简介:AdualSshapedmicrostripantennawitharealisticfeedisproposedforgenerationoftiltedbeamradiationpatternpertainingforbeamsteeringapplications.Toachievethis,fourfeedingpointsarelocatedatadistanceof5.6mmfromtheantennacentre.Thesefeedingpointswhenexcitedonebyonegeneratefourtiltedbeamsinfourdifferentspacequadrants,thusyieldingabeamsteerableantenna.Importantly,sincetheproposedantennaissymmetricalinthestructure,allthefourtiltedbeamshavethesameradiationpatterncharacteristics.Afurtherenhancementoftheantennabandwidthisalsoachievedusing100-μmcapacitivecouplingbetweenthefeedandtheantennastrip.
简介:SimWallisauser-friendly,stereotileddisplaywallsystemcomposedof18commodityprojectorsoperatedbyaLinuxgraphicscluster.Collaboratingtogether,theseprojectorsworkasasinglelogicaldisplaycapableofgivingahigh-resolutionshow,large-scale,andpassivestereoscene.Inordertoavoidtedioussystemsetupandmaintenance,software-basedautomaticgeometryandphotometriccalibrationareused.Thesoftwarecalibrationisintegratedtothesystemseamlesslybyanon-cardtransformmethodandistransparenttousers.Toend-users,SimWallworksjustasacommonPC,butprovidessupercomputing,renderinganddisplayingability.Inaddition,SimWallhasstereoscopicfunctionthatgivesusersasemi-immersiveexperienceinpolarizedpassiveway.Thispaperpresentssystemarchitecture,implementation,andothertechnicalissuessuchashardwareconstraints,projectorsalignment,geometryandphotometriccalibration,implementationofpassivestereo,anddevelopmentofoverallsoft-wareenvironment.
简介:TheCMSCollaborationof2000scientistsinvolves150institutionsfrom31nationsspreadallovertheworld.CMSsoftwaresystemintegrationandreleasemanagementisperformedatCERN.CodemanagementisbasedonCVS,withreadorwriteaccesstotherepositoryviaaCVSserver,Softwareconfiguration,releasemanagementtools(SCRAM)arebeingdevelopedatCERN.Softwarereleasesarethendistributedtoregionalcenters,wherethesoftwareisusedbyalocalcommunityforawidevarietyoftasks,suchassoftwaredevelopmentdetectorsimulationandreconstructionandphysicsanalysis.Dependingonspecificapplication,thesystemenvironmentandlocalhardwarerequirements,differentapproachesandtoolsareusedfortheCMSsoftwareinstallationatdifferentplaces.Thispresentationdescribesconceptsandreactialsolutionsforavarietyofwaysofsoftwaredistribution,withanemphasisontheCMSexperienceatFermilab,Installationandusageofdifferentmodelsusedfortheproductionfarm,forcodedevelopmentandforphysicsanalysisaredescribed.