{"title":"Plasma torch device for micro-machining applications","authors":"O. Mostafa","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.1999.760948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.1999.760948","url":null,"abstract":"The construction of a plasma torch device, which is suitable for ion etching and thinning applications has been described. The device consists of a stainless steel anode rod with a coaxial floating cylinder around it. The cylinder has an aperture on its surface for mechanical confinement of the discharge. The cathode target is placed opposing this aperture for micro machining with ion densities of the order of 160 mA/cm/sup 2/. N/sub 2/, Ar and He gases are tested using discharge voltages equal to 1.92, 2.3 and 1.56 KV respectively and at a pressure of 2.6/spl times/10/sup -4/ torr.","PeriodicalId":250544,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Radio Science Conference. NRSC'99 (IEEE Cat. No.99EX249)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116662525","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":"Study of tropospheric surface refractivity in Lebanon","authors":"S. Chahine, H. N. Kheirallah, M. Ayoub","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.1999.760942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.1999.760942","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the results of a study of surface refractivity N for three locations in Lebanon. Monthly, diurnal and hourly variations for N are investigated. The results indicate the presence of two distinct climatic regions separated by a range of mountains. The coastal region has higher values of N and its variation. It is a super-refractive region. The Bekaa area has more of a temperate continental climate.","PeriodicalId":250544,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Radio Science Conference. NRSC'99 (IEEE Cat. No.99EX249)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117270791","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":"Different lattice structure filter to estimate single sinusoidal signal frequency","authors":"N. Amin","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.1999.760920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.1999.760920","url":null,"abstract":"A different lattice structure prewhitening filter is derived. The new lattice filter is working in the domain of symmetric-antisymmetric prediction filters. The new structure is an alternative to the known lattice working in the domain of the forward and backward prediction filter. The derivation of the filter structure and coefficients are given. Because the successive sections of the filter are not orthogonal, the input is limited to a single sinusoidal signal. Simulation results are also presented.","PeriodicalId":250544,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Radio Science Conference. NRSC'99 (IEEE Cat. No.99EX249)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127765084","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":"Simulation of transceiver for multi-amplitude continuous phase modulation","authors":"E. Youssef, S.H.N.-E. Din, M. Khedr, A. A. Salman","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.1999.760926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.1999.760926","url":null,"abstract":"Modern communication systems are too complicated to be analyzed completely by using classical techniques, in these cases a digital computer simulation is used to study the performance and capabilities of the system. This paper simulates a multi-amplitude continuous phase modulation (MACPM) transmitter-receiver system operating in an AWGN channel. The Viterbi decoding is used not only for the demodulation of the bit sequences of the transmitted messages but also for the estimation of the initial phase of the carrier at the start of the demodulation process. Simulation of the output transmitted signal and the trellis diagram in a matrix form is presented, to show the error correcting capability of the receiver.","PeriodicalId":250544,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Radio Science Conference. NRSC'99 (IEEE Cat. No.99EX249)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132984145","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":"Remote monitoring of nuclear explosions during radio sounding of ionosphere over explosion place","authors":"V. M. Krasnov","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.1999.760866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.1999.760866","url":null,"abstract":"To solve the non-proliferation problem of nuclear weapons it is necessary to develop methods to identify and monitor underground nuclear explosions remotely. At present the basic method used to monitor underground nuclear explosions remotely is seismic. Because of the potential for rogue nations to test nuclear weapons of smaller and smaller yields, and because of the existence of methods to decrease the seismic efficacy of explosions, it is necessary to further develop the seismic method as well as new alternative means of detecting and identifying underground nuclear explosions. Ionospheric radio sounding, which can detect the ionospheric effect of weak blast waves above the explosion location, is such a promising alternative. An underground explosion initiates a complex sequence of physical processes. The shock wave produced by the explosion passes through soil and causes vertical motion of the ground surface. An acoustic impulse produced by the ground surface motion propagates upward through the atmosphere, growing as it ascends (due to an atmospheric mass density that decreases with increasing altitude). At ionospheric heights (from 70 to 400 km), the acoustic impulse couples with free electrons (via collisional coupling with ions) to perturb the ambient electron density. The electron density perturbation can be detected by radar waves propagating through the disturbed ionosphere.","PeriodicalId":250544,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Radio Science Conference. NRSC'99 (IEEE Cat. No.99EX249)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130752543","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":"Applications of electret and radon-box in the estimation of radon concentration","authors":"M. Hussein, M.R.A. Huwait","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.1999.760956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.1999.760956","url":null,"abstract":"This work describes a technique for accurate radon and thoron associated measurements in the environment, This technique is called electret technology. The theory of such technology is described in detail. Also, it describes the radon/thoron calibration facility designed and constructed for the first time through the radiation safety program of Atomic Energy Authority in Egypt. It is called a radon/thoron box. The use of the radon/thoron box is very simple either for system calibration or in measurement for different radioactive gases. Radon/thoron gas is injected into one side of the radon/thoron glass box and exhausted from it through the opposite side. The residence time of the radioactive gases in the container can be varied as well by changing the inlet and exhaust flow rates. During the time the radioactive gases stay in the box, they decay into their short-lived daughter products. The radon/thoron box atmosphere can be controlled within a wide range of condition including radiation levels, electric charge concentration, relative humidity, and temperature. In this study, it is found that the radon concentration varies with time as a power function: Rn con=4.7127T/sup 0.7258/, R/sup 2/=0.9478.","PeriodicalId":250544,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Radio Science Conference. NRSC'99 (IEEE Cat. No.99EX249)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130177278","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 channel assignment algorithm for dual-mode cellular system","authors":"H. Tawfik","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.1999.760894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.1999.760894","url":null,"abstract":"In a cellular system, the primary concern of a system designer is to use the available spectrum as efficiently as possible. Meanwhile, the performance must be maintained above an acceptable level. In the American system which supports both analog and dual-mode subscribers, one could allow an overflow from a certain type of traffic to the other to reduce blocking for both types of subscribers. This method may result in a possible scenario where analog subscribers use dual-mode radios or dual-mode subscribers use analog radios or both. In this paper, a new algorithm is proposed to dynamically reassign calls to their native radios in an attempt to increase the total carried traffic in the system. Simulation results are presented to quantify this increase in traffic.","PeriodicalId":250544,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Radio Science Conference. NRSC'99 (IEEE Cat. No.99EX249)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128516899","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 radio frequency ion sources and their applications","authors":"M. Abdelaziz, S. Zakhary","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.1999.760954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.1999.760954","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a review is made of the main developments of RF ion sources. These developments are directed towards intensifying the plasma, improving the ion beam quality and increasing the extent of the highly charged ion species in the ion beam. In the radial extraction type, the proper position for ion beam extraction is made as near as possible to the highest plasma intensity in the discharge bottle to allow for extraction of high ion current in order to intensify the plasma and increase the extracted ion current from the discharge, the discharge bottle was made with: a mechanical constriction, immersed in the axial magnetic field and a simple electron gun is sealed with it to inject electrons (with sufficient energy /spl sim/150 eV) into the plasma. Improving the beam uniformity is achieved in the broad beam RF ion source through the use of a multi-aperture graphite cathode with exit apertures distributed to perform perveance matching. On the other hand, the insertion of the RF antenna in the vacuum arc ion source (cold cathode type) reduces the ignition voltage and allows for extraction of higher ion currents at lower extraction voltages (50 up to 300 V). Also in this article a brief review is given of the main industrial processes in which RF ion sources have already been used or are potentially fitted. These processes are used for removal, deposition as well as modification of material.","PeriodicalId":250544,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Radio Science Conference. NRSC'99 (IEEE Cat. No.99EX249)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125966783","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":"Transmission through metallic holes arranged for applications in microwave circuits","authors":"A. Zeid, H. Baudrand","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.1999.760872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.1999.760872","url":null,"abstract":"The problems of electromagnetic isolation between microelectronic circuits have been investigated and developed theoretically. A new technique of a screen based on holes in the metal has been used. Two systems of holes arrangement have been tested. The first one is disposed in an adjacent way and the other in a staggered arrangement. The two arrangements have been modeled based on the variational method. The trial functions of each case have been proved. The circle cross section has been approximated by a square or a truncated square forms. The transfer impedance and the transmission coefficient of TE and TM modes have been calculated for the two cases. The convergence behavior of the technique has also been examined. The numerical results of the two cases have been compared with each other.","PeriodicalId":250544,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Radio Science Conference. NRSC'99 (IEEE Cat. No.99EX249)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116894158","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":"Pulse width multiplier circuit with application to digital phase measurements","authors":"M. A. El-Ela, A. Telba","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.1999.760885","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.1999.760885","url":null,"abstract":"A digital, frequency independent, phase meter is discussed. Wide frequency range of operation is obtained by using a digital pulse width multiplier to multiply the pulse width of the phase comparator output, (S-R flip flop for example). The clock pulses to be counted will be then the reference input signal instead of conventional crystal controlled oscillator clock sources-the elimination of the PLL used to multiply the clock frequency makes it possible to operate without the limit of the PLL lock-in range. Another advantage is simplicity and elimination of gating error.","PeriodicalId":250544,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Radio Science Conference. NRSC'99 (IEEE Cat. No.99EX249)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127576621","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}