Browsing Auburn University Graduate School by Department "Electrical Engineering"
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A 2.45 GHz Frequency-Selective Rectenna for Wireless Energy Harvesting
(2016-05-16)
As the emphasis placed on renewable energies has grown over recent years, a necessity for
innovative methods of providing alternative energy sources has emerged. With most modern
communication systems utilizing radio ...
28nm High-K Metal Gate RF CMOS TCAD Calibration
(2015-12-10)
States of art of 28nm MOSFET structure is studied using the calibrated simulation deck, RF noise is simulated and compared with measurements. DC characteristics is firstly calibrated by adjusting doping profiles and other ...
3D Simulation of SEU in SiGe HBTS and Radiation Hardening by Design
(2010-07-27)
This thesis presents 3-D simulation of Single Event Upset (SEU) in IBM 5HP and 8HP heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT). SiGe HBT has been attractive for space applications because
of its high performance. SiGe HBTs ...
3D Surface Reconstruction Based On Plenoptic Image
(2015-07-23)
Light- field cameras, also known as plenoptic cameras, have recently become available
to the consumer market. Plenoptic cameras can collect the 4D light field information and
represent it in a single photograph. This ...
3D Volume Reconstruction From 2D Plenoptic Data Using FFT-Based Methods
(2015-06-15)
Traditional imaging modalities produce images by capturing a 2D slice of the 4D light field. This is an inherently lossy conversion, as the angular information contained in the light field is ignored. Light-field imaging ...
A 4.7 Tesla 4-Channel Transmit and Receive MRI Quadrature Birdcage Coil Design and Fabrication for Monkey Head imaging
(2013-07-10)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an image modality used for clinical diagnosis as well as general imaging research. Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) is an MRI procedure that measures brain ...
4D Strain from Tagged Magnetic Resonance Images by Unwrapping the Harmonic Phase Images
(2010-12-14)
Accurate assessment of ventricular function is clinically important. Tagged magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the modality of choice for calculating parameters such as torsion, rotation and strain that characterize ...
A 9.4 Tesla Transmit and Receive MRI Quadrature Birdcage Coil Design and Fabrication for Mouse imaging
(2014-12-04)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an image modality used for clinical diagnosis as well as animal research. The study described in this thesis is intended for animal MRI application. In order to acquire high-resolution ...
Adaptive Estimation and Equalization of Doubly-selective Fading Channels using Basis Expansion Models
(2010-12-07)
Wireless channels, due to multipath propagation and Doppler spread, are characterized by frequency- and time-selectivity, so-called doubly-selective wireless channels. In this dissertation, we concentrate on adaptive channel ...
Adaptive Image Acquisition with Consideration of Camera Optics
(2012-04-30)
This dissertation addresses two common problems in image acquisition. We first introduce an adaptive image acquisition methodology by replacing the traditional birefringent filter with slight out-of-focus blur generated ...
Advanced Learning Algorithms of Neural Networks
(2011-08-26)
The concept of “learn to behave” gives very vivid description of functionalities of neural networks. Specifically, a group of observations, each of which consists of inputs and desired outputs, are directly applied to ...
Advanced RC Phase Delay Capacitive Sensor Interface Circuits for MEMS
(2015-05-06)
Many types of sensors in MEMS technology convert a measurand to a proportional change in capacitance. One of the techniques of measuring capacitance is utilizing the phase delay of an RC network with a resistor and the ...
Advancements and Implementation of Polynomial-Based Learning Machines for Data Processing and System Modeling
(2014-04-23)
At the present time, the need in all disciplines for efficient and powerful algorithms for the handling of large and complex datasets is certainly at its highest. Extremely large multi-dimensional datasets are commonplace ...
Ag Sintering Die and Passive Components Attach for High Temperature Applications
(2016-05-09)
With an increasing demand for SiC and GaN high power devices and high temperature electronics operating in extreme environments, traditional solder materials are reaching their limitations in performance. Compatible, high ...
AlGaN/GaN HEMT DC Simulation
(2014-04-28)
Increasing demand in high power and high frequency semiconductor devices has promoted
the rapid development of microwave power devices using GaN and SiC. Characteristics
like high breakdown voltage and high electron ...
Algorithms for Optimal Construction and Training of Radial Basis Function Neural Networks
(2015-04-30)
Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence are rapidly growing fields of research in both academia and industry. Artificial neural networks are at the heart of much of this research. Efficiently constructing and ...
Algorithms for Optimal Energy Management in the Smart Grid
(2015-07-02)
Smart grid (SG) is regarded as the next generation power grid, which implements an innovative idea for a highly automated and integrated power system.
The two-way energy and information flows in the SG, together with the ...
Alternate In-Situ Environmental Testing System by Matrix Design
(2009-03-30)
Compared with the existing in-situ environmental testing system, this alternative one got significant improvement on measuring capacity, total cost, as well as number of connections that must be made between the hardware ...
Alternative Timing in Digital Logic
(2015-12-14)
For many decades using a system clock has been the go-to method of timing circuits. CPUs in particular have been at least partially defined by the speed of their clock. As technology moves forward, this is proving more and ...
Analog Computation of a High Frequency Exactly Solvable Chaotic Communications System Using State Variable Networks
(2015-05-18)
The design of a high frequency, chaotic oscillator and linear matched filter has been shown as a viable means of electronic communication. Although many chaotic systems are noted for complex or unpredictable behavior, a ...