Radio-frequency ~rf! inductively coupled planar plasma ~ICP! provides a better way to generate spatially confined high density gas discharge plasmas for microelectronics processing. Commercial processing equipment using this technique is currently available, but is limited in size to 20 cm in diameter by problems with plasma uniformity and antenna dielectric window erosion. We have developed a ...

A novel Building Integrated Concentrating Photovoltaic (BICPV) Smart Window has been designed and developed as a next generation intelligent window system. In response to climatic conditions, the smart window varies solar light transmission into the building for provision of light and heat with the reflection of light to the photovoltaic (PV) for electricity generation. This unique function is ...

AudioFile is a portable, device-independent, network-transparent system for computer audio systems. Similar to the X Window System, it provides an abstract interface with a simple network protocol to support a variety of audio hardware and multiple simultaneous clients. This report describes our approach to digital audio, the AudioFile protocol, the client library, the audio server, and some cl...

Theta oscillations are believed to play an important role in the coordination of neuronal firing in the entorhinal (EC)-hippocampal system but the underlying mechanisms are not known. We simultaneously recorded from neurons in multiple regions of the EC-hippocampal loop and examined their temporal relationships. Theta-coordinated synchronous spiking of EC neuronal populations predicted the timi...

Three-dimensional (3D) integration and multi-level cell (MLC) are two attractive technologies to achieve ultra-high density for mass storage applications. In this work, a three-layer 3D vertical AlOδ/Ta2O5-x/TaOy resistive random access memories were fabricated and characterized. The vertical cells in three layers show good uniformity and high performance (e.g. >1000X HRS/LRS windows, >10(10) e...

We present a system for modeling and real-time rendering of solid terrains. Using results from the field of tiling, we show how a global 3D texture can be computed for a 2D terrain using a small set of Layered Depth Images. We propose a new set of Wang tiles that are shown empirically to tile the plane without apparent periodic structure. Furthmore, we introduce a new imagebased data struture: ...

There are no doubts. We owe wavelet analysis to Jean Morlet. How did Morlet discover wavelets? Here is the story. During the late seventies Morlet was working as a geophysicist for the Elf-Aquitaine company. He had to process the backscattered seismic signals which carry the information related to the geological layers. These seismic signals present transient patterns. Processing such signals w...

A microlens array (MLA) based see-through, front projection screen, which can be used in direct projection head-up displays (HUD), color teleprompters and bidirectional interactive smart windows, is evaluated for various performance metrics in transmission mode. The screen structure consists of a partially reflective coated MLA buried between refractive-index-matched layers of epoxy as reported...