Browsing by Department "Electrical and Computer Engineering"
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Heterogeneity-Aware Approaches to Optimizing Performance of Computing and Communication Tasks
(2005-12-15)
As the domain of computing and communication systems grows, heterogeneity among computers and subnetworks employed for a task also increases. It is important to understand how heterogeneity affects performance of computing ...
Hierarchical Fault Collapsing for Logic Circuits
(2005-05-15)
The process of grouping stuck-at faults into equivalence or dominance classes and
then selecting one representative for each class is known as fault collapsing. There
have been several techniques to collapse the faults ...
High Frequency Noise Modeling and Microscopic Noise Simulation for SiGe HBT and RF CMOS
(2006-12-15)
RF bipolar and CMOS are both important in RFIC applications. Modeling of noise provides
critical information in the design of RF circuits. Unfortunately, available compact models
for both RF bipolar and CMOS, are typically ...
High Speed Low Power Pipelined SAR ADC with Time Domain Based Fine Quantizer
(2022-12-05)
Due to the demanding requirements of speed, bandwidth, and power consumption of the latest-generation communication systems, designing analog integrated circuits serving the communication systems has become increasingly ...
High Temperature High Power SiC Devices Packaging Processes and Materials Development
(2006-08-15)
Silicon power devices have reached their theoretical limits in terms of higher temperature and higher power operation by virtue of the physical properties of the material. SiC has been identified as a material with the ...
High-Performance SAR-Assisted Hybrid ADC with Time Domain Signal Processing
(2020-02-19)
This dissertation presents types of basic and advanced ADC architectures and raises a high-performance hybrid ADC solution which achieves comparable performance compared with many state-of-the-art ADC architectures. The ...
Hybrid Aerial and Ground-based Mobile Robot for Retail Inventory
(2018-05-10)
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is increasingly used in retail stores and warehouses because it can help to improve the inventory process, enable automatic checkout, and reduce shoplifting. This dissertation ...
A Hybrid Retrodirective Array Based on Delay-Locked Loop Hybrid Phase Conjugators
(2020-06-15)
This dissertation discusses the design, construction, and characterization of a new Hybrid Retrodirective Array (HRA) as a possible beamforming technology for 5G wireless communication networks. A Delay-Locked Loop based ...
Implementation of High Speed SAR ADC with Proposed Efficient DAC Architecture
(2017-07-27)
A novel, high performance SAR ADC architecture is designed and fabricated in
130nm SiGe technology and 45nm soi technology. In the beginning fundamentals of
ADC (Analog-to-Digital Convertor) are introduced and several ...
An Improved English to Chinese Translation Search Engine of Technical Text
(2017-04-17)
The English to Chinese automatic translators cannot always satisfy the requirement of users especially in technical fields. Through research, the main reason is the wrong translation of technical terminologies. The researchers ...
Improved RF Noise Modeling for Silicon-Germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors
(2006-12-15)
Accurate radio frequency (RF) noise models for individual transistors
are critical to minimize noise during mixed-signal analog and RF circuit design.
This dissertation proposes two improved RF noise models
for SiGe ...
Improvements of Current and Charge Models in Mextram 505.2-505.3
(2022-05-03)
SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) are rapidly growing as commercial IC technologies
in the modern industry [1]. The relevant circuit design is closely related to the accuracy of the
compact model. This work ...
Improving CRPA Anti-Jamming Performance with Virtual Array Integration
(2023-01-12)
This thesis explores the concept of integrating a virtual array into current controlled reception pattern antenna (CRPA) technology to increase performance. A four channel virtual CRPA is designed and simulated, and its ...
Improving Sonar Reconstruction with Sparse Reconstruction Techniques
(2016-12-09)
In many sonar applications, traditional processing can fail to provide adequate information to accomplish the respective goals, because the processed information is either strictly bandlimited to the transmit band, distorted ...
In Vivo Quantitative MRI of Hemodynamics, Endothelial Function, and Metabolites
(2023-04-27)
Magnetic resonance (MR) hemodynamic imaging involves the study of vascular blood circulation. The regulation of tissue oxygenation depends directly on the regulation of blood flow. Impaired blood flow, oxygen supply, oxygen ...
Independence Fault Collapsing and Concurrent Test Generation
(2006-05-15)
The objective of this work is to find suitable targets for Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATPG) such that a minimal test set is obtained for a combinational circuit. Original concepts of independence fault collapsing ...
Injection Locked Frequency Multiplier and Divider for Millimeter-Wave Frequency Synthesis
(2024-04-25)
The perpetual need for faster data rates continues to drive advancements in wired and wireless communication, pushing them toward higher operating frequencies. The upcoming 5G network demands mobile transceivers that can ...
Integrated Circuit for Time Domain Mixed Signal Processing
(2018-04-17)
This work explores time to digital conversion techniques, designs and applications for time domain signal processing. Though the time-to-digital conversion devices and integrated circuits (IC) have been invented for decades, ...
Integration of Thin Flip Chip in Liquid Crystal Polymer Based Flex
(2006-05-15)
Thin embedded active assemblies have been developed that combine a lower profile and high functional density (per volume) with a flexible appearance, meeting the demands for the miniaturization of electronic products. The ...
Interface Selection in Multi-Interface Mobile Devices
(2006-08-15)
This thesis describes interface selection in multi-interface mobile devices. A multi-interface
mobile device is defined as a device equipped with more than one network interface to help connect
it to an external network ...