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  • Characterization of a digital phase locked loop and a stochastic time to digital converter

    Creator:
    Geissenhainer, Erik D.
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    A digital phase locked loop (DPLL) and a statistical time-to-digital converter (STDC) were previously fabricated in a 0.35µm, 3.3V SOI CMOS process. This work summarizes these designs and characterizes the measured performance. Simulations supplement the measurements where applicable. The DPLL was found to reach a locked state under a limited...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Erik D Geissenhainer for the degree of Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • The Economic Impact and Ethical Implications of AI

    Creator:
    Gabor, Christian A.
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    Artificial Intelligence has gained resurgence in popularity through machine learning methods. This thesis investigates the current use of AI, the impact it will have on the economy and the ethical considerations for developing this technology. In the coming decade AI could increase global economic output over $10 Trillion. AI will...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Implications of AI. Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ Amol M. Joshi

  • A photodetecting device that rejects ambient light

    Creator:
    Li, Ning
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    The integration of photodetectors with IC circuits provides a significant improvement over conventional designs. Featuring noise reduction, extended frequency responses, lower power consumption, and data operations, these integrated devices open challenging opportunities for many applications. One type of photodetector has the potential for important applications in the life science and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . [4] N. Scheinberg, R. J. Bayruns, and T. M. Laverick, "Monolithic GaAs transimpedance amplifiers

  • A microarchitecture study of the counterflow pipeline principle

    Creator:
    Janik, Kenneth J.
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    The counterflow pipeline concept was originated by Sproull et. al.[1] to demonstrate the concept of asynchronous circuits. The basic premise is that a simple architecture with only local communication and control and a simple regular structure will result in increased performance. This thesis attempts to analyze the performance of the...
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    Dissertation
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    principle AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kenneth J. Janik for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Location Assisted Coding (LAC)

    Creator:
    Nguyen, Thuan
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    The recent increase in the number of wireless devices has been driven by the growing markets of smart homes and the Internet of Things (IoT). Consequently, current research has focused on efficient utilization of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum to accommodate such an increase in wireless bandwidth. Alternatively, latest free-space...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . There are also m receivers denoted as R1, R2, . . . Rm. A FSO transmitter is assumed to use PAM for

  • Evaluation of UWB techniques for indoor position locationing

    Creator:
    Chou, Tai Chian
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    Time of Arrival (TOA) is a popular technique used for geolocation. This thesis evaluates the use of TOA techniques indoors. The accuracy of measuring distances using TOA is dependent on the bandwidth of the system and the multipath conditions between the receiver and transmitter. System bandwidth has a significant effect...
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    Masters Thesis
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    efficient estimator is unbiased (J = /3) and achieves the CR lower bound, shown in (2.3) 1 0

  • Massive MIMO Channel Characterization

    Creator:
    Assiri, Mohammad
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    It has been estimated that data traffic from the different mobile devices that range from smartphones to machine-to-machine (M2M) devices will exceed 15.9 exabyte per month by the year 2018. With this immense data growth, the current wireless communication systems suffer from the scarcity of the radio spectrum and eventually...
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    Masters Thesis
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    is modeled as hl[m] = √ k k + 1 σle jθ + √ 1 k + 1 CN (0, σ2l ) (2.19) where k is the ratio of

  • Broadband modeling of on-chip transformers for silicon RFICs

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    Rapolu, Kavitha
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    Magnetically coupled passive transformers are increasingly integrated on-chip for various analog and radio frequency (RF) applications including direct current (DC) isolation, impedance transformation/matching, and conversion between single-ended and differential signals. A primary motivation for the on-chip integration of transformers is the overall size reduction and reduced cost. However, the performance...
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    Masters Thesis
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    model (ECM) with m ports whose Y -parameters are represented as YECM(jω) for n+1 frequency points and

  • Information processing errors in linear feedback control systems

    Creator:
    Chong, Hoi-yeung
    Abstract:
    This report is concerned with the analysis of the effect of finite wordlength, channel capacity and source rate in digital feedback control of linear systems. The cases considered are (1) finite wordlength A/D conversion, no feedback delay, ideal ROM (read only memory) controller; (2) finite A/D wordlength (source rate), state...
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    Dissertation
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    x 1 2 xm m E a 13 .x. 3 j=1 m E a x. 23 j=1 m 36 (4. 4. 5) E a .x. rnJ J In the fixed

  • Design and Modeling Techniques for Impedance Based Flow Cytometry

    Creator:
    Dawes, Jacob
    Abstract:
    Microfluidic devices have enabled lab-on-a-chip (LOC) systems that allow for complex sample analysis and preparation in a compact form factor. One technology that may benefit from a microfluidic approach and further miniaturization is flow cytometry. Flow cytometry is an analysis technique for enumerating and characterizing populations of cells; this is...
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    Masters Thesis