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  • A multi-bit delta sigma audio digital-to-analog converter

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    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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    -Bit Delta Sigma Audio Digital-to-Analog Converter Abstract approved: Gabor C. Temes Un-Ku Moon

  • Design techniques for clocking high performance signaling systems

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    Hanumolu, Pavan Kumar
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    Scaling of CMOS technology has progressed relentlessly for the past several decades. In order for this unprecedented scaling to benefit the performance of large digital systems, the communication bandwidth between integrated circuits (ICs) must scale accordingly. However, interconnect technology does not scale as aggressively, making communication between chips the major...
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    are presented to illustrate the proposed design techniques. c©Copyright by Pavan Kumar Hanumolu

  • CAM : a new Circuit Augmentation Method for modeling interconnects and passive components

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    Kolstad, Joel W.
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    Contemporary circuit design involves significant computer-based simulation, calling for a balance between circuit model accuracy and simulation run time. Traditionally, circuit modelers concentrated on producing either (1) physically-based models, where each element in the model correlates to a physically meaningful aspect of the device being modeled or (2) mathematically-based "macromodels,"...
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    on a lossy silicon substrate, and a highly-distributed and lossy test circuit. c Copyright by Joel

  • A comparative study of lowpass continuous-time delta-sigma modulators with pulse-shaped DACs

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    Fang, Jie
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    Recently, continuous-time ΔΣ modulators are appearing increasingly often in both the literature and the marketplace due to their features of inherent antialiasing and relaxed requirements for opamp and so on. However, several nonideal factors such as clock jitter, excess loop delay, inter-symbol interference and so on, degrade the SNR performance...
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    : Gábor C Temes Recently, continuous-time ∆Σ modulators are appearing increasingly often in both

  • Kinematic and cyclostationary parameter estimation for co-channel emitter location applications

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    Ohm, David R.
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    The problem of locating a signal source, or an emitter, has many civilian and military applications, such as communication regulations enforcement, military reconnaissance, and search-and-rescue operations. Many of the most widely used emitter location methods rely on the accurate and robust estimation of the differential time delay, or time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA),...
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    location technique. c©Copyright by David R. Ohm December 4, 2007 All Rights Reserved KINEMATIC AND

  • Design techniques for PVT tolerant phase-locked loops

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    Wu, Ting
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    The continued scaling of deep-submicron CMOS technology enables low-voltage high-frequency phase-locked loops (PLLs) to be fully integrated in complex mixed-signal systems. However, fluctuations due to the manufacturing process and variations in environmental conditions, such as supply voltage and temperature, are also significantly increased. As a result, the performance of PLLs...
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    presented in the context of analog PLL implementations can be easily migrated to digital PLLs. c

  • Digital phase-locked loops for multi-GHz clock generation

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    Kratyuk, Volodymyr
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    A digital implementation of a PLL has several advantages compared to its analog counterpart. These include easy scalability with process shrink, elimination of the noise susceptible analog control for a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and the inherent noise immunity of digital circuits. Several recent digital PLL (DPLL) implementations have achieved...
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    frequency detector which extracts the frequency error from the feedback divider in a PLL. c©Copyright by

  • A dual-path 2-0 MASH ADC with dual digital error correction

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    Zhang, Zhenyong
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    This dissertation presents a dual-path 2-0 MASH (Multi-stAge-noise -SHaping) ADC with two verified digital corrections of DAC mismatch error and quantization noise leakage. By using these two techniques, the requirements for the analog circuits are greatly relaxed. The dual-path structure generates two outputs, one only composed of conversion errors, the...
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    Dual-Path 2-0 MASH ADC with Dual Digital Error Correction Abstract approved: Gabor C. Temes

  • Sustainable power management of microelectronics

    Creator:
    Muhtaroglu, Ali
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    The integration of renewable energy sources and the associated power electronics to notebook power and thermal management systems was investigated in this work. Both thermoelectric (TE) and photovoltaic (PV) energy extraction techniques were explored with the goal of achieving best sustainability. Semi-realistic usage assumptions were taken into account to evaluate...
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    Taylor, Tawfik Arabi, and Dave Kaysen. Finally, I would like to extend great admiration and thanks

  • A direct-drive wave energy converter with contactless force transmission system

    Creator:
    Agamloh, Emmanuel B.
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    Commonly proposed ocean wave energy converters (OWEC) use inefficient and maintenance demanding intermediate hydraulic and pneumatic systems. We propose a novel rotary direct-drive OWEC that eliminates these intermediate stages. The new device employs a contactless force transmission system (CFTS) comprising a “piston” and a “cylinder” and a ball screw to...
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    B. MODEL SCALING ………………………………………….. 112 C. ON SURFACE WAVES AND MASS CONSERVATION