Design rule limitations due to hot carrier degradation of NMOS transistor under DC stress

The aim of this paper will be the assessment of design limitation due to degradation induced by hot-electrons on NMOS transistors under DC stress. Simulation will be used to assess the most relevant electrical parameter regarding the speed degradation of the product after 25 years AC. Based on DC stress results, an AC Safe Operating Area (SOA) can be defined by limiting the frequency, the fanout (which induces the rise time) and the operating voltage Vd. In order to qualify at Vd<sub>nom</sub> +10%, limitations have to be taken into account in the Design Rule Manual to achieve the product reliability target

Photo-induced electron transfer from nucleotides to ruthenium-tris-1,4,5,8 tetraazaphenanthrene: model for photosensitized DNA oxidation

The luminescence quenching of ruthenium-tris-1,4,5,8-tetraazaphenanthrene [Ru(tap)3(2+)] by nucleotides approaches the diffusion rate only with guanosine-5'-monophosphate (GMP), the most reducing nucleotide, and leads to an electron transfer with the production of the monoreduced complex and the oxidized base. The resulting deprotonated GMP(-H).radical recombines with the monoreduced complex according to a bimolecular equimolar process. The pH dependence of the decay of the transient reduced complex, in the presence of an oxidant (oxygen or benzoquinone) indicates the formation of Ru(tap)2(tapH)2+, i.e. the reduced protonated species, subsequent to the electron transfer, with a pKa of 7.6 as confirmed from pulse radiolysis experiments. As the non-protonated reduced complex, Ru(tap)2(tap-.)+, has a higher reducing power than the protonated one, oxygen is able to reoxidize only the non-protonated species, whereas benzoquinone reoxidizes both species but with different rate constants. The flash photolysis of Ru(tap)3(2+) in the presence of DNA and the effect of Mg2+ ions and GMP as supplementary additives also show the existence of a photo-induced electron transfer with the nucleic acid, which can be correlated to the photosensitized cleavage of DNA by this complex

Captodative Substitution and Cyclopropane Geometry .5. X-ray Structure of 5 New Compounds and Asymmetry Parameters of the Substituents

Five new captodative (cd) substituted cyclopropanes have been synthesized and their structures determined from X-ray diffraction data. These are cis-1,2-dicyano-1,2-dimethyl-(1), trans-1,2-dicyano-1,2-bisethoxycarbonyl-(2), cis-1,2-dicyano-1,2-dimethoxy-(3), trans-1,2-dicyano-1,2-bismethylthio-(4), and trans-1,2-dicyano-1,2-bis(dimethylamino)-cyclopropane (5). These structures have been solved by direct methods and refined by least-squares using 865, 1 332, 766, 1 075, and 1 341 reflections respectively, to R 0.062, 0.041, 0.044, 0.031, and 0.049. This work completes former results and permits the discussion of the influence of polar substituents on cyclopropane geometry in relation to their reported ease of cis–trans isomerization. The effect on ring bond lengths is small but significant: in both captodative and dicapto-substitution, the distal ring bond is shortened and vicinal bonds are lengthened. Mean distal-bond shortenings are proposed for SR, OR, and NR2; the values calculated for C=N, C=O, and phenyl agree with published data. The particular facile isomerization of cd cyclopropanes appears best explained, not as the consequence of a destabilized ground state but rather as increased spin delocalization in the transition state

Implanted System for Orthostatic Hypotension in Multiple-System Atrophy.

Orthostatic hypotension is a cardinal feature of multiple-system atrophy. The upright posture provokes syncopal episodes that prevent patients from standing and walking for more than brief periods. We implanted a system to restore regulation of blood pressure and enable a patient with multiple-system atrophy to stand and walk after having lost these abilities because of orthostatic hypotension. This system involved epidural electrical stimulation delivered over the thoracic spinal cord with accelerometers that detected changes in body position. (Funded by the Defitech Foundation.)