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We evaluate the influence of multi-snapshot sensing and varying signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) on the overall performance of neural network (NN)-based joint communication and sensing (JCAS) systems. To enhance the training behavior, we…
The Multi-Grid detector technology has evolved from the proof-of-principle and characterisation stages. Here we report on the performance of the Multi-Grid detector, the MG.CNCS prototype, which has been installed and tested at the Cold…
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We have been developing monolithic active pixel sensors series, named "XRPIX," based on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) pixel technology, for future X-ray astronomical satellites. The XRPIX series offers high coincidence time resolution…
Practical systems often suffer from hardware impairments that already appear during signal generation. Despite the limiting effect of such input-noise impairments on signal processing systems, they are routinely ignored in the literature.…
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