Division-Free Multiquantization Scheme for Modern Video Codecs by Mousumi Das, Atahar Mostafa, Khan Wahid

“…The paper presents a high performance circuit shared architecture that can perform the quantization of five popular video codecs such as H.264/AVC, AVS, VC-1, MPEG-2/4, and JPEG. …”
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A Single DC Source Generalized Switched Capacitors Multilevel Inverter with Minimal Component Count by Kasinath Jena, Dhananjay Kumar, B. Hemanth Kumar, K. Janardhan, Arvind R. Singh, Raj Naidoo, Ramesh C. Bansal

“…This paper presents a new single-source switched capacitor- (SC-) based multilevel inverter (MLI) design with a boosting potential of three times the supply voltage. …”
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Physics-Based Compact Model of Independent Dual-Gate BEOL-Transistors for Reliable Capacitorless Memory by Lihua Xu, Kaifei Chen, Zhi Li, Yue Zhao, Lingfei Wang, Ling Li

“…Regarding the specific challenge of dual-gate alignment, possible misalignment and parasitic effects on multi-device fluctuations are important of large-scale circuit design and analyzed by TCAD simulations. Besides, the bias-temperature instability (BTI) has been comprehensively investigated. …”
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Engineering a live-attenuated porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccine to prevent RNA recombination by rewiring transcriptional regulatory sequences by Liwei Li, Jinxia Chen, Zhengda Cao, Ziqiang Guo, Jiachen Liu, Yanjun Zhou, Guangzhi Tong, Fei Gao

“…Reverse genetic manipulation to engineer a different transcriptional regulatory sequence (TRS) circuit introduces genetic traps into the viral genome that are lethal to recombinant RNA progeny viruses. …”
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A Miniaturized Planar Monopole Antenna Based on a Coupling Structure for Compact Mobile Internet of Things (IoT) and Electric Vehicles (EVs) Device Applications in 5G, LTE, WLAN, W... by Ming-An Chung, Chih-Wei Yang

“…Moreover, the compact antenna manufactured an FR4 material with the antenna area of 5 × 10 × 0.8 mm3 and the ground area of 33.5 × 10 × 0.8 mm3. The proposed design better benefits a narrow space on the PCB with a low profile and is easy to make with a circuit board design.…”
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SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE AND PIN DIODE DETECTORS IN OPTICAL RECEIVERS by ELECHI PROMISE, ORIKE SUNNY, MINAH-EEBA WINNER, EZINNE IKPO CHIKERENMA

“…The objective was achieved using optisystem 7 professional simulation software layout to design the power system budget and optical receiver circuit, the avalanche photodiode and PIN diode were used as the detector. …”
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Speeding Up FPGA Placement via Partitioning and Multithreading by Cristinel Ababei

“…One of the current main challenges of the FPGA design flow is the long processing time of the placement and routing algorithms. …”
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Open Resonator System for Reflectarray Elements Characterization by G. Di Massa, S. Costanzo, O. H. Moreno

“…The characterization of the single reflectarray element is performed by assuming a Gaussian plane wave normally incident on an infinite periodic array of identical radiating elements. An equivalent circuit model is properly derived for the open cavity including the reflectarray test structure, in order to retrieve the phase design curve of the single reflectarray element. …”
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To the Problem of Electromechanical Interaction in Elevators with Controlled Electric Drive and Fuzzy Speed Controller by A. S. Koval, A. V. Shvayakou

“…The paper presents a simplified circuit design of a control system with a fuzzy speed controller. …”
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Improving the Efficiency Enhancement of Photonic Crystal Based InGaN Solar Cell by Using a GaN Cap Layer by T. F. Gundogdu, M. Gökkavas, E. Ozbay

“…We studied a high indium content (0.8) InGaN based solar cell design where the active InGaN layer is sandwiched between a GaN cap layer and a GaN spacer layer. …”
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Divide-by-Three Injection-Locked Frequency Dividers with Direct Forcing Signal by Antonio Buonomo, Alessandro Lo Schiavo

“…The amplitude and phase of the output voltage in steady state as well as the locking range are derived in terms of the circuit parameters, obtaining useful design guidelines. …”
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Building with Plastic. A New Possible Solution for the Environment by Daniela Besana, Claudia Ferrari

“…The research concerns a possible way for recycling plastic bottles as construction material, as an additional reuse circuit. Following a preliminary critical analysis of case studies to highlight the possible design variables, an innovative method which uses plastic bottles for the construction of load-bearing walls is proposed. …”
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A Novel Band-Stop Filter with Band-Pass, High-Pass, and Low-Pass Negative Group Delay Characteristics by Aixia Yuan, Shaojun Fang, Zhongbao Wang, Hongmei Liu, Hongjun Zhang

“…The correctness of the design is verified.…”
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The role of the hippocampus in working memory and word reading: Novel neural correlates of reading among youth living in the context of economic disadvantage by ET. Marcelle, H. Yang, JW. Cohen, B. Ramphal, D. Pagliaccio, V. Rauh, BS. Peterson, F. Perera, H. Andrews, AG. Rundle, J. Herbstman, AE. Margolis

“…A left-lateralized cortical reading circuit underlies successful reading and fails to engage in individuals with reading problems. …”
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Development of a Compact Wide-Slot Antenna for Early Stage Breast Cancer Detection Featuring Circular Array Full-View Geometry by S. S. Tiang, M. S. Hathal, N. S. Nik Anwar, M. F. Ain, M. Z. Abdullah

“…A novel planar type antenna printed on a high permittivity Rogers’ substrate is proposed for early stage microwave breast cancer detection. The design is based on a p-shaped wide-slot structure with 50 Ω microstrip feeding circuit to eliminate losses of transmission. …”
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Enhanced Light Trapping in Thin Film Solar Cells Using a Plasmonic Fishnet Structure by Sayan Seal, Vinay Budhraja, Liming Ji, Vasundara V. Varadan

“…We show that light absorption in the a-Si absorber layer is enhanced by a factor of 10.6 at the design wavelength of 690 nm due to the presence of the fishnet structure. …”
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Power flow and power quality improvement of a residential-industrial microgrid using 72-pulse inverter-based UIPC by Mahyar Abasi, Ali Nahavandi, Javad Ebrahimi, Gevork B. Gharehpetian

“…Further, the combination of the two increases short-circuit capacity and ultimately creates protective issues during faults. …”
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Dynamic Characteristics Analysis of Vehicle Incorporating Hydraulically Interconnected Suspension System with Dual Accumulators by Shengzhao Chen, Bangji Zhang, Boyuan Li, Nong Zhang

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Sparse Convolution FPGA Accelerator Based on Multi-Bank Hash Selection by Jia Xu, Han Pu, Dong Wang

“…This circuit is designed to detect and eliminate the computational effort associated with zero values in the sparse convolutional kernels, thereby enhancing energy efficiency. (2) The data access patterns in convolutional neural networks introduce significant pressure on the high-latency off-chip memory access process. …”
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