89 research outputs found
Space charge modulated electrical breakdown
Electrical breakdown is one of the most important physical phenomena in electrical and electronic engineering. Since the early 20th century, many theories and models of electrical breakdown have been proposed, but the origin of one key issue, that the explanation for dc breakdown strength being twice or higher than ac breakdown strength in insulating materials, remains unclear. Here, by employing a bipolar charge transport model, we investigate the space charge dynamics in both dc and ac breakdown processes. We demonstrate the differences in charge accumulations under both dc and ac stresses and estimate the breakdown strength, which is modulated by the electric field distortion induced by space charge. It is concluded that dc breakdown initializes in the bulk whereas ac breakdown initializes in the vicinity of the sample-electrode interface. Compared with dc breakdown, the lower breakdown strength under ac stress and the decreasing breakdown strength with an increase in applied frequency, are both attributed to the electric field distortion induced by space charges located in the vicinity of the electrodes
Can Deep Learning Approach Be Virtually Cultivated Via Social Learning Network
With the development of information technology especially kinds of social interaction techniques, social learning networks as a new platform have changed students’ learning behaviors and improve their learning performance. However, how this change happens especially how social learning networks change students’ learning approaches were not very clear. To address this gap, in this research, we try to investigate the impacts of social learning network on students’ learning approaches by conducting an experiment. In the experiment, students were randomly divided into two groups: control group and experimental group. We try to investigate the differences of students’ leaning behavior in terms of learning approaches in the two groups. We also present the theoretical, practical implications and future research
A unified framework for STAR-RIS coefficients optimization
Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STAR) reconfigurable intelligent
surface (RIS), which serves users located on both sides of the surface, has
recently emerged as a promising enhancement to the traditional reflective only
RIS. Due to the lack of a unified comparison of communication systems equipped
with different modes of STAR-RIS and the performance degradation caused by the
constraints involving discrete selection, this paper proposes a unified
optimization framework for handling the STAR-RIS operating mode and discrete
phase constraints. With a judiciously introduced penalty term, this framework
transforms the original problem into two iterative subproblems, with one
containing the selection-type constraints, and the other subproblem handling
other wireless resource. Convergent point of the whole algorithm is found to be
at least a stationary point under mild conditions. As an illustrative example,
the proposed framework is applied to a sum-rate maximization problem in the
downlink transmission. Simulation results show that the algorithms from the
proposed framework outperform other existing algorithms tailored for different
STAR-RIS scenarios. Furthermore, it is found that 4 or even 2 discrete phases
STAR-RIS could achieve almost the same sum-rate performance as the continuous
phase setting, showing for the first time that discrete phase is not
necessarily a cause of significant performance degradation
Signal Processing and Learning for Next Generation Multiple Access in 6G
Wireless communication systems to date primarily rely on the orthogonality of
resources to facilitate the design and implementation, from user access to data
transmission. Emerging applications and scenarios in the sixth generation (6G)
wireless systems will require massive connectivity and transmission of a deluge
of data, which calls for more flexibility in the design concept that goes
beyond orthogonality. Furthermore, recent advances in signal processing and
learning have attracted considerable attention, as they provide promising
approaches to various complex and previously intractable problems of signal
processing in many fields. This article provides an overview of research
efforts to date in the field of signal processing and learning for
next-generation multiple access, with an emphasis on massive random access and
non-orthogonal multiple access. The promising interplay with new technologies
and the challenges in learning-based NGMA are discussed
Polymer Electret Improves the Performance of the Oxygen-Doped Organic Field-Effect Transistors
Chemical doping is widely used in the electronic devices. In p-type semiconductor thin films, oxygen doping fills the hole traps and increases hole concentrations, improving the performance of the organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). Due to the low ionization potential for p-type semiconductors, the superfluous holes induced by the oxygen doping degrades the OFETs off-state leakage performance. On the other hand, for p-type semiconductors with high ionization potential (up to 5.5-6.0 eV), the limited oxidation of oxygen is hard to achieve satisfactory doping concentrations to fill the trap states. This refers to the well-known intrinsic incompatibility between the oxygen doping and high-performance OFETs. Herein, a novel strategy is introduced to overcome the incompatibility and achieve high-performance OFETs by using the structural polymer electret. That is, moderate hole concentrations induced by low-pressure (30 Pa) oxygen plasma fill the hole traps within semiconductor. And the built-in field resulted from polymer electret accumulates the holes inside semiconductor near the semiconductor/electret interface, thus improving the OFETs performance. Using a model organic semiconductor with high ionization potential-2,7-didodecyl[1]benzothieno [3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (C12-BTBT) as an example, the high-performance OFETs with field-effect mobility (μFET) of 3.5 cm 2 V -1 s -1 , subthreshold-swing (SS) of 110 mV decade -1 , on-off ratio of 10 4 , and widely-tunable threshold voltage (V t ) are realized at a low voltage below 2 V in the open air
Highly efficient blueish-green fluorescent OLEDs based on AIE liquid crystal molecules : From ingenious molecular design to multifunction materials
In order to seek the balance point between liquid crystallinity and high efficiency emission, two novel aggregation-induced emission-based (AIE) liquid crystal materials of TPE-PBN and TPE-2PBN, which contain a tetraphenylethene derivative as the emission core and a 4-cynobiphenyl moiety as the mesogenic unit, were designed and prepared. Both simple molecules showed a mesophase at high temperature as evidenced by polarised optical microscopy (POM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and temperature-dependent X-ray diffraction (XRD). Simultaneously, TPE-PBN and TPE-2PBN presented clear AIE characteristics in the blueish-green region and achieved a high emission quantum efficiency of 71% and 83% in the solid state, respectively. Due to the self-assembly properties of thermotropic liquid crystals, both compounds showed higher hole mobilities in the annealed films than in pristine films. Employing TPE-PBN and TPE-2PBN as the emitting materials, both non-doped devices and doped devices were fabricated. The TPE-PBN-based doped OLEDs showed a better device performance with an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 4.1% which is among the highest EQEs of blue AIE fluorescent OLEDs
Intelligent Omni-Surfaces: Reflection-Refraction Circuit Model, Full-Dimensional Beamforming, and System Implementation
The intelligent omni-surface (IOS) is a dynamic metasurface that has recently
been proposed to achieve full-dimensional communications by realizing the dual
function of anomalous reflection and anomalous refraction. Existing research
works provide only simplified models for the reflection and refraction
responses of the IOS, which do not explicitly depend on the physical structure
of the IOS and the angle of incidence of the electromagnetic (EM) wave.
Therefore, the available reflection-refraction models are insufficient to
characterize the performance of full-dimensional communications. In this paper,
we propose a complete and detailed circuit-based reflection-refraction model
for the IOS, which is formulated in terms of the physical structure and
equivalent circuits of the IOS elements, as well as we validate it against
full-wave EM simulations. Based on the proposed circuit-based model for the
IOS, we analyze the asymmetry between the reflection and transmission
coefficients. Moreover, the proposed circuit-based model is utilized for
optimizing the hybrid beamforming of IOS-assisted networks and hence improving
the system performance. To verify the circuit-based model, the theoretical
findings, and to evaluate the performance of full-dimensional beamforming, we
implement a prototype of IOS and deploy an IOS-assisted wireless communication
testbed to experimentally measure the beam patterns and to quantify the
achievable rate. The obtained experimental results validate the theoretical
findings and the accuracy of the proposed circuit-based reflection-refraction
model for IOSs.Comment: 33 pages, 20 figure
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