Distinguished Lecturers Program

One of the general trends of the MEMS sensors business is the utilization of the technology to satisfy harsh environment requirements (temperature, shock, vibration, environment security). The conjunction of material (standard Silicon, SiC or SOI), with complex micromachining techniques and advanced assembly techniques are the key to provide robust sensors with a miniimum concession on specification. The goal of this paper is to present progress on gun hard (> 20,000 g) and wide temperature range MEMS accelerometers (-120°C to +180°C). Concrete solutions and results (out of more than 500 tested products)) will be presented and discussed in detail.     

Progress in space weather predictions and applications

The methods of today’s predictions of space weather and effects are so much more advanced and yesterday’s statistical methods are now replaced by integrated knowledge-based neuro-computing models and MHD methods. Within the ESA Space Weather Programme Study a real-time forecast service has been developed for space weather and effects. This prototype is now being implemented for specific users. Today’s applications are not only so many more but also so much more advanced and user-oriented. A scientist needs real-time predictions of a global index as input for an MHD model calculating the radiation dose for EVAs. A power company system operator needs a prediction of the local value of a geomagnetically induced current. A science tourist needs to know whether or not aurora will occur. Soon we might even be able to predict the tropospheric climate changes and weather caused by the space weather.     

MMAE-Based Control with Space-Time Point Process Observations

A multiple model adaptive estimator (MMAE) has been formulated to estimate the state of a dynamic system modeled by a linear stochastic differential equation, from which measurements, described as a noise-corrupted space-time point process functionally related to that state, are extracted. Assumed certainty equivalence is used to combine such an estimator with the LQ full-state feedback controller to synthesize a practical, implementable controller. Performance of the estimator and resultant controller characteristics are investigated via simulation as a function of approximation method used to limit the full-scale estimator to finite dimensionality and also as a function of important parameters defining the dynamics and observation processes.     

Appearance of neutron stars in the state of subsonic propeller

The state of subsonic propeller is intermediate between the states of supersonic propeller and accretor in the evolutionary tracks of magnetized compact stars. The rotational rate of a star at this stage decelerates due to the interaction between its magnetosphere and the surrounding hot, quasi-static plasma envelope. The magnetospheric radius is smaller than the corotation radius and the boundary of the magnetosphere is stable with respect to interchange instabilities. The rate of the mass flux from the inner radius of the envelope to the stellar surface is limited by the rate of plasma diffusion into the magnetic field of the star. As a result, the subsonic propeller would appear as a low-luminosity accretion-powered pulsar with a soft X-ray spectrum.     

Generating requirements for complex embedded systems using State Analysis

It has become clear that spacecraft system complexity is reaching a threshold where customary methods of control are no longer affordable or sufficiently reliable. At the heart of this problem are the conventional approaches to systems and software engineering based on subsystem-level functional decomposition, which fail to scale in the tangled web of interactions typically encountered in complex spacecraft designs. Furthermore, there is a fundamental gap between the requirements on software specified by systems engineers and the implementation of these requirements by software engineers. Software engineers must perform the translation of requirements into software code, hoping to accurately capture the systems engineer's understanding of the system behavior, which is not always explicitly specified. This gap opens up the possibility for misinterpretation of the systems engineer's intent, potentially leading to software errors. This problem is addressed by a systems engineering methodology called State Analysis, which provides a process for capturing system and software requirements in the form of explicit models. This paper describes how requirements for complex aerospace systems can be developed using State Analysis, using representative spacecraft examples.     

国外高能推进剂研究的最新进展

根据近年来德国ICT国际会议的报告及其它有关文献报道,对国外高能推进剂研究的最新进展,按照CL-20推进剂、ADN推进剂、HNF推进剂、PGN推进剂等分别进行了较详细地介绍和述评,对新一代高能推进剂的能量特性等做了分析比较.     

基于高频导纳原理的液位传感器

介绍一种新型液位传感器。分析传统电容液位传感器在实用中的局限性,提出一种防挂料原理,变传统的单纯测量探头电容变化为测量在液位变化下探头的复阻抗的变化,并利用同步整流技术,抵消导电介质挂料造成的虚假信号。设计上,通过合理选取有关参数,避免了信号变换器和探头分置时分布电容的影响,使传感器可以用在高温介质测量场合。     

一种简易的码同步提取方法

描述一种码同步信号的提取方法。根据靶场工作的实际需要 ,在分析码同步器现状的基础上 ,通过深入探讨某型飞行器遥测信息流的特点 ,总结出一种利用 BIΦ码码型特点提取码同步信号的方法。这种简易实用的方法 ,不需要锁相环技术就可以稳定可靠地实现所需的功能     

抗辐照PROM 6617在单片机中的具体应用

美国HARRIS公司的程序存储器PROM 6617由于其芯片管脚及功能与EPROM2716完全兼容且又具有耐辐照性能而日渐被航天设计人员所认识和应用。但其内部结构又与2716有所不同,若忽视这一点,只因管脚和功能完全兼容而用2716的典型应用电路设计6617的话,6617肯定无法正常工作。文章详细分析了6617的结构特点及其与2716的区别,并给出了其在80C31单片机中的具体应用电路及其与2716兼容使用的电路。