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A NOVEL METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT, NON-INVASIVE IN-SITU PHOTODIODE EVALUATION ON THE WAFER IS PROPOSED. THE PROPOSED METHOD IS BASED ON A MODIFIED FORM OF THE SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE (STM). ALTHOUGH PRIMARILY A TOOL FOR MATERIALS SURFACE RESEARCH, WE BELIEVE THE TECHNIQUE CAN BE ADAPTED TO MEASURE CURRENT THROUGH THE DIODE VIA TUNNELING FROM THE PROBE TIP TO THE CONTACTIVE PADS OF THE DIODES. I ...

THE POTENTIAL OF A SOLID STATE SOURCE FOR THE GENERATION OF TUNABLE MIR WILL BE REEXAMINED IN LIGHT OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA OF NEW NONLINEAR OPTICAL MATERIALS AND THE EMERGENCE OF VERY EFFICIENT SOLID STATE LASERS.

EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY HAS GROWN OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS INTO A VIABLE TECHNICAL CAPABILITY. ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO ALLOW PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN A TECHNICAL DISCIPLINE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THAT EXISTS WITHIN THIS DISCIPLINE. THE EXPERT SYSTEM PROVIDES NOT ONLY A LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA AND KNOWLEDGE, BUT ALSO AN INTELLIGENT INTERPRETATION AND PRESENTATION OF ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH HAS THE GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF INVESTIGATING INNOVATIVE IDEAS WHICH COULD LEAD TO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NAVY'S WSA&E PROCESS. IN PARTICULAR, THE AIM OF THIS EFFORT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED CODE GENERATION PROGRAM WHICH CAN BE USED IN SUPPORT OF SPAWAR ARCHITECTURAL EVALUATION EFFORTS. THE PROPOSED CODE GENERATION OR TRANSLATION PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE A LINK BETWEEN COMPUT ...

DEMONSTRATE AN EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR FORCE-LEVEL, TOP-DOWN SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT, REPRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTEGRATION. THE SRS TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURE ANALYSIS (IAA) METHOD WILL BE USED IN PHASE I TO SHOW HOW A FORCE-LEVEL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE CAN BE DEVELOPED FROM EXISTING WARFARE MISSION AREA ARCHITECTURE WORK. ELEMENTS OF ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) AND ANT ...

THE PROPOSAL DESCRIBES AN APPROACH TO PROTOTYPE A STRUCTURED DESIGN ANALYSIS TOOL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NAVAL FORCE ARCHITECTURES. USING AN OBJECT ORIENTED MODEL DESIGN (OOD) FOR IMPLEMENTATION ON A MICRO OR MINI COMPUTER. THE OOD WILL BE GEARED TO ACCEPT INPUTS DIRECTLY FROM THE SPAWAR ARCHITECT'S OPTIONS. A GRAPHIC INTERFACE PACKAGE WILL ALSO BE DESIGNED TO ENABLE RAPID DEFINITION OF SCENARIO, T ...

EDWARDS COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRO-OPTICS (ECE) WILL DEFINITIVELY DETERMINE THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY OF USING ECE'S REMOTELY OPERABLE SENSORS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS FOR EARLY WARNING OF IMMINENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WILL PERFORM A 'PROOF OF PRINCIPLE' EXPERIMENT TO DEMONSTRATE THE PROPRIETARY PROTECTION CONCEPT. THE ALL-PASSIVE, FIELD SENSORS EMBODY ECE'S PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY ...

THE PRESENT TREND IN HUMAN/COMPUTER INTERFACES IS THE USE OF VISUAL, ICONIC MANIPULATION FOR COMPUTER CONTROL. THE APPLICATION OF A VISUAL INTERFACE CAN BE ADAPTED TO USE IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AND TESTING PROGRAM WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO DETERMINE IF A DIAGRAMMATIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE PROVIDES AS MUCH PRODUCTIVITY AND AS HIGH A QUALITY OF SOFTWARE AS TEXTUAL LANGUAGES. THE ...

A FIBEROPTIC PRESSURE SENSOR IS DESCRIBED, IN WHICH THE SENSOR ELEMENTS ARE PLACED IN THE ROOTS OF VARIOUS GEARS. THIS PERMITS AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION RELATING THE MEASURED PRESSURE AT THE GEARTOOTH-ROOT INTERACTION TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE GEAR. THE SUBMINIATURE DESIGN OF THE ELECTRONICS PERMITS ATTACHMENT OF THE DETECTOR PACKAGE DIRECTLY ONTO THE ROTATING GEAR. THE DYNAMIC PRESSURE IS CONVERT ...

THIS PROJECT, IF SUCCESSFUL, SHOULD PROVIDE: A GENERAL MODEL AND PROCEDURE FOR USE IN DESIGNING PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS -HYDROPHONES, ACCELEROMETERS, ETC.--WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE DESIGNER OF A SENSOR TO PREDICT ITS SENSITIVITIES TO THE STIMULUS FOR WHICH IT WAS DESIGNED, AND TO EXTRANEOUS STIMULI WHICH GENERATE INTERFERING SIGNALS; INFORMATION ON HOW THE CHOICE OF PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND MODE OF ...