The objective of this paper is to explore the role of e-learning in attaining sustainability goals in education, i.e., Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). It examines the inclusion of e-learning solutions in the current education system leading ...

Computational approaches to detect the signals of adverse drug reactions are powerful tools to monitor the unattended effects that users experience and report, also preventing death and serious injury. They apply statistical indices to ...

• Detection of signals in pharmacovigilance datasets is improved by temporal dynamics.

This article discusses the challenges faced in petrochemical industry during planning and execution of brown-field projects. Although the list of the challenges is not exhaustive, it covers the frequently encountered challenges. Along with the ...

In order to achieve reasonably aero-engine landing shock data induction, first filter the shock data samples through ESD (Energy Spectrum Density) and SRS (Shock Response Spectrum), and then Actual SRS and Standard SRS were given on relevant standards ...

Using natural ventilation instead of mechanical building systems to regulate indoor climate can reduce energy consumption while increasing human well-being. The feasibility of natural ventilation depends on outdoor climate conditions as well as the ...

The article describes a non-invasive physiological signal acquisition system based on Ballistocardiography technology, which is applied to the ward monitoring scene to assist medical staff and reduce work consumption. The overall structure of the signal ...

ESD is an acronym for Erythemato-Squamous Diseases, which is a set of six skin diseases [6]. The Erythemato-Squamous Diseases (ESDs) require huge computational efforts to predict the diseases because all the six diseases studied in this group have more ...

In order to study the electrostatic discharge (ESD) electromagnetic pulse (EMP) to effect mechanism of bipolar junction transistors, systematic ESD injection experiments have been carried on high-frequency low-power transistors, such as 3DG81C, by using ...

This paper presents silicon proved ESD protection circuit for RFID transponder using 180nm CMOS process. The circuit can also be reused for the functions of rectifier and amplitude limiter. Such method not only reduces RFID transponder's area but also ...

An ESD (electro-static-discharge) compact modeling methodology using a macro-modeling approach is introduced in this work for high voltage Lateral Double-diffused MOS (LDMOS) devices and new high-voltage protection clamps. The distinct characteristics ...

In this article, the impact in FDSOI technology, of ground plane and buried oxide (BOX) size on the robustness and on the NMOS triggering voltage (Vt1) is shown. We show experimentally that firstly thin BOX devices are more robust than thick BOX devices ...

An ESD protected, SiGe BiCMOS wide-band LNA operating at 1.1—1.7GHz is presented in this paper. The cascoded common-emitter LNA with an LC input matching network and shunt peaked load is adopted. The effects of the ESD protection on the performance are ...

The product development of integrated sensor interface circuits for automotive applications requires various additional features accounting for the harsh environment in automotive applications. Unlike in a pure prototype development yield is key to ...

The proposed device has a high holding voltage and a high triggering current characteristic. These characteristics enable latch-up immune normal operation as well as superior full chip electro-static-discharge (ESD) protection. The device has a small ...

Electrostatic discharge, the transfer of charge between bodies that alters device characteristics has become a major reliability concern in the semiconductor industry. Conventional approaches of using ESD testers to detect ESD defects are post-...

The complete "Automotive value chain" is facing significant innovation pressure coming from emerging safety and/or environmental regulations & laws as well as the end customer's demand for more functionality & comfort at not increasing prizes. The ...

The human body model (HBM) ESD simulation is presented. The tempereature rise owing to self heating can be dealt with in a simple manner ignoring heat conduction, since ESD phenomenon is faster than heat conduction. Transient I_d-V_d trajectories ...

On-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection design is a challenging IC design problem. New computer-aided design (CAD) tools are essential to ESD protection design prediction and verification at full chip level. This paper reports a novel smart ...

Voltage analysis is a major part of design-in reliability as voltage is the driver for electric degradation in dielectrics and MOS devices. Particularly, voltage has the largest influence on gate oxide reliability. An important trend designers should be ...

Based on simulation results and accompanying analysis, we suggest a thyristor-type ESD protection device structure suitable for implementation in standard CMOS processes to reduce the parasitic capacitances added to the input nodes, which is very ...