Browsing by Author "Hamilton, Michael"

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Large Stroke MEMS Linear Actuators and Advanced Interconnects

Hughes, George (2022-07-27) ETD File Embargoed

Linear actuators are used throughout the world in many applications. Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) linear actuators use semiconductor fabrication processes that are capable of producing small feature sizes and high ...

Laser-based Micro and Nano Manufacturing of Materials and Devices for Bio and Energy Applications

Fathi-Hafshejani, Parvin (2023-12-01) ETD File Embargoed

Micro- and nanostructures have a wide range of applications in electrical, mechanical, biological, and energy fields. The need for micro and nanomanufacturing is driven not only by the requirement of increasingly hybrid ...

Layout and Assembly of a High Efficiency Multi-Phase Buck Converter Utilizing Chip Scale GaN Devices

Henning, Stephan (2014-07-22)

As the world becomes increasingly immersed in the Information Age, more and more supercomputers and datacenters must be built to keep up with humanity’s demand for electronic information. As the number of these facilities ...

Learning Systems for Nonlinear Mapping

Richardson, Jordan (2017-04-13)

The many complex problems facing researchers and engineers demand innovative solutions. Machine learning techniques are growing in popularity due to their versatility and power. However, challenges remain. Popular machine ...

Magnetism and Spin Dynamics in Emergent Two-Dimensional van der Waals Magnets

Alahmed, Laith (2021-11-12)

The low Curie temperature of most two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdWs) magnets makes it challenging to incorporate them into device applications. This thesis explores two intriguing materials: Fe5GeTe2, a 2D vdWs room ...

A MEMS Current Sensor Utilizing NdFeB Magnets

Tatarchuk, John (2015-08-18)

The need for a current sensor in a 12V-1V DC-DC converter is discussed. Background topics of current sensing in DC-DC converters and magnetic MEMS are discussed. An iterative design process for a MEMS current sensor ...

Neuromorphic Computing Based on Superconductive Quantum Phase-Slip Junctions

Cheng, Ran (2021-11-29)

Superconductive electronics that exhibit ultra-low power consumption and high speed are good candidates for neuromorphic computing, which aims to emulate the human brain, as CMOS-based systems are approaching the bottleneck ...

On-wafer RF Characterization and Modeling of Noise, Linearity and Reliability of Advanced RF FinFETs

Ding, Xuewei (2024-04-30) ETD File Embargoed

This work investigates the RF characterization and modeling of noise, linearity, and reliability of advanced RF FinFETs. 5-nm technology devices are used in linearity and noise modeling, and 14-nm technology devices are ...

Optimization of High Power Gallium Nitride Based Point of Load Converters for Data Center Power Supply Chains

Jenkins, Luke L. (2015-04-30)

Wide-bandgap semiconductors are enabling higher efficiency, greater power density, smaller size, and higher switching frequency than traditional Si semiconductors. This work shows the development of an over 96% efficient ...

Optimized Nonlinear Substrate Integrated Waveguide for Pulse Compression

Caudle, Byron (2013-04-15)

The time compression and associated frequency broadening of electromagnetic pulses has numerous applications in communication and radar systems. In this work, a new type of pulse compression device based on nonlinear ...

Phospho-silicate glass as gate dielectric in 4H-SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor devices

Jiao, Chunkun (2016-07-28)

Silicon carbide (SiC) based MOS devices are well suited to meet the need for energy efficient power electronics. For 4H-SiC MOSFET technology, one of the crucial challenges is to improve the quality of SiO2/SiC interface, ...

Radio Frequency Module on Small Gasoline Engine Application

Huang, Tian (2013-04-04)

Radio frequency communications applications are typically more applied than plain research in many aspects. A new application for radio frequency communications has been investigated for controlling the small gasoline ...

The Reliability of Zinc Oxide Based Thin Film Transistors Under Extreme Conditions

Yapa Bandara, Kosala (2018-04-23)

In this Ph.D. dissertation, I report the device instability of ZnO thin film transistors (TFTs) under extreme environmental conditions. It is extremely important to identify the cause of device instability under different ...

RF Characterization and Modeling of 14nm RF FinFETs

Zhang, Jiabi (2019-12-04) ETD File Embargoed

This work focuses on the characterization and compact modeling of RF characteristics of both n- and p-channel transistors fabricated using 14-nm FinFET technologies. DC I-V, as well as its higher order derivatives, C-V, ...

Signal Integrity Analysis of Transmission lines in Anisotropic Substrate for High-Speed Data Transmission

Peddada, Srikanth (2013-05-06)

Continuous increase in high-speed data rates is essential in today’s world in order to keep up with Moor’s law scaling and to meet application demands. This increase in information transfer rates is essentially limited by ...

Simulation and Characterization of an Exact Solvable Chaotic Oscillator and Matched Filter

Bailey, John Phillip, III (2012-07-23)

The simulation and characterization of a low frequency exact solvable chaotic oscillator and a corresponding matched filter is presented with discussion. The work builds on an existing design for the oscillator by realizing ...

Small Signal Equivalent Circuit Extraction and RF Noise Analysis in 28nm High-k/ Metal Gate RF CMOS

Zhang, Huaiyuan (2015-12-10)

This work extracts RF noise in a 28nm high-k/metal gate RF CMOS technology using a small signal equivalent circuit. All extrinsic and intrinsic small-signal parameters are extracted from measured data as well as scaling ...

SPICE model implementation of a quantum phase-slip junction

Goteti, Uday Sravan (2015-07-24)

A quantum phase-slip is a superconducting phenomenon, which is identified as an exact dual to Josephson tunneling. Therefore, the device known as a quantum phase-slip junction is expected to be as significant and fundamental ...

Stress Analysis in Bipolar Transistors

Gnanachchelvi, Parameshwaran (2016-05-03)

Stress effects in semiconductor devices have gained significant attention in semiconductor industry nowadays. Stress effect in semiconductor devices is used as a beneficial effect in sensor applications and strain engineering ...

Superconducting Digital Logic Families Using Quantum Phase-slip Junctions

Goteti, Uday Sravan (2019-04-22)

Superconducting electronics based computing is being actively pursued as an alternative to CMOS-based computing for high performance computing due to their inherent advantages such as low-power and high switching speed. ...