{"title":"Economic environment in Bulgaria for small enterprises in the electronics production sector","authors":"K. Dragostinov","doi":"10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490876","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses the question of whether the economic environment for SMSEE (small and medium size enterprises) in Bulgaria can be described as \"legislative hysteria and triumph of the bureaucrat\". The paper focuses on certain economic and legislative problems for small manufacturing enterprises with elements of engineering high-tech in the electronic production sector.","PeriodicalId":342004,"journal":{"name":"27th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology: Meeting the Challenges of Electronics Technology Progress, 2004.","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129510847","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 of information modelling for manufacturing systems","authors":"Martin Molhanec","doi":"10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490372","url":null,"abstract":"This article is an overview of information modelling for manufacturing systems. The subject of informatics is used at all levels of manufacturing systems or in a manufacturing process. At the present time, many information means exist for use in information modelling for manufacturing systems. One of the most important means is an international ISO 10303 standard also known as STEP.","PeriodicalId":342004,"journal":{"name":"27th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology: Meeting the Challenges of Electronics Technology Progress, 2004.","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129725894","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":"Some aspects on modeling and characterization of deep submicrometer CMOS gates driving lossless transmission lines","authors":"D. Burdia, R. Bozomitu, C. Comsa","doi":"10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490416","url":null,"abstract":"The transient behavior of a CMOS gate driving an inductive-capacitive (lossless) transmission line is investigated. The case of input signal transition time smaller than twice the transmission line propagation delay is considered. Closed-form expressions for the output voltage and short-circuit power are derived. Also, a formula for calculating the transistor widths for the matched condition is obtained. The nth power law MOSFET model for short-channel devices is used. The final results are in very good agreement with SPICE simulations.","PeriodicalId":342004,"journal":{"name":"27th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology: Meeting the Challenges of Electronics Technology Progress, 2004.","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127141116","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}
P. Hormanski, K. Nieweglowski, K. Wolter, S. Patela
{"title":"Investigation on butt-coupling of VCSEL into PCB integrated waveguides","authors":"P. Hormanski, K. Nieweglowski, K. Wolter, S. Patela","doi":"10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490399","url":null,"abstract":"Optical interconnections on printed circuit boards are a promising approach to increase the bandwidth in future links. Polymer waveguides are one possible solution for creating such optical connections. The coupling of a light source into such a structure is a crucial point in optical interconnection to obtain low transmission loss. The paper shows the butt-coupling conditions between a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) and a highly multimode PCB integrated waveguide realized using \"waveguides-in-copper\" technology. Two types of VCSELs are used - a lensed one and a naked laser chip without any optics. The influence of lateral and axial laser displacement on coupling efficiency is demonstrated. One the basis of this experiment, the optimal mutual position of the laser and the waveguide can be found for acceptable quality of transmission.","PeriodicalId":342004,"journal":{"name":"27th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology: Meeting the Challenges of Electronics Technology Progress, 2004.","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127310469","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. Marinov, S. Dimirtov, T. Djamiykov, M. Dontscheva
{"title":"An adaptive approach for linearization of temperature sensor characteristics","authors":"M. Marinov, S. Dimirtov, T. Djamiykov, M. Dontscheva","doi":"10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490846","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses an adaptive approach, based on iterative construction of a piecewise linear approximant, for calibration of industrial sensors. Given the non-linear characteristics of the sensor, the approach consists of two steps: (i) the inverted characteristic is computed in pointwise form on the basis of an iterative Newton-Raphson scheme; (ii) an iterative algorithm is employed in order to construct a continuously improving set of piecewise linear approximations of the computationally inverted sensor characteristic. The main feature of the presented approach is the irregular partitioning of the measurement range, induced from the error minimization procedure performed in (ii). On this basis, the lookup table necessary for calibration of the sensor is constructed in the \"cheapest\" possible way, allowing on the one hand optimal linear approximation in every particular measurement sub-range and on the other an effective reduction of the necessary storage capacity.","PeriodicalId":342004,"journal":{"name":"27th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology: Meeting the Challenges of Electronics Technology Progress, 2004.","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127335932","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 of numerical simulations for determination of thin film optical parameters","authors":"T. Pencheva, M. Nenkov","doi":"10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490450","url":null,"abstract":"The application of numerical simulations for investigation of thin film optical parameters is presented. A brief description of a color coordinates method for film optical constants determination, recently developed by the authors of this article, is given. The minimal film thickness, for which this method is applicable, is evaluated for different materials. A new method for investigation of optical inhomogeneity (refractive index distribution in the film depth) is described. The application of numerical simulation for the design of multilayer coatings, with predetermined spectral properties, is discussed. Some design examples of multilayer antireflectance (AR) coatings for semiconductor optoelectronic device requirements are given.","PeriodicalId":342004,"journal":{"name":"27th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology: Meeting the Challenges of Electronics Technology Progress, 2004.","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121539977","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":"Influence of trimming of resistive thick films on nonlinearity of their current vs. voltage characteristics","authors":"P. Mach, P. Svasta","doi":"10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490441","url":null,"abstract":"An investigation of the changes of nonlinearity of thick resistive films, trimmed by laser and by grinding, has been carried out. Laser trimming has been realized by an Ar laser, mechanical trimming by grinding of the layer by a milling machine using a diamond miller. The simplest method of trimming has been used - the resistors have been trimmed by realization of a groove, approximately in the middle of their length, perpendicularly to the axes of the resistors. The length of the trimming groove has been from 10% to 80% of the width of the resistor. All measured values of nonlinearity after trimming have been recalculated for starting values of the resistors. Nonlinearity has been examined for constant current density at the narrowest cross section of the resistive layer. It has been found that changes of nonlinearity caused by trimming depend on the ratio of the width and the length of the resistors. The changes have been very similar for resistors trimmed by the laser and for resistors trimmed mechanically.","PeriodicalId":342004,"journal":{"name":"27th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology: Meeting the Challenges of Electronics Technology Progress, 2004.","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122366598","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":"Design of low power automotive interface","authors":"B. Donchev","doi":"10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490838","url":null,"abstract":"The LIN (local interconnect network) is a 12 V serial communications protocol which efficiently supports the control of mechatronic nodes in distributed automotive applications. The transfer speed is up to 20 kbit/s. The author represents the design of a hardware LIN module (master/slave), which is based on a XILINX programmable logic devices implementation. A top-down approach has been used during the design stage and VHDL has been applied for the design description. The LIN module has been tested on a development platform including a small LIN network (one master and two slave-LIN units).","PeriodicalId":342004,"journal":{"name":"27th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology: Meeting the Challenges of Electronics Technology Progress, 2004.","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115039901","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 compensated resistive bridge algorithms","authors":"D. Mircea, C. Ioan, V. Liviu, P. Septimiu","doi":"10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490367","url":null,"abstract":"A Wheatstone resistance bridge is modified, adding a capacitor and a switch. The switch allows alternately the charge and discharge of the capacitor through, respectively, the first and second resistors in the reference resistor branch. The command for the switch is a logical signal, with constant frequency and variable duty factor. The voltage on the capacitor is compared to the voltage generated by the bridge's measuring branch. The result is a square wave with its duty factor dependent on the unbalance of the bridge. The command signal duty factor is modified in such a way as to bring the comparator output duty factor to 0.5. This means that the bridge is balanced, and the duty factor of the command signal represents the transducer branch resistor ratio. When the transducer is located far away from the measuring point, long connection cables interfere with the measurement through both significant parasitic impedance and high noise susceptibility. The controller algorithm needs to allow, beside high resolution (precision) and reasonable balancing (measuring) time, noise attenuation and connection wires compensation. The adaptive algorithms have been tested by simulation. They can be easily implemented in a microcontroller program to build an embedded measuring system.","PeriodicalId":342004,"journal":{"name":"27th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology: Meeting the Challenges of Electronics Technology Progress, 2004.","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115162379","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}
J. Kampe, G. Scarbata, S. Arlt, U. Heiber, M. Ponca, A. Rummler, C. Wisser
{"title":"RDK - rapid development kit for mixed-signal systems","authors":"J. Kampe, G. Scarbata, S. Arlt, U. Heiber, M. Ponca, A. Rummler, C. Wisser","doi":"10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSE.2004.1490870","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of evaluation platforms is design time and verification costs reduction, as these are the main parameters affecting time to market and final success of a product. The following article describes a new approach to prototyping of complex mixed-signal systems, suitable especially as a platform for system developers. Both digital and analog subsystems can be emulated within one development kit. The digital part is based on the ARM ASIC-Integrator Kit, targeting rapid development of embedded applications. Patented Electrically Programmable Analog Array (EPAA) acts as the part morphing the functionality of the analog subsystem. EPAA with fully parametrizable architecture allows either for transistor-level design of various analog function blocks, or reuse of pre-designed macros. In-field parameter adjustment and topology configuration designates the EPAA to be used in sensor and actor technology, or signal conditioning. Dedicated configuration software has been developed, allowing for various modi of device configuration, depending on the designer's experience and used abstraction level.","PeriodicalId":342004,"journal":{"name":"27th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology: Meeting the Challenges of Electronics Technology Progress, 2004.","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128227911","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}