369 research outputs found
Partial Bus-Invert Coding for Power Optimization of Application-Specific Systems
This paper presents two bus coding schemes for power optimization
of application-specific systems: Partial Bus-Invert coding and its
extension to Multiway Partial Bus-Invert coding. In the first scheme, only
a selected subgroup of bus lines is encoded to avoid unnecessary inversion
of relatively inactive and/or uncorrelated bus lines which are not included
in the subgroup. In the extended scheme, we partition a bus into multiple
subbuses by clustering highly correlated bus lines and then encode each
subbus independently. We describe a heuristic algorithm of partitioning a
bus into subbuses for each encoding scheme. Experimental results for various
examples indicate that both encoding schemes are highly efficient for
application-specific systems
RTL Generation of Channel Architecture Templates for a Template-based SoC Design Flow
In this paper, we propose the design methodology
for communication channel templates from formal
specification to RTL description. In this flow, design
and verification start from one source, LTL property.
We constructed LTL-to-TRS, which is translator from
LTL property sets to Bluespec term-rewriting system
(TRS) description. And, we use a Bluespec compiler as
a synthesizer from TRS to RTL. Also, to match the
implementation with the formal specification, we use a
VIS solver as a model checker. And then, channel
instances generated by proposed design method are
transformed into channel template-generators for
communication channel library. These channel
templates can be used in DSE process in SoC design
flow.This work was supported by ISRC of SNU, BK21,
SystemIC 2010, IP/SoC of Seoul, and IDEC, Korea
Precision genome engineering with programmable DNA-nicking enzymes
Zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) are powerful tools of genome engineering but are limited by their inevitable reliance on error-prone nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), which gives rise to randomly generated, unwanted small insertions or deletions (indels) at both on-target and off-target sites. Here, we present programmable DNA-nicking enzymes (nickases) that produce single-strand breaks (SSBs) or nicks, instead of DSBs, which are repaired by error-free homologous recombination (HR) rather than mutagenic NHEJ. Unlike their corresponding nucleases, zinc finger nickases allow site-specific genome modifications only at the on-target site, without the induction of unwanted indels. We propose that programmable nickases will be of broad utility in research, medicine, and biotechnology, enabling precision genome engineering in any cell or organism.
Capacitively coupled Josephson-junction chains: straight and slanted coupling
Two chains of ultrasmall Josephson junctions, coupled capacitively with each
other in the two different ways, straight and slanted coupling, are considered.
As the coupling capacitance increases, regardless of the coupling scheme, the
transport of particle-hole pairs in the system is found to drive the
quantum-phase transition at zero temperature, which is a
insulator-to-superfluid transition of the particle-hole pairs and belongs to
the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless universal class. The different underlying
transport mechanisms for the two coupling schemes are reflected in the
difference between the transition points.Comment: REVTeX + 7 EPS figures, detailed version of cond-mat/980219
Novel Redundant Sensor Fault Detection and Accommodation Algorithm for an Air-breathing Combustion System and its Real-time Implementation
Failure of sensors used to provide a feedback signal in control system can cause serious deterioration in performance of system, and even instability may be observed. Based on knowledge of aircraft engine systems, the main cause of fault in such air-breathing combustion systems (ACS) with no rotating parts is due to the pressure sensors. Fast online detection of faults before the error grows very large and accommodation is critical to the success of the mission. However, at the same time, it is necessary to avoid false alarms. Hence, early detection of small magnitude faults with acceptable reliability is very challenging, especially in the presence of sensor noise, unknown engine-to-engine variation and deterioration and modeling uncertainty. This paper discusses the novel fault detection and accommodation (FDA) algorithm based on analytical redundancy based technique for ACS.Defence Science Journal, 2010, 60(1), pp.61-75, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dsj.60.10
The Effects of d_{x^2-y^2}-d_{xy} Mixing on Vortex Structures and Magnetization
The structure of an isolated single vortex and the vortex lattice, and the
magnetization in a -wave superconductor are investigated within a
phenomenological Ginzburg-Landau (GL) model including the mixture of the
-wave and -wave symmetry. The isolated single vortex
structure in a week magnetic field is studied both numerically and
asymptotically. Near the upper critical field , the vortex lattice
structure and the magnetization are calculated analytically.Comment: 14 pages, REVTeX, 2 EPS figures, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
(in press
Cotunneling Transport and Quantum Phase Transitions in Coupled Josephson-Junction Chains with Charge Frustration
We investigate the quantum phase transitions in two capacitively coupled
chains of ultra-small Josephson-junctions, with emphasis on the external charge
effects. The particle-hole symmetry of the system is broken by the gate voltage
applied to each superconducting island, and the resulting induced charge
introduces frustration to the system. Near the maximal-frustration line, where
the system is transformed into a spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain,
cotunneling of the particles along the two chains is shown to play a major role
in the transport and to drive a quantum phase transition out of the
charge-density wave insulator, as the Josephson-coupling energy is increased.
We also argue briefly that slightly off the symmetry line, the universality
class of the transition remains the same as that right on the line, still being
driven by the particle-hole pairs.Comment: Final version accepted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (Longer version is
available from http://ctp.snu.ac.kr/~choims/
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