Bücher der Reihe Advances in Solid State Technology

Digital signal processing has become an integral part of observational seismology. Seismic waveforms and the parameters commonly extracted from them are strongly influenced by the effects of numerous filters, both within the earth and within the recording system. With the advent of numerous software tools for the processing of digital seismograms, seismologists have unprecedented power in extracting information from seismic records. These tools are often based on sophisticated theoretical aspects of digital signal processing which, to be used properly, need to be understood. This book is aimed at observational seismologists and students in geophysics trying to obtain a basic understanding of those aspects of digital signal processing that are relevant to the interpretation of seismograms. It covers the basic theory of linear systems, the design and analysis of simple digital filters, the effect of sampling and A/D conversion, the calculation of 'true ground motion', and the effects of seismic recording systems on parameters extracted from digital seismograms. It contains numerous examples and exercises together with their solutions.

Defect study in semiconductor engineering started originally with seeking methods how to suppress generation of harmful defects during device processing in order to achieve a high yield of device fabrication.

This volume contains papers presented during the US-Japan seminar on "Solid Phase Epitaxy and Interface Kinetics" held in Oiso, Japan, June 20-24, 1983.

A graduate-level description of recent Japanese research on the chemistry of amorphous silicon film deposition associated with plasma CVD, a step in producing amorphous semiconductors. Reports on studies (of microscopic processes of gas-phase reaction as well as chemical reactions on the film growin