A low power linear stepping digital programming gain amplifier （PGA） is designed for CMOS image sensors. The PGA consists of three stages with gain range from one to nine, The gain is divided into four regions and e...A low power linear stepping digital programming gain amplifier （PGA） is designed for CMOS image sensors. The PGA consists of three stages with gain range from one to nine, The gain is divided into four regions and each range has 128 linear steps. Power consumption of the PGA is saved by good tradeoff between variation of amplifier feedback coefficient, pipeline stages and gain regions. With thermometer-binary mixed coding and linear pipeline gain stepping, the load capacitance keeps constant when the gain of one stage is changed. The PGA is designed in the SMIC 0.18 μm process. Simulation results show that the power consumption is 3.2 mW with 10 bit resolution and 10 MSPS sampling rate. The PGA has been embedded in a 0.3 megapixel CMOS image sensors and fabricated successfully.展开更多
This paper proposes a new type of pulse launcher that applies the principle of linear motors. The stator, viz. gun barrel, of the launcher has a new structure of one segment of iron core consisting of 3 staggered lami...This paper proposes a new type of pulse launcher that applies the principle of linear motors. The stator, viz. gun barrel, of the launcher has a new structure of one segment of iron core consisting of 3 staggered laminations. This structure is helpful in advancing the thrust force per volume. Based on introducing the structure and the working principles, this paper resolves the electromagnetic thrusting force and performs mechanical analysis and experiments on the sample launcher. The research shows that this launcher is simple and brushless structure with brief controlling.展开更多
Land degradation due to use of unsustainable agricultural practices has affected many communities in rural mountain areas rendering them to be more vulnerable to income poverty and inequality. In this case, agroforest...Land degradation due to use of unsustainable agricultural practices has affected many communities in rural mountain areas rendering them to be more vulnerable to income poverty and inequality. In this case, agroforestry systems promise to offer great solutions as they can be developed in unfavourable conditions where other production systems would either rapidly degrade the land or otherwise would not be possible. However, little is known whether agroforestry can address issues of income inequality in mountain areas. Hence, we conducted a study to investigate the nature and determinants of income inequality in Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania. Specifically, we used the cross-sectional research design and we calculated the income percentile shares, Gini coefficients and the coefficient of variation (CV), to pinpoint the nature of income inequality in the study area. The determinants of income inequality were analysed using the step by step multiple linear model. The results of analysis suggested prevalence of income inequality. Crop production was the main source of income in the agroforestry systems of the study area. <span style="font-family:Verdana;">Earnings from crops and timber were decreasing income-inequality amongst smallholder farmers. Our disaggregated analysis showed that off-farm income</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> was also decreasing income-inequality for farmers with farmlands located close to homestead, for female-headed households, for farmers who did not access extension services, and those who were members of com</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">munity-based financial institutions. Estimated incomes increased with house</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">hold assets, size of farmland, and age of household head. However, the same decreased with household size. We found gender disparity to be one of the key issues that need attention in formulating future policies to reduce inequality. We recommend promotion of livelihood diversification as well as the designing and implementation of tailor-made training and farm financing mechanism to help the less resource-endowed farmers in mountain areas to raise their economic portfolios and social status and combat income poverty and inequality.</span></span></span>展开更多
This paper proposes a new infeasible interior-point algorithm with full-Newton steps for P_*(κ) linear complementarity problem(LCP),which is an extension of the work by Roos(SIAM J.Optim.,2006,16(4):1110-1136).The ma...This paper proposes a new infeasible interior-point algorithm with full-Newton steps for P_*(κ) linear complementarity problem(LCP),which is an extension of the work by Roos(SIAM J.Optim.,2006,16(4):1110-1136).The main iteration consists of a feasibility step and several centrality steps.The authors introduce a specific kernel function instead of the classic logarithmical barrier function to induce the feasibility step,so the analysis of the feasibility step is different from that of Roos' s.This kernel function has a finite value on the boundary.The result of iteration complexity coincides with the currently known best one for infeasible interior-point methods for P_*(κ) LCP.Some numerical results are reported as well.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60576025)the Tianjin Innovation Special Funds forScience and Technology, China (No. 05FZZDGX00200).
文摘A low power linear stepping digital programming gain amplifier （PGA） is designed for CMOS image sensors. The PGA consists of three stages with gain range from one to nine, The gain is divided into four regions and each range has 128 linear steps. Power consumption of the PGA is saved by good tradeoff between variation of amplifier feedback coefficient, pipeline stages and gain regions. With thermometer-binary mixed coding and linear pipeline gain stepping, the load capacitance keeps constant when the gain of one stage is changed. The PGA is designed in the SMIC 0.18 μm process. Simulation results show that the power consumption is 3.2 mW with 10 bit resolution and 10 MSPS sampling rate. The PGA has been embedded in a 0.3 megapixel CMOS image sensors and fabricated successfully.
文摘This paper proposes a new type of pulse launcher that applies the principle of linear motors. The stator, viz. gun barrel, of the launcher has a new structure of one segment of iron core consisting of 3 staggered laminations. This structure is helpful in advancing the thrust force per volume. Based on introducing the structure and the working principles, this paper resolves the electromagnetic thrusting force and performs mechanical analysis and experiments on the sample launcher. The research shows that this launcher is simple and brushless structure with brief controlling.
文摘Land degradation due to use of unsustainable agricultural practices has affected many communities in rural mountain areas rendering them to be more vulnerable to income poverty and inequality. In this case, agroforestry systems promise to offer great solutions as they can be developed in unfavourable conditions where other production systems would either rapidly degrade the land or otherwise would not be possible. However, little is known whether agroforestry can address issues of income inequality in mountain areas. Hence, we conducted a study to investigate the nature and determinants of income inequality in Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania. Specifically, we used the cross-sectional research design and we calculated the income percentile shares, Gini coefficients and the coefficient of variation (CV), to pinpoint the nature of income inequality in the study area. The determinants of income inequality were analysed using the step by step multiple linear model. The results of analysis suggested prevalence of income inequality. Crop production was the main source of income in the agroforestry systems of the study area. <span style="font-family:Verdana;">Earnings from crops and timber were decreasing income-inequality amongst smallholder farmers. Our disaggregated analysis showed that off-farm income</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> was also decreasing income-inequality for farmers with farmlands located close to homestead, for female-headed households, for farmers who did not access extension services, and those who were members of com</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">munity-based financial institutions. Estimated incomes increased with house</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">hold assets, size of farmland, and age of household head. However, the same decreased with household size. We found gender disparity to be one of the key issues that need attention in formulating future policies to reduce inequality. We recommend promotion of livelihood diversification as well as the designing and implementation of tailor-made training and farm financing mechanism to help the less resource-endowed farmers in mountain areas to raise their economic portfolios and social status and combat income poverty and inequality.</span></span></span>
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province under Grant No.2008CDZ047
文摘This paper proposes a new infeasible interior-point algorithm with full-Newton steps for P_*(κ) linear complementarity problem(LCP),which is an extension of the work by Roos(SIAM J.Optim.,2006,16(4):1110-1136).The main iteration consists of a feasibility step and several centrality steps.The authors introduce a specific kernel function instead of the classic logarithmical barrier function to induce the feasibility step,so the analysis of the feasibility step is different from that of Roos' s.This kernel function has a finite value on the boundary.The result of iteration complexity coincides with the currently known best one for infeasible interior-point methods for P_*(κ) LCP.Some numerical results are reported as well.
