VLSI Technology Insertion into a Data Acquisition System

将 VLSI 技术插入数据采集系统

• 批准号: 8818526
• 负责人: Roger Borcherdt
• 金额: $ 0.71万
• 依托单位: UNITED STATES DEPT OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Interagency Agreement
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-09-15 至 1989-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8818526&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: VLSI; Technology; Insertion; into; Data

A previous NSF award (CES-8606118) examined the potential of recent advances in Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits (VLSI) to provide a low-cost high-technology device for measuring environmental loads and effects. Specifically, the objective was to (1) define the requirements for a data acquisition system to measure environmental loads and effects, and (2) to interact with researchers and producers of VLSI Circuits in order to design and construct a prototype VLSI Circuit to implement this data acquisition. This action is a specific outcome of that award, and it involves the GEOS (General Earthquake Observation System) technology developed by the U.S. Geological Survey to measure earthquake ground motions, including the strong ground motions of interest to earthquake engineers. The Research Triangle Institute (RTI) is working with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) toward the development of a plan to introduce modern microelectronics technology in to the GEOS data acquisition system. The objectives are: 1) to study the hardware and software of the GEOS system, (2) identify the parts of the GEOS system that can be implemented with Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) using VLSI technology, (3) determine the impact of VLSI technology insertion on the system size, power requirements, reliability, and production costs, and (4) identify the performance enhancements that can be made using modern microelectronics technology and additional application areas that can be served by the enhanced system.

先前的美国国家科学基金会奖(CES-8606118)考察了超大规模集成电路(VLSI)的最新进展为测量环境负载和影响提供低成本高科技设备的潜力。具体地说，目标是(1)定义数据采集系统的要求，以测量环境负载和影响，以及(2)与VLSI电路的研究人员和生产商互动，以设计和构建实现该数据采集的VLSI电路原型。这项行动是该奖项的具体成果，它涉及由美国地质调查局开发的GEOS(通用地震观测系统)技术，用于测量地震地面运动，包括地震工程师感兴趣的强地面运动。三角研究院(RTI)正在与美国地质调查局(USGS)合作，制定一项计划，将现代微电子技术引入GEOS数据采集系统。目标是：1)研究GEOS系统的硬件和软件，(2)确定使用VLSI技术的专用集成电路(ASIC)可以实现的GEOS系统的部件，(3)确定VLSI技术的插入对系统规模、功率要求、可靠性和生产成本的影响，以及(4)确定可使用现代微电子技术进行的性能增强，以及可由增强型系统服务的其他应用领域。