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  • EDLAN, an educational local area network

    Creator:
    Yu, Hua
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    EDLAN is a simple, inexpensive local area network suitable for educational applications. In EDLAN, a number of personal computers are connected through an RS-485 global bus which carries the data transmission among the computers. CSMA/CD protocol is used to control the access of the global bus. The communications are controlled...
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    submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master

  • The implementation of a control and development program for a local area network (LAN)

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    Norton, Peter S.
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    Rapid advances in technology have seen computing move from a large central computer to desktop microcomputers. This advance was also seen in the design of dedicated computers, computers designed to perform a few specialized tasks or duties. These computers, or microcontrollers, are often controlled by a central computer and themselves...
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    for a local area network (LAN) AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Peter S. Norton for the degree of

  • Performance analysis of network based file systems

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    Garimella, Krishna S.
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    The performance of multi-user workstations that access files over a local area network is studied. Such file systems, called distributed file systems, provide access of remote file systems with a great degree of transparency. The main objectives are To study the principles of distributed file systems. specifically NFS from Sun...
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    THESIS submitted to Oregon State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

  • COLAN IV, a local area network for communications and control

    Creator:
    Thye, Yong
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    This thesis discusses the design and development of a viable local area network (LAN) which supports both communications and control applications. The emphasis was to develop a practical and cost effective system which offered high performance while utilizing low cost components. System cost was kept low by utilizing a twisted-pair...
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    experiments confirm the viability of COLAN IV as a dual purpose LAN. COLAN IV, A Local Area Network for

  • A graphical ethernet monitoring system (GEMS)

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    Park, Chung Min
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    GEMS (Graphical Ethernet Monitoring System) is an enhancement to the SU-PC/IP NETWATCH program, for the graphical display and recording of computer network packets. SU-PC/IP (Stanford University Personal Computer/Internet Protocol) NETWATCH displays one line of information per packet, including the packet type, IP addresses, packet size, and protocol type, etc. This...
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    ) by Chung Min Park A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

  • A simple local area network, COLAN (Control Oriented Local Area Network)

    Creator:
    Zheng, Yuepeng
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    COLAN (Control Oriented Local Area Network ) is a redesign of the Task-Master, a daisy-chain structure distributed control system. COLAN is a simple bus structure communication subnetwork intended for distributed control applications. Low cost and simplicity are two main design criteria. Point-to-point and broadcast communications are possible. A packet switching...
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    Area Network AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Yue-peng Zheng for the degree of Master of Science in

  • COLAN V : a high performance local area network for control and communication utilizing a communication co-processor

    Creator:
    Kumar, Ravi C.
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    This paper describes the design and implementation of COLAN V, a High Performance Local Area Network for Communications and Control utilizing a Communications Coprocessor. The main objective of this thesis is to improve upon the performance of previous COLANs in speed, switching techniques and error detection techniques. This was possible...
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    the design and implementation of COLAN V, a High Performance Local Area Network for Communications

  • COLAN III, a control-oriented LAN using CSMA/CD protocol

    Creator:
    Eum, Doo-hun
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    COLAN III is a control oriented LAN designed to achieve reasonable network performance and flexibility at low cost. These objectives are achieved by utilizing inexpensive microcontrollers (8031s) and hardware support. The CSMA/CD network protocol with single bus structure has been employed in COLAN III as an arbitration method to control...
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    variety of data communicating devices within a small area. This definition implies that a LAN has the

  • Implementation of an Ethernet Local Area Network board for the MacIntosh II system

    Creator:
    Yoo, Tae-On
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    The purpose of this study was to design and to implement a practical Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) board for the Macintosh II computer system. A survey of the literature provided a general definition of LANs, a reference model for network layers, specifications for an Ethernet LAN, and information on...
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    Area Network (LAN) board for the Macintosh II computer system. A survey of the literature provided a

  • Hybrid-Meshnet, a local area mesh network with distributed control

    Creator:
    Kang, Cheoul Shin
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    Hybrid-Meshnet is a communication subnet architecture for local area networks (LANs) designed to achieve a high degree of network performance and flexibility. These objectives are achieved by utilizing a dual channel structure. A token ring is used for short or prioritized data transmissions. A complimentary mesh network with arbitrary data...
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    Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of

  • OptoNet- a non-directional infrared communication link for local area networks

    Creator:
    Liu, Dongtai
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    This thesis work researches the theory and application of systems performing omnidirectional, non-direct path optical data communication (ONP systems). Such systems are characterized by 1) the communication involves a local, usually circular area; 2) Obstacles are allowed between a transmitter and the receivers. This is in contrast to the point-to-point...
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    Local Area Networks AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Dongtai Liu for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

  • Ensuring quality of service in ad-hoc wireless networks using the concept of active nodes

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    Rajogpalan, Santosh
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    The problem of ensuring Quality of Service (QoS) on a TCP/IP based fixed-infrastructure network has been well studied and several working proposals exist. An allied problem is that of ensuring QoS on an ad-hoc wireless network, where the requirements are similar, but the operating conditions are different enough to warrant...
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    The Concept of Active Nodes. by Santosh Rajagopalan A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

  • A multiprocessor node for communication and control

    Creator:
    Atluri, Venkata Ram
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    This paper describes the design and implementation of "A multiprocessor node for communication and control" (MPCC). MPCC is a high speed, high performance local area network capable of performing real time control tasks. This is achieved by the concurrent operation of two 8051 microcontrollers, a dual port RAM and the...
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    Atluri A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

  • A programmable system scheduler for control oriented local area networks (COLAN)

    Creator:
    Lim, Choo-chiang
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    The Control-Oriented Local Area Network (COLAN) is a distributed control system for a series of networked microcontrollers, which has been under development at Oregon State University since 1986. A reliable master controller, functioning both as a task scheduler and as a network controller, is required to allow users to perform...
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    local area networks (COLAN) AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Choo-Chiang, Lim for the degree of Master of

  • Design of COLAN II, a control oriented local area network

    Creator:
    Kao, Shao-kong
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    This paper describes the design and implementation of COLAN II, a control oriented local area network (LAN). COLAN II employs a bus interconnection structure and a token passing method to control the access to the bus. Major emphasis of the work is on the system structure and the software operating...
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    currently under development at Oregon State University by Eum. The use of a master node makes the

  • Implementation of display control node for a distributed microcontroller network

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    Xu, Yan, 1954-
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    As hardware becomes cheaper and cheaper, there is an increasing interest in the implementation of distributed control networks with microcontrollers. Such networks are usually inexpensive and of high performance. In this thesis work, a low-cost display control unit for COLAN, a control-oriented network, is designed. The system is based on...
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    is distributed in a small geographical area. Because of the short distance, a LAN is usually

  • Implementation of a high performance network node for a control oriented local area network

    Creator:
    Rafi, Mohammed
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    TASKMASTER is an experimental microcontroller node of a real-time control oriented network which was proposed by James H. Herzog and Tinggui Zhang to demonstrate the feasibility of a task oriented control structure in performing distributed control actions. This study is a continuation of research involving the TASKMASTER network. A high...
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    control oriented local area network AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Mohammed Rafi for the degree of Master

  • A programmable network interface unit for hybrid meshnet local area networks

    Creator:
    Merchant, Shashank C.
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    A Hybrid Meshnet LAN, a new local area network architecture, has been proposed by Dr. Cheoul-Shin Kang and Dr. James Herzog. It provides for distributed control hybrid architecture which is good for effective load sharing under various local area network environments. Hybrid Meshnet has a dual channel structure, a token...
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    local area networks AN ABSTRACTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Shashank C. Merchant for the degree of Master of

  • A multi-media presentation system for control oriented local area networks (COLAN)

    Creator:
    So, Dennis
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    In recent years, the new integrated circuit technology has spawned the development of many low cost high performance microcontrollers. With the improvement in the processor speed, instruction sets, and memory capacities, these microcontrollers are ideal for the implementation of Control-Oriented Local Area Networks (COLAN) for real-time distributed control systems. The...
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    local area networks (COLAN) AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Dennis So for the degree of Master of

  • Analysis of Penetration and Reserve Requirements when Incorporating Renewable Energy Power Generation in the Bonneville Power Administration Balancing Authority Area

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    Harpool, Scott E.
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    Interest in renewable energy is on the rise, in both grid-connected operations and research projects. Major types of renewable energy include: wind, solar, wave, tidal, biomass, and geothermal. The majority are variable, non-dispatchable sources, which can have a negative impact on reserve requirements. This study focused on determining the optimal...
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    . Section 1.2) Current Renewable Energy Situation In Oregon, the current state of renewable energy has

  • Area efficiency improvement of CMOS charge pump circuits

    Creator:
    Perigny, Ryan
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    In this thesis, the literature relating to charge pump dc-dc converters and their uses is reviewed. Charge pumps are useful in many circuits, including low-voltage circuits, dynamic random access memory circuits, switched-capacitor circuits, EEPROM's and transceivers. The important issues relating to charge pump design are power efficiency, output voltage ripple...
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    buffer transistors to improve the area efficiency is proposed. An implementation consisting of one of

  • CLASSLAN, an experimental personal computer network for classroom education

    Creator:
    Zhou, Yaqin
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    Interest in personal computer networks has grown rapidly in recent years. As the personal computer becomes more and more popular, implementing computer networks on those small computers has become an interesting topic. Such networks are usually inexpensive and can be easily installed and maintained. In this thesis work, CLASSLAN, such...
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    submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master

  • An efficient data transfer protocol for Ethernet

    Creator:
    Hegde, Anoop R.
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    Most general purpose protocols are found to suffer from inefficiency in an Ethernet LAN environment when used for large volume data transfer. This is especially true with the TCP/IP family which was designed for a wide area network. This research work presents a proof of this inefficiency and proposes a...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Anoop R. Hegde for the degree of Master of Science in Electrical and Computer

  • Area efficient D/A converters for accurate DC operation

    Creator:
    Greenley, Brandon Royce
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    The design of mixed-signal integrated circuits has evolved from simple analog and digital circuits operating on the same silicon substrate to the point that now we have complete system on a chip solutions for communication systems. The levels of integration needed to remain cost effective in today's integrated circuit (IC)...
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    Greenley A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

  • Toward Automated Decision-Making in Power Systems Wide-Area Protection

    Creator:
    Meier, Richard John
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    In recent years there have been many improvements in the reliability of critical infrastructure systems. Despite these improvements and despite targeted efforts to improve the operation and control of the electric grid, the power systems industry has seen relatively small advances in this regard. For instance, today's power system is...
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    Wide-Area Protection AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Richard John Meier for the degree of Master of

  • An analysis of control area synchronization on the convergence of distributed state estimators

    Creator:
    Clarke, Blaise
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    This honors undergraduate thesis examines the process of simulating power system state estimation, the use of the alternating direction method of multipliers in the problem of distributed power system state estimation, and provides a rudimentary asynchronous implementation of the above for a linearized DC power system. The asynchronous implementation is...
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    1 An Analysis of Control Area Synchronization on the Convergence

  • Distributed Dynamic Multi-Area State Estimation with Fusion Technique

    Creator:
    Guo, Jia
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    As the power system grows larger and more complex, real-time monitoring and control become very significant in order to achieve reliable operation of the power system. Before any security assessment can be made or control actions are taken, the reliable estimate of the existing state of the system must be...
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    Dissertation
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    part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature below authorizes

  • A text display node for a control oriented local area network

    Creator:
    Ji, De
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    In recent years, integrated circuit technology has spawned the development of many low cost and high performance microprocessors and microcontrollers. With these devices, there is an increasing interest in the implementation of distributed control networks, utilizing microprocessors in the control nodes. In this work, a low-cost liquid crystal display (LCD)...
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    of LCDs by sending commands to the display control nodes through the local area network. This

  • Multi-media presentation system based on a distributed control network

    Creator:
    Baily, Albert L.
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    Control oriented local area networks (COLANs) are being installed in factories at an increasing rate. Traditionally, process control has operated with a master scheduler (computer) monitoring a number of points in a control grid. As the complexity of today's process control needs grow, the need to process information locally increases....
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    at Oregon State University. COLAN V was used as the foundation for the creation of a multi-media

  • The Partitioning Technique of Power System to Improve the Observability of Sub-System for Multi-area State Estimation

    Creator:
    Lyu, Tao
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    An accurate state estimation plays an essential role in power system operation and planning in energy management systems. However, existing multi-area state estimation researches have not focused on the importance of system clustering. The clustering mechanism divides or partitions a system according to user-defined criteria. Few published research works have...
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    Partitioning Technique of Power System to Improve The Observability of Sub-System for Multi-area State

  • Cloud-Enabled Health Monitoring on an Android Device

    Creator:
    Howe, Tyler Daniel
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    Constant and reliable health monitoring can help doctors provide higher quality health care to meet the growing needs of the medical industry. The advent of cloud computing has enabled low-cost sensor devices that can process their data in real-time without powerful onboard hardware. Using an Android smartphone, medical data can...
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    Daniel Howe A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements

  • Analysis and design on low-power short-range radios for wireless body area networks

    Creator:
    Cheng, Jiao
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    The release of the IEEE802.15.6 standard has led to increased interest in low-power technologies for wireless body-area-networks (WBANs). The power dissipation, supply voltage, and die area are some of the most important criteria for successful WBAN implementations. Digital-intensive RX architectures can potentially result in sub-1V operation with significant reductions in...
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    Wireless Body Area Networks AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Jiao Cheng for the

  • Noise and Blocker Cancellation Techniques for Power and Area Efficient Wireless Receivers

    Creator:
    Pourbagheri, Saeed
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    The design of mobile wireless devices has always focused on reducing power, area, and cost. This dissertation proposes two techniques that are leveraged to save power and area and therefore cost. The first techniques reduces the noise in the receiver and results in a relaxed power requirement. The second technique...
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    part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature below authorizes

  • Network monitoring with focus on HTTP

    Creator:
    Schmid, Andreas
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    Since its introduction in the early 1990s, the quick growth of the World Wide Web (WWW) traffic raises the question of whether past Local Area Network (LAN) packet traces still reflect the current situation or whether they have become obsolete. For this thesis, several LAN packet traces were obtained by...
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    question of whether past Local Area Network (LAN) packet traces still reflect the current situation or

  • Data rate improvements for the IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network standard through the use of code division multiple access and turbo coding

    Creator:
    Buck, David H.
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    The widespread use of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) and the desire for such products from different vendors to operate together has generated a movement towards standardization. Over the last decade, several organizations worldwide have researched and developed such standards, this includes the IEEE 802.11 committee. One of the important...
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    802.11 Wireless Local Area Network Standard Through the use of Code Division Multiple Access and Turbo

  • Evaluating the seismic risk and resilience of an electrical power system

    Creator:
    Chalishazar, Vishvas H.
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    The Pacific Northwest is part of the "Ring of Fire," which is well-known for heavy seismic activity. Numerous active faults in the area have encouraged electric grid managers in the region to more deeply contemplate and proactively intervene to support grid resilience. This research introduces Monte Carlo (MC) based power...
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    earthquakes of a 6.8 magnitude (M6.8) Portland- hills fault (PHF) scenario on the Portland General Electric

  • Advancing Power Grid Computing: Analysis and Synthesis of Wide-Area Data, Distributed Real-Time Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulations, and Machine Learning for Event Detection

    Creator:
    Hagan, Travis
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    Global Positioning Systems have allowed for precise timing of power system measurements over wide areas. This newly found capability has the potential to provide much greater insight into the operation of the power system and its response to contingencies, but few analytical techniques currently exist that provide enough robustness and...
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  • Radiation effects in compound semiconductor heterostructure devices

    Creator:
    Sarkar, Aveek, 1974-
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    Radiation studies were performed on compound semiconductor heterostructure devices. The objective was to understand the degradation processes caused by the exposure of these devices to radiation. Preliminary experiments were focussed on studying the degradation phenomenon in single heterojunctions and single quantum wells. It was found that ionizing radiation like gamma...
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    the DC performance of the HBTs were base width, emitter contact area, surface condition, initial gain

  • Wirelessly Powered cm-Scale Sensor for Small Insect Localization Application

    Creator:
    Kang, Jian
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    The prevalence of Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications leads to an increasing focus on the design and optimization of sensor nodes. Battery lifetime and associated costs of battery replacement often limits the long term operation and viability of sensor nodes. RF wireless energy harvesting on the other hand can be appealing since...
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    will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature below

  • Modeling of the orientation dependence of scanned HgCdTe infrared detectors

    Creator:
    Reudink, Mark D.
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    Mercury cadmium telluride is important in the detection of electromagnetic radiation in the eight to twelve micron atmospheric window for infrared imaging systems. High resolution infrared imaging systems use either large (256x256 element to 1024x1024 element) staring arrays or much smaller (1-6 element) scanned arrays in which the image is...
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    is the detector area and Af is the noise bandwidth. f) Gain (I') relates the number of carriers

  • Methods for evaluating the impact of renewable resource variability on grid operation and planning

    Creator:
    Halamay, Douglas A.
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    With the recent interest in increasing the penetration of renewable energy sources onto the power grid, there has been an unprecedented rapid deployment of wind generation, especially in the US Pacific Northwest. While wind farm developers have continued to expand their operations, power system operators are left to deal with...
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    that my thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My

  • SIMstat: Wireless, Highly-Reconfigurable Electrochemical Analog Front-End for Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Continuous Monitoring

    Creator:
    Cook, Jacob M.
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    Within the past decade, the continued-scaling of CMOS processes and improvements in industry mixed-signal integrated-circuit designs have enabled a rapid decrease in the cost, form-factor, and power for point-of-care diagnostics and electrochemical instrumentation. Similarly, advances in low-power RF designs have prompted entire System-on-Modules supporting widely varied Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications. The...
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    THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

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

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    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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    State of Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Christopher Cram Calligan for the degree Doctor of

  • Operation of the motor systems resource facility

    Creator:
    Rollman, Thomas E.
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    A state of the art motor testing facility has been built at Oregon State University. This is the largest independent testing laboratory of its type in the western United States. The construction was funded by a consortium of industrial sponsors, with a goal of becoming financially self-sufficient by charging the...
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    facility has been built at Oregon State University. This is the largest independent testing laboratory of

  • A Microgrid Design Case Study : Synchrophasor Placement and Development of a Protection Laboratory for the Oregon State University - Corvallis Campus

    Creator:
    Huo, Chen
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    In the past two years, Oregon State University (OSU) Corvallis campus suffered several power outages. The estimated cost of one of those outages was close to a million dollars worth of equipment and impact on research projects. Meanwhile, the campus grid operates with severely aging power assets. The reliability of...
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    Design Case Study: Synchrophasor Placement and Development of a Protection Laboratory for the Oregon

  • Design techniques for radiation hardened-phase locked loops

    Creator:
    Nemmani, Anantha Nag
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    Spacecrafts experience radiation in the course of their operation and all electronic equipment on board these spacecrafts has to be designed to withstand the effects of this radiation. This thesis describes the effects of total ionization dose (TID) and single event transients (SET) in phase-locked loops - an important circuit...
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    charge-density in the oxide and Cox is the oxide (SiO2) capacitance per unit area. This accumulation of

  • Oscillators and phase locked loops for space radiation environments

    Creator:
    Vandepas, Martin
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    Circuits operating outside the earth’s atmosphere are more vulnerable to cosmic radiation and require special design consideration. The purpose of this work is to explore methods of mitigating the effect of radiation in phase locked loop (PLL) circuits. Several voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) and two complete PLLs are designed and...
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    Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

  • Radiation effects in III-V compound semiconductor heterostructure devices

    Creator:
    Li, ChyiShiun
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    The radiation effects in III-V heterojunction devices are investigated in this thesis. Two types of heterojunction devices studied are InGaP/GaAs single heterojunction bipolar transistors (SHBTs) and GaN-based heterojunction light emitting diodes (LEDs). InGaP/GaAS HBTs are investigated for high energy (67 and 105 MeV) proton irradiation effects while GaN heterojunction LEDs...
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    submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master

  • Radiation effects in III-V heterojunction bipolar transistors

    Creator:
    Vuppala, Soujanya
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    Electron and neutron irradiation effects in InGaP/GaAs single heterojunction bipolar transistors are investigated in this thesis. Devices with different emitter sizes and grown by two different growth techniques were examined. Based on the physics of heterojunction bipolar transistors and concepts of radiation damage mechanisms, the irradiation effects were analyzed. The...
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    Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science

  • Development of Machine Learning Tools for Increased Reliability of the Electrical Grid

    Creator:
    Dieter, Keaton J.
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    The electrical grid serves as one of the major lifelines to our society. We have come to expect electricity to be available when we want it. But the system that delivers power to us is very complex and made up of many individual pieces. Maintaining and operating this system reliably...
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    Keaton Dieter A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the