摘要:
Novel proton exchange membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells with nanostructured components are configured with higher precious metal utilization rate at the electrodes, higher power density, and lower cost. To form a catalyst, platinum or platinum-ruthenium nanoparticles are deposited onto carbon-based materials, for example, single-walled, dual-walled, multi-walled and cup-stacked carbon nanotubes. The deposition process includes an ethylene glycol reduction method. Aligned arrays of these carbon nanomaterials are prepared by filtering the nanomaterials with ethanol. A membrane electrode assembly is formed by sandwiching the catalyst between a proton exchange membrane and a diffusion layer that form a first electrode. The second electrode may be formed using a conventional catalyst. The several layers of the MEA are hot pressed to form an integrated unit. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells are developed by stacking the membrane electrode assemblies in a conventional manner.
摘要:
Novel proton exchange membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells with nanostructured components are configured with higher precious metal utilization rate at the electrodes, higher power density, and lower cost. To form a catalyst, platinum or platinum-ruthenium nanoparticles are deposited onto carbon-based materials, for example, single-walled, dual-walled, multi-walled and cup-stacked carbon nanotubes. The deposition process includes an ethylene glycol reduction method. Aligned arrays of these carbon nanomaterials are prepared by filtering the nanomaterials with ethanol. A membrane electrode assembly is formed by sandwiching the catalyst between a proton exchange membrane and a diffusion layer that form a first electrode. The second electrode may be formed using a conventional catalyst. The several layers of the MEA are hot pressed to form an integrated unit. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells are developed by stacking the membrane electrode assemblies in a conventional manner.
摘要:
Novel proton exchange membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells with nanostructured components are configured with higher precious metal utilization rate at the electrodes, higher power density, and lower cost. To form a catalyst, platinum or platinum-ruthenium nanoparticles are deposited onto carbon-based materials, for example, single-walled, dual-walled, multi-walled and cup-stacked carbon nanotubes. The deposition process includes an ethylene glycol reduction method. Aligned arrays of these carbon nanomaterials are prepared by filtering the nanomaterials with ethanol. A membrane electrode assembly is formed by sandwiching the catalyst between a proton exchange membrane and a diffusion layer that form a first electrode. The second electrode may be formed using a conventional catalyst. The several layers of the MEA are hot pressed to form an integrated unit. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells are developed by stacking the membrane electrode assemblies in a conventional manner.
摘要:
A receiver for a software defined radio system comprises an input stage for receiving a transmitted signal, an analogue-to-digital converter having a sample rate, a filter matched to the received transmitted signal, and a sample rate converter for converting the digital signal output from the filter from an input sequence having the sample rate of the analogue-to-digital converter to an output sequence having an output sample rate defined by the received transmitted signal. The input and output sequences comprise respectively a number of input samples and a number of output samples. A controller controls the output sample rate and a demodulator coupled to the output of the sample rate converter recovers the transmitted signal. The sample rate converter is implemented by a transposed Farrow structure. The controller is arranged to reset the output sequence from the sample rate converter when any one of said number of input samples and any one of said number of output samples pass through coincidence in time.
摘要:
A system for performing LS equalization on a signal in an OFDM system comprises a receiver stage for receiving a modulated signal, a demodulation stage for demodulating the received modulated signal to produce a demodulated signal, a channel estimation stage for processing the demodulated signal to provide an output signal corresponding to a channel frequency response and an equalization stage arranged to process the output signal from the channel estimation stage to produce a channel state information signal. The equalization stage is arranged to use the channel state information signal to operate on the demodulated signal from the demodulation stage to produce an equalized demodulated output signal. There is also disclosed a method for performing LS equalization on a signal in an OFDM system.
摘要:
There is provided a transposed Farrow structure for a receiver for a Software Defined Radio (SDR) system, a feedforward synchronizer for an SDR receiver comprising such a transposed Farrow structure and a method for processing a received signal in an SDR receiver. The transposed Farrow structure is arranged to implement: a) sample rate conversion (SRC) for converting a received signal r having a sampling rate of 1/T1 to a transmitted signal y having a sampling rate of 1/T2 b) timing adjustment using an estimated timing error τ; and c) matched filtering of the received signal. The feedforward synchronizer includes the transposed Farrow structure and a feedforward estimator for generating an estimated timing error τ. The method includes the steps of performing, in the transposed Farrow structure, sample rate conversion (SRC) for converting received signal r having a sampling rate of 1/T1 to a transmitted signal y having a sampling rate of 1/T2; performing, in the transposed Farrow structure, timing adjustment using an estimated timing error τ; and performing, in the transposed Farrow structure, matched filtering of the received signal.
摘要翻译:提供了一种用于软件定义无线电(SDR)系统的接收机的转置Farrow结构,用于包括这种转置的Farrow结构的SDR接收机的前馈同步器以及用于处理SDR接收机中的接收信号的方法。 转置的Farrow结构被设置为实现:a)采样率转换(SRC),用于将采样率为1 / T 1 1的接收信号r转换成采样率为1的发送信号y b)使用估计的定时误差τ进行定时调整; 和c)对接收信号进行匹配滤波。 前馈同步器包括转置的Farrow结构和用于产生估计的定时误差τ的前馈估计器。 该方法包括以下步骤:在转置的Farrow结构中,采样率转换(SRC)用于将具有1 / T 1 1采样率的接收信号r转换成具有采样率的发送信号y 1 / T 2 2; 在转置的Farrow结构中,使用估计的定时误差τn执行定时调整; 并且在转置的Farrow结构中执行对接收信号的匹配滤波。
摘要:
An apparatus provides burst and timing synchronization of an input signal used for high-rate indoor wireless communication, comprising. A burst synchronizer (20) is arranged to detect the onset of a burst of the input signal and provides an onset indicator. A frequency offset corrector (12) is arranged to correct the frequency offset between adjacent preamble sequences of frames within the burst of the input signal based on the onset indicator and provides a frequency offset corrected signal. A timing synchronizer (30) is arranged to detect the timing of first symbol of first frame of the frequency offset corrected signal, and provides a timing indicator. An equalizer (40) is arranged to remove inter-symbol interference from the frequency offset corrected signal based on the timing indicator.
摘要:
A system for performing LS equalization on a signal in an OFDM system comprises a receiver stage for receiving a modulated signal, a demodulation stage for demodulating the received modulated signal to produce a demodulated signal, a channel estimation stage for processing the demodulated signal to provide an output signal corresponding to a channel frequency response and an equalization stage arranged to process the output signal from the channel estimation stage to produce a channel state information signal. The equalization stage is arranged to use the channel state information signal to operate on the demodulated signal from the demodulation stage to produce an equalized demodulated output signal. There is also disclosed a method for performing LS equalization on a signal in an OFDM system.
摘要:
A method for demapping dual carrier modulated COFDM signals comprises normalizing an estimated channel state information signal to obtain a normalized channel state information signal, determining a Y-domain weighting factor from the normalized channel state information signal, determining an X-domain weighting factor from the normalized channel state information signal, performing equalization on a received data OFDM signal to obtain an equalized data signal, weighting an equalized data signal using the Y-domain weighting factor and the X-domain weighting factor to generate a weighted input signal of a demapper and performing linear demapping of the weighted input signal in the demapper. There is also disclosed an apparatus for demapping dual carrier modulated COFDM signals and a receiver comprising such an apparatus.
摘要:
A processor for performing a Fast Fourier Transform and/or an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform of a complex input signal comprises a first stage for passing the input signal to a second stage when a Fast Fourier Transform procedure is to be performed and for swapping the real and imaginary components of the complex input signal before passing the signal to the second stage if an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform procedure is to be performed. The second stage has first and second radix-4 butterfly elements. A third stage is arranged to switch between first and second operating modes, the second operating mode being for processing a complex conjugate symmetrical input signal. A fourth stage has a plurality of processing units, one or more of the processing units comprising a radix-2 pipelined Fast Fourier Transform processor. The first and second radix-4 butterfly elements are arranged to perform a butterfly operation on the complex input signal to generate and deliver one or more components of a processed signal to the fourth stage. The fourth stage is arranged to process the processed signal received from the first stage according to a Fast Fourier Transform processing procedure to produce an output signal. There is also disclosed a method for performing a Fast Fourier Transform and/or Inverse Fast Fourier Transform of a complex input signal.