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  • 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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    ϕS ϕS ϕC ϕC ϕR VIN CLK DOUT ϕS, ϕC ϕD, ϕR CI t t Counter Value VCI ϕD (a) (b) VCI ϕR

  • Hybrid computer simulation of wind-driven ocean currents

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    Vithayathil, Francis Joseph
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    A simulation method using a hybrid computer is developed in this dissertation to enhance the study of wind-driven ocean circulation. The simulation is based on the mathematical model developed by Ekman. Pure digital simulation is not economical due to excessive computer time required for the solution of the partial differential...
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    OCEAN CURRENTS Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy Associate Professor Gerald/C. Alexander A

  • Single-Ended Techniques for Delta-Sigma Modulators

    Creator:
    Lee, Calvin Y.
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    This work presents a high-resolution Delta-Sigma ADC which combines the use of the pseudo-pseudo-differential noise filtering technique with single-ended ring amplifier based integrators. The pseudo-pseudo-differential noise filtering technique utilizes single-ended circuits while maintaining the even-order rejection found in fully-differential structures which alleviates, in the active analog blocks, the need for...
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    a) b) c) Vn(t0) C2B C2Aφ2 φ1C1Bφ2 φ1 VCM C1Aφ1 φ2 φ1 φ2,Adv φ2 φ1,Adv VCM VOUT VIN

  • Liquid crystal thermography : a new system for breast cancer detection

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    Bichara, Kamal Fouad
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    A liquid crystal thermographic technique was developed for application to several problems in clinical medicine and physiology. The procedure was inexpensive, rapid, simple, versatile and acceptable to patients. Investigators in the past have used cholesteric liquid crystals for thermography but their use was limited to research in the medical field...
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    . Liquid crystal thermograms showing (a) vascular thermogram (b) avascular thermogram (c) mottled

  • A computer simulation model of land use dynamics in the State of Oregon

    Creator:
    Calligan, C. C.
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    The dynamics of land use in the State of Oregon are simulated on a digital computer. The introductory chapter outlines the complex nature of the problems facing the post-industrial society and argues that the scientific and professional estates share in the responsibility for public policy formulation. The second chapter .presents...
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    simulations of socio-economic systems; land use policy in Oregon; interdisciplinary research. (C

  • Correlated level shifting as a power-saving method to reduce the effects of finite DC gain and signal swing in opamps

    Creator:
    Gregoire, B. Robert
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    This thesis presents methods to reduce the effects of finite opamp DC gain, output voltage swing limitations in opamps, and component mismatches. The primary contribution of this thesis is a new switched-capacitor method named correlated level shifting (CLS). CLS enables true rail-to-rail operation by storing an estimate of the desired...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF B. Robert Gregoire for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Development and Implementation of JetNet : A Decentralized Wireless Sensing Protocol

    Creator:
    Goins, Justin B.
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    Modern sensor network applications are often implemented wirelessly in order to lessen installation costs and reduce deployment times. Unfortunately, these wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes must often rely on batteries or energy harvesting techniques in order to sustain their operation and supply the power needed to maintain communication within the...
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    , (b) PDR, and (c) Total energy consumption for a deployment in which N nodes are randomly placed

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

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    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

  • Improved design techniques for low-voltage low-power switched-capacitor delta-sigma modulators

    Creator:
    Grilo, Jorge
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    This dissertation investigates the constraints which arise when switched-capacitor (SC) delta-sigma modulators are designed for low-voltage operation, targeting also low power dissipation, and proposes methods of improving the performance and optimizing for low power dissipation. This is accomplished by identifying critical elements whose performance can lead to increased power dissipation,...
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    ) double reference voltage single input branch, b) double reference voltage two input branches, c) single

  • Analysis of brushless doubly-fed, stand-alone generator systems

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    Gorti, Bhanuprasad V.
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    This thesis introduces a Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine (BDFM), stand-alone generator system. Development of a BDFM current-forced model, along with the analysis of air gap power distribution between the two stator windings and the rotor circuit, pave the way for the characterization and analysis of stand-alone generator systems. The main disadvantage...
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    : Analysis of Brushless Doubly-Fed. Stand-Alone Generator Systems. Abstract approved: Gerald C. Alexander