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  • Automated model parameter extraction for noise coupling analysis in silicon substrates

    Creator:
    Peterson, Brett
    Abstract:
    An automated method, requiring the fabrication of a small set of test structures, efficiently extracts the coefficients of Z-parameter based macromodels. The extraction approach has been validated for both heavily and lightly doped substrates and can be applied to a variety of technologies. After the parameters of a macromodel have...
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  • Techniques for improving timing accuracy of multi-gigahertz track/hold circuits

    Creator:
    Wang, Jingguang
    Abstract:
    Multi-Gigahertz sampling rate Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) with 5-8 bits resolution are used in many signal communication applications. Unfortunately, the performance of the high speed ADC is limited by the timing accuracy of the sampling clock. A small sampling uncertainty can cause a large error in the sampled voltage and result...
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    . Un-Ku Moon, Dr. Pavan Hanumolu and Dr. Abdollah Farsoni for their insight suggestions and comments

  • Broadband modeling of on-chip transformers for silicon RFICs

    Creator:
    Rapolu, Kavitha
    Abstract:
    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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    my committee. Thanks for being very inspiring. I would like to thank Dr. Pavan Hanumolu for serving

  • Substrate noise coupling in ring oscillator-based phase locked loops

    Creator:
    Shreeve, Robert
    Abstract:
    In this thesis, the performance degradation of a phase-locked loop due to substrate noise is examined. A new analytical equivalent circuit model for substrate noise coupling is derived for a heavily doped silicon substrate. The model has been validated with measured data from a 0.35 μm CMOS process. Since the...
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    , Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am deeply appreciative to Dr. Kartikeya Mayaram, Dr. Pavan Hanamoulu, and

  • Low voltage techniques for pipelined analog-to-digital converters

    Creator:
    Carnes, Joshua Kenneth
    Abstract:
    To realize pipelined ADCs in deep-submicron processes, low voltage techniques must be developed to work around problems created by limited supply voltages such as the floating switch dead zone, reduced SNR, and reduced OpAmp performance. This thesis analyzes standard and low voltage design issues for pipelined ADCs and proposes a...
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    over my stay at OSU including Dr. Pavan Hanumolu, Dr. Gil-Cho Ahn, Dr. YounJae Kook, Dr. Min-Gyu

  • Noise coupling techniques in multi-cell delta-sigma modulators

    Creator:
    Bonu, Madhulatha
    Abstract:
    High performance multi-cell delta-sigma modulators are a preferred choice in applications which require programmability. Multi-cell delta-sigma modulators with M unit cells provide 10log10(M) SQNR improvement for the same thermal noise and bias power due to the uncorrelated quantization noises of the M unit ADCs. This concept is used in this...
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    from them. I thank him for being very understanding and nice to me. I would like to thank Dr. Pavan

  • A self-calibrated, reconfigurable RF LNA

    Creator:
    Jayaraman, Karthik
    Abstract:
    Modern wireless System-on-Chips (SoCs), such as mobile handsets, sensor networks, and mm-wave systems, integrate an entire RF system on a single CMOS chip. Such highly complex systems require significant on-chip digital signal processing to help improve the performance of highly sensitive analog/RF components. The IC market being competitive, the ability...
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    measurement results would have not been possible. I would like to thank Dr.Kartikeya Mayaram and Dr. Pavan

  • Development of leadership and design skills among ECE juniors and graduate students

    Creator:
    Luo, Ding
    Abstract:
    Engineering students spend a significant amount of their undergraduate careers focused on technical theory and practice. This intensive student prepares them for their technical challenges in the future. This training is so intense that often the more 'soft skills' such as communication, leadership, design, and troubleshooting are left out or...
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    . I thank all my role models: Roger Traylor, Pallavi Dhagat, Pavan Hanumolu, Donald Heer, Stephen