Engineering Development and Performance of the Chrysler Dakota Fully-Integrated Thermoplastic Instrument Panel

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darin Evans ◽  
Dave Chapman ◽  
Jeff Soncrant
Keyword(s):  
Instrument Panel ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Engineering Development ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Noise and Breakdown Characterization of SPAD Detectors with Time-Gated Photon-Counting Operation

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (16) ◽  
pp. 5287
Author(s):  
Hiwa Mahmoudi ◽  
Michael Hofbauer ◽  
Bernhard Goll ◽  
Horst Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Breakdown Voltage ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Dark Count ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Noise Models

Being ready-to-detect over a certain portion of time makes the time-gated single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) an attractive candidate for low-noise photon-counting applications. A careful SPAD noise and performance characterization, however, is critical to avoid time-consuming experimental optimization and redesign iterations for such applications. Here, we present an extensive empirical study of the breakdown voltage, as well as the dark-count and afterpulsing noise mechanisms for a fully integrated time-gated SPAD detector in 0.35-μm CMOS based on experimental data acquired in a dark condition. An “effective” SPAD breakdown voltage is introduced to enable efficient characterization and modeling of the dark-count and afterpulsing probabilities with respect to the excess bias voltage and the gating duration time. The presented breakdown and noise models will allow for accurate modeling and optimization of SPAD-based detector designs, where the SPAD noise can impose severe trade-offs with speed and sensitivity as is shown via an example.

Developmental Testing of a Heat Recovery Module for Industrial Cogeneration

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth O. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
System Design ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Boiler Operation ◽  
Incoloy 800 ◽  
Key Features ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbine ◽  
System Operating

The initial developmental testing of a Heat Recovery Module (HRM) for cogeneration applications is described. The HRM is a prepackaged, pretested, skid-mounted system sized for the 500 to 1000 kW class of industrial gas turbine. Key features of the module include: • a highly compact, once-through boiler fabricated using finned Incoloy 800 tubing • a gas-fired supplementary burner capable of 1256 K (1800°F) refiring for greater system operating flexibility • a “spill-over” mode of boiler operation that allows feedwater softening rather than deionization • a fully integrated microprocessor-based control system System design and performance data are presented.

DESIGN AND MODELING IN THE SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 307-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
SALVATORE DISTEFANO ◽  
ANTONIO PULIAFITO ◽  
MARCO SCARPA
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Software Performance ◽  
Software Development Process ◽  
Early Integration ◽  
Performance Engineering ◽  
Software Performance Engineering ◽  
Engineering Development ◽  
And Performance ◽  
A Performance

Performance related problems are becoming more and more strategic in the software development, especially recently with the advent of Web Services and related business-oriented composition techniques (software as a service, Web 2.0, orchestration, choreography, etc.). In particular, an early integration of performance specifications in the SDP has been recognized during the last few years as an effective approach to improve the overall quality of a software. The goal of our work is the definition of a software development process that integrates performance evaluation and prediction. The software performance engineering development process (SPEDP) we specify is focused on performance, which plays a key role driving the software development process, thus implementing a performance/QoS-driven (software) development process. More specifically, in this paper our aim is to formally define the SPEDP design process, posing particular interest on the basis, on the first step of SPEDP, the software/system architecture design, modeling and/or representation. We define both the diagrams to use and show how to model the structure of the software architecture, its behavior and performance requirements. This is the first mandatory step for the automation of the SPEDP into a specific tool, which we have partially implemented as a performance plug-in for ArgoUML, ArgoPerformance.

scholarly journals Design and Performance Evaluation of a CBC Solar Space Power System: The Influence of Orbital and Solar Conditions

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aristide F. Massardo
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Plant Design ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Plant Area ◽  
Combined Cycle Plant ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
And Performance

Design and performance evaluation of solar space Closed Brayton Cycle (CBC) is described in this paper taking into account the influence of orbital and solar conditions. With fixed external conditions (insolation, Tsink, power) overall performance and area of the plant are obtained and optimized (plant area minimization), while to evaluate plant mass a detailed and complete design of the plant components is carried out. Utilizing as the input the results obtained with fixed external conditions, plant transient orbital analysis (TOA) is performed taking into account modification of insolation, Tsink, and power to be generated versus orbit time, (quasi steady transient analysis). All these methods have been fully integrated — the common inputs are interchanged and the output of one code is directly input to the other codes — in a complete design procedure, named CBC-SPACE, suited for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) station power plant design. The most important results are presented and discussed, while the importance of this study is pointed out taking also into account the possibility to extend this analysis to SDCC (solar dynamic combined cycle) plant proposed by the author (Massardo, 1991).

scholarly journals Fully Integrated Applications of Thin Films on Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic (LTCC)

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (CICMT) ◽  
pp. 000339-000340
Author(s):  
Ambrose Wolf ◽  
Ken Peterson ◽  
Matt O'Keefe ◽  
Wayne Huebner ◽  
Bill Kuhn
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Film Material ◽  
Insulator Layer ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Thin Film Material ◽  
Thin Film Capacitors ◽  
Metal Insulator Metal ◽  
And Performance

Thin film multilayers have previously been introduced on multilayer low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC), as well as initial thin film capacitors on LTCC. The ruggedness of a multipurpose Ti/Cu/Pt/Au stack for connectivity and RF conductivity has continued to benefit fabrication and reliability in state of-the-art modules, while the capacitors have followed the traditional Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) style. The full integration of thin film passives with thin film connectivity traces is presented. Certain passives, such as capacitors, require specifically tailored and separately patterned thin film (multi-)layers, including a dielectric. Different capacitance values are achieved by variation of both the insulator layer thickness and the active area of the capacitor. Other passives, such as filters, require only the conductor – a single thin film multilayer. This can be patterned from the same connectivity thin film material (Ti/Cu/Pt/Au), or a specially tailored thin film material (e.g. Ti/Cu/Au) can be deposited. Both versions are described, including process and integration details. Examples are discussed, ranging from patterning for maximum tolerances, to space and performance-optimized designs. Cross-sectional issues associated with integration are also highlighted in the discussion.

COAST GUARD VOSS/NOFI/FIOCS/SEA SLUG AT-SEA EVALUATION

1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 (1) ◽  
pp. 884-886
Author(s):  
D. A. Furey ◽  
K. C. Eisenberg ◽  
J. F. Etxegoien
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Storage Device ◽  
Collection System ◽  
Dynamic Data ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Sea Slug ◽  
Containment Vessel ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Stability

ABSTRACT At-sea evaluations of the Coast Guard Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System (CGVOSS), the Norwegian NOFIVEE Sweep and the Fully Integrated Oil Collection System (FIOCS) oil-recovery systems were conducted to determine their seaworthiness and handling and towing characteristics. Tests were conducted off the coast of Groton, Connecticut. Dynamic data were collected for information on the stability and performance of each system. The Canflex Sea Slug storage device was also tested to determine the performance of an expandable containment vessel under tow. The data shows that the CGVOSS performed well in low sea states and low speeds, the NOFI and FIOCS systems perform well in low and high sea states, and the Sea Slug is stable at low towing speeds.

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