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

    Creator:
    Brown, Thomas (Thomas William)
    Abstract:
    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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    Dissertation
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    ADC and its associated reference are co-designed for an energy constrained remote sensing system

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

    Creator:
    Young, Brian LeRoy
    Abstract:
    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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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 PHASE-REFERENCE CONTINUOUS-TIME DELTA-SIGMA TDC . . 16 3.1 Proposed Architecture

  • Highly digital power efficient techniques for serial links

    Creator:
    Inti, Rajesh
    Abstract:
    Low power, high speed serial transceivers are employed in a wide range of applications ranging from chip-to-chip, backplane, and optical interconnects. Apart from being capable of handling a wide range of data rates, the transceivers should have low power consumption (mW/Gbps) and be fully integrated. This work discusses enabling techniques...
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    Dissertation
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    and (2) a 0.5-2.5 Gbps reference-less clock and data recovery circuit which uses a novel frequency

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

    Creator:
    Pawlowski, Robert
    Abstract:
    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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    Dissertation
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    implementation of a portable soft error reference platform, specif­ ically targeting very low-voltage operation

  • A digital multiplying delay locked loop for high frequency clock generation

    Creator:
    Uttarwar, Tushar
    Abstract:
    As Moore’s Law continues to give rise to ever shrinking channel lengths, circuits are becoming more digital and ever increasingly faster. Generating high frequency clocks in such scaled processes is becoming a tough challenge. Digital phase locked loops (DPLLs) are being explored as an alternative to conventional analog PLLs but...
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    Masters Thesis
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    1.4GHz output frequency with 1.6ps RMS jitter, 17ps peak-to- peak jitter and -50dbC/Hz reference spurs

  • Wideband and high accuracy delta sigma modulation data converter

    Creator:
    Jung, Youngho
    Abstract:
    Nowadays, needs for wideband and high accuracy analog-to-digital converter are increasing rapidly in manifold applications such as wireless communication, digital video and other consumer electronics. Besides, low power consumption is required to have longer battery life in portable systems. CMOS technology scaling and innovative modulator topology make the implementation much...
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    Dissertation
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    modulator, prototype B suffers from signal dependent reference error. Measurement results of prototype A

  • RF and Millimeter-wave Techniques to Improve Scalability and Efficiency of Digital Beamforming Arrays

    Creator:
    Johnson, Manoj
    Abstract:
    Spectrum overcrowding, ever increasing demand for high data rate and increased mobility requirements are three major challenges 5G-technology is trying to address. In this thesis I start with a RF front-end technique that deals with blocker interference arising from spectrum overcrowding both across frequency bands and within the same frequency...
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    Dissertation
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    . Chapter 3 presents a single wire IF interface design for phased array receivers which enables simple IF

  • A Wireless Energy Harvester for Powering Event-driven Internet-of-things Applications and Battery Charging

    Creator:
    Sadagopan, Kamala Raghavan
    Abstract:
    The need for sustainably powering unobtrusive internet-of-things applications has led to an interest in energy harvesting. Particularly, the proliferation of wireless communication and devices in the 2.4 GHz Industrial Scientific c Medical (ISM) band creates an opportunity to leverage commonly used devices for RF powering. This dissertation presents a low-quiescent-power...
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    Dissertation
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3 A 960-PicoWatt Wireless Energy Harvester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3.1 Proposed

  • Digitally assisted control techniques for high performance switching DC-DC converters

    Creator:
    Khan, Qadeer Ahmad
    Abstract:
    Digitally controlled switching DC-DC converters have recently emerged as an attractive alternative to conventional switching converters based on analog control techniques. This research focuses on eliminating the issues associated with the state of the art switching converters by proposing three novel control techniques: (1) a digitally controlled Buck-Boost converter uses...
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    Dissertation
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    voltage and switching frequency independently (3) a 10MHz continuous time PID controller using time based

  • Performance enhancement techniques for low power digital phase locked loops

    Creator:
    Elshazly, Amr
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    Desire for low-power, high performance computing has been at core of the symbiotic union between digital circuits and CMOS scaling. While digital circuit performance improves with device scaling, analog circuits have not gained these benefits. As a result, it has become necessary to leverage increased digital circuit performance to mitigate...
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    Dissertation
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 5.25 MDLL reference spurs