{"title":"An inexpensive microelectronic environmental test chamber","authors":"Jacob D. Sloat, R. Geiger","doi":"10.1109/EIT.2008.4554288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2008.4554288","url":null,"abstract":"An inexpensive microelectronic environmental test chamber design is proposed that can vary the temperature with a range of greater than 10degC to 90degC. The chamber is capable of automating temperature cycling as well as automating the electronic measurements taken. Driven by thermoelectric devices, the chamber is exceptionally space efficient and flexible in use; occupying an area of less than 1.5 cubic feet and powered by a standard wall outlet. The total cost of such a unit is less than a fraction of the average cost of a typical industrial built unit.","PeriodicalId":215400,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115018778","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":"An efficient test-data compaction for low power VLSI testing","authors":"Po-Han Wu, Tsung-Tang Chen, Wei-Lin Li, J. Rau","doi":"10.1109/EIT.2008.4554304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2008.4554304","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an input test data compaction and scan power reduction technique. We present new design for testability (DFT) method to hold values when some of test data in test cubes are not need to be changed. In our implementation, we present new algorithm called 2-D compaction to compact test cubes as less as possible and fill unspecified bits with specified value when necessary. Experimental results show a high compaction ratio improvement and amount of test data bits is close to compression effect. Itpsilas suggested that our method is promising for greatly reduce peak power and heat dissipation.","PeriodicalId":215400,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115206691","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":"An overview and behavioral modeling of higher order multi-bit ΣΔ A/D converters","authors":"Vaibhav Kumar, Degang Chen","doi":"10.1109/EIT.2008.4554280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2008.4554280","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an overview of the developments made in the field of oversampling sigma-delta (SigmaDelta) data converters. Further, an approach to model a 4th order multi-bit SigmaDelta ADC using Simulink, Matlab is proposed. It is shown that behavioral modeling provides comparable accurate results, and is much faster in comparison to spectre based simulations.","PeriodicalId":215400,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124887073","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":"Experiments in attacking FPGA-based embedded systems using differential power analysis","authors":"S. Sun, Zijun Yan, Joseph Zambreno","doi":"10.1109/EIT.2008.4554259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2008.4554259","url":null,"abstract":"In the decade since the concept was publicly introduced, power analysis attacks on cryptographic systems have become an increasingly studied topic in the computer security community. Research into countermeasures for these cryptographic systems has intensified as well. Experiments have been conducted showing the potential effectiveness of power analysis attacks and preventative techniques on both software (e.g. smartcard, DSP) and hardware (e.g. ASIC, FPGA) processing elements. One key observation that motivates our work is that the majority of the research into power analysis on FPGA-based cryptographic systems has been a) theoretical in nature, b) evaluated through simulation, or c) experimented using custom hardware that does not closely mirror real-world systems. In this paper, we look to bridge this gap between theory and practice by detailing our experience in performing a Differential Power Analysis (DPA) attack on a commercial FPGA development board. We present an automated data acquisition and analysis design for an FPGA-based implementation of the Data Encryption Standard (DES), and discuss some of the challenges and obstacles that we encountered when performing the DPA attack on our chosen commercial platform.","PeriodicalId":215400,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127597132","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":"Development of a car-like online navigation testbed","authors":"Kito Berg-Taylor, K. Seo, Soon-Jo Chung","doi":"10.1109/EIT.2008.4554325","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2008.4554325","url":null,"abstract":"We present new realtime path planning and collision avoidance algorithms for an autonomous rover equipped with a laser range finder to be used as a platform for multi-agent navigation and control in unknown environments. For successful navigation, such tasks as localization, map-building, and collision avoidance should be handled at the vehicle level. The proposed architecture covers these aspects of robotic path- planning in a modular and robust manner, allowing quicker development of more sophisticated path-planners. Using a conventional SLAM algorithm, a feature map and the location of the vehicle is obtained. The information for orientation and distance of the obstacles ahead is available from a laser range finder. The proposed collision avoidance algorithm provides multiple paths to guide the vehicle through the environment. The system acts as a self-contained extendable platform for development and testing of high-level pathfinders.","PeriodicalId":215400,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121687532","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":"Optimization of ancillary services for system security: Sequential vs. simultaneous LMP calculation","authors":"S. Khaitan, Yuan Li, Chen-Ching Liu","doi":"10.1109/EIT.2008.4554322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2008.4554322","url":null,"abstract":"A linear optimization problem is formulated to enable the independent system operator (ISO) to make least cost decisions for purchasing ancillary services. The ISO is responsible for adjusting the schedules resulting from the market clearing process to eliminate congestion [M. Gibescu and C.C. Liu, 1998]. Both the sequential and the simultaneous DC formulations for congestion management and ancillary services selection are optimized and compared as to their optimality. In a simultaneous approach the complex interplay of dynamic interactions which truly represents the actual operation is taken into consideration. Hence the combined optimization is more practical from the point of actual operation of the power system. It is shown in the results that optimality is achieved by simultaneously handling congestion and ancillary services. Load sensitivity studies are done at each of the load buses to see the system impact and predict the LMP at each load bus. A locational marginal price (LMP) simulator based on a generalized n-layer feed forward artificial neural network (ANN) which uses an error-backpropogation algorithm (LMS minimization) is developed to incorporate the inherent uncertainties in the market environment, load forecasting and other factors. It can also serve as a useful tool when there are missing inputs.","PeriodicalId":215400,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology","volume":"135 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122490890","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":"Using modified z-transforms to model the step response of the peak current-mode controlled buck converter","authors":"E. Mayer","doi":"10.1109/EIT.2008.4554294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2008.4554294","url":null,"abstract":"Modified z-transforms were used previously to derive a z-domain transfer function for the peak current-mode controlled buck converter. This paper derives the relationships between the poles in the z-domain transfer function and the step response in the time domain. This will allow practical implementation of the modified z-transform model so that time domain parameters like overshoot and settling time can be determined. This paper experimentally verifies the model in the time domain by using the changes in the duty cycle of the gate waveform during the transient response to a step change in the control voltage.","PeriodicalId":215400,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116412928","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 new heuristic for multiple sequence alignment","authors":"Ankit Agrawal, S. Khaitan","doi":"10.1109/EIT.2008.4554299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2008.4554299","url":null,"abstract":"Multiple sequence alignment is an important task in bioinformatics which forms the basis of many other tasks like protein structure prediction, protein function prediction and phylogenetic analysis. An optimal multiple sequence alignment for a given set of sequences is difficult to determine by standard dynamic programming algorithms because of impractically high computational complexity. Therefore, heuristics are commonly used to reduce the alignment construction time, even though the resulting alignment may not be optimal. ClustalW is one of the most popular progressive multiple sequence alignment algorithm where the pairwise sequence alignments are done according to a static guide-tree based on the sequences alone. For a multiple sequence alignment of N sequences, each of length O(n), the ClustalW algorithm takes O(N2n2) time. In this paper, a modification to the algorithm is proposed which reduces the time complexity of the algorithm to O(N log2 Nn2). The proposed heuristic also makes the alignment process more dynamic as the order of sequences added to the multiple sequence alignment also depends on the already computed multiple sequence alignments.","PeriodicalId":215400,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115956788","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":"Covariance expressions for implicit estimators of kinetic parameters with dynamic PET","authors":"F. Pektaş, I. Yetik","doi":"10.1109/EIT.2008.4554321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2008.4554321","url":null,"abstract":"Kinetic parameter estimation with dynamic PET is used in several applications including but not limited to tumor and diabetes detection, neuroscience, and drug delivery. We can estimate the exchange rate constants of radioactive tracer between a region of interest and the blood using the time-activity-curves (TACs) acquired with PET. Although several methods have been developed for estimation, there has not been much study on the statistical properties such as the covariance of these estimators. Current studies are either based on time consuming numerical methods, or use the inverse of the Fisher information matrix as an asymptotic approximation to the covariance matrix. The covariance of the kinetic parameters is an important quantity that determines the reliability of the estimates. Since there is no closed-form for the estimates of the kinetic parameters from the measured TAC, we use the implicit function theorem and derive expressions for the covariance of these parameters. The results are verified by Monte Carlo simulations. The expressions derived are useful for example determining an acceptable minimum SNR value for a certain application, which directly has an effect on the count number and hence the dose level. Using our results, it will be possible to setup the dose level based on a desired accuracy of the kinetic parameters to be estimated.","PeriodicalId":215400,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126414025","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":"Application driven software for chemistry","authors":"D. Curtis, T. Rus, Jan H. Jensen","doi":"10.1109/EIT.2008.4554329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2008.4554329","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides a brief introduction to application driven software technology and its usage in the development of a new computer-based problem solving methodology. This new methodology is based on the principle of ldquotake the computer to the problemrdquo rather than ldquotaken the problem to the computerrdquo as done by current computer-based problem solving process. We illustrate our research in the chemistry domain with the problem of finding acid dissociation constants in chemical reactions.","PeriodicalId":215400,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology","volume":"78 3 Pt 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131206203","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}