5 research outputs found
DVI-SLAM: A Dual Visual Inertial SLAM Network
Recent deep learning based visual simultaneous localization and mapping
(SLAM) methods have made significant progress. However, how to make full use of
visual information as well as better integrate with inertial measurement unit
(IMU) in visual SLAM has potential research value. This paper proposes a novel
deep SLAM network with dual visual factors. The basic idea is to integrate both
photometric factor and re-projection factor into the end-to-end differentiable
structure through multi-factor data association module. We show that the
proposed network dynamically learns and adjusts the confidence maps of both
visual factors and it can be further extended to include the IMU factors as
well. Extensive experiments validate that our proposed method significantly
outperforms the state-of-the-art methods on several public datasets, including
TartanAir, EuRoC and ETH3D-SLAM. Specifically, when dynamically fusing the
three factors together, the absolute trajectory error for both monocular and
stereo configurations on EuRoC dataset has reduced by 45.3% and 36.2%
respectively.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure
New Measurement Technique for Complex Permittivity in Millimeter-Wave Band Using Simple Rectangular Waveguide Adapters
This research presents a novel methodology for measuring the complex permittivity of a material under test (MUT) in a millimeter-wave (mmWave) band by using two rectangular waveguide adapters. Contrary to the conventional Nicolson-Ross-Weir (NRW) method, the proposed complex permittivity measurement method does not require a material fabrication process for exact MUT insertion into a waveguide. In our complex permittivity measurement, simple commercial waveguide adapters are employed instead of large flange structures. The proposed complex permittivity measurement of a non-destructive MUT is achieved by combining the NRW method, the Gaussian weighting moving average filtering technique, a full-wave electromagnetic analysis, and an optimization technique. Furthermore, the proposed methodology is validated by fabricating a Teflon-based MUT and by measuring the complex permittivity of the MUT in the Ka band (26.5â40 GHz). The results indicate that the proposed methodology exhibits good agreement with the data sheet
Multi-Layer SnSe Nanoflake Field-Effect Transistors with Low-Resistance Au Ohmic Contacts
Abstract We report p-type tin monoselenide (SnSe) single crystals, grown in double-sealed quartz ampoules using a modified Bridgman technique at 920 °C. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) measurements clearly confirm that the grown SnSe consists of single-crystal SnSe. Electrical transport of multi-layer SnSe nanoflakes, which were prepared by exfoliation from bulk single crystals, was conducted using back-gated field-effect transistor (FET) structures with Au and Ti contacts on SiO2/Si substrates, revealing that multi-layer SnSe nanoflakes exhibit p-type semiconductor characteristics owing to the Sn vacancies on the surfaces of SnSe nanoflakes. In addition, a strong carrier screening effect was observed in 70â90-nm-thick SnSe nanoflake FETs. Furthermore, the effect of the metal contacts to multi-layer SnSe nanoflake-based FETs is also discussed with two different metals, such as Ti/Au and Au contacts
Ion GelâGated QuasiâSolidâState Vertical Organic Electrochemical Transistor and Inverter
Abstract Parallelâtype organic electrochemical transistors (pâOECTs) with aqueous electrolyte gate dielectrics have been widely studied for transducing biological signals into electrical signals. However, aqueous liquid electrolyteâbased pâOECTs suffer from poor device stability, low transconductance (gm), and limited applications. In this study, a quasiâsolidâstate ion gelâgated verticalâtype OECT (vâOECT) and NOT logic gate are successfully demonstrated by combining both pâtype and nâtype vâOECTs for the first time. Indacenodithiophene (IDT) polymers with alkyl (PIDTC16âBT) and oligoethylene glycol (OEG) substituents (PIDTPEGâBT) are studied as a channel material, and an ionic liquid in a crosslinked polymer matrix is adopted as a quasiâsolid electrolyte. Compared to aqueous devices, an enlarged electrochemical window and improved operational stability are observed. Notably, the vâOECTs have a significantly larger channel area (50 Ă 50 ”m2) and shorter channel length (â30 nm), yielding a dramatically increased gm. Asâspun PIDTC16âBT films exhibit a noticeably higher gm of 72.8 mS than that of previous pâOECTs along with superior device stability, despite a low volumetric capacitance. In the case of vâOECTs, faceâon intermolecular packing is required to increase the carrier transport in a vertical direction. Logic gates are successfully demonstrated using pâ and nâtype vâOECTs, suggesting the potential of OECTâbased nextâgeneration electronics