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Evolvable hardware design of combinational logic circuits. (2000)
Thesis
Kalganova, T. Evolvable hardware design of combinational logic circuits. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4341

Evolvable Hardware (EHW), as an alternative method for logic design, became more
attractive recently, because of its algebra-independent techniques for generating selfadaptive
self-reconfigurable hardware. This thesis investigates and relates both... Read More about Evolvable hardware design of combinational logic circuits..

Fabrication and charaterisation of a novel blue organic light-emitting diode (OLED)-structure: glass/Indium-Tin oxide/Poly (N-vinylcarbazole) doped with dye p-Bis(o-methylstyryl)benzeneAluminium. (2000)
Thesis
Ramsbrock, J. Fabrication and charaterisation of a novel blue organic light-emitting diode (OLED)-structure: glass/Indium-Tin oxide/Poly (N-vinylcarbazole) doped with dye p-Bis(o-methylstyryl)benzeneAluminium. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4166

A scanned layer silicon retina. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Binnie, D., & Moorhead, B. (1999, July). A scanned layer silicon retina. Paper presented at Seventh IEE Conference on Image Processing and Applications

Scanned layer silicon retina. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Binnie, D., & Moorhead, B. (1999, January). Scanned layer silicon retina. Paper presented at PREP '99

Modulo correlativity and its application in a multiple valued logic system (1998)
Journal Article
Wang, L. Y., Chen, X., & Almaini, A. E. A. (1998). Modulo correlativity and its application in a multiple valued logic system. International Journal of Electronics, 85(5), 561-570. https://doi.org/10.1080/002072198133851

Several new concepts such as pseudoprime and correlativity, are presented. Then modulo subtraction and modulo division, which are very useful in computing the canonical expansion, are proposed in a multiple valued modulo algebra system with either a... Read More about Modulo correlativity and its application in a multiple valued logic system.

PCB assembly line setup optimization using component commonality matrices (1998)
Journal Article
Dillon, S., Jones, R., Hinde, C. J., & Hunt, I. (1998). PCB assembly line setup optimization using component commonality matrices. Journal of Electronics Manufacturing, 08(2), 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0960313198000082

The contract electronics manufacturing business has special problems and requirements to improve machine setup optimization. Increased complexity of printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies, components and shorter product obsolescence timescales implie... Read More about PCB assembly line setup optimization using component commonality matrices.

A comparative study of integrated ferroelectric polymer pyroelectric sensors (1998)
Journal Article
Setiadi, D., Binnie, D., Armitage, A., Benjamin, K., & Weller, H. (1998). A comparative study of integrated ferroelectric polymer pyroelectric sensors. Integrated Ferroelectrics, 19(1-4), 33-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584589808012694

This paper presents a comparative study of integrated pyroelectric sensors based on ferroelectric polymers. Two deposition technologies of PVDF and VDF/TrFE copolymer, both compatible with IC manufacturing, are presented. A 9 ÎĽm PVDF film is bonded o... Read More about A comparative study of integrated ferroelectric polymer pyroelectric sensors.

Lifelong Learning - getting started. (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Armitage, A., Gupta, N. K., & Rae, G. (1997, June). Lifelong Learning - getting started. Presented at 8th Annual EAEEIE Conference: Innovations and Quality in Education for Electrical and Information Engineering

Infrared sensing using pyroelectric polymers (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Armitage, A., Benjamin, K., Setiadi, D., Weller, H., & Binnie, D. (1997, September). Infrared sensing using pyroelectric polymers. Presented at 8th Conference on Sensors and their Applications, Glasgow, Scotland

This paper describes a programme of work intended to develop inexpensive infrared imagers. The technology is based on the pyroelectric effect in the polymer PVDF, and a copolymer of VDF and TrFE. Early work used films of the polymer on simple cerami... Read More about Infrared sensing using pyroelectric polymers.

An integrated charge amplifier for a pyroelectric sensor. (1997)
Journal Article
Setiadi, D., Armitage, A., Binnie, D., Regtien, P., & Sarro, P. (1997). An integrated charge amplifier for a pyroelectric sensor. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 61, 421-426. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0924-4247%2897%2980299-3

This paper presents an integrated charge amplifier that measures a small charge. This charge is generated by a pyroelectric detector. The charge amplifier consists of a single-stage c-annon source configuration with a passive feedback network. The ch... Read More about An integrated charge amplifier for a pyroelectric sensor..

A semicustom IC for generating optimum generalized Reed-Muller expansions (1997)
Journal Article
Almaini, A. E. A. (1997). A semicustom IC for generating optimum generalized Reed-Muller expansions. Microelectronics Journal, 28(2), 129-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0026-2692%2896%2900087-0

The paper explains the theory and design of a semi-custom integrated circuit (IC) for the generation of optimum polarity of a given Boolean function. Given the minterm coefficients of all the fixed polarities of the generalized Reed-Muller expansions... Read More about A semicustom IC for generating optimum generalized Reed-Muller expansions.

Eurosensors IX: The sensors of the future. (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Armitage, A. (1995, June). Eurosensors IX: The sensors of the future. Presented at 8th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators and EUROSensors IX

An Investigation into the improvement of Local Minima of the Hopfield Network (1996)
Journal Article
Peng, M., Gupta, N. K., & Armitage, A. (1996). An Investigation into the improvement of Local Minima of the Hopfield Network. Neural Networks, 9(7), 1241-1253. https://doi.org/10.1016/0893-6080%2896%2900017-2

The paper investigates the improvement of local minima of the Hopfield network. A local minima escape algorithm (LME algorithm), is proposed for improving local minima of small-scale networks. Experiments on travelling salesman problems (TSP) show th... Read More about An Investigation into the improvement of Local Minima of the Hopfield Network.

Invariant object recognition by neural network. (1995)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Peng, M., Gupta, N. K., & Armitage, A. (1995, November). Invariant object recognition by neural network. Presented at Proc 1995 Int. Conf. on Artificial Neural Networks

Robot Calibration Using Artificial Neural Networks (1995)
Thesis
Zhong, X. Robot Calibration Using Artificial Neural Networks. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2254583

Robot calibration is an integrated procedure of measurement and data processing to improve and maintain robot positioning accuracy. Existing robot calibration techniques require extensive human intervention and off-line processing, which preclude the... Read More about Robot Calibration Using Artificial Neural Networks.

A study of arithmetic circuits and the effect of utilising Reed-Muller techniques (1995)
Thesis
Guan, Z. A study of arithmetic circuits and the effect of utilising Reed-Muller techniques. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4340

Reed-Muller algebraic techniques, as an alternative means in logic design, became more attractive recently, because of their compact representations of logic functions and yielding of easily testable circuits. It is claimed by some researchers that R... Read More about A study of arithmetic circuits and the effect of utilising Reed-Muller techniques.