Es werden die Möglichkeiten dargestellt, den Autoverkehr der Zukunft mit Energieträgern zu versorgen, die es gestatten, alle ökologischen und klimatischen Nebenwirkungen auf ein Minimum zu reduzieren. Dazu wird beschrieben, wie sich die "konventionelle" Fahrzeugtechnik weiterentwickeln wird und welche "alternativen Antriebstechniken" sich abzeichnen. Mit vielen Beispielen wird belegt, daß es eine fast unübersehbare Vielzahl von Möglichkeiten gibt, sauber verbrennende Kraftstoffe einzusetzen. Ihr...
Applied Time Series Analysis and Innovative Computing (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, #59)
by Sio-Iong Ao
Applied Time Series Analysis and Innovative Computing contains the applied time series analysis and innovative computing paradigms, with frontier application studies for the time series problems based on the recent works at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, the University of Hong Kong, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The monograph was drafted when the author was a post-doctoral fellow in Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard Universi...
Coupled Data Communication Techniques for High-Performance and Low-Power Computing (Integrated Circuits and Systems)
Wafer-scale integration has long been the dream of system designers. Instead of chopping a wafer into a few hundred or a few thousand chips, one would just connect the circuits on the entire wafer. What an enormous capability wafer-scale integration would offer: all those millions of circuits connected by high-speed on-chip wires. Unfortunately, the best known optical systems can provide suitably ?ne resolution only over an area much smaller than a whole wafer. There is no known way to pattern a...
FPGAs are central to electronic design! The engineers designing these devices are in need of essential information at a moment's notice. The Instant Access Series provides all the critical content that a computer design engineer needs in his or her daily work. This book provides an introduction to FPGAs as well as succinct overviews of fundamental concepts and basic programming. FPGAs are a customizable chip flexible enough to be deployed in a wide range of products and applications. There are...
Foundations and Applications of Sensor Management (Signals and Communication Technology)
by Alfred O Hero
This book covers control theory signal processing and relevant applications in a unified manner. It introduces the area, takes stock of advances, and describes open problems and challenges in order to advance the field. The editors and contributors to this book are pioneers in the area of active sensing and sensor management, and represent the diverse communities that are targeted.
Localization, Interaction, and Transport Phenomena (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, #61)
When we first had the idea of organizing the International Conference on Localization, Interaction, and Transport Phenomena in Impure Metals we expected to bring together at most a hundred physicists. The fact that more than a hundred and fifty participated clearly shows that the topic of the meeting was of great interest to an important fraction of the solid state physics community. In fact, remembering that the localization problem is already a quarter of a century old, it is quite amazing to...
Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit Design (Integrated Circuits and Systems)
We live in a time of great change. In the electronics world, the last several decades have seen unprecedented growth and advancement, described by Moore's law. This observation stated that transistor density in integrated circuits doubles every 1. 5-2 years. This came with the simultaneous improvement of individual device perf- mance as well as the reduction of device power such that the total power of the resulting ICs remained under control. No trend remains constant forever, and this is unfor...
Theoretical in nature, this volume addresses main computational techniques, especially finite elements as applied to electromagnetic calculations. It is aimed at those involved in computer simulation of electromagnetic phenomena. The book should also be useful to practitioners in the industry working on numerical computations of electromagnetic fields and design of electromagnetic devices, in addition to applied mathematicians interested in applied PDE's and the finite element community.
Short-range Wireless Communication (Communications Engineering) (Demystifying Technology S.)
by Alan Bensky
The Complete "Tool Kit" for the Hottest Area in RF/Wireless Design! Short-range wireless-communications over distances of less than 100 meters-is the most rapidly growing segment of RF/wireless engineering. Alan Bensky is an internationally recognized expert in short-range wireless, and this new edition of his bestselling book is completely revised to cover the latest developments in this fast moving field. You'll find coverage of such cutting-edge topics as: - architectural trends in RF/wire...
Solid State Physics (Advanced Texts in Physics)
by H. Ibach, Michael Mazur, and Robert J Kurman
This introduction to solid-state physics emphasizes bothexperimental and theoretical aspects of the subject. Threeimportant areas of modern researchare treated in particulardetail: magnetism, superconductivity, and semiconductorphysics. Experimental aspects with examples taken fromresearch areas of current interest are presented in the formof separate panels. This novel format was highly praised byreaders of the orignal German text and, here too, shouldhelp the student to relate the theoretical...
This book covers a broad spectrum of the silicon-based materials and their device applications. This book provides a broad coverage of the silicon-based materials including different kinds of silicon-related materials, their processing, spectroscopic characterization, physical properties, and device applications. This two-volume set offers a selection of timely topics on silicon materials namely those that have been extensively used for applications in electronic and photonic technologies. The e...
Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology explains nanotechnology to an audience that does not necessarily have a scientific background. It covers all aspects, including the new areas of biomedical applications and the use of nanotechnology to probe the "quantum vacuum." After discussing the present state of the art in nanotechnology, the book makes estimates of where these technologies are going and what will be possible in the future.
Repetitorium Elektrotechnik (Springer-Lehrbuch)
by Reinhold Paul and Steffen Paul
Als Repetitorium erganzt dieses Werk ideal die beiden Lehrbucher des Autors im gleichen Verlag. Das Konzept unterscheidet sich wesentlich von anderen Aufgabensammlungen; der einfuhrende Teil Repetitorium dient als Grundlage zur Vorbereitung auf die Prufung. Die wesentlichen Lern-Inhalte sind hier zusammengefasst. Das Werk eignet sich auch fur Ingenieure der Praxis, um Wissensinhalte rasch nachschlagen zu koennen. Um die Lerninhalte sicher einsetzen zu koennen, sind die UEbungen notwendig, die in...
Since the first edition was published, new technologies have emerged, especially in the area of convergence of computing and communications, accompanied by a lot of new technical terms. This third expanded and updated edition has been adapted to cope with this situation. The number of entries has been incremented by 35 per cent. This dictionary offers a valuable guide to navigate through the entanglement of German and English terminology. The lexicographic concept (indication of the subject fiel...
The peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus is the dominant bus system used to connect the different elements making up today's high-performance computer systems. Different PCI implementations have also been developed for such applications as telecommunications and embedded computing. If an application calls for high speed, high reliability, flexible configuration, and bus mastering, then PCI is the only logical bus choice. This book is an applications-oriented introduction to the PCI bus, w...
Considerable amount of effort has been devoted, over the recent years, towards the development of electronic skin (e-skin) for many application domains such as prosthetics, robotics, and industrial automation. Electronic Skin: Sensors and Systems focuses on the main components constituting the e-skin system. The e-skin system is based on: i) sensing materials composing the tactile sensor array, ii) the front end electronics for data acquisition and signal conditioning, iii) the embedded proce...
Micro and Nano Energy Harvesting Technologies
by Bin Yang, Huicong Liu, and Jingquan Liu
Seeking renewable and clean energies is essential for releasing the heavy reliance on mineral-based energy and remedying the threat of global warming to our environment. In the last decade, explosive growth in research and development efforts devoted to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology and nanowires-related nanotechnology have paved a great foundation for new mechanisms of harvesting mechanical energy at the micro/nano-meter scale. MEMS-based inertial sensors have been the enable...
Carbon Nanotubes
by Stephanie Reich, Christian Thomsen, and Janina Maultzsch
Carbon nanotubes are exceptionally interesting from a fundamental research point of view. Many concepts of one-dimensional physics have been verified experimentally such as electron and phonon confinement or the one-dimensional singularities in the density of states; other 1D signatures are still under debate, such as Luttinger-liquid behavior. Carbon nanotubes are chemically stable, mechanically very strong, and conduct electricity. For this reason, they open up new perspectives for various app...
Newnes Linear IC Pocket Book is aimed at all engineers, technicians, students and experimenters who can build a design directly from a circuit diagram. In a highly concise form Ray Marston presents a huge compendium of circuits that can be built as they appear, adapted or used as building blocks. The devices used have been carefully chosen for their ease of availability and reasonable price. The selection of devices has been thoroughly reviewed for the second edition, which contains approximatel...
Aktoren sind wichtige Komponenten der Automatisierungstech- nik. In ihnen werden elektrische Steuerimpulse in der Regel in mechanische Funktionsabl{ufe umgewandelt. In diesem Buch werden Aktoren aus den unterschiedlichsten technischen Disziplinen erstmals gemeinsam, d.h. fach}ber- greifend und unter praxisrelevanten Gesichtspunkten darge- stellt. ]ber die grundlegenden Prinzipien hinaus behandeln die Auto- ren charakteristische Realisierung und Anwendungsbeispiele, die den Leser in die Lage vers...