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  • Analysis and design on low-power multi-Gb/s serial links

    Creator:
    Hu, Kangmin
    Abstract:
    High speed serial links are critical components for addressing the growing demand for I/O bandwidth in next-generation computing applications, such as many-core systems, backplane and optical data communications. Due to continued process scaling and circuit innovations, today's CMOS serial link transceivers can achieve tens of Gb/s per pin. However, most...
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    Computer Engineering presented on June 8, 2011. Title: Analysis and Design on Low-Power Multi-Gb/s

  • Design techniques for low-power multi-GS/s analog-to-digital converters

    Creator:
    Jiang, Tao
    Abstract:
    Ultra-high-speed (>10GS/s), medium-resolution (5~6bit), low-power (<50mW) analog-to-digital converter can find it application in the areas of digital oscilloscopes and next-generation serial link receivers. There are several challenges to enable a successful design, however. First, the time-interleaved architecture is required in order to achieve over 10GS/s sampling rate, with the trade-off...
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    Design Techniques for Low-Power Multi-GS/s Analog-to

  • Adaptive, wideband analog-to-digital conversion for convergent communication systems

    Creator:
    Batten, Robert D., 1973-
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    The exponential rate of advances in modern communication devices in the last several years have brought us higher levels of functionality and performance as well as reductions in physical size and power consumption. To continue this rate of advancement, next generation systems require wider bandwidth and higher resolution ADCs. Additionally,...
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    C:/Users/Robert Batten/Documents/School/PhdThesis

  • Correlated level shifting as a power-saving method to reduce the effects of finite DC gain and signal swing in opamps

    Creator:
    Gregoire, B. Robert
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    This thesis presents methods to reduce the effects of finite opamp DC gain, output voltage swing limitations in opamps, and component mismatches. The primary contribution of this thesis is a new switched-capacitor method named correlated level shifting (CLS). CLS enables true rail-to-rail operation by storing an estimate of the desired...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF B. Robert Gregoire for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Measurement and analysis of soft error vulnerability of low-voltage logic and memory circuits

    Creator:
    Pawlowski, Robert
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    Scaling the supply voltage into the sub/near-threshold domain is one of the most effective methods for improving the energy efficiency of next-generation electronic microsystems. Unfortunately, the relationship between low-voltage operation and radiation-induced soft error rate is not widely known, as little research has been previously performed and reported for soft-error...
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    -Voltage Logic and Memory Circuits AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Robert Pawlowski for the degree

  • Ultra-low power receivers for wireless sensor networks

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    Ayers, James S.
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    In wireless sensor network applications, low-power operation of the wireless receiver is critical. To address this need an ultra-low power Binary Frequency Shift Keying (BFSK) receiver using the super-regenerative architecture is developed. A prototype receiver is built and tested for operation in the 900 MHz ISM band. Lab measurements show...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF James S. Ayers for the degree

  • Ultra-low-energy transmitters for battery-free wireless sensor networks

    Creator:
    Panitantum, Napong
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    As the number of autonomous data collection applications keep increasing, the demand for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has seen explosive growth. In this dissertation, an ultra-low-energy WSN transmitter is developed to reduce the energy consumption of sensor nodes in WSNs. With an ultra-low-energy transceiver, it is possible to eliminate the...
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    . Abstract approved: ____________________________________________________________________ Terri S. Fiez

  • Towards Automating Type Changes

    Creator:
    Ketkar, Ameya S.
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    Developers frequently change the type of a program element and update all its references for performance, security, concurrency, library migration, or better maintainability. Despite type changes being a common program transformation, it is the least automated and the least studied. Manually performing type changes is tedious since the programmers have...
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    replaced generic with specialized Java 8’s Functional Interfaces, the type changes in- volved 34 files

  • Theory and Implementation of a Variational Database Management System

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    Ataei, Parisa S.
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    In this thesis, I present the variational database management system, a formal framework and its implementation for representing variation in relational databases and managing variational information needs. A variational database is intended to support any kind of variation in a database. Specific kinds of variation in databases have already been...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Parisa S. Ataei for

  • On the study of WEC prototype advancement with consideration of real-time life extending control

    Creator:
    Stillinger, Chad J.
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    Renewable energy is a topic of significant interest and importance in the world today. Ocean wave energy, particularly in areas such as the Oregon Coast, has considerable potential as a renewable resource. However, to rightly evaluate the overall cost of energy for wave energy converters, survivability and maintenance issues must...
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    :________________________________________________ Ted K. A. Brekken / Robert Paasch Renewable energy is a topic of significant