoring and degrad...

While observations of charging damage during plasma-assisted deposition have been erratic thus far, concern abounds that it may worsen as aspect ratios increase and high-density plasmas are used more frequently. Simulations of pattern-dependent charging during interlevel dielectric deposition reveal that the initial conformality of the dielectric film plays a crucial role in metal line charge u...

The electrical behavior of decananometer MOS transistors with high-κ dielectric gate stack has been investigated using 2D numerical simulation. Two important electrostatic limitations of high-κ materials have been analyzed and discussed in this work: i) the gate-fringing field effects which compromise short-channel performance when simultaneously increasing the dielectric constant and its physi...

Monte Carlo simulations of pattern-dependent charging during interlevel dielectric ~ILD! deposition in high-density plasmas reveal that the initial conformality of the ILD film plays a crucial role in metal line charging up and the subsequent degradation to the buried gate oxide to which the metal line is connected. Line charging occurs when the top dielectric is thick enough to prevent tunneli...

When pushing the gate dielectric thickness of metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices down to the subnanometer scale, the most challenging issue is the interface. The interfacial transition layers between the high-k dielectric/Si and between the high-k dielectric/gate metal become the critical constraints for the smallest achievable film thickness. This work presents a detailed study on the int...

A series of heteroepitaxial Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 were grown on 0.29(LaAlO3):0.35(Sr2TaAlO6) substrates using pulsed-laser deposition. X-ray characterization revealed compressive in-plane stresses in the thinnest films, which were relaxed in a continuous fashion with increasing thickness. A theoretical treatment of the misfit strain was in good agreement with the measured out-of-plane lattice paramete...

Research in the field of quantum information theory nowadays focusses more and more on the possibilities of practical implementation of quantum information processes. One of the most promising attempts has seemed to be the usage of entangled Gaussian states since they are rather easy to produce with optical means. In this article we will review properties of Gaussian states and describe operati...