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A completely new method is proposed to remotely measure the true temperature of substrates during chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes. Conventional radiation pyrometry is not adequate since requires only that the sample be optically polished (specular) and opaque at the measurement wavelengths. These conditions are met for semiconductor and metallic substrates and coating materials of intere ...

IT IS PROPOSED TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF ADDING ADAPTIVE AND STOCHASTIC FEATURES TO A CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE MEMORY (CAM) IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE DEVICE BECOMES CAPABLE OF LEARNING FROM INSTRUCTION AND EXPERIENCE. THE ALGORITHM OF THE ADAPTIVE STOCHASTIC CONTENTADDRESSABLE MEMORY (ASCAM) IS THE SAME AS THAT OF ADAPTIVE NEURAL NETWORKS, VIZ., ITERATIVE THRESHOLDED MATRIX-BINARY VECTOR MULTIPLICA ...

MONOLITHIC IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA CONVERTERS AT THE 8 BIT, 1 GIGA SAMPLES PER SECOND LEVEL ARE CONSIDERED A HIGH PRIORITY ITEM FOR MANY MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS, RANGING FROM THE MMIC/VHSIC INTERFACE TO RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING, ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES, AND INSTRUMENTATION. THESE HIGH SAMPLING RATES MANDATE THE USE OF VERY HIGH SPEED ARCHITECTURES OBTAINED VIA EXPENSIVE PROCESSING TE ...

SHORT GATE LENGTH GAAS BASED MESFETS AND MODULATION-DOPED FETS (MODFETS, OR HEMTS) HAVE DEMONSTRATED RESPECTABLE GAIN AND LOW NOISE FIGURE AT FREQUENCIES AS HIGH AS 94 GHZ; HOWEVER THEY CAN NOT PROVIDE HIGH POWER WITH HIGH ASSOCIATED EFFICIENCY. INP BASED LATTICE MATCHED MODULATION DOPED FETS, ON THE OTHER HAND, POSSESS A COMBINATION OF PROPERTIES INCLUDING HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, HIGH SATURATE ...

THIS RESEARCH SEEKS THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF A MODEL THAT REPRESENTS THE GROUP DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES TAKING PLACE INSIDE THE CONTROL ROOM OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT UNDER BOTH NORMAL AND ABNORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. COGNITIVE DECISIONS, TEAM EFFECTS, AND DYNAMIC FEATURES ARE AMONG THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE PROJECT. THE BASIC TOOL TO BE USED IS THE INFLUENCE DIA ...

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AS NUCLEAR PLANTS GROW OLDER, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS MAY AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF PLANT CONCRETE AND STEEL STRUCTURES. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY WHICH CAN BE APPLIED TO CONCRETE STRUCTURES. IT WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDSTHE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS TO ANALYZE AND UNDERSTAND AGING EFFECTS, INCLUDING THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF TIME, TEMPERATURE, RADIATION, HUMIDITY, STRESS, CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT AN ...

Recent advanced in advanced manufacturing vacuum-integrated cluster-tool processing have shown that many processing steps are amenable to singel wafer processing (SWP). However, advanced in wafer cleaning and photoresist processing have not progressed to the point where they can be effectively integrated into the vacuum-integrated cluster-tool processor. This program outlines areas of basic resear ...

A TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODEL BASED ON A HYBRID FINITE ELEMENT METHOD WITH MESH ADAPTATION IS PROPOSED TO CALCULATE GROUNDWATER FLOW AND POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA. THE ALGORITHM IS MODIFIED TO ENHANCE COMPUTATIONAL SPEED AND STORAGE, AND INCORPORATES PETROV-GALERKIN WEIGHTING FOR THE ADVECTION TERMS. NONLINEARITIES ASSOCIATED WITH UNSATURATED SOIL PROPERTIES, ATMOSPHERIC ...

We propose to build CodeFault, a system for learning models of faulty software engineering based on patterns of human behavior. Flawed sofwtare is notably costly in terms of maintenance, but the costs are even higher when vulnerabilities introduced by such code are exploited by data breaches and ransomware. Our Phase II proposal builds on the design and feasibility investigation work we completed ...