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  • Feedforward noise cancellation techniques

    Creator:
    Yang, Bangda
    Abstract:
    Supply noise is one of the major considerations in almost all analog building blocks. In the past, adequate supply rejection is usually achieved with circuit isolation or excess capacitive coupling. However, this brute force method requires large silicon area and degrades feedback bandwidth. In this study, a method of enhancing...
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    Masters Thesis
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    with Brian Drost on this project and his contribution to this thesis is just as valuable, if not more

  • A novel method for zinc oxide nanowire sensor fabrication

    Creator:
    Pelatt, Brian D.
    Abstract:
    Interest in nanomaterials is motivated partly by their potential for sensor arrays to detect different gases. Nanowires in particular are of interest because their high surface-to-volume ratio promises the possibility of high sensitivity. However, because of their discrete quasi-one-dimensional geometry, electrical integration of nanowires into photolithographically defined devices and circuits...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Brian D. Pelatt for the degree

  • Atomic solid state energy scale applied to novel thin-film solar absorbers

    Creator:
    Pelatt, Brian D.
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    The atomic solid state energy (SSE) scale is introduced as a tool for inorganic materials design. The SSE scale is obtained by assessing an average electron affinity (EA) (for a cation) or an average ionization potential (IP) (for an anion) for each atom using data from compounds having that specific...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Brian D. Pelatt for the

  • Time-based noise-shaping techniques for time-to-digital and analog-to-digital converters

    Creator:
    Young, Brian LeRoy
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    In this dissertation, time-based signal processing techniques and their applications in oversampling and noise-shaping data converters are examined. These techniques demonstrate the ability to shift the burden of high performance analog circuits from the compressed voltage-domain to the augmented time-domain. First, the potential of high order noise-shaping and phase-domain feedback...
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    Dissertation
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    1 AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Brian LeRoy Young for

  • Amorphous oxide semiconductors in circuit applications

    Creator:
    McFarlane, Brian Ross
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    The focus of this thesis is the investigation of thin-film transistors (TFTs) based on amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) in two circuit applications. To date, circuits implemented with AOS-based TFTs have been primarily enhancement-enhancement inverters, ring oscillators based on these inverters operating at peak frequencies up to ~400 kHz, and two-transistor...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Brian Ross McFarlane for the degree of

  • A DC-DC converter architecture for low-power, high-resistance thermoelectric generators for use in body-powered designs

    Creator:
    Miller, Brian A.
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    This thesis presents a low power DC-DC converter suitable for harvesting energy from high impedance thermoelectric generators (TEGs) for the use in body powered electronics. The chip has been fabricated in a 130nm CMOS technology. To meet the power demands of body powered networks, a novel dual-path architecture capable of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Thermoelectric Generators for use in Body-Powered Designs AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Brian

  • Time-based analog signal processing

    Creator:
    Drost, Brian George
    Abstract:
    As CMOS processes size continues to shrink, a number of factors limit the ability of analog circuit performance to scale with the process. These issues include smaller transistor intrinsic gains and lower supply voltages. However, scaling continues to increase the speed and decrease the power of digital circuits. In this...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Brian George Drost for the

  • Noise and Blocker Cancellation Techniques for Power and Area Efficient Wireless Receivers

    Creator:
    Pourbagheri, Saeed
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    The design of mobile wireless devices has always focused on reducing power, area, and cost. This dissertation proposes two techniques that are leveraged to save power and area and therefore cost. The first techniques reduces the noise in the receiver and results in a relaxed power requirement. The second technique...
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    Dissertation
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    thank Dr. Huaping Liu, Dr. Arun Natarajan and Dr. Brian Paul for serving in my committee. My

  • Software history under the lens : a study on why and how developers examine it

    Creator:
    Codoban, Mihai, Srinivasa Ragavan, Sruti, Dig, Danny, and Bailey, Brian
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    Despite software history being indispensable for developers, there is little empirical knowledge about how they examine software history. Without such knowledge, researchers and tool builders are in danger of making wrong assumptions and building inadequate tools. In this paper we present an in-depth empirical study about the motivations developers have...
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    Technical Report
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    Developers Examine It Mihai Codoban∗, Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan∗, Danny Dig∗, Brian Bailey† Oregon State

  • Development of leadership and design skills among ECE juniors and graduate students

    Creator:
    Luo, Ding
    Abstract:
    Engineering students spend a significant amount of their undergraduate careers focused on technical theory and practice. This intensive student prepares them for their technical challenges in the future. This training is so intense that often the more 'soft skills' such as communication, leadership, design, and troubleshooting are left out or...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Donald L. Heer Engineering students spend a significant amount of their undergraduate