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Wayne Jansen, Vlad Korolev, Serban I. Gavrila, T Heute, Clement Seveillac
Present-day handheld devices, such as PDAs, are a useful blend of hardware and software oriented toward the mobile workforce. While they provide the capability...
Since typically network performance is characterized by multiple competing criteria, the network management requires resolving the corresponding trade-offs. The...
Catherine A. Remley, Dominique Schreurs, Dylan F. Williams, John Wood
We present a new technique for measuring the magnitude and phase of intermodulation products outside the measurement bandwidth of our instrumentation. We apply...
We introduce nonlinear large-signal scattering parameters, a new type of frequency-domain mapping that relates incident and reflected signals for sparse-tone...
We propose a metric that quantifies the degree of nonlinearity of state-space trajectories. We use the metric to improve the selection of collections of...
We propose two verification methods for measurements of noise parameters of amplifiers, particularly low-noise amplifiers (LNAs). One method is a direct...
Michael D. Janezic, James R. Baker-Jarvis, Edward Kuester
We summarize a theoretical model for the split-cylinder resonator, based on the mode-matching method, for nondestructively measuring permittivity and loss...
Donald C. DeGroot, Yves Rolain, Rik Pintelon, Johan Schoukens
A new 16-term statistical calibration is developed for the correction of vector network analyzer (VNA) data. The method uses multiple measurments of gneric...
We report on the development of a microwave power limiter based on high-temperature superconductor technology. The power limiter takes the form of a 50 ohm...
There is a need for better data to improve our knowledge of human behavior in fire. This data can be used in the development and refinement of evacuation models...
Andreas Jahn, Wyatt N. Vreeland, Laurie E. Locascio, Michael Gaitan
The spontaneous self-assembly of phospholipids into liposomes in aqueous solution results in the encapsulation of reagents into quantized packets in a manner...
George P. Eppeldauer, Steven W. Brown, G Dezsi, Irena Fryc, Yoshihiro Ohno
A spectrally tunable solid state source based on Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) is being developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...
A near-ambient, variable-temperature noise standard whose physical temperature can be accurately measured was constructed and then measured with the NIST total...
Steven P. Mates, Frank S. Biancaniello, S D. Riddle
Research at the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology or NIST) involving the gas atomization of liquid metals has...
Wide-ranging viscosity measurements of the blends RA410A (0.5 R32+0.5R125 by mass) and R507A (0.5 R143a+ 0.5R125 by mass) were carried out in a torsional...
Lili Wang, Adolfas K. Gaigalas, Y Zong, S Zhang, J Shi, Yunda Wang
Efficient hybridization of complementary strands of DNA is the underlying principle of all microarray-based techniques for gene expression analysis. Recently...
Amy S. Rushing, C J. Leng, Robert E. Chapman, Harold E. Marshall
Owners and managers of constructed facilities need help in optimizing protection against low-probability, extreme events, such as natural hazards and terrorist...
Sae Woo Nam, Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Weston L. Tew, D. R. White, John M. Martinis
We describe our progress towards a high-precision measurement of temperature using Johnson noise. Using a Quantized Voltage Noise Source (QVNS) based on the...
Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Yonuk Chong
Recent advances in circuit design and fabrication of superconducting integrated circuits have enabled us to demonstrate for the first time an ac Josephson...
Yonuk Chong, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Nicolas Hadacek, Hirotake Yamamori, Samuel P. Benz
We are developing MoSi2-barrier stacked junction arrays for Josephson voltage standards in order to increase the output voltage, operating bandwidth, and...
Understanding the principles of knowledge based authentication (KBA) and developing metrics that can be applied to KBA systems will improve information system...
Hae-Jeong Lee, B D. Vogt, Christopher L. Soles, Da-Wei Liu, Barry J. Bauer, Wen-Li Wu, Eric K. Lin, Gwi-Gwon Kang, Min-Jin Ko
Methylsilsesquioxane based porous low-k dielectric films with varying porogen loading have been characterized using X-ray and neutron porosimetry to determine...
An equivalent electrical circuit model of an ac quantized Hall resistance device externally connected in quadruple series predicts a quadratic frequency...