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  • Duty-cycle controlled switched resistor techniques for continuously tunable, low-voltage circuits

    Creator:
    Kurahashi, Peter
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    A duty-cycle controlled switched resistor is a tunable resistive element that uses pulse width modulation as the method of tuning. This thesis will describe the operation of switched resistors and propose several circuit architectures that are well suited to the use of switched resistors. These architectures include filters, mixers, and...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Peter Kurahashi for the

  • A linear test bed for characterizing the performance of ocean wave energy converters

    Creator:
    Hogan, Peter M.
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    Determining the performance characteristics of various ocean wave energy converters (OWEC) has proven to be difficult due to problems replicating a baseline motion profile in the ocean or wave tank to compare these devices. The linear test bed seeks to mechanically simulate the relative linear motion between the active components...
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    Masters Thesis
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    I AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Peter M. Hogan

  • Fully-differential current-mode CMOS circuits and applications

    Creator:
    Zele, Rajesh H.
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    With increasing interest in current-mode analogue processing due to its high performance properties such as speed, bandwidth and accuracy compared to voltage-mode processing, new current-mode alternatives to various conventional circuit designs are appearing. In this report, a novel circuit design to construct a fully-differential current-mode operational amplifier ( OP-AMP )...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Circuits and Applications Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Professor D. J. Allstot With

  • Sensor Interface Circuit Design towards CMOS Scaling

    Creator:
    Liu, Jialin
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    Sensor system plays an important role in connecting everything including human body to the electrical information systems that we have built and that we are going to build, to make the world more intelligent and efficient. One of the key propulsive forces behind these emerging techniques is CMOS scaling that...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ David J. Allstot Sensor system plays an important role in connecting everything

  • Design of CMOS switched-current filters

    Creator:
    Fiez, Theresa S.
    Abstract:
    The design and implementation of Switched-Current (SI) ladder filters is described. SI filters require only a standard digital CMOS process and the power supply voltage requirement is low. SI circuits also can be potentially operated at higher frequencies than Switched-Capacitor (SC) filters due to the low-impedance wideband nodes of the...
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    Dissertation
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    Abstract approved: Dr. Davi J. Allstot The design and implementation of Switched-Current (SI) ladder

  • Enhancing Resolution and Scalability of Power Grid Reliability Algorithms

    Creator:
    Lassetter, Austin R.
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    This Thesis aims to determine whether we can improve the accuracy, resolution, and speed of calculations for common power system problems using simple computational models that scale well to machine learning and high performance computing solutions. The second chapter of this Thesis implements more precise aging and degradation models for...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , J., Using Critical Slowing Down Features To Enhance Performance of Artificial Neural Networks for

  • High accuracy CMOS switched-current ladder filters

    Creator:
    Hoei, Jung-sheng
    Abstract:
    Clock-feedthrough effects, channel-length modulation and device mismatch are the main causes of the inaccuracy of Switched-Current (SI) circuits. In this paper, these non-ideal effects are analyzed. A high-performance current mirror, namely regulated cascode current mirror, which eliminates drain voltage variation problem is introduced. By using this current mirror as a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: Redacted for Privacy David J. Allstot Clock-feedthrough effects, channel-length modulation and

  • Current-feedthrough cancellation technique for current-mode T/H circuits

    Creator:
    Young, David Y. W.
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    In this paper, an analysis of the clock-feedthrough effects in switched-current (SI)' circuits will be presented. The clock-feedthrough effects caused by the non-ideal characteristic of MOS switches when they are turned off limit the accuracy of the analog track-and-hold (T/H) circuits. A model to analyze and characterize this effect is...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Cancellation Technique for Current-Mode T/H Circuits Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy David J. Alfstot

  • Current mode analog and digital circuit design

    Creator:
    Liang, Guojin
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    In this dissertation, two important current mode circuit design subjects have been explored. In the first part, the switched-current circuit technique has been investigated. The fundamental performance and limitations of this technique are explored. One of the major limitations, the signal distortion caused by clock feedthrough has been substantially reduced...
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    Dissertation
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    for privacy Abstract approved: _ David J. Allsiot In this dissertation, two important current mode

  • Fabrication of a flexible glucose sensing catheter for human implantation

    Creator:
    Matthews, David J.
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    Flexible electronics processing techniques were applied to integrate a glucose sensor with a hormone-delivery catheter in order to create a cheap and minimally invasive method for patients with type 1 diabetes to continually monitor and control their blood sugar levels. Ultimately, this work intends to move toward the development of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Implantation AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF David J. Matthews for the degree of Master of