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  • Design and analysis techniques for nano-joule ADCs and sampling linearity

    Creator:
    Brown, Thomas (Thomas William)
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    Two aspects of ADC system performance are addressed in this work. First, the combination of the ADC and its associated reference are co-designed for an energy constrained remote sensing system. Second, sampling linearity is mathematically analyzed as a function of frequency to provide enhanced understanding into an ADC's requisite sampling...
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    . 6 20 40 60 80 100 10-6 10-4 10-2 100 Distance (m) En er gy A bs or be d (J ou le s

  • Information theoretic approach to quantization and classification for signal processing, communications, and machine learning applications

    Creator:
    Thuan Nguyen D.
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    There are five main contributions of this dissertation. The first contribution is new closed-form expressions for channel capacity of a new class of channel matrices. The second contribution is the discovery of the structure for optimal binary quantizer and the associated methods for finding an optimal quantizer that maximizes mutual...
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    impurity using (a) N = 10; (b) N = 20; (c) N = 30; (d) N = 40. Our approximation (R(emax)) are the red

  • High-performance delta-sigma analog-to-digital converters

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    da Silva, Jose Barreiro
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    Multi-stage delta-sigma (ΔΣ) architectures, commonly known as MASH, are the preferred choice for analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) used in broadband communication applications, where high-resolution (above 14 bits) and high-bandwidth (several MHz) performances are required. Current state-of-the-art designs are capable of as much as 5-MS/s output data rates with 90-dB SNR. However,...
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    thesis describes the problems of extending bandwidth without losing accu- racy in z A/D converters, and

  • Novel power conditioning circuits for piezoelectric micro power generators

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    Han, Jifeng
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    Advanced low power devices promote the development of micro power generators (MPGs) to replace the batteries to power them. Due to the trend in decreasing integrated circuit (IC) supply voltages, power supply designers are facing more and more serious challenges. The objective of this research is to design a power...
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    Exposition (APEC). I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Dr. Thomas G. Dietterich

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

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    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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    , they may be done in either analog or digital domains. M I X E R L O I F Pu l se D e t e c t i o

  • Development of a CZT-Silicon Detection System in Support of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

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    Alhawsawi, Abdulsalam M.
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    The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear explosion tests for military or civilian purposes. The International Monitoring System (IMS) was established to verify compliance with the treaty. It consists of several monitoring stations that detect: seismic activities, hydrocoustic activities, infrasound waves, and radionuclide particles and noble gases. Radioxenon detection...
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    ............................................................................... 31 FIGURE 2-15: GENERATED 2-D SPECTRUM FROM THE ARSA SYSTEM

  • Multi-dimensional parametric estimation: two-dimensional sharpening by predictive bandwidth extrapolation and fast algorithms for three dimensional autoregressive estimation

    Creator:
    Liew, Ji Seok
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    Achieving sharpened (enhanced detail) features of a multi-dimensional data source using the linear prediction (LP) bandwidth extrapolation (BWE) technique in the transform domain is the main objective of this research. The evolution of sensor technology has provided acquisition scenarios in which the data format is inherently multi-dimensional, including hyperspectral imaging...
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    capabilities using a novel 2-D BWE approach and its associated fast computational algorithms. Furthermore

  • Real-time radioxenon measurement using a Compton-suppressed well-type phoswich detector for nuclear explosion monitoring

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    Alemayehu, Bemnet
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    Radioxenon detection is a technique used to monitor nuclear explosion and verify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Because of an ultra-low concentration of radioxenon at radioxenon monitoring stations, radioxenon detection systems must have high sensitivity. This sensitivity is measured in terms of detector's minimum detectable concentration (MDC). It is required...
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    dissertation committee: Professor David M. Hamby, Dr. Alena Paulenova, Professor Huaping Liu and Dr. Leah

  • Some contributions to asymmetric error control codes

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    Elmougy, Samir
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    In some practical systems, most of the errors are of 1 → 0 type and 0 → 1 errors occur very rarely. In this thesis, first, the capacity of the asymmetric channel is derived. The capacity of the binary symmetric channel (BSC) and the Z-channel can be derived from this...
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    systematic t-unidirectional error detecting codes over Zm, m > 2 is designed. These codes can detect 2

  • A Two-element CZT-based Radioxenon Detection System for Nuclear Weapon Test Monitoring

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    Ranjbar, Lily
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    Detection of xenon radioisotopes (radioxenons) has proven to be an important method for detecting nuclear explosions and is particularly well suited for detecting undeclared underground testing. The radioxenon isotopes ¹³¹mXe (t₁/₂ = 11.934 d), ¹³³mXe (t₁/₂ = 2.19 d), ¹³³Xe (t₁/₂ = 5.243 d) and ¹³⁵Xe (t₁/₂ = 9.14 h)...
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    isotopes 131mXe (t1/2 = 11.934 d), 133mXe (t1/2 = 2.19 d), 133Xe (t1/2 = 5.243 d) and 135Xe (t1/2