Abstract:
An electronic torque control and distribution system is provided for a hybrid propulsion vehicle. The drive thrust of the hybrid propulsion vehicle is distributed between an electric engine and an internal combustion engine through a transmission system. The transmission system delivers the torque of both engines to the vehicle wheels. The electronic torque control and distribution system is slaved to a control unit, and includes a controller for incorporating a fuzzy logic processor to predict through soft computing techniques the torque contributions of the electric engine and of the internal combustion engine. A sensor estimates the vehicle polluting emissions. The controller and the sensor are both connected to the control unit.
Abstract:
A quantum gate performs the superposition operation of a Grover's or of a Deutsch-Jozsa's quantum algorithm in a very fast manner. This is done by performing all multiplications by using logic gates that immediately outputs the result. The superposition operation includes performing the Hadamard rotation over an input set of vectors for producing a set of rotated vectors, and calculating the tensor product of all the rotated vectors for outputting a linear superposition set of vectors. The tensor product of all the rotated vectors is carried out by the logic gates.
Abstract:
A method for generating cryptographically secure (or unpredictable) pseudo-random numbers uses simple functions whose inverse is not a well-defined function and has a large number of branches, although the inverse could be easily computed on each particular branch. In this way the sequence of numbers is practically unpredictable and at the same time may be generated using very simple functions. A generator of such a pseudo-random bit sequence comprises circuit means for storing bit strings representing integer numbers of the pseudo-random sequence; a shift register coupled to the circuit means; a command circuit generating shift commands for the shift register; second circuit means for storing the bits output by the shift register; an adder modulo 2 summing the bits stored in the second circuit means, generating a bit of the chaos-based pseudo-random bit sequence; a second adder summing up the bit strings currently stored in the shift register and in the first circuit means, generating a bit string representing a successive number of the pseudo-random sequence.
Abstract:
A method for generating a random number sequence whose randomness properties are determined a priori, includes defining a parametric map, calculating, in function of parameters of the map, the entropy and the Lyapunov exponent of random number sequences obtainable using the parametric map, and identifying at least a set of values of parameters for which the entropy and the Lyapunov exponent are positive numbers the map has no attracting point. The method further includes assigning a pre-established value as a first feedback value and cyclically carrying out the following steps for generating a random number sequence: determining the parameters inside the set as the numerical values of respective physical quantities, outputting a random number, according to the map with the parameters and the assigned feedback value, and assigning as new feedback value the output random number.
Abstract:
Described herein are a molecular memory obtained using DNA strand molecular switches and carbon nanotubes, and a manufacturing method thereof. In particular, the nonvolatile memory is manufactured according to an architecture that envisages the use of carbon nanotubes as electrical connectors and DNA strands as physical means on which to write the information. In other words, the nonvolatile memory is made by means of a set of molecular DNA strand switches, the addressing of which is controlled by molecular wires made up of carbon nanotubes.