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Articles in Mar 2006 issue of NASA Tech Briefs

• PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
• Improved Control of Charging Voltage for Li-Ion Battery
• Processing EOS MLS Level-2 Data
• Who's Who at NASA
• Submicrosecond Power-Switching Test Circuit
• EtherCAT Drivers for Embedded RTOS
• RF Tuners Target Signals Intelligence
• Ultrafast Processor for Interferometric Radar
• Technologies of the Month
• Medical Signal-Conditioning and Data-Interface System
• NASA Technology Lets You Cook Dinner - From the Office
• Automated Activation and Deactivation of a System Under Test
• Platform Simplifies Engineering Management for PCB Industry
• Basic Automation Board (BAB) Adds 1 GHz PowerPC
• Edge-Card Computing Systems Bridge Technology Gaps
  by Renehan, Jim
• Raman Spectrometer Monitors Multiple Reaction Sites with Doubled Dispersion
  by Zakrzewski, Jay
• Converter Helps NASA Transmit HDTV to Earth
• Architecture for Control of the K9 Rover
  by Bresina, John L
• Machine Capability Analysis (MCA) Testing Comes to the Fab
• RoHS-Compliant Capacitors Feature Long Life
• Capture and Display Board Brings Broadcast-Quality Imaging to Medicine, Surveillance
• Utilizing AI in Temporal, Spatial, and Resource Scheduling
  by Stottler, Richard
• This Month in Nanotech Briefs
• Holographic Solar Photon Thrusters
• Optoelectronic Contract Manufacturing Starts Before Design - Not After
  by Magill, Paul
• Attaching Thermocouples by Peening or Crimping
• PCI I/O Board Is RoHS-Compliant
• Snap-Action Switches Aim at Military Systems
• SPDT Switches Target High-End Data Acquisition
• Integrated System for Autonomous Science
  by Chien, Steve
• Generation of Data-Rate Profiles of Ka-Band Deep-Space Links
• Cargo-Positioning System for Next-Generation Spacecraft
• Wavelength-Agile External-Cavity Diode Laser for DWDM
• Generating Aromatics From CO2 on Mars or Natural Gas on Earth
• Digital Beam Former for a Very-Large-Aperture Antenna
• Blade Servers Get Boost from 64-bit LV Xeon
• Instruments for Reading Direct-Marked Data-Matrix Symbols
• Estimating Resolution Lengths of Hybrid Turbulence Models
• Three-Function Logic Gate Controlled by Analog Voltage
• Plasma-Based Detector of Outer-Space Dust Particles
• Programmable Pulse-Position-Modulation Encoder
• Wireless System for Aligning the Space Shuttle External Tank
• Nucleus Adds Processors, USB/UPS Support
• Dual 2-phase Synchronous Controller Drives Range of External MOSFETs
• Ground Processing of Data From the Mars Exploration Rovers
  by Wright, Jesse
• Generating Breathable Air Through Dissociation of N^sub 2^O
• HFGMC Enhancement of MAC/GMC
  by Arnold, Steven M
• Micro-Imagers for Spaceborne Cell-Growth Experiments
• NASA Solar Array Demonstrates Commercial Potential
• RoHS Inductors Enable High Frequency Systems
• Ultra-Low Dropout (ULDO) Voltage Regulators Get RAD-Hard for Space
• Multifunctional Logic Gates for Built-In Self-Testing
• Slew-Rate-Controlled Load Switches Aid Power Management
• 30 Years of Automotive Technology
• Buckling and Fracture Analysis of Composite Skin-Stringer Panel Using VCCT and FEA Software
• Montage Version 3.0
  by Jacob, Joseph
• Education and Training Module in Alertness Management
• New Products
• Ultrawideband (UWB) Chipset Delivers 1 Gbps
• CPCI Board Leverages 'M' Class for Power Savings
• Four-Function Logic Gate Controlled by Analog Voltage
• FPGA Implementation of a Stereo Correlation Processor
• Software Automates Flight Work Order System
• Heat Treatment of Friction-Stir-Welded 7050 Aluminum Plates
• Satellite Image Mosaic Engine
  by Plesea, Lucian
• Correction for Thermal EMFs in Thermocouple Feedthroughs
• Pattern-Recognition Processor Using Holographic Photopolymer
• Cleanroom Workstation Actively Dampens Vibration
• RoHS Challenges Business Practices Too
• Algorithm-Based Fault Tolerance for FPGAs
• Patents
• Cleaning Carbon Nanotubes by Use of Mild Oxygen Plasmas
• Estimating Total Electron Content Using 1,000+ GPS Receivers
  by Komjathy, Attila
• High-Performance Scanning Acousto-Ultrasonic System
• Using Quasiparticle Poisoning To Detect Photons
• Metal Matrix Improves Thermal Management
• Editor's note
  by Hardin, Winn
• Ripple Counters Controlled by Analog Voltage