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Young, Jeffrey Lee. "Electromagnetic response of thin wires over an homogeneous earth." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184906.
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The electromagnetic response of infinitely long, thin wires over a flat earth is presented for two different applications: the shielding properties of an ensemble of parallel wires excited by a plane wave and the electromagnetic coupling of two perpendicular wires excited by a dipole. The shielding study begins with the formulation of the boundary value problem for N wires over a lossy half space. A suitable axial impedance operator is applied to obtain a system of equations whose unknowns are the currents flowing on each wire. Once the currents are determined, the aggregate field produced by the ensemble can be computed by summing N Fourier type integrals. For the specialized case of the infinite planar grid, Floquet's Theorem and Poisson's Summation Formula are invoked, transforming the linear system of equations into a closed form expression for the current flowing on each wire. We show that the electromagnetic response of the planar grid of finite extent and the grid of infinite extent are similar. For non-planar configurations, such as the semi-circular shell, shielding values of 60 dB are possible when the structure is of non-resonant dimensions; otherwise, the performance can degrade to 20 dB. In the case of the crossed wire configuration, the starting point is the development of the integral equations that govern the coupling between wires and the source; the unknowns are the spectral currents flowing in each wire. The equations are given in terms of generalized impedance functions for the situation where the wires are over a stratified earth. However, for the numerical work, only the case where the wires are in an unbounded, homogeneous medium is considered. Two numerical methods, with overlapping regions of validity, are applied: the method of moments and the method of multiple scatterers. By using the method of moments, we can obtain a matrix equation that will determine the spectral currents for any wire spacing. The multiple scatterer method leads to a more convenient matrix series solution and shows that the coupling strength is proportional to 1/d², where d is the wire separation, plus higher order inverse terms.
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Stuart, Thomas (Thomas Edward Walter). "The measurement of radio frequency complex permeability of thin round wires." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53657.
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Thesis (PhD)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is concerned with the measurement of the complex permeability of thin round wires at radio frequencies. This is of interest as such wires are used in various applications, such as absorbing chaff. Iron and nickel alloys are also used for their good tensile properties but have an undesired electromagnetic effect which needs to be characterised. Although little work has been done in this field in recent decades it remains a relevant problem. In this thesis the advantages of accurate wide-band measurements performed by automatic network analysers are applied to the field. The measurement system is a closed coaxial transmission line with a short circuit termination. The centre conductor is the wire of interest. The surface impedance of the wire is related to complex permeability and is measured using low-loss transmission line approximations applied to half-wavelength resonances. The loss associated with complex permeability is separated from conductivity by a D.C. conductivity measurement. A full wave analysis of the coaxial mode was performed and compared to measured values. The maximum error of the propagation constant was found to be 31% at the highest frequencies and was primarily due to length uncertainties. By varying parameters expected error bands around the measured permeability were found. These bands are of the order 1 and demonstrate that the system is sufficiently robust. The measurement of the permeability of two non-magnetic wires was performed and a relative permeability of 1 was found, demonstrating the correct working of the system. A steel wire was measured and compared to measurements found in literature. The permeability dropped as frequency rose as was expected, and an acceptable comparison to other measurements was made as there is no verification standard. Thus a simple measurement system that takes advantage of calibrated automatic network analyser measurements has been developed and demonstrated to work with sufficient accuracy.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis word die meting van die komplekse permeabiliteit van dun ronde drade by radio frekwensies ondersoek. Hierdie drade word in verskeie toepassings gebruik, waaronder dié van absorberende materiale. Nikkel- en ysterallooie word ook vir hul goeie breekkrageienskappe gebruik. In laasgenoemde gevalle moet die ongewenste elektromagnetiese effekte wat voorkom, gekarakteriseer word. Hoewel baie min werk in onlangse dekades gedoen is, bly die meting van die komplekse permeabiliteit 'n relevante probleem. In hierdie tesis word die voordele van akkurate wyeband metings, soos geneem deur 'n outomatiese netwerk analiseerder, toegepas in dié veld. Die meetopstelling is 'n geslote koaksiale transmissielyn, kortgesluit aan een end. Die middel geleier is die draad van belang. Die oppervlak impedansie van die draad is verwant aan die komplekse permeabiliteit, en word gemeet deur die gebruik van lae verlies transmissielyn benaderings, soos toegepas op halfgolf resonante frekwensies. Die verlies wat met die komplekse permeabiliteit geassosieer word, word van die geleidingsvermoë onderskei deur 'n G.S. meting van die geleidingsvermoë. 'n Volgolf analise van die koaksiale mode is uitgevoer en met gemete waardes vergelyk. 'n Maksimum fout van 31% by die hoogste frekwensie is in die voortplantingskonstante gevind. Hierdie volg primêr uit onsekerhede in lengte. Deur die parameters te varieer kon 'n verwagte foutband rondom die gemete permeabiliteit gevind word. Hierdie bande is van die orde 1 waaruit volg dat die stelsel 'n genoegsame robuustheid toon. Die komplekse permeabiliteit van twee nie-magnetiese drade is gemeet en 'n relatiewe permeabiliteit van 1 is gevind. Hierdie bevestig die korrekte werking van die stelsel. 'n Staal draad is opgemeet en met gepubliseerde meetresultate vergelyk. Soos verwag, verminder die permeabiliteit met 'n verhoging in frekwensie. Hoewel geen verifiëringstandaard beskikbaar is nie, is 'n aanvaarbare vergelyking met ander metings gemaak. Die produk van die navorsing is 'n metingstelsel wat, met behulp van 'n gekalibreerde outomatiese netwerk analiseerder, aanvaarbare akkuraatheid in die meting van die komplekse permeabiliteit van dun ronde drade by radio frekwensies kan verkry.
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Richter, Kornel. "Study of the fast domain wall dynamics in thin magnetic wires." Phd thesis, Université Paris Sud - Paris XI, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01004612.
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The domain wall dynamics is used in many spintronic devices based on the uniaxial ferromagnetic wires to transport and store information. Therefore, the domain wall velocity is one of the main parameters that determine the operation speed of these devices. Recently, a big attention is being paid to amorphous glass-coated microwires due to the very high domain wall velocities that reach up to 20 km/s. In this work, the fast domain wall propagation in amorphous glass-coated microwires was found in the presence of two main factors: (i) relatively low magnetic anisotropy, (ii) complex geometry of magnetic anisotropies given by internal distribution of mechanical stresses. The domain wall dynamics was examined in amorphous glass-coated microwires of reduced diameter down to 1 μm. It was shown, that the domain wall dynamics in these wires is the same as in wires of bigger diameter. It proves that the high domain wall velocities in microwires are not the effect of microwire diameter value. The direct observation of the surface domain wall structure by use of MOKE microscope confirmed that the domain wall is inclined relatively to the main axis. A new method for magneto-optical observation of the samples with cylindrical geometry was proposed. The inclined structure of the domain wall was found to be partially responsible for the high apparent domain wall velocity measured by the Sixtus-Tonks method in microwires.
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Stallard, William George. "Optical investigations of laterally confined two-dimensional electron gases." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.244412.
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Ates, Kazim Ozan. "Theoretical Investigation Of Metamaterials: Srr Structures And Periodic Arrays Of Thin Conducting Wires." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609485/index.pdf.
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In recent years, there has been an increasing interest on left handed metamaterials because of their possible innovative applications. The pioneer study introducing such materials was brought out by V. G. Veselago in 1968 [1]. In his work, Veselago proposed a medium having simultaneously negative electric permittivity and magnetic permeability and investigated its electromagnetic characteristics. He found out that the electric field, magnetic field and the propagation vector form a left handed triplet, thus named such materials as &ldquoLeft Handed Materials&rdquo
. Despite the significance of Veselago&rsquo
s inferences, the metamaterial theory stayed dormant for nearly 30 years. Towards the end of 1990s, the physically realizable left handed materials were built as the combination of two periodical structures
Split Ring Resonators (SRRs) and metallic thin wire arrays [4-5]. In this thesis, electrical and magnetic characteristics of the left handed metamaterials are theoretically investigated by using the analytical models for their permittivity and permeability functions with respect to frequency. For this purpose, first, two basic metamaterial structures
the Split Ring Resonators and Thin Metallic Wire Arrays are studied individually and their electrical and magnetic characteristics are examined. Finally, the composite left handed structure containing both SRRs and thin wires is studied to investigate the resulting simultaneous resonance properties and to estimate their overall effective permeability and permittivity functions.
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Johansson, Sofie. "Solution based methods for synthesis of tin and zinc; wires and thin films." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Oorganisk kemi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-169865.
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In this work two different solution based methods have been used for synthesis ofoxide-wires and homogeneous heterometallic oxides of transparent conductingmaterials. The first method used is an aqueous chemical growth (ACG) method for synthesis ofmicrorods and nanowires of zinc oxide and tin dioxide useful for detection of toxicgases. No desired films have been obtained but some new interesting structures withnew surfaces at the a,b-plane, especially for zinc oxide where a jagged surface hasbeen observed. For low metal-concentrations of zinc, a band-like structure with 120 °angles has been observed to grow along the a- and b-axis instead of the preferredc-axis. The rod- and wire films have been characterized by SEM and XRD. The other solution-based method used is an inorganic sol-gel type where aheterometallic oxide of 80 mol% zinc and 20 mol% tin manufactured for CIGS solarcells acts as an absorption layer. The alkoxide was prepared by first synthesizing a zincmethoxy-ethoxide solution from diethylzinc and methoxy-ethanol and then mixing itwith tin tert-butoxide to get a heterometallic alkoxide solution. Films and powderhave been prepared either in humidified argon atmosphere or in air and characterizedby SEM, TGA and XRD. The XRD pattern just show the two expected phases of zincoxide and the heterometallic zin-tin oxide which improves the homogeneity of theheterometallic oxide. But the TGA show that some carbonating species formed. This method seems promising for large scale manufacturing of absorption layer toCIGS solar cell for commercially use due to low-cost materials, low temperatures andcheap equipment.
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Chen, Ying [Verfasser]. "Deformation Behavior of Thin Metallic Wires under Tensile and Torsional Loadings / Ying Chen." Karlsruhe : KIT Scientific Publishing, 2013. http://www.ksp.kit.edu.
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Ebels, Ursula. "Scanning Kerr microscopy of magnetic domains in epitaxial Fe/GaAs(001) thin film systems." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389827.
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Yoshida, Yutaka, Kimihiko Sudoh, Yusuke Ichino, Izumi Hirabayashi, Yoshiaki Takai, 隆. 吉田, and 祐亮 一野. "Growth mechanism and surface morphologies of Sm/sub 1+x/Ba/sub 2-x/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 6+y/ thin films." IEEE, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/6746.
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Yoshida, Yutaka, Yusuke Ichino, Masashi Miura, Yoshiaki Takai, Kaname Matsumoto, and Ataru Ichinose. "High critical current density in high field in Sm/sub 1+x/Ba/sub 2-x/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 6+y/ thin films." IEEE, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/6776.
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Sarvari, Reza. "Impact of size effects and anomalous skin effect on metallic wires as GSI interconnects." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31636.
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Thesis (Ph.D)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.Committee Chair: Meindl, James D.; Committee Member: Davis, Jeffrey A.; Committee Member: Gaylord, Thomas K.; Committee Member: Hess, Dennis W.; Committee Member: Peterson, Andrew F. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Casper, Thorben [Verfasser], Sebastian [Akademischer Betreuer] Schöps, and Gersem Herbert [Akademischer Betreuer] De. "Electrothermal Field and Circuit Simulation of Thin Wires and Evaluation of Failure Probabilities / Thorben Casper ; Sebastian Schöps, Herbert De Gersem." Darmstadt : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1200548051/34.
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Kent, William J. "Plane wave scattering by thin linear dielectric-coated wires and dielectric strips : a moment method approach with physical basis functions /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148726053195675.
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Susner, Michael A. "Influences of Crystalline Anisotropy, Doping, Porosity, and Connectivity on the Critical Current Densities of Superconducting Magnesium Diboride Bulks, Wires, and Thin Films." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1344984007.
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Edelvik, Fredrik. "Hybrid Solvers for the Maxwell Equations in Time-Domain." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för teknisk databehandling, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-2156.
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The most commonly used method for the time-domain Maxwell equations is the Finite-Difference Time-Domain method (FDTD). This is an explicit, second-order accurate method, which is used on a staggered Cartesian grid. The main drawback with the FDTD method is its inability to accurately model curved objects and small geometrical features. This is due to the Cartesian grid, which leads to a staircase approximation of the geometry and small details are not resolved at all. This thesis presents different ways to circumvent this drawback, but still take advantage of the benefits of the FDTD method. An approach to avoid staircasing errors but still retain the efficiency of the FDTD method is to use a hybrid grid. A few layers of unstructured cells are used close to curved objects and a Cartesian grid is used for the rest of the domain. For the choice of solver on the unstructured grid two different alternatives are compared: an explicit Finite-Volume Time-Domain (FVTD) solver and an implicit Finite-Element Time-Domain (FETD) solver. The hybrid solvers calculate the scattering from complex objects much more efficiently compared to using FDTD on highly resolved Cartesian grids. For the same accuracy in the solution roughly a factor of 10 in memory requirements and a factor of 20 in execution time are gained. The ability to model features that are small relative to the cell size is often important in electromagnetic simulations. In this thesis a technique to generalize a well-known subcell model for thin wires, in order to take arbitrarily oriented wires in FETD and FDTD into account, is proposed. The method gives considerable modeling flexibility compared to earlier methods and is proven stable. The results show excellent consistency and very good accuracy on different antenna configurations. The recursive convolution method is often used to model frequency dispersive materials in FDTD. This method is used to enable modeling of such materials in the unstructured FVTD and FETD solvers. The stability of both solvers is analyzed and their accuracy is demonstrated by computing the radar cross section for homogeneous as well as layered spheres with frequency dependent permittivity.
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au, E. Mohamed@murdoch edu, and Eman Mohamed. "Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Films Prepared by Hot-Wire Chemical Vapour Deposition." Murdoch University, 2004. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20050421.133523.
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Silicon is widely used in optoelectronic devices, including solar cells. In recent years new forms of silicon have become available, including amorphous, microcrystalline and nano-crystalline material. These new forms have great promise for low cost, thin film solar cells and the purpose of this work is to investigate their preparation and properties with a view to their future use in solar cells.
A Hot Wire-Deposition Chemical Vapour Deposition CVD (HW-CVD) system was constructed to create a multi-chamber high vacuum system in combination with an existing Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD) system; to study the amorphous to crystalline transition in silicon thin films. As the two chambers were linked by a common airlock, it was essential to construct a transfer mechanism to allow the transfer of the sample holder between the two systems. This was accomplished by the incorporation of two gate valves between the two chambers and the common airlock as well as a rail system and a magnetic drive that were designed to support the weight of, and to guide the sample holder through the system.
The effect of different deposition conditions on the properties and structure of the material deposited in the combined HW-CVD:PECVD system were investigated. The conditions needed to obtain a range of materials, including amorphous, nano- and microcrystalline silicon films were determined and then successfully replicated.
The structure of each material was analysed using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The presence of crystallites in the material was confirmed and the structure of the material detected by TEM was compared to the results obtained by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectrum of each sample was decoupled into three components representing the amorphous, intermediate and crystalline phases. The Raman analysis revealed that the amorphous silicon thin film had a dominant amorphous phase with smaller contribution from the intermediate and crystalline phase. This result supported the findings of the TEM studies which showed some medium range order. Analysis of the Raman spectrum for samples deposited at increasing filament temperatures showed that the degree of order within the samples increased, with the evolution of the crystalline phase and decline of the amorphous phase. The Selected Area Diffraction (SAD) patterns obtained from the TEM were analysed to gain qualitative information regarding the change in crystallite size. These findings have been confirmed by the TEM micrograph measurements.
The deposition regime where the transition from amorphous to microcrystalline silicon took place was examined by varying the deposition parameters of filament temperature, total pressure in the chamber, gas flow rate, deposition time and substrate temperature.
The IR absorption spectrum for Ýc-Si showed the typical peaks at 2100cm-1 and 626cm-1, of the stretching and wagging modes, respectively. The increase in the crystallinity of the thin films was consistent with the evolution of the 2100cm-1 band in IR, and the decreasing hydrogen content, as well as the shift of the wagging mode to lower wavenumber. IR spectroscopy has proven to be a sensitive technique for detecting the crystalline phase in the deposited material.
Several devices were also constructed by depositing the Ýc-Si thin films as the intrinsic layer in a solar cell, to obtain information on their characteristics. The p- layer (amorphous silicon) was deposited in the PECVD chamber, and the sample was then transferred under vacuum using the transport system to the HW-CVD chamber where the i-layer (microcrystalline silicon) was deposited. The sample holder was transferred back to the PECVD chamber where the n-layer (amorphous silicon) was deposited.
The research presented in this thesis represents a preliminary investigation of the properties of Ýc-Si thin films. Once the properties and optimum deposition characteristics for thin films are established, this research can form the basis for the optimization of a solar cell consisting of the most efficient combination of amorphous, nano- and microcrystalline materials.
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Mohamed, Eman. "Microcrystalline silicon thin films prepared by hot-wire chemical vapour deposition." Mohamed, Eman (2004) Microcrystalline silicon thin films prepared by hot-wire chemical vapour deposition. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2004. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/205/.
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Silicon is widely used in optoelectronic devices, including solar cells. In recent years new forms of silicon have become available, including amorphous, microcrystalline and nano-crystalline material. These new forms have great promise for low cost, thin film solar cells and the purpose of this work is to investigate their preparation and properties with a view to their future use in solar cells.
A Hot Wire-Deposition Chemical Vapour Deposition CVD (HW-CVD) system was constructed to create a multi-chamber high vacuum system in combination with an existing Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD) system; to study the amorphous to crystalline transition in silicon thin films. As the two chambers were linked by a common airlock, it was essential to construct a transfer mechanism to allow the transfer of the sample holder between the two systems. This was accomplished by the incorporation of two gate valves between the two chambers and the common airlock as well as a rail system and a magnetic drive that were designed to support the weight of, and to guide the sample holder through the system.
The effect of different deposition conditions on the properties and structure of the material deposited in the combined HW-CVD:PECVD system were investigated. The conditions needed to obtain a range of materials, including amorphous, nano- and microcrystalline silicon films were determined and then successfully replicated.
The structure of each material was analysed using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The presence of crystallites in the material was confirmed and the structure of the material detected by TEM was compared to the results obtained by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectrum of each sample was decoupled into three components representing the amorphous, intermediate and crystalline phases. The Raman analysis revealed that the amorphous silicon thin film had a dominant amorphous phase with smaller contribution from the intermediate and crystalline phase. This result supported the findings of the TEM studies which showed some medium range order. Analysis of the Raman spectrum for samples deposited at increasing filament temperatures showed that the degree of order within the samples increased, with the evolution of the crystalline phase and decline of the amorphous phase. The Selected Area Diffraction (SAD) patterns obtained from the TEM were analysed to gain qualitative information regarding the change in crystallite size. These findings have been confirmed by the TEM micrograph measurements.
The deposition regime where the transition from amorphous to microcrystalline silicon took place was examined by varying the deposition parameters of filament temperature, total pressure in the chamber, gas flow rate, deposition time and substrate temperature.
The IR absorption spectrum for [mu]c-Si showed the typical peaks at 2100cm-1 and 626cm-1, of the stretching and wagging modes, respectively. The increase in the crystallinity of the thin films was consistent with the evolution of the 2100cm-1 band in IR, and the decreasing hydrogen content, as well as the shift of the wagging mode to lower wavenumber. IR spectroscopy has proven to be a sensitive technique for detecting the crystalline phase in the deposited material.
Several devices were also constructed by depositing the [mu]c-Si thin films as the intrinsic layer in a solar cell, to obtain information on their characteristics. The p- layer (amorphous silicon) was deposited in the PECVD chamber, and the sample was then transferred under vacuum using the transport system to the HW-CVD chamber where the i-layer (microcrystalline silicon) was deposited. The sample holder was transferred back to the PECVD chamber where the n-layer (amorphous silicon) was deposited.
The research presented in this thesis represents a preliminary investigation of the properties of [mu]c-Si thin films. Once the properties and optimum deposition characteristics for thin films are established, this research can form the basis for the optimization of a solar cell consisting of the most efficient combination of amorphous, nano- and microcrystalline materials.
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Sheikh, Muntasir Mohammad. "Scattering from a thin wire excited by a perpendicular line current." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/284935.
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In many applications it is necessary to determine coupling from a line current source to a nearby wire. Applications include current coupling in high-speed interconnects and wire interaction with a charged particle beam. A common physical configuration occurs when the source and wire are perpendicular to each other. In this dissertation, we investigate the scattered field and coupled current that result from such a configuration. We solve the problem for three different sources: a dipole, an array of dipoles, and a continuous line current. We detail the solution for the line current source where we obtain the scattered field by numerical integration, the far-zone approximation using steepest descents, and the excited current by numerical integration. We also show that the solution of an infinite number of phased dipoles approaches the continuous line source excitation. For the continuous line source case, we assume an infinite traveling wave line current. We also assume that the current magnitude and phase are not affected by the existence of the nearby wire. The current travels with a speed less than the speed of light in the surrounding medium. The wire is infinitely long and infinitesimally thin, and is located a distance d from the line source. We solve for the scattered field both numerically and approximately using steepest descents. We then add corrections to the saddle point approximation through two different approaches. We also solve numerically for the coupled current on the wire. Finally, we produce plots that allow us to compare the levels of the field with and without the wire present. Our problem could serve as a prelude to investigation of a traveling wave of current and an array of parallel wires. However, such a problem is quite different since the physical configuration would then allow the presence of guided waves.
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Mao, Xin-qiang. "Analysis of thin wire scatterers and antennae in the time domain." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.271350.
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Stephenson, Richard C. "Comparing the Feasibility of Cutting Thin-Walled Sections from Five Commonly Used Metals Utilizing Wire Electric Discharge Machining." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2007. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1948.pdf.
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Ichino, Yusuke, Kimihiko Sudoh, Koji Miyachi, Yutaka Yoshida, Yoshiaki Takai, 祐亮 一野, and 隆. 吉田. "Orientation mechanism of REBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub y/ (RE = Nd, Sm, Gd, Y, Yb) thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition." IEEE, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/6741.
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Ledfelt, Gunnar. "Hybrid Time-Domain Methods and Wire Models for Computational Electromagnetics." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Tekniska högsk, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-3115.
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Halindintwali, Sylvain. "A study of hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon thin films deposited by hot-wire chemical vapour deposition (HWCVD)." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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In this thesis, intrinsic hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon thin films for solar cells application have been deposited by means of the hot &ndashwire chemical vapour deposition (HWCVD) technique and have been characterised for their performance. It is noticed that
hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon is similar in some aspects (mainly optical) to its counterpart amorphous silicon actually used as the intrinsic layer in the photovoltaic industry. Substantial differences between the two materials have been found however in their respective structural and electronic properties.
We show that hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon retains good absorption coefficients known for amorphous silicon in the visible region. The order improvement and a reduced content of the bonded hydrogen in the films are linked to their good stability. We argue that provided a moderate hydrogen dilution ratio in the monosilane gas and efficient process pressure in the deposition chamber, intrinsic hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon with photosensitivity better than 102 and most importantly resistant to the Staebler Wronski effect (SWE) can be produced.
This work explores the optical, structural and electronic properties of this promising material whose study &ndash
samples have been exclusively produced in the HWCVD reactors based in the Solar Cells laboratory of the Physics department at the University of the Western Cape.
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Towfie, Nazley. "Dynamic variation of hydrogen dilution during hot-wire chemical vapour deposition of silicon thin films." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3813.
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It has been debated that among all the renewable energy alternatives, only solar energy offers sufficient resources to meet energy demands. Silicon thin film solar cells are at the frontier of commercial solar technology. Hot wire chemical vapour deposition (HWCVD) is the technique of choice for silicon thin film deposition due to the absence of ion bombardment and its independence toward geometry or electromagnetic properties of the substrate, as seen by plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD). With the implementation of nanostructures in a
multi-band gap tandem solar cell, considerable improvement has been achieved over the single junction solar cells. Defect assisted tunnelling processes at the junctions between individual solar cells in a tandem structure solar cell largely affect the efficiency of these solar cells. In this contribution, the investigation toward the improvement of silicon thin films for tandem solar cell application is initiated. This study reports on the effects of hydrogen dilution and deposition time on six silicon thin films deposited at six specific deposition regimes. The thin film properties are investigated via X-Ray diffraction analysis, Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy, elastic recoil detection analysis, scanning and transmission electron microscopy and UV-visible spectroscopy. This investigation revealed the dominating etching effect of atomic hydrogen with
the increase in hydrogen dilution and a bonded hydrogen content (CH) exceeding 10 at.% for each of the six thin films. The optically determined void volume fraction and static refractive index remain constant, for each thin film, with the change in CH. A new deposition procedure, utilising the deposition conditions of the previously investigated thin films, is performed by HWCVD to deposit two silicon thin films. This deposition procedure involved either increasing (protocol 1) or decreasing (protocol 2) hydrogen dilution during deposition. Structural and optical variation with depth was observed for the dynamically deposited silicon thin films, with nano-voids existing across the entire cross section and bond angle variations which are indicative of good structural order. The optical absorption curves differ for the two silicon thin films whereas the optical density remains constant for both.>Magister Scientiae - MSc
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Munro, Troy. "Heater Geometry and Heat Flux Effects On Subcooled, Thin Wire, Nucleate Pool Boiling In Microgravity." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1235.
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Nucleate boiling is widely used as a means of heat transfer in thermal management systems because of its high heat transfer rates. This study explored the effects of heat flux and surface geometry on heat transfer behavior and bubble dynamics of nucleate pool boiling in microgravity. A single platinum wire, a twist of three platinum wires, and a twist of four platinum wires were used as boiling surfaces for two separate experiments performed in microgravity on board NASA’s parabolic flight aircraft. Wire temperature, thermocouple, and video measurements were taken during a total of 44 microgravity parabolas. Results show that the crevices formed by wire twisting provide regions of localized superheating and are able to reduce the heat flux necessary for boiling onset to occur. This localized heating results in a lower average heater temperature and shortened superheating periods, but this effect decreases when more wires are present in the twist. This behavior was investigated and confirmed with a finite volume, transient conduction model. This model also showed that the water temperature profile at the bubble onset indicates that water at a certain distance from the wire surface, in this experiment 50 μm, needs to be heated to above saturation temperature in order to initiate and generate a burst of bubbles. A relative bubble area analysis method was able to quantify vapor production and bubble behavior across multiple frames of video. Application of this method revealed a transition of bubble behavior from large isolated bubbles to jet flows of small bubbles, and this method allowed the heat flux contribution of jet flows to be approximated. Additionally, a new mode of jet flows was observed. Particle image velocimetry was used to provide approximate velocities of small bubble jet flows and their influence on heat transfer to the bulk fluid.
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Ament, David Lloyd. "Boiling heat transfer in thin liquid films with a wire mesh screen on the liquid surface." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19483.
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Kim, Sangseop. "Determination of Wall Thickness and Height when Cutting Various Materials with Wire Electric Discharge Machining Processes." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2005. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/294.
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This thesis looks at the capabilities of cutting thin webs on Wire EDM machines that are difficult or impossible to machine using conventional methods. Covered is an investigation of how different material and web thickness affect the capability of machining thin-walled parts.
Five different metals are used for the test; Aluminum 6061 T6, Yellow Brass SS360, 420 Stainless Steel, D2 unheat-treated tool steel 25-30 RC, and D2 heat-treated tool steel 60-65 RC. The small parts were cut to a 6mm (0.2362 inch) height with six different wall thicknesses: 0.30mm (0.0118 inch), 0.25mm (0.0098 inch), 0.20mm (0.0078 inch), 0.15mm (0.0059 inch), 0.10mm (0.0039 inch), and 0.05mm (0.0020 inch). A Sodick AQ325L Wire EDM machine was utilized for testing.
The methods employed during the study include the following:
• Machine settings and offsets were limited to the default setting selected from the Sodick AQ325L database.
• Two different pre-test cuts were taken on the material to check for web bending during the cutting process.
• Hardness was tested for comparison of the web heights.
This thesis shows that bending increased as webs became thinner and that bending occurred toward the wire as the second side of the web was cut. Bending does affect the height of the web. Physical properties of materials also impacted the height of the web with the hardest material staying intact during the cutting process. This study shows that two factors, physical properties of materials and web thickness, significantly affect cutting results for thin web parts.
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Dosev, Dosi Konstantinov. "Fabrication, characterisation and modelling of nanocrystalline silicon thin-film transistors obtained by hot-wire chemical vapour deposition." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/6324.
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Hot-wire chemical vapour deposition (HWCVD) is a promising technique that permits polycrystalline silicon films with grain size of nanometers to be obtained at high deposition rates and low substrate temperatures. This material is expected to have better electronic properties than the commonly used amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H).In this work, thin-film transistors (TFTs) were fabricated using nanocrystalline hydrogenated silicon film (nc-Si:H), deposited by HWCVD over thermally oxidized silicon wafer. The employed substrate temperature during the deposition process permits inexpensive materials as glasses or plastics to be used for various applications in large-area electronics. The deposition rate was about one order of magnitude higher than in other conventionally employed techniques. The deposited nc-Si:H films show good uniformity and reproducibility. The films consist of vertically grown columnar grains surrounded by amorphous phase. The columnar grains are thinner at the bottom (near the oxide interface) and thicker at the top of the film. Chromium layer was evaporated over the nc-Si:H in order to form drain and source contacts. Using photolithography techniques, two types of samples were fabricated. The first type (simplified) was with the chromium contacts directly deposited over the intrinsic nc-Si:H layer. No dry etching was involved in the fabrication process of this sample. The transistors on the wafer were not electrically separated from each other. Doped n+ layer was incorporated at the drain and source contacts in the second type of samples (complete samples). Dry etching was employed to eliminate the nc-Si:H between the TFTs and to isolate them electrically from each other.
The electrical characteristics of both types of nc-Si:H TFTs were similar to a-Si:H based TFTs. Nevertheless, some significant differences were observed in the characteristics of the two types of samples. The increasing of the off-current in the simplified structure was eliminated by the n+ layer in the second type of samples. This led to the improving of the on/off ratio. The n+ layer also eliminated current crowding of the output characteristics. On the other hand, the subthreshold slope, the threshold voltage and the density of states were slightly deteriorated in the samples with incorporated n+ layer. Surface states created by the dry etching could be a possible reason. Other cause could be a bad quality of the nc-Si:H/SiO2 interface. The TFTs with incorporated n+ contact layer and electrically separated on the wafer were used in the further studies of stability and device modelling.
The nc-Si:H TFTs were submitted under prolonged positive and negative gate bias stress in order to study their stability. We studied the influence of the stressing time and voltage on the transfer characteristics, threshold voltage, activation energy and density of states. The threshold voltage increased under positive gate bias stress and decreased under negative gate bias stress. After both positive and negative stresses, the threshold voltage recovered its initial values without annealing. This behaviour indicated that temporary charge trapping in the channel/gate insulator interface is the responsible process for the device performance under stress. Measurements of space-charge limited current confirmed that bulk states were not affected by the positive nor by negative stress.
Analysis of the activation energy and the density of states gave more detailed information about the physical processes taking place during the stress. Typical drawback of the nc-Si:H films grown by HWCVD with tungsten (W) filament is the bad quality of the bottom, initially grown, interfacial layer. It is normally amorphous and porous. We assume that this property of the nc-Si:H film is determining for charge trapping and the consecutive temporary changes of the TFT's characteristics. On the other hand, the absence of defect-state creation during the gate bias stress demonstrates that the nc-Si:H films did not suffer degradation under the applied stress conditions.
The electrical characteristics and the operational regimes of the nc-Si:H TFTs were studied in details in order to obtain the best possible fit using the Spice models for a-Si:H and poly-Si TFTs existing until now. The analysis of the transconductance gm showed behaviour typical for a-Si:H TFTs at low gate voltages. In contrast, at high gate voltages unexpected increasing of gm was observed, as in poly-Si TFTs. Therefore, it was impossible to fit the transfer and output characteristics with the a-Si:H TFT model neither with poly-Si TFT model.
We performed numerical simulations using the Silvaco's Atlas simulator of semiconductor devices in order to understand the physical parameters, responsible for the device behaviour. The simulations showed that the reason for this behaviour is the density of acceptor-like states, which situates the properties of nc-Si:H TFTs between the amorphous and the polycrystalline transistors. Taking into account this result, we performed analysis of the concentrations of the free and the trapped carriers in nc-Si:H layer. It was found that nc-Si:H operates in transitional regime between above-threshold and crystalline-like regimes. This transitional regime was predicted earlier, but not experimentally observed until now. Finally, we introduced new equations and three new parameters into the existing a-Si TFTs model in order to account for the transitional regime. The new proposed model permits the shapes of the transconductance, the transfer and the output characteristics to be modelled accurately.
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Walter, Bruce A. "The use of conformal subdomain basis functions in the method of moments computations for a thin wire." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27322.
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Mason, Maribeth Swiatek Atwater Harry Albert. "Synthesis of large-grained polycrystalline silicon by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition for thin film photovoltaic applications /." Diss., Pasadena, Calif. : California Institute of Technology, 2004. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03182004-221215.
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Muthukrishnan, Kamal Kumar. "Structural and electronic properties of nanocrystalline silicon thin film solar cells fabricated by hot wire and ECR-plasma CVD techniques." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007.
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Putten, Koos van. "Size effects on the rolling of small and thin microstrip determined by wire flat rolling and plane strain compression experiments /." Aachen : Shaker, 2008. http://d-nb.info/990501116/04.
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Usoff, Joseph M. "Scattering from a collection of periodic linear arrays of arbitrarily shaped thin wire elements emphasizing truncation effects of planar periodic surfaces." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1347033120.
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Usoff, Joseph Michael. "Scattering from a collection of periodic linear arrays of arbitrarily shaped thin wire elements emphasizing truncation effects of planar periodic surfaces /." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487844105977423.
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Antelius, Mikael. "Wafer-scale Vacuum and Liquid Packaging Concepts for an Optical Thin-film Gas Sensor." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Mikro- och nanosystemteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-119839.
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This thesis treats the development of packaging and integration methods for the cost-efficient encapsulation and packaging of microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices. The packaging of MEMS devices is often more costly than the device itself, partly because the packaging can be crucial for the performance of the device. For devices which contain liquids or needs to be enclosed in a vacuum, the packaging can account for up to 80% of the total cost of the device. The first part of this thesis presents the integration scheme for an optical dye thin film NO2-gas sensor, designed using cost-efficient implementations of wafer-scale methods. This work includes design and fabrication of photonic subcomponents in addition to the main effort of integration and packaging of the dye-film. A specific proof of concept target was for NO2 monitoring in a car tunnel. The second part of this thesis deals with the wafer-scale packaging methods developed for the sensing device. The developed packaging method, based on low-temperature plastic deformation of gold sealing structures, is further demonstrated as a generic method for other hermetic liquid and vacuum packaging applications. In the developed packaging methods, the mechanically squeezed gold sealing material is both electroplated microstruc- tures and wire bonded stud bumps. The electroplated rings act like a more hermetic version of rubber sealing rings while compressed in conjunction with a cavity forming wafer bonding process. The stud bump sealing processes is on the other hand applied on completed cavities with narrow access ports, to seal either a vacuum or liquid inside the cavities at room temperature. Additionally, the resulting hermeticity of primarily the vacuum sealing methods is thoroughly investigated. Two of the sealing methods presented require permanent mechanical fixation in order to complete the packaging process. Two solutions to this problem are presented in this thesis. First, a more traditional wafer bonding method using tin-soldering is demonstrated. Second, a novel full-wafer epoxy underfill-process using a microfluidic distribution network is demonstrated using a room temperature process.QC 20130325
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Kotsedi, Lebogang. "Fabrication and characterization of a solar cell using an aluminium p-doped layer in the hot-wire chemical vapour deposition process." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_1349_1363785866.
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When the amorphous silicon (a-Si) dangling bonds are bonded to hydrogen the concentration of the dangling bond is decreased. The resulting film is called hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H). The reduction in the dangling bonds concentration improves the optoelectrical properties of the film. The improved properties of a-Si:H makes it possible to manufacture electronic devices including a solar cell. A solar cell device based on the hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) was fabricated using the Hot-Wire Chemical Vapour Deposition (HWCVD). When an n-i-p solar cell configuration is grown, the norm is that the p-doped layer is deposited from a mixture of silane (SiH4) gas with diborane (B2H6). The boron atoms from diborane bonds to the silicon atoms and because of the number of the valance electrons, the grown film becomes a p-type film. Aluminium is a group 3B element and has the same valence electrons as boron, hence it will also produce a p-type film when it bonds with silicon. In this study the p-doped layer is grown from the co-deposition of a-Si:H from SiH4 with aluminium evaporation resulting in a crystallized, p-doped thin film. When this thin film is used in the n-i-p cell configuration, the device shows photo-voltaic activity. The intrinsic layer and the n-type layers for the solar cell were grown from SiH4 gas and Phosphine (PH3) gas diluted in SiH4 respectively. The individual layers of the solar cell device were characterized for both their optical and electrical properties. This was done using a variety of experimental techniques. The analyzed results from the characterization techniques showed the films to be of device quality standard. The analysed results of the ptype layer grown from aluminium showed the film to be successfully crystallized and doped. A fully functional solar cell was fabricated from these layers and the cell showed photovoltaic activity.
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Putten, Koos van [Verfasser]. "Size effects on the rolling of small and thin microstrip determined by wire flat rolling and plane strain compression experiments / Koos van Putten." Aachen : Shaker, 2008. http://d-nb.info/1161304231/34.
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Pepenene, Refuoe Donald. "Macroscopic and Microscopic surface features of Hydrogenated silicon thin films." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6414.
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Magister Scientiae - MSc (Physics)An increasing energy demand and growing environmental concerns regarding the use of fossil fuels in South Africa has led to the challenge to explore cheap, alternative sources of energy. The generation of electricity from Photovoltaic (PV) devices such as solar cells is currently seen as a viable alternative source of clean energy. As such, crystalline, amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon thin films are expected to play increasingly important roles as economically viable materials for PV development. Despite the growing interest shown in these materials, challenges such as the partial understanding of standardized measurement protocols, and the relationship between the structure and optoelectronic properties still need to be overcome.
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Zhao, Bo. "THE APPLICATION OF DISCONTINUOUS GALKERIN FINITE ELEMENT TIME-DOMAIN METHOD IN THE DESIGN, SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS OF MODERN RADIO FREQUENCY SYSTEMS." UKnowledge, 2011. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/186.
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The discontinuous Galerkin finite element time-domain (DGFETD) method has been successfully applied to the solution of the coupled curl Maxwell’s equations. In this dissertation, important extensions to the DGFETD method are provided, including the ability to model lumped circuit elements and the ability to model thin-wire structures within a discrete DGFETD solution. To this end, a hybrid DGFETD/SPICE formulation is proposed for high-frequency circuit simulation, and a hybrid DGFETD/Thin-wire formulation is proposed for modeling thin-wire structures within a three-dimensional problem space. To aid in the efficient modeling of open-region structures, a Complex Frequency Shifted-Perfectly Matched Layer (CFS-PML) absorbing medium is applied to the DGFETD method for the first time. An efficient CFS-PML method that reduces the computational complexity and improves accuracy as compared to previous PML formulations is proposed. The methods have been successfully implemented, and a number of test cases are provided that validate the proposed methods. The proposed hybrid formulations and the new CFS-PML formulation dramatically enhances the ability of the DGFETD method to be efficiently applied to simulate complex, state of the art radio frequency systems.
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Chacouche, Khaled. "Structures minces férromagnétiques et férroélectriques." Thesis, Paris Est, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PESC1053/document.
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Cette thèse traite avec des équations aux dérivées partielles provenant de la physique mathématique. En particulier, à partir de modèles 3D ferromagnétisme et ferroélectricité, nous obtenons des modèles 1D et 2D par l'intermédiaire de processus asymptotiques basés sur des méthodes de réduction de dimension. Le modèle 3D ferromagnétisme a été proposé par W.F. Brown depuis lesannées 40. Il est également possible d'utiliser un modèle dynamique, décrivant l'aimantation au cours du temps, en utilisant un système introduit par L.D. Landau et E.M. Lifschitz en 1935. Pour le modèle ferroélectrique, nous nous référons aux papiers de P. Chandra et P.B. Littlewood, W. Zhang et K. Bhattacharya et au livre de T. Mitsui, I. Taksuzaki et E. Nakamura.Ma thèse est constituée de trois parties :Au début, je considère l'énergie micromagnétique avec des coefficients dégénératifs dans un fil mince. Après avoir montrer l'existence de minimiseurs du problème, j'identifie l'énergie limite lorsque la section du fil tend vers zéro.Dans la deuxième partie, j'étudie le comportement asymptotique des solutions dépendant du temps des problèmes micromagnétique dans une multi-structure constituée de la jonction de deux fils minces. En supposant que les volumes des deux fils tendent vers zéro avec la même vitesse. On obtient un problème limite couplé par une condition de jonction. Le problème limite reste non-convexe, mais devient complètement local.Dans le dernier chapitre, à partir d’un modèle variationnel 3D non convexe et non-local pour la polarisation électrique dans un matériau ferroélectrique, et à l'aide d'un processus asymptotique basé sur la réduction de dimension, j'analyse des phénomènes de jonction pour deux films minces ferroélectriques joints orthogonaux. Selon la façon dont la réduction se passe, on obtienttrois modèles différents de dimension 2. On remarque qu’un effet de mémoire du processus de réduction apparaît, ce dernier dépend de la compétition entre les épaisseurs des deux films: Le paramètre de guidage est la limite du rapport des épaisseurs des deux filmsThis thesis deals with partial differential equations coming from mathematical physics. Particularly, starting from 3D models for ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, we derive 1D and 2D models via asymptotic processes based on dimensional reduction methods. The 3D model for ferromagnetism was proposed by W.F. Brown in the 40s and it is based on a system introduced by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifschitz in 1935. About the ferroelectric model, we refer tothe papers of P. Chandra and P.B. Littlewood, W. Zhang and K. Bhattacharya and to the book of T. Mitsui, I. Taksuzaki, and E. Nakamura.This thesis based on three works:At the beginning, we consider micromagnetic energy, with some degenerating coefficients, in a thin wire. After showing the existence of minimizers, we identify the limit energy as the section of the wire vanishes.In the second part, we study the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of a time dependent micromagnetic problem in a multi-structure consisting of two joined thin wires. We assume that the volumes of the two wires vanish with same rate. We obtain two 1D limit problems coupled by a junction condition on the magnetization. The limit problem remains non-convex, but now it becomes completely local.In the last chapter, starting from a non-convex and nonlocal 3D variational model for the electric polarization in a ferroelectric material, and using an asymptotic process based on dimensional reduction, we analyze junction phenomena for two orthogonal joined ferroelectric thin films. We obtain three different 2D-variational models for joined thin films, depending on how the reduction happens. We note that, a memory effect of the reduction process appears, and it depends on the competition of the relative thickness of the two films: The guide parameter is the limit of the ratio between these two small thickness
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Everstam, Viktor. "This shit gonna get real heavy - A quantitative study on the use of African-American Vernacular English in The Wire and The Princess and the Frog. : This shit gonna get real heavy - En kvantitativ studie om hur afroamerikansk engelska används i The Wire och Prinsessan och grodan." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-82466.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate how the spoken variety African-American VernacularEnglish (AAVE) is used in entertainment. This is performed by comparing the spoken language oftwo fictional characters from two different sources of entertainment who are depicted as AAVEspeakers. The characters selected for the study are Stringer Bell from the TV-series The Wire andMama Odie from the movie The Princess and the Frog. Since the aim of this study is to compare andmeasure frequency of use of AAVE features amongst the two characters, a quantitative analysis hasbeen conducted. The findings show that the characters use similar features of AAVE but not to thesame extent. The results show that both characters use verb phrases, negations, and nominals. Theresults show that the characters have 6 grammatical features and 5 phonological features in commonin the selected material, where Stringer Bell uses more grammatical features and Mama Odie usesmore phonological features. Moreover, the results show that the depiction of the characters’ spokenlanguage varies due to the aim of the specific production and that the spoken language of the twocharacters is also affected by regional differences.Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur den talade varianten afroamerikansk engelska (AAVE)används i underhållning. Detta utförs genom att jämföra det talade språket från två fiktivakaraktärer från två väldigt olika underhållningskällor där karaktärerna talar AAVE. Karaktärernasom är valda för studien är karaktären Stringer Bell från TV-serien The Wire och karaktären MamaOdie från filmen Prinsessan och grodan. Eftersom syftet med denna studie är att jämföra och mätafrekvensen av användandet av AAVE-funktioner mellan de två karaktärerna har en kvantitativinnehållsanalys tillämpats för detta ändamål. För att sammanfatta så använder sig karaktärerna avliknande särdrag men inte till samma utsträckning. Resultaten visar att båda karaktärerna användersig av verbfraser, negationer och nominaler. Resultaten visar att karaktärerna har 6 grammatiskafunktioner och 5 fonologiska särdrag gemensamt i det valda materialet, där Stringer Bells främstanvänder sig av grammatiska funktioner och Mama Odie använder främst fonologiska särdrag.Dessutom visar resultaten att skildringen av karaktärernas talade språk varierar beroende påproduktionens syfte. Följaktligen visar detta att det talade språket för de två karaktärerna också ärpåverkade av regionala varianter.
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Graham, Zoe Claire. "Getting wired : an investigation into long term co-operation of adolescent orthodontic patients with treatment and how this is affected by their relationship with authority figures." Thesis, University of East London, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532408.
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Saintier, David. "Caractérisation numérique d’antennes VLF-LF en environnement réel." Thesis, Université Côte d'Azur (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AZUR4081/document.
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Les très basses fréquences (VLF) sont aujourd’hui principalement utilisées pour les communications sous-marines. Ces fréquences ont en effet l’avantage de pénétrer dans l’eau de mer jusqu’à quelques dizaines de mètre de profondeur, ainsi que de permettre des communications à très longue distance, au-delà de l’horizon. Les antennes nécessaires à l’établissement de ces communications sont nécessairement de très petite taille par rapport aux longueurs d’onde mises en jeu. Ces antennes sont des structures composées de centaines de mètre de câbles métalliques, situées à un emplacement étudié pour les qualités diélectriques du sol ou les avantages structurels du relief. Pour étudier de telles antennes, nous proposons l’utilisation d’un code basé sur une méthode temporelle, la TLM. Cette méthode peut se révéler être très efficace pour des études sur de larges bandes de fréquence et en présence d’un environnement diélectrique complexe. Pour cela, nous avons amélioré le modèle du Fil Mince permettant de modéliser une structure métallique en une dimension et avons cherché à valider son fonctionnement en présence d’un environnement réaliste. Dans ce document, nous présentons ainsi les différentes étapes ayant abouties aux améliorations apportées au modèle de Fil Mince. Notre code a été validé en comparant nos résultats à ceux de FEKO, un logiciel commercial basé sur la MoM considéré comme la méthode la plus adaptée à ce type de problème. Nous avons proposé, en particulier, une solution permettant de garantir une bonne précision du modèle quel que soit l’orientation du fil dans le maillage cartésien 3D. Nous avons ensuite précisé le domaine de validité des fils coudés ainsi que des jonctions de plusieurs fils. Nous avons étudié également l’interaction entre le fil et des milieux inhomogènes. Il s’agit là d’une problématique ambitieuse pour laquelle nous avons apporté quelques éléments de réponse mais qui reste à ce jour un verrou technologique à lever. Enfin, nous avons étudié des structures antennaires réalistes. Les simulations d’un système composé d’antennes en T déployé dans une vallée ont permis d’appréhender le fonctionnement d’une telle structure et ont montré l’intérêt de notre méthode. En effet, les temps de calcul nécessaires à la résolution du problème sont significativement plus faibles avec le code TLM qu’avec le logiciel FEKO sur ce type de sol complexe. Les simulations d’une antenne Trideco avec un plan de masse radial aérien ou enterré ont quant à elles montré les limites actuelles du code TLM qui reste handicapé par une modélisation imprécise des nœuds de connexion entre plusieurs fils et de leur interaction avec les milieux inhomogènesSubmarine communications are the main usage of the very low frequency (VLF). This frequency band allows to radiate up to a few tens meter of depth and to a very long distance. Antennas for such telecommunications are necessarily small in regard to the wavelength. However, these structures are composed of hundred meters of thin metallic cables and their locations are often chosen for their dielectric characteristics or the structural advantage provided by the relief. To evaluate such antennas, we propose to use a home-made software, based on the TLM method. Such technique can be efficient for studying wide band electromagnetic problems in complex dielectric environment. Then we have improved the TLM Thin Wire model and we have evaluated its performances in realistic environment. In this document, we present our work and its validation by comparing our results to those obtained with the commercial software FEKO, based on the MoM, considered as the most suitable technique for this kind of problem. A solution assuring a good accuracy of the model for an arbitrary orientation of the Thine Wire in the 3D cartesian grid was proposed. We have also specified the limitations of the bent wire and the wires junction. In addition, we have studied the interaction between the wire and inhomogeneous media. This is an ambitious problem for which we brought some elements of answer but which remains a challenge. Finally, we have tested our software on some realistic antenna systems. The simulations of a valley span T antennas system allow to understand the functioning of such radiating structure and to show the interest of our method. The computation times are significantly lower with the TLM method than with FEKO to deal with antennas above such complex ground. However, the simulations of a Trideco antenna with aerial or buried radial ground plane showed the actual limitations of the TLM software which remains handicapped by an insufficient accuracy of the wires junction model and the inhomogeneous media interactions
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Li, Guangze. "Connectivity, Doping, and Anisotropy in Highly Dense Magnesium Diboride (MgB2)." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437564674.
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Diaz, Pulgar Luis Gerardo. "Lightning induced voltages in cables of power production centers." Thesis, Limoges, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LIMO0093/document.
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Lorsqu’un bâtiment d’un centre de production d’électricité est frappé par la foudre, il se produit une dangereuse circulation de courants dans tous les composants connectés au bâtiment: les murs, le réseau de terre, et les câbles sortant du bâtiment. L’intérêt du présent travail est d’étudier les tensions transitoires aux extrémités de ces câbles, en particulier des câbles contrôle mesure, dans la mesure où ces câbles sont connectés à des équipements électroniques susceptibles d’être endommagés par des perturbations électromagnétiques engendrées par la foudre. Une approche basée sur la résolution numérique des équations de Maxwell via une méthode FDTD est adoptée. Notamment le formalisme de Holland et Simpson est utilisé pour modéliser toutes les structures constituées d’un réseau de fils minces: l’armature métallique du bâtiment, la grille en cuivre du réseau de terre, la galerie de béton et le câble coaxial de contrôle mesure. Une validation des modèles électromagnétiques développés pour chaque composant du site industriel est présentée. Une analyse de sensibilité est conduite pour déterminer l’influence des paramètres du système. En outre, la technique des plans d’expérience est utilisée pour générer un méta-modèle qui prédit la tension maximale induite aux extrémités du câble en fonction des paramètres les plus influents. Cela représentent un outil de calcul précis et informatiquement efficace pour évaluer la performance foudre des câbles de contrôle et de mesureWhen lightning strikes a building in a Power Generation Center, dangerous currents propagates through all the components connected to the building structure: The walls, the grounding grid, and the cables leaving the building. It is the interest of this work to study the transient voltages at the terminations of these cables external to the building.Particularly, the Instrumentation and Measure (IM) cables, since they are connected to electronic equipment susceptible of damage or malfunctioning due to lightning ElectroMagnetic perturbations. A full wave approach based on the numerical solution of Maxwell’s equations through the FDTD algorithm is adopted. Notably, the formalism of Holland and Simpson is used to model all the structures composed of thin wires: the building steel structure, the grounding copper grid, the concrete cable ducts and the coaxial IM cables. A validation of the model developed for each component is presented. A sensitivity analysis is performed in order to the determine the main parameters that configure the problem. Also, the Design of Experiments (DoE) technique is used to generate a meta-model that predicts the peak induced voltages in the cable terminations, as a function of the main parameters that configure the industrial site. This represents an accurate, and computationally efficient tool to assess lightning performance of IM cables
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Khan, Sajjad W. "Structural characteristics of various types of helically wound cables in bending." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14157.
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The primary aim of this research was to investigate the bending behaviour of helically wound steel cables of various types (i.e. normal spiral strands, sheathed spiral strands and locked coil cables) in the presence of friction and to propose more efficient computational models for their analysis under combined tension and bending. The proposed model fully takes into account interwire contact forces both in the radial direction (point contact between wires in different layers) and hoop direction (line contact within the wires in the same layer). Extensive theoretical parametric studies have been undertaken on a variety of cable constructions covering a wide range of geometrical and material parameters. Explicit formulations have been developed for the smooth transition of the bending stiffness from no-slip to full slip regimes, as a function of cable curvature. Based on these formulations, it is now possible to calculate the relative displacements of the wires, as well as the tensile, bending and hoop stresses in the individual wires of the cable. Furthermore, bending stiffness of the cable is shown to decrease by a factor of 2 to 16, depending upon the friction coefficient between wires and the type of cable construction. Wherever possible, the theoretical results have been compared with experimental results from the available literature and are found in very good agreement with them. A simple method for the determination of the bending stiffness of large diameter multi-layered cable has been developed. The simplified method is further shown to provide estimates of the bending stiffness which are very close to those calculated by the original theory, allowing hand calculations for an easier use in industry. The proposed formulations have been extended to cater for the effects of external hydrostatic pressure on sheathed spiral strands in deep water applications. These forces are shown to have a great influence on the pattern of interwire contact forces and hence the interlayer slippage between the wires in the strand. Numerical results have been obtained and analysed for three different 127 mm diameter strands with lay angles of 12°, 18° and 24° respectively, experiencing a wide range of external hydrostatic pressures of 0 to 2,000 metres. The significant increase in normal contact force between wires is shown to suppress the slippage of wires in the cable. However, the no-slip and full slip values of the effective bending stiffness of the cable is shown to be independent of the level of hydrostatic pressure. A theoretical model is also proposed for estimating wire kinematics, pattern of interwire slippage, contact forces as well as the flexural rigidity of locked coil cables with outer layers made of shaped wires. In order to validate this model, numerical results are reported for two different locked coil cables. It is shown that the shaped wires in the outer layers of locked coil cables play an important role in the distribution of contact forces, slip initiation and cable unwinding.
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Šeděnka, Vladimír. "Numerická řešení problematiky EMC malých letadel." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-233594.
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Disertace popisuje současné problémy v certifikaci malých letadel, které by se měly v budoucnu řešit numerickým modelováním. Tento postup má zefektivnit návrh a zlevnit certifikaci letadel. Práce je úzce spjata s projektem HIRF-SE, který se problematikou certifikace letadel numerickými metodami zabývá. Podstatná část práce je věnována popisu dvou modulů pro platformu HIRF-SE: řešič BUTFE založený na metodě konečných prvků v časové oblasti a budicí nástroj BUTFE_EXC. Práce popisuje řešení pohlcujících okrajových podmínek, modelování disperzních a anizotropních materiálů a aproximaci tenkých drátů. Speciální pozornost je věnována řešení aproximace tenkých drátů s ostrými ohyby, jejíž současná formulace způsobuje překryvy mezi jednotlivými segmenty drátu.
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Štverka, Dalibor. "Analýza koaxiálních a jednovodičových nehomogenních struktur v časové oblasti." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-233486.
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The work considers pulse wire-guided electromagnetic (EM) waves. The main contribution of the work is the original design of the isolation bushing for maximizing of the received wave (echo) thanks to the results of the numerical simulations, the acquirement of the new acknowledges of the reflections of the guided EM wave from the various boundaries, the construction of PML layers for FDTD simulations in rotational coordinates, the advances made in temporary excitation sources for FDTD and the formulation of the program code for FDTD in rotational coordinates in Matlab environment. The rightness of the numerical simulations was verified in practical experiments. The practical exploitation of the results is supposed in instrumentation and control technology - the level measurement in reservoirs.
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Deymier, Nicolas. "Étude d’une méthode d’éléments finis d’ordre élevé et de son hybridation avec d’autres méthodes numériques pour la simulation électromagnétique instationnaire dans un contexte industriel." Thesis, Toulouse, ISAE, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016ESAE0038/document.
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Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons à l’amélioration du schéma de Yee pour traiter demanière plus efficace et pertinente les problèmes industriels auxquels nous sommes confrontés à l’heureactuelle. Pour cela, nous cherchons avant tout à diminuer les erreurs numériques de dispersion et àaméliorer les modélisations des géométries courbes ainsi que des réseaux de câbles. Pour répondre àces besoins, une solution basée sur un schéma Galerkin discontinu pourrait être envisagée. Toutefois,l’utilisation d’une telle technique sur la totalité du volume de calcul est relativement coûteuse. De plus,la prise en compte de structures filaires sur un tel schéma n’est pas encore opérationnelle. C’est pourquoi,dans l’optique d’avoir un outil industriel, et après une étude bibliographique, nous nous sommes plutôtorientés sur l’étude d’un schéma éléments finis (FEM) sur maillage cartésien qui possède toutes lesbonnes propriétés du schéma de Yee. Notamment, à l’ordre d’approximation spatiale égal à 0 ce schémaFEM est exactement le schéma de Yee, et, pour des ordres supérieurs, il permet de réduire fortementl’erreur de dispersion numérique de ce dernier. Dans le travail de cette thèse, pour ce schéma, nous avons notamment donné un critère de stabilité théorique, étudié sa convergence théorique et fait une analyse de l’erreur de dispersion. Pour tenircompte des possibilités d’ordre d’approximation spatiale variable par direction, nous avons mis en placeune stratégie d’affectation des ordres suivant le maillage donné. Ceci nous a permis d’obtenir un pas detemps optimal pour une précision souhaitée tout en réduisant les coûts de calcul. Après avoir porté ceschéma sur des machines de production, différents problèmes de CEM, antennes, IEM ou foudre ont ététraités afin de montrer les avantages et le potentiel de celui-ci. En conclusion de ces expérimentationsnumériques, il s’avère que la méthode est limitée par le manque de précision pour prendre en comptedes géométries courbes. Afin d’améliorer cela, nous avons proposé une hybridation entre ce schéma et leschéma GD que l’on peut étendre aux autres schémas comme les méthodes différences finies (FDTD) etvolumes finis (FVTD). Nous avons montré que la technique d’hybridation proposée conserve l’énergie etest stable sous une condition que nous avons évaluée de manière théorique. Des exemples de validationont ensuite été montrés. Enfin, pour tenir compte des réseaux de câbles, un modèle de fils minces d’ordred’approximation spatiale élevé a été proposé. Malheureusement, celui-ci ne peut pas couvrir l’ensembledes cas industriels et pour remédier à cela, nous avons proposé une hybridation de notre approche avecune équation de ligne de transmission. L’intérêt de cette hybridation a été montré sur un certain nombred’exemples, que nous n’aurions pas pu traiter par un modèle de structure filaire simpleIn this thesis, we study the improvement of the Yee’s scheme to treat efficiently and in arelevant way the industrial issues we are facing nowadays. For that, we first of all try to reduce thenumerical errors of dispersion and then to improve the modeling of the curved surfaces and of theharness networks. To answer these needs, a solution based on a Galerkin Discontinuous (GD) methodhas been first considered. However, the use of such method on the entire modeling volume is quite costly ;moreover the wires are not taken into account in this method. That is the reason why, with the objectiveof an industrial tool and after a large bibliographic research, we headed for the study of finite elementsscheme (FEM) on a Cartesian mesh which has all the good properties of the Yee’s scheme. Especially,this scheme is exactly the Yee’s scheme when the spatial order of approximation is set to zero. Forthe higher orders, this new scheme allows to greatly reduce the numerical error of dispersion. In theframe of this thesis and for this scheme, we give a theoretical criterion of stability, study its theoreticalconvergence and we perform an analysis of the error of dispersion. To take into account the possibilityof the variable spatial orders of approximation in each direction, we put in place a strategy of orderaffectation according to the given mesh. This strategy allows to obtain an optimal time step for a givenselected precision while reducing the cost of the calculations. Once this new scheme has been adaptedto large industrial computing means, different EMC, antennas, NEMP or lightning problems are treatedto demonstrate the advantages and the potential of this scheme. As a conclusion of these numericalsimulations we demonstrate that this method is limited by a lack of precision when taking into accountcurved geometries. To improve the treatment of the curved surfaces, we propose an hybridization between this scheme andthe GD scheme. This hybridization can also be applied to other methods such as Finite Differences(FDTD) or Finite Volumes (FVTD). We demonstrate that the technique of hybridization proposed,allows to conserve the energy and is stable under a condition that we study theoretically. Some examplesare presented for validation. Finally and to take into account the cables, a thin wire model with a highorder of spatial approximation is proposed. Unfortunately, this model does not allow to cover all theindustrial cases. To solve this issue we propose an hybridization with a transmission line method. Theadvantage of this hybridization is demonstrated thanks to different cases which would not have beenfeasible with a more simple thin wire method
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Ross, Nick. "Interfacial Electrochemistry of Cu/Al Alloys for IC Packaging and Chemical Bonding Characterization of Boron Doped Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Films for Infrared Cameras." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849696/.
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We focused on a non-cooling room temperature microbolometer infrared imaging array device which includes a sensing layer of p-type a-Si:H component layers doped with boron. Boron incorporation and bonding configuration were investigated for a-Si:H films grown by plasma enhanced chemical deposition (PECVD) at varying substrate temperatures, hydrogen dilution of the silane precursor, and dopant to silane ratio using multiple internal reflection infrared spectroscopy (MIR-IR). This study was then confirmed from collaborators via Raman spectroscopy. MIR-IR analyses reveal an interesting counter-balance relationship between boron-doping and hydrogen-dilution growth parameters in PECVD-grown a-Si:H. Specifically, an increase in the hydrogen dilution ratio (H2/SiH4) or substrate temperature was found to increase organization of the silicon lattice in the amorphous films. It resulted in the decrease of the most stable SiH bonding configuration and thus decrease the organization of the film. The new chemical bonding information of a-Si:H thin film was correlated with the various boron doping mechanisms proposed by theoretical calculations. The study revealed the corrosion morphology progression on aluminum alloy (Al, 0.5% Cu) under acidic chloride solution. This is due to defects and a higher copper content at the grain boundary. Direct galvanic current measurement, linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), and Tafel plots are used to measure corrosion current and potential. Hydrogen gas evolution was also observed (for the first time) in Cu/Al bimetallic interface in areas of active corrosion. Mechanistic insight that leads to effective prevention of aluminum bond pad corrosion is explored and discussed.
(Chapter 4) Aluminum bond pad corrosion activity and mechanistic insight at a Cu/Al bimetallic interface typically used in microelectronic packages for automotive applications were investigated by means of optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and electrochemistry. Screening of corrosion variables (temperature, moisture, chloride ion concentration, pH) have been investigated to find their effect on corrosion rate and to better understand the Al/Cu bimetallic corrosion mechanism. The study revealed the corrosion morphology progression on aluminum alloy (Al, 0.5% Cu) under acidic chloride solution. The corrosion starts as surface roughening which evolves into a dendrite structure and later continues to grow into a mud-crack type corrosion. SEM showed the early stage of corrosion with dendritic formation usually occurs at the grain boundary. This is due to defects and a higher copper content at the grain boundary. The impact of copper bimetallic contact on aluminum corrosion was explored by sputtering copper microdots on aluminum substrate. Copper micropattern screening revealed that the corrosion is activated on the Al/Cu interface area and driven by the large potential difference; it was also seen to proceed at much higher rates than those observed with bare aluminum. Direct galvanic current measurement, linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), and Tafel plots are used to measure corrosion current and potential. Hydrogen gas evolution was also observed (for the first time) in Cu/Al bimetallic interface in areas of active corrosion. Mechanistic insight that leads to effective prevention of aluminum bond pad corrosion is explored and discussed. Micropattern corrosion screening identified hydrogen evolution and bimetallic interface as the root cause of Al pad corrosion that leads to Cu ball lift-off, a fatal defect, in Cu wire bonded device. Complete corrosion inhibition can be achieved by strategically disabling the mutually coupled cathodic and anodic reaction cycles.