Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Department "Electrical Engineering"
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Fast Solution of Large-Body Problems Using Domain Decomposition and Null-Field Generation in the Method of Moments
(2009-08-07)
In this work, a new Method of Moments (MoM) solution procedure for calculating electromagnetic scattering and radiation by electrically large conducting bodies is presented. By using domain-decomposition, conducting ...
Fault Detection and Diagnostic Test Set Minimization
(2009-02-16)
The objective of the research reported in this thesis is to develop new test generation algorithms using mathematical optimization techniques. These algorithms minimize test vector sets of a combinational logic circuit for ...
A Feature-based Solution for Kidnapped Robot Problem
(2015-12-11)
The Kidnapped Robot problem in robotics commonly refers to a situation where an autonomous robot can’t locate itself against the map. It can be caused by external force when a robot is carried to an arbitrary place, or ...
Finding Optimum Clock Frequencies for Aperiodic Test
(2014-04-29)
With scale down in technology, size and complexity of integrated circuits increase. The
scan method is the most popular technique of testing sequential circuits today. In this
method,
ip-
ops functionally form one or ...
Flexible Nonvolatile Cu/CuxO/Ag ReRAM Fabricated Using Ink-Jet Printing Technology
(2014-05-01)
The design and fabrication of flexible Cu/CuxO/Ag ReRAM devices is presented in this work. We have investigated Cu/CuxO/Ag capacitor-like structure which exhibits bipolar resistive switching behavior under low-range direct ...
Flexible, Ultra-Thin, Embedded Die Packaging
(2010-10-26)
As thin, flexible electronics solutions become more robust, their integration into everyday life becomes more likely. With possible applications in wearable electronics, biomedical sensors, or ‘peel and stick’ sensors, the ...
Flip Chip and Heat Spreader Attachment Development
(2009-04-09)
Flip chip packages offer many advantages over traditional wire bonding based packages. Flip chip packages have high input/output (I/O) handling capability, better electrical performance and smaller size. Proper package ...
Global and Local Cardiac Functional Analysis with Cine MR Imaging: A Non-Rigid Image Registration Approach
(2009-08-05)
According to the World Health Report 2003, cardiovascular disease (CVD) made up $29.2\%$ of total global deaths, which highlights the importance of clinical cardiovascular research. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has ...
GPS Multipath Detection and Mitigation Timing Bias Techniques
(2015-05-08)
In this thesis, timing-based methods of multipath mitigation and detection are developed.
GPS pseudorange measurements are used to calculate a receiver's position and timing
bias, which is a measurement of the di erence ...
Growing and Learning Algorithms of Radial Basis Function Networks
(2013-04-23)
Radial Basis Function (RBF) network is a type of artificial neural network, which uses the Gaussian kernel activation function. It has a fixed three-layer architecture. The RBF network is easier to be designed and trained ...
Handover Management in Femtocell Networks
(2014-04-25)
Radio communication has come a long way from 1G Advanced Mobile Phone Systems
(Amps) voice to Evolved 3G Enhanced Voice Data Optimized (EVDO), High Speed Packet
Access plus (HSPA+) and 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) now. ...
Hardware Testbed for Collaborative Robotics using Wireless Communication
(2009-08-14)
Collaborating mobile robots equipped with WiFi transceivers are configured as a mobile ad-hoc network. Search and rescue algorithms are developed to take advantage of the distributed processing capability inherent to ...
High Energy Gamma Radiation Effects on Commercially Available Silicon Carbide Power JFET Transistors
(2011-11-21)
An investigation of high power commercially available semiconductors made with compounds such as, silicon carbide (SiC), are being investigated for space applications and other harsh environments. The research involves ...
High Quality CT Image Reconstruction from Limited Projections Obtained from MiSpinner
(2016-05-05)
Computed tomography (CT) technology is widely used in the medical and industrial fields. However, a traditional CT machine costs too much for many researchers to afford it and prevents them from doing related research. To ...
High Sensitivity Signatures for Test and Diagnosis of Analog, Mixed-Signal and Radio-Frequency Circuits
(2013-07-18)
The conventional approach, widely practiced in the industry today, for testing analog
circuits is to ensure that the circuit conforms to data-sheet limits on all its specifications.
However, such a specification based ...
High Speed ROM-Less Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer
(2009-08-04)
This dissertation presents a complete flow for design and evaluation of high speed direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDS). Though some ultra high speed DDSs have already been reported in the literature, to satisfy the ...
High Temperature Electronics Packaging Processes and Materials Development
(2010-08-16)
Silicon carbide device technology is being developed for power electronics applications for use at high temperatures. In recent studies, SiC based electronics and sensors have also been demonstrated for extended operation ...
A High Throughput Multiplier Design Exploiting Input Based Statistical Distribution in Completion Delays
(2013-05-16)
The primary goal of this work is to ensure that optimum performance is achieved for a Multiplier Design, while reducing as much static power dissipation as possible or atleast equal to their slower counterparts. This design ...
High-Dynamic Range Collision Detection using Piezoelectric Polymer Films for Planar and Non-planar Applications
(2013-07-10)
This thesis develops a large area collision detection system utilizing the piezoelectric ef-
fect of polyvinylidene fluoride film. Complex high speed autonomous articulations associated
with modern large-scale high ...
A High-Voltage On-Chip Power Distribution Network
(2013-07-10)
With high performance mobile computing devices like tablets and smart-phones virtually swiping the VLSI chip market, the industry is facing the perpetual challenge of optimizing between power and performance, more than ...