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Design and Implementation of High Performance Pipelined SAR ADC for Wireless Communications
(2021-04-16)
As the process keeps scaling down, successive approximation register (SAR) architecture becomes an attractive candidate in low-power, moderate-speed A/D converter (ADC) due its mostly digital operation. For high speed ...
Design and Implementation of High-Speed Low-Power Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Converters
(2010-04-28)
With the rapid development of modern communication and personal wireless products, there are increased demands for next generation communication transceivers that feature ultra-high data conversion rates with reconfigurable ...
Design and Implementation of RF Receiver Front-end and Tunable Filter
(2010-04-29)
In this work, several novel topologies for RF receivers, like reconfigurable wideband low noise amplifier (LNA), mixers with gain reuse, high resolution digitally controlled oscillator and the low power wideband receiver ...
Design and Implementation of Scalable and Efficient Programming Models for Fast Computation and Data Processing
(2013-05-14)
Despite the tremendous growth of computational power, scientific applications and business data analytics
continue to face many challenges such as programming productivity, application scalability, and efficiency. ...
Design and Instrument Characterization of the High-Energy Resolution relativistic electron Telescope (HERT) using Geant4 Simulation
(2023-04-17)
Earth’s outer radiation belt is filled with relativistic and ultrarelativistic electrons in the MeV energy range and above. These highly energetic electrons pose significant threats to avionics and humans in space, and ...
Design and Manufacture of Surface Topography with Additive Manufacturing: Properties and Applications
(2018-05-31)
The first study investigates the impact of surface texture parameters of natural surface specimens on the attachment of algae communities. The primary objective of this effort is to show feasibility in the approach of ...
Design and Noise Analysis of Coupled Ring Oscillators
(2021-11-30)
This dissertation analyzes the phase noise in standard differential ring oscillator due to various noise sources by using a simple physical model. Employing the open loop noise analysis, the oscillator’s output noise at ...
Design and Numerical Simulation of an Evaporator for a Compact Vapor Compression Refrigeration System
(2019-09-12)
A miniature plate-fin heat exchanger was designed for use in a compact Vapor Compression Refrigeration (VCR) system used for cooling electronic components in an Air Transportable Rack (ATR) chassis. The evaporator was ...
Design and Optimization of a Continuous Bioreactor for Enhanced Cell Production
(2022-05-02)
This research investigated a novel continuous bioreactor which can be operated both in batch and chemostat modes. The bioreactor showed significant improvement in cell growth due to addition of a spiroid which increased ...
Design and Optimization of Free Space Optical Networks
(2010-11-12)
Recent advances in wireless communication technologies and the explosive growth of the number and variety of mobile devices and multimedia applications motivate the development of next generation wireless networks, i.e., ...
Design and Optimization of Nano-scaled Silicon-Germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors
(2005-08-15)
In this work, we explore the design and optimization of nano-scaled SiGe HBTs. The cutoff frequency fT and the maximum oscillation frequency fmax are optimized towards Terahertz.
We first start with intrinsic device designs ...
Design and Performance of Open-Graded Friction Course Mixtures Containing Epoxy Asphalt
(2021-11-30)
Open-Graded Friction Course (OGFC) is a type of pavement primarily composed of coarse aggregates and high asphalt content. Higher permeability, better friction resistance, improved visibility, reduced pavement noise, and ...
Design and Properties of Novel Uranium-Containing Layered and Framework Materials
(2006-12-15)
Ten uranyl-containing frameworks and one layered material have been
synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. These compounds belong to eight structure
types, not previously described. They are constructed from uranyl ...
Design and Simulation of a Circulating Tumor Cell Detector
(2016-05-05)
Recent advances in magnetic cell selection have enhanced the possibility of isolating cells of interest. The detection of fetal cells in maternal blood, circulating stem cells and circulating tumor cells will soon be a ...
Design and Simulation of a High Frequency Exactly Solvable Chaotic Oscillator
(2012-07-27)
It has been shown that the performance of communication systems based on low dimensional chaotic systems with exact analytic solutions containing a single fixed basis function may exhibit performance comparable to that of ...
Design and Simulation of Cryogenic Test Circuits
(2016-07-27)
New technologies are being introduced in anticipation of the end of Moore’s Law, such as quantum computing, in hopes that the speed gains from the different topologies will offset the increase in size of the devices. Fast ...
Design and Synthesis of 3-Deazaaristeromycin Derivatives
(2010-12-07)
Analogs of naturally occurring nucleosides have served as structural models for the design of antitumor, antiviral, and antibacterial agents. The carbocyclic nucleosides aristeromycin and neplanocin A are two examples that ...
Design and Synthesis of AdoHcy Hydrolase Inhibitors as a Source of Antiviral Agents
(2008-05-15)
The significant antiviral properties of the carbocyclic nucleosides aristeromycin and neplanocin A have been attributed to inhibition of AdoHcy hydrolase, which in turn affects viral mRNA capping methylation. However, their ...
Design and Testing of a Gas Distribution Method for Pulsed Inductive Thrusters
(2008-12-15)
A gas distribution manifold for use in a Pulsed Inductive Thruster has been designed and tested. The Argon test gas is distributed radially outward over a flat disc from an enclosed manifold area. The manifold was designed ...
Design and Testing of an Electronic Load Board for Power Supply Validation and Verification
(2014-05-05)
As the need for high efficiency in power supplies increases, so does the need to test and verify the designs of the supplies. To test the design, efficiency, and reliability of a low-voltage, high-current power supply, an ...