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  • Growth and characterization of zinc ferrite thin films for high frequency applications

    Creator:
    Hu, Jiqing
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    Ferrites have been used for various high frequency applications as bulk materials. These applications, however, are limited to large dimension devices. In this thesis, thin film ferrites were deposited from a low temperature solution-based deposition process that is suitable for micro-scale high frequency applications. The low temperature nature of this...
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    guidance will always be appreciated. Thanks to Dr. Keith L. Levien, who kindly act as Graduate Council

  • The dynamic speculation and performance prediction of parallel loops

    Creator:
    Zier, David A.
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    General purpose computer systems have seen increased performance potential through the parallel processing capabilities of multicore processors. Yet this potential performance can only be attained through parallel applications, thus forcing software developers to rethink how everyday applications are designed. The most readily form of Thread Level Parallelism (TLP) within any...
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    Bose, Prof. Thinh Nguyen, Prof. Ronald A. Metoyer, Prof. Luca Lucchesse, and Prof. Keith Levien for

  • Salt and polyelectrolyte affect on food colloid function : polygalacturonic acid and egg albumen case studies

    Creator:
    Chen, Chi-Shen
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    The primary purpose of this study was to try to (1) provide information on the chemical nature, including turbidity formation, of polygalacturonic acid in different concentrations of NaCl solution. (2) use turbidity formation characteristics to develop an assay for determining the activities polygalacturonic acid depolymerases by using a polyelectrolyte. (3)...
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    Dr. Gita Cherian and Dr. Kieth L. Levien. Many thanks are given to Dr. Andrew Ross and Dr. Robert

  • Analysis and modeling of substrate noise coupling for NMOS transistors in heavily doped substrates

    Creator:
    Hsu, Shu-ching
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    This thesis examines substrate noise coupling for NMOS transistors in heavily doped substrates. The study begins with the analysis of an NMOS transistor switching noise in a digital inverter at the device level. A resistive substrate network for the NMOS transistor is proposed and verified. Coupling between N+- P+ contacts...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Xu and Dr. Keith Levien for being my committee members. I would like to thank Dr. Chenggang Xu again

  • A comprehensive integration of first year engineering education

    Creator:
    Shuman, Matthew W.
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    Retention of engineering students is a problem for many universities, especially during the first year. The problem of introducing students to engineering while increasing retention rates has recently been addressed by many different universities. Implementing novel lab structures, adjusting the lecture to incorporate more effective teaching techniques, and using orientation...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/ nsf9892/next.htm). [2] (2008, August) Jamieson, L, “Engineering Education in a

  • Power reduction of MPEG video decoding for mobile multimedia systems

    Creator:
    Lewis, James M.
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    The purpose of this thesis is to explore methods which can reduce the power dissipation of a mobile system while decoding MPEG video. MPEG decoding is a microprocessor intensive process that makes heavy use of both the L1 and L2 caches as well as main memory. The heavy load placed...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Roles of gas and solid components in the direct nitridation of silicon

    Creator:
    Pavarajarn, Varong
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    The factors influencing the direct nitridation of silicon, including the effects of the native oxide layer covering the surface of silicon, the effects of hydrogen contained in the nitridation gas and the catalytic effects of metals added to the raw material silicon, were investigated, using a tubular flow reactor and...
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    . Keith Levien, Dr. Roger Nielsen and Dr. Brian Wood for their valuable time and suggestions. I would

  • Inductors in high-performance silicon radio frequency integrated circuits : analysis, modeling, and design considerations

    Creator:
    Lutz, Richard D., Jr
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    Spiral inductors are a key component of mixed-signal and analog integrated circuits (IC's). Such circuits are often fabricated using silicon-based technology, owing to the inherent low-cost and high volume production aspects. However, semiconducting substrate materials such as silicon can have adverse effects on spiral inductor performance due to the lossy...
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    , and Graduate Council Representative Dr. Keith Levien for serving on my graduate committee and

  • Aqueous chemistries for oxide electronics

    Creator:
    Meyers, Stephen T.
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    The variegated aqueous chemistries of metal cations are applied to the design and synthesis of non-toxic solution precursors suitable for additive printing of large-area oxide electronics. Polycondensation behaviors of aqueous Al+3 and PO4 +3 are manipulated in the deposition of atomically smooth amorphous aluminum oxide phosphate (AlPO) dielectric films. AlPO...
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  • A multi-bit delta sigma audio digital-to-analog converter

    Creator:
    Wang, Ruopeng
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    Digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with wide dynamic range and high linearity are required for high-end audio applications. A multi-bit delta sigma audio DAC, using a novel gain-correction technique, is described in this thesis. For widely varying on-chip RC time constant, the DAC gain can be accurately controlled by the correction circuitry....
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    . Keithi L. Levien and Prof. Jimmy Yang for sitting on my committee. Their participation was of