{"title":"Artificial neural networks applications in problems of fitting in forestry","authors":"P. Radonja, M. Koprivica","doi":"10.1109/ICM.1998.825592","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM.1998.825592","url":null,"abstract":"Neural networks with different architectures and different activation functions represent a powerful tool for solving many approximation problems. Combining the knowledge of a forestry theory with the empirical knowledge stored in an artificial neural networks (ANN) trained on examples, can bring very significant results with respect to traditional approaches. In our example neural networks represent a very powerful tool for solving problems of a fitting in forestry.","PeriodicalId":156747,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Microelectronics (Cat. No.98EX186)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117132022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The microelectronics initiatives in Egypt","authors":"M. Elsaid","doi":"10.1109/ICM.1998.825549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM.1998.825549","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a proposal to establish a VLSI components industry in Egypt. The first stage has been started in the Electron Factory owned by the Arab Industrial Authority (AIA). In the mean time a study to start the second stage is underway. The Microelectronics Research Center with the Faculty of Engineering Ain Shams University and the Electronics Research Institute with the Egyptian Academy of Science and Technology are helping the factory in conducting this study.","PeriodicalId":156747,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Microelectronics (Cat. No.98EX186)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122476834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of anomalies in current-voltage characteristics of silicon solar cells","authors":"R. Abdelrassoul","doi":"10.1109/ICM.1998.825564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM.1998.825564","url":null,"abstract":"The current-voltage characteristics of solar cells, under illumination and in the dark, represent a very important tool for characterizing the performance of the solar cell. The PC-ID computer program has been used to analyze the deviation of the dark current-voltage characteristics of p-n junction silicon solar cells from the ideal two-diode model behavior of the cell, namely the appearance of \"humps\" in the I-V characteristics. The effects of the surface recombination velocity, the minority carrier lifetimes in the base- and emitter regions of the solar cell, as well as the temperature dependence of the I-V characteristics have been modeled using PC-ID. It is shown that the humps in the I-V characteristics arise as a result of recombination within the space-charge region of the solar cell, and occur when conditions for recombination are different from the simple assumptions of the Shockley-Read-Hall theory.","PeriodicalId":156747,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Microelectronics (Cat. No.98EX186)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124713409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The design of MAC unit for DWT implementation","authors":"C. Souani, M. Abid, K. Torki, R. Tourki","doi":"10.1109/ICM.1998.825607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM.1998.825607","url":null,"abstract":"High performance FIR filters have applications in several video processing and digital communications systems. Audio and telecommunication applications may use filters at sample rates of 10-30 MHz. High-speed digital data communications or high rate video transmission systems may need preferment filters. This paper deals with the VLSI implementation of a recursive filter. The designed device will he used as a sub-element for the design of a DWT circuit. The performance of the DWT circuit depend on the performance of the MAC unit.","PeriodicalId":156747,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Microelectronics (Cat. No.98EX186)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121293682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Benefits of HLS and rapid prototyping in the integrated complex circuits design loop","authors":"A. Mtibaa, M. Abid, R. Tourki","doi":"10.1109/ICM.1998.825612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM.1998.825612","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose an integrated circuit application based on high level specification of VHDL description. This presentation gives a comprehensive description of different synthesis steps using a design of a real time example: the Multi-Recommendations-Modem (MRM). The design flow includes all steps from High Level Synthesis up to rapid prototyping. In this respect, architectural, logical and physical synthesis are performed in the synthesis steps. The application consists of the securing implementation function of a MRM in emission mode. The system includes three hardware parts: encoder, digital modulator and synchronization signal generator.","PeriodicalId":156747,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Microelectronics (Cat. No.98EX186)","volume":"67 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114087129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer-aided design of 2.6 GHz microstrip oscillator","authors":"S. H. Ibrahim, E. El-Badawy, H.A. El-Motanfy","doi":"10.1109/ICM.1998.825591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM.1998.825591","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a short and efficient technique for small-signal design of a 2.6 GHz microstrip oscillator using HXTR4101 bipolar transistor is introduced. The technique consists mainly of two steps. The first step is to optimize the lengths and widths of microstrip stubs at the emitter and base of the transistor to get maximum reflection coefficient at the output of the non-oscillating circuit comprising the transistor and the microstrip stubs. This is performed using C/NL2 computer program. The second step is to design the output matching circuit to transfer maximum output power at the output load. The design of the matching circuit is performed accurately with analytical design approach using HHSS1 computer program. The final schematic diagram of the designed oscillator with the lengths and widths of microstrip lines is presented.","PeriodicalId":156747,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Microelectronics (Cat. No.98EX186)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127941002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kohonen clustering networks for use in Arabic word recognition system","authors":"J. El Maiek, R. Tourki","doi":"10.1109/ICM.1998.825593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM.1998.825593","url":null,"abstract":"Speech is the future mean of communication between man and machines. In this paper, we propose a speaker-independent isolated Arabic word recognition system, based on neural network. The speech signal is usually segmented into a sequence of frames in most of the speech processing techniques. These frames may overlap one another with a specific spacing. At each frame the extracted features form a feature vector. Then, an utterance can be represented by a sequence of feature vectors. This feature vector sequence is considered as speech pattern. The speech recognition is to classify the speech pattern and to identify the spoken words corresponding to the speech patterns. In the present study we use the Kohonen Clustering Networks algorithm to classify the speech pattern.","PeriodicalId":156747,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Microelectronics (Cat. No.98EX186)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115801992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A submicron analog neural network with an adjustable-level output unit","authors":"A.H. Abutalebi, S. M. Fakhraie","doi":"10.1109/ICM.1998.825622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM.1998.825622","url":null,"abstract":"A submicron feedforward analog neural network is described. This network uses submicron Gilbert multipliers for its synapses and a novel circuit based on the current-comparator circuit for its neuron. The XOR problem is solved by this network to demonstrate the capability of implementing multi-layer networks. The network is designed in a 0.5 /spl mu/m technology. HSPICE simulation shows the validity of the operation of the network.","PeriodicalId":156747,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Microelectronics (Cat. No.98EX186)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130137216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Hamida, M. Samet, N. Lakhoua, M. Drira, J. Mouine
{"title":"Time-frequency speech processing strategy based on an adjustable algorithms dedicated to the cochlear prostheses","authors":"A. Hamida, M. Samet, N. Lakhoua, M. Drira, J. Mouine","doi":"10.1109/ICM.1998.825610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM.1998.825610","url":null,"abstract":"Cochlear implants are electronic devices designed to provide useful hearing and improved communication ability to individuals who are profoundly hearing impaired and unable to achieve speech understanding with hearing aids. For individuals with a profound hearing loss, even the most powerful hearing aids may provide little to not benefit. A profoundly deaf ear is typically one which the majority of sensory receptors in the inner ear, called hair cells, are damaged or diminished. Cochlear implants bypass damaged hair cells and directly stimulate the residual hearing nerves with electrical current, allowing individuals who are profoundly or totally deaf to receive sound.","PeriodicalId":156747,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Microelectronics (Cat. No.98EX186)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133072002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Ghariani, N. Masmoudi, M. W. Kharrat, L. Kamoun
{"title":"Design and chip implementation of modified CORDIC algorithm for Sine and Cosine functions application: PARK transformation","authors":"M. Ghariani, N. Masmoudi, M. W. Kharrat, L. Kamoun","doi":"10.1109/ICM.1998.825609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM.1998.825609","url":null,"abstract":"The CO-ordinate Rotation DIgital computer (CO.R.DI.C) algorithm is an iterative procedure to evaluate various elementary functions. In this contribution, design and chip implementation of modified CORDIC algorithm for sine and cosine are presented. Modified CORDIC algorithm reduce the number of iterations. The modified algorithm needs, at most, half the number of iterations to achieve the same accuracy as the classical algorithm. The modifications are applicable to circular CORDIC in rotation modes. The hardware integration is carried out using field programmable gate arrays (F.P.G.As). To demonstrate the performances of the design, pipeline architecture of the CORDIC algorithm is studied. The design is used to compute the PARK transformation in control theory for electric vehicle.","PeriodicalId":156747,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Microelectronics (Cat. No.98EX186)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132735484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}