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Electronics Letters
Volume 12, Issue 18, 2 September 1976
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Volume 12, Issue 18
2 September 1976
Acoustically coupled surface-wave resonators
- Author(s): P.A. Moore and M. Redwood
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 449 –450
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760341
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Analysis of an acoustically coupled 2-resonator surface-wave filter through impedance transformations provides numerical results for frequency splitting and suggests an equivalent circuit. The frequency splitting is very nearly exponentially dependent on the number of elements in the coupling array.
Error-feedback circuits for digital filters
- Author(s): A.N. Willson
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 450 –452
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760342
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Criteria are developed for the design of a very general error-feedback circuit whose purpose is to eliminate the presence of nonlinear phenomena, caused by the occurrence of adder overflows, in the forced response of a 2nd-order recursive digital filter.
Synthetic-aperture processing for side-looking airborne radar (s.l.a.r.) using c.c.d. and s.a.w. components
- Author(s): J.B.G. Roberts
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 452 –453
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760343
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A processor using a baseband c.c.d. data store and an i.f. s.a.w. chirp filter is shown to offer a realistic alternative to optical or digital s.l.a.r. processing. Range sorting and pulse averaging can be done within the store while the complex correlation for many range cells can be accomplished using a single s.a.w. filter.
New design parameter for the Lerner filter
- Author(s): C.R. Carter
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 453 –454
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760344
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A new design parameter for the Lerner filter is described which allows the designer to place a resonance at any frequency outside the passband. The resonance is quite sharp and it appears to be useful in eliminating a narrow band of undesired signal frequencies or in increasing the steepness of the skirt response.
Switching model of arc root initiation on oxide-coated cold cathodes
- Author(s): D.V. Morgan
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 454 –456
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760345
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Consideration is given to the switching model of arc root initiation on oxide-coated cold cathodes, in the light of recent site emission lifetime measurements of Guile et al. From the estimates of the total switching times, it is suggested that the switching model is consistent with the lifetime measurements, strengthening the data presented in a previous publication.
Improving the performance of a low-frequency correlator
- Author(s): P.C. Fannin
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 456 –457
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760346
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A technique for improving the performance of a low-frequency correlator whose design is centred on a bucket-brigade delay line is presented. The technique is based on a concept which uses the unprocessed output of the delay line.
High-speed matrix inversion by stochastic computer
- Author(s): P. Mars and H.R. Mclean
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 457 –459
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760347
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The problem of online computation of linear equations and matrix inversion using digital-stochastic-computing structures is considered. Such techniques are shown to provide very economical and fast online computations. The simple logic circuits used for the realisation of the stochastic operators are ideally suited for large-scale integrated-circuit fabricatioo. Experimental results are presented for the computation nf linear equations and matrix inversion.
Electro-optic Y-junction modulator/switch
- Author(s): H. Sasaki and R.M. de La Rue
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 459 –460
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760348
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A new type of electro-optic channel-waveguide modulator/switch for integrated optics has been proposed and demonstrated in which the transverse confinement of The guided optical wave in a channel waveguide is controlled and the optical energy is selectively fed to either Y-junction output port by control of the applied electric field. The device exhibited 75% modulation depth for an applied voltage swing of 6 V peak to peak and a potential bandwidth of 10 GHz.
Effect of electron-electron interactions on microwave performance of IMPATT GaAs diodes
- Author(s): J. Pribetich ; M. Lefebvre ; E. Allamando
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 460 –462
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760349
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The effect of electron-electron interactions on the ionisation rate is investigated. It is shown that this effect may be a power and efficiency saturation phenomenon for GaAs IMPATT diodes. This effect may become drastic if too high current densities are used, and this particularly may be the case in the millimetric frequency range.
Analysis of radiation from arbitrarily oriented wire antennas over imperfect ground (Sommerfeld formulation): SomArb
- Author(s): T.K. Sarkar
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, page: 462 –462
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760350
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The program is for analysing radiation from antenna arrays of arbitrarily oriented thin-wire antennas over the plane surface of an imperfectly conducting earth. The solution is that obtained from the E-field integral equation by the method of moments. The effects of the imperfectly conducting earth are accounted for exactly by using the Sommerfeld formulation.
Performance of selenium-ion-implanted GaAs f.e.t.s
- Author(s): J.A. Higgins ; B.M. Welch ; F.H. Eisen ; G.D. Robinson
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 462 –464
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760351
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Selenium-ion-implanted GaAs f.e.t.s have given minimum noise figures as low as 3·4 dB and maximum available gains of at least 10 dB at 10 GHz. The devices do not appear to suffer from short-term drift problems, and have greater device-characteristic uniformity and reproducibility than epitaxial f.e.t.s.
Interdigital directional couplers with an odd or even number of lines and unequal characteristic impedances
- Author(s): J.A.G. Malherbe
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 464 –465
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760352
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A design procedure for interdigital directional couplers with an odd or even number of lines and unequal characteristic impedances of the parts is presented. Present design procedures and synthesis methods are shown to be special simplified cases of a general theory.
Polarisation degeneracy in bent optical fibre
- Author(s): L. Lewin
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 465 –467
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760353
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It is shown that the previously established polarisation degeneracy for propagation round a bent optical fibre obtains only in the limit of equality of core and cladding permittivities. Unequal permittivities produce differential attenuations in the components parallel to and perpendicular to the plane of the bend.
Nondispersive magnetostatic-volume-wave delay line
- Author(s): N.D.J. Miller
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 466 –467
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760354
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A magnetostatic delay line enabling nondispersive delay to be obtained over any 150 MHz bandwidth from S- up to X-band is described. The magnitude of the nondispersive delay is approximately independent of magnetic field, and the device does not suffer from low power saturation effects.
Multiple fault simulation in linear active circuits
- Author(s): G.C. Temes
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 467 –468
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760355
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An efficient algorithm is described for simulating the effects of multiple faults in linear active circuits. The process is also applicable to the multiparameter large-change sensitivity analysis of linear circuits. It is based on a generalisation of the branch-at-a-time circuit-analysis algorithm of Kron and Branin.
Sequential algorithm for channel equalisation employing a stack
- Author(s): J. Gordon and N. Montague
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 468 –469
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760356
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A sequential algorithm based on a stack, and applicable to the problem of recovering digital data after degradation by intersymbol interference and additive noise, is described. Results are presented showing a tradeoff between performance and equipment complexity, with performance asymptotic to the maximum-likelihood-sequence (Viterbi) estimate when the storage is large.
Optimum sufficient conditions for the stability of linear multivariable systems
- Author(s): J.M. Valenca
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 470 –471
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760357
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By invoking a fixed-point theorem of functional analysis. Freeman has developed a stability criterion for linear multivariable systems. The criterion is derived by using an operator perturbation technique to try to ensure that the operator in the transformed system equation is a contraction. It is clearly desirable to be able to choose the perturbation operator so that the transformed open-loop operator is as small as possible in some sense. In the letter, we determine that perturbation operator, from the class of diagonal linear operators, that gives the smallest contraction for the transformed open-loop system operator.
Anomalous frequency dispersion of m.o.s. capacitors formed on n-type GaAs by anodic oxidation
- Author(s): T. Sawada and H. Hasegawa
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 471 –473
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760358
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The capacitance/voltage characteristics of the metal-oxide-semiconductor system formed on n-type GaAs by anodic oxidation differ greatly from those of p-type GaAs, showing an marked anomalous frequency dispersion which is not caused by the Quast carrier diffusion mechanism, but by an anomalous formation of interface states.
Step discontinuities on dielectric waveguides
- Author(s): G.H. Brooke and M.M.Z. Kharadly
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 473 –475
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760359
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Reflection, transmission and radiation properties of a step discontinuity on a dielectric surface waveguide are calculated. The method used involves bounding the open waveguide with perfect conductors. Results are compared with those given by previous authors.
Higher accuracy for the resonance frequencies of dielectric resonators
- Author(s): Y. Garault and P. Guillon
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 475 –476
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760360
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An improved new method is developed which allows the determination, with great accuracy of the resonance frequencies of dielectric resonators. By introducing appropriate approximation for field distribution, two coupled eigenvalue equations are derived, which have been solved by a numerical method. Theoretical and experimental results agree very well (to a few parts in 103)
Equal-valued, common-terminal capacitor synthesis of RC one-ports
- Author(s): S.C. Dutta Roy and R. Maheswari
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 477 –478
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760361
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A method is presented for the synthesis of RC 1-ports with a minimum possible number of capacitors, all of equal value and all connected to a common terminal of the 1-port. Such a realisation facilitates economical integrated- circuit fabrication and is of importance in integrated active RC 2-port synthesis.
Block codes for optical-fibre communication
- Author(s): M. Rousseau
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 478 –479
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760362
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An investigation based on alternative translation is carried out to select the binary block codes mB nB which are suitable for high-bit rate (140, 560 Mb/s) optical-fibre p.c.m. communication.
Optical waveguiding in Langmuir films
- Author(s): C.W. Pitt and L.M. Walpita
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 479 –481
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760363
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Optical waveguiding has been demonstrated in planar Structures fabricated with long-chain organic molecules deposited by the Langmuir-film technique. Precise control of refractive index and film thickness was achieved. Attenuation losses are reported.
Stacking techniques for linear codes
- Author(s): A.A. Hashim and V.S. Pozdniakov
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 481 –483
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760364
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A procedure for subspace stacking is proposed, and it is proved that the technique is equally successful for both linear codes and anticodes. It is demonstrated that families of errorcorrecting codes may be constructed using the proposed technique for stacking linear codes. Examples of such codes are given with rates better than the best known codes of identical Hamming distance and the same number of information digits.
Hydrogen sensitivity of palladium–thin-oxide–silicon Schottky barriers
- Author(s): M.S. Shivaraman ; I. Lundström ; C. Svensson ; H. Hammarsten
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, p. 483 –484
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760365
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It is shown that current transport through Schottky barriers formed by Pd on n-type silicon with a thin thermally grown oxide is sensitive to hydrogen in the ambient. It is shown that a transition from minority- to majority-carrier dominated current occurs with increasing hydrogen pressure.
Erratum: Continuously equivalent networks in state space
- Author(s): R. Devanathan
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 12, Issue 18, page: 484 –484
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19760366
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