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  • A Micro Scale Magnetic Particle Imaging System

    Creator:
    Lenox, Philip A.
    Abstract:
    Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is a biomedical imaging technique which detects the presence of magnetic nanoparticles which have been introduced into the specimen prior to imaging. MPI has shown promise for real-time imaging with spatial resolution comparable to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MPI research has focused predominantly on the development...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Title: A Microscale Magnetic Particle Imaging System Abstract approved: Pallavi Dhagat Magnetic

  • Modeling and analysis of spur structure of digital-to-time conversion based frequency synthesizers

    Creator:
    Talwalkar, Sumit A.
    Abstract:
    Frequency synthesizers are critical components of all communication systems. This thesis considers the issue of undesirable frequency spurs of a relatively recent type of frequency synthesis architecture called digital-to-time conversion (DTC). The DTC-based frequency synthesis architecture has important performance benefits over older frequency synthesizers, such as fast frequency switching, large...
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    Dissertation
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    ______________________________________________________ AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sumit A. Talwalkar for the degree of Doctor of

  • Energy and area efficient techniques for data converters

    Creator:
    Venkatram, Hariprasath
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    Data converters are ubiquitous building blocks of a signal chain. The rapid increase in communication and connectivity devices presents new avenues for pushing the state of the art analog to digital converters. Techniques for improving resolution, bandwidth, linearity and bit-error rate, while reducing the power, energy and area is the...
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    Dissertation
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    approved: Un-Ku Moon Data converters are ubiquitous building blocks of a signal chain. The rapid increase

  • Linearizing techniques for voltage controlled oscillator based analog to digital converters

    Creator:
    Rao, Sachin B.
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    Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) based ADC is an important class of time-domain ADC that has gained widespread acceptance due to their several desirable properties. VCO-based ADCs behave like an open-loop continuous time ΔΣ modulator and achieve excellent resolution by first order noise shaping the quantization error. However, the SNDR of...
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    Dissertation
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    operate at only two operating points using a front-end two level modulator. With this technique, the

  • Machine Learning Methods for Computational Sustainability

    Creator:
    Liu, Liping
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    Maintaining the sustainability of the earth’s ecosystems has attracted much attention as these ecosystems are facing more and more pressure from human activities. Machine learning can play an important role in promoting sustainability as a large amount of data is being collected from ecosystems. There are at least three important...
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    Dissertation
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    sustainability as a large amount of data is being collected from ecosystems. There are at least three important

  • Wideband and high accuracy delta sigma modulation data converter

    Creator:
    Jung, Youngho
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    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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    capacitor is separated from DAC capacitor in prototype A while they are shared in prototype B. Even if

  • Algorithms for massive biological datasets

    Creator:
    Bryant, Douglas W. (Douglas Wesley)
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    Within the past several years the technology of high-throughput sequencing has transformed the study of biology by offering unprecedented access to life's fundamental building block, DNA. With this transformation's potential a host of brand-new challenges have emerged, many of which lend themselves to being solved through computational methods. From de...
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    Dissertation
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    transformation’s potential a host of brand-new challenges have emerged, many of which lend themselves to being